The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-25
CASEY wins.
Health Board Takes His
View of the Hill Drain
age Matter.
CITYS SANITARY CONDITION
District Physicians Report on
the Work They Are
Doing.

\ AfS A9OdA0 VI 44SeA&lAi AitGl 1GlSN -AS--s.
The main business before the Board was
the report of the committee appointed to
investigate the condition of the sewers
in the upper section of the city. The re-
port is a victory for John Casey. His
ideas are those of the committee, express
ed as follows
Gentlemen-Your committee appoint
ed to investigate and report upon a
plan for relieving the nuisance existing ,
on Hoboken avenue, from the Thir--
teenth street yiaduct TO the foot OF
the hill make the following report
We have visited the locality and md
that property owners living on the
east side of Palisade avenue drain all
their water over the brow of the hill
into sewer running under the side
walk on the west side of HobGken ave-.
nue.. Many Of these houses make no
attempt to connect with this sewer,
having the open ends of the house
drains projecting for the edge of the
hill, permitting the waste water to
run down over the rocks, making quite
a considerable stream, which makes
its way over the sidewalks and
through the sewer opening in the
street TO the made sewer under the
sidewalk. a great deal OF the sew
age remains on the surface of the
ground, forming foul smelling stag
nant pools OF filthy matter. 1t was
noticed that a few of the property
owners near the viaduct had covered
these pools with the grass cut from
the lawns In many cases the filthy
water continues its course over the ,
sidewalks making them impossible.
That portion of the sewage which
fines its way into the sewer nnanholes
is carried across Hoboken avenue to
small drain pipes and emptied into
various triangles formed by the West
Shore Railroad, Hoboken avenue ana
filled in property. Having no outlet
from these triangular places it re-
mains there and becomes stagnant and
foul smelling. 1t will thus be seen
that all the drainage and waste water
from the houses on the east side of
Pahsade avenue are in reality not
carried OFF in any sewer, hut permitted
to remain on the surface of the
ground, becoming a nuisance to the
public and detrimental TO the health of
the citizens and your committee so
considers it,
With the members of the Hudson
City Improvement Association we
have considered two sets of plans pre-
pared by the Engineering Department
of the city TO relieve this condition and
IN our opinion the following plan is
the most satisfactory Plan of a sewer
from 100 feet north of Thirteenth
street viaduet down Hoboken avenue
to and connecting with the Jersey ave-
nue. sewer. Such a plan as this we
believe most feasible as it will not
eas1 side of Hohelsen avenue hut .zsiIi
also relieve the condition of flooding
1tohoken avenue at the West Shore
Railroad tracks. At times it is almost
Impossible to get up Hoboken avenue;
especially is this so during the winter
when the street becomes a frozen
pond
Respectfully,
H. Fl. BRTNKERHOFF,
J. M. RECTOR.
Inspector Benjamin reported that he
had received a number of complaints from
citizens in Sussex street, between Greene
and Hudson, about the vile odors from
the hide dressing plant of Fl. We'll & Co.,
Nos. 80 and Al Sussex street. He ordered
the place closed. 1t was closed, and the
Board last night ordered that 1t be kept
closed during the summer
The city physicians reported their work
for the month as foilows:-Dr Rector,
First district, 81 calls, 70 visits; Dr. Wolf
SON. Second district, 26 calls, AZ visits; DR..
Brinkerhoff, Fifth district, calls, 10 Wis
Its; Dr.. Everitt, Sixth precinct, calls, 81
visits.
%he Hoboken Board of Health communi-
GATED with the Board in regard to a num-
Der of cows which pasture on refuse and
N14AA1A 1iO Stde.Aldttl pOOIS loCdtGu OH IIt
vacant land in Hoboken along the D., L.
& w. R.sR. tracks. The COWS are the
property of some Jersey City person. Ho-
boken's Health Board expressed the opin-
ion that the pasturing of these cows on
such filthy refuse affected their milk
thereby endangering public health 1t was
requested that the owners of the cows be
severely dealt with The Board ordered
that the cows be kept from the land
complained of.
detailed report of the months bust.
ness in the office Of the Inspector follows
Nuisance complained of. 2O5; abated, 2o2
notices sent, 800. Number of contagious
diseases reported as Diphtheria,
20; scarlet fever, 10; typhoid fever, l.
measles, Is; membraneous Group, Q; small
pox, 0; total, 81. Permits granted: to clear
privy vaults, 127; to keep dogs, 81; to keer
cows, 1; to unload vessels, i; build privy
vaults, 3; keep chickens, 3; slaughter
chickens, 1. Plumbing permits: Exten-
sions, As; new work, 81; dogs drowned, $50
vessels arrived, 4 premises disinfected
10; persons vaccinated, 8; dead animals
removed, Col.