The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-08-21
CITIZENS PROTEST
Horseshoe Residents Against
Emptying Hill Sewer
Into Their Drains.

About seventy-five citizens attended q
meeting in ST. Lucy's Hall last evening
called to protest on the part of taxpayers
north of Eleventh street, against pro-
posed sewer in Hoboken avenue, COM
mencing at point near the Thirteenth
street yiaduct, thence running north on
an incline to Seventeenth street, thence
east on Seventeenth street, intersecting
with the Jersey avenue sewer, which
would cause an additional 70 foot pres
sure to a sewer which is already taxed to
its utmost capacity" The promoters of
the meeting claimed that each heavy rain
and high tide would cause the water to
rise and empty into all cellars connected
with said Jersey avenue sewer. Those
who engineered the meeting say that the
following sewers are already connections
of the Jersey avenue sewer:-Eleventh,
Twelfth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth, Fif-
teenth, Sixteenth, Seventeenth, Erie,
Grove, Henderson and Provost streets.
1t seems to be a fight between the peo-
pie residing on the hill who own property
there, and those who live below and own
property on the meadows.
A few weeks ago committee was ap-
pointed from the recently organized Sec
wait upon the Board of Health and the
Street and Water Board. The chairman
of the committee, Mr.. Connolly, did not
happen to be at the City Hall. That was
unfortunate for the chairman, who, by
virtue of his position, as a sewer con-
structor knows more about sewer con-
struction, where the meadows of the
Horseshoe are concerned than any other
man living.
Patrick Connolly declared that the pres
ent sewerage plan adopted by the au-
thorities would cost the Palisade avenue
property owners but $50 lot. Otherwise
they would be assessed at the regular
value of $3.50 lot. It's easier to bore
through mud than through rock. The
Connollys know this by experience. They
insisted that three other communications
could be made without connecting with
the Jersey avenue sewer.
The sentiment of these property owners
assembled was:-'Shall we build and pay
for sewers below the Hill and let people
on the Hill tear them up?'
This petition was prepaged:--
To the Honorable the Street and Water
Commissioners of Jersey City,
Conference.-The undersigned, owners
of property on Seventeenth street and in
that section of Jersey City lying north
of Eleventh street, respectfully remon-
strate against and protest against the
plans for sewers presented to your hon.
orable board on August Z, so far as said
plans applied to a proposed sewer in Ho-
boken avenue, in Seventeenth street, to
connect with the sewer in Jersey avenue.
The sewer outlets in this section of the
city are now inadequate to drain our
properties. The proposed sewer from the
Heights will soon flow from the mead
ows and into the cellars connecting with
the present sewers in the lower city.
THE sewer on Seventeenth street is not
needed by the owners of property on that
street. We would respectfully call your
attention to the Eighth street sewer,
which connect with the Heights section
as the best practical protest against the
proposed sewer in Hoboken and Seven
teenth street.
Your petitioners would respectfully re-
quest that the plans. so far as they ap-
ply to the sewers above mentioned, be
rescinded.
The petition was signed by the follow
ing people:-Patrick Connolly, Edward
Murphy, James Carvan Nicholas Grogan
William J. Kennedy, Timothy Murray,
William Connolly, J. E. Kenny, Charles
Wagner Charles Hill, Joseph Kehoe, and
John F. Kelly. Mr.. Casey's name was
not on the petition but he favors the
change.