The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-05-23
HOT SHOT
FOR VOORHEES,
Newark Men Score Him for
His No Extra Ses-
sion Letter.
OWNED BY THE CAMDEN MAN
State Sewerage Board Also
Comes in for a Severe
Raking Over.

Foster Voorhees, must have burned at
! fever heat Tuesday evening when the
Newark Board of Trade considered his
letter refusing to call an extra session of
/ the Legislature to consider the Passaic
| pollution bills. Joseph Cult read the Gov
ernors letter in his usual unctuous style
ana then called for expressions of opin-
! ion from the citizens present. Everyone
in the place was on his feet and all began
| to talk at once
John Eastwood, of the Eastwood Wire
Works, got the floor and began to ar
raign the Governor for his slight to Es-
sex.
Il cannot say that the decision arrived
at is altogether a surprise to me. When
we have to go to Camden to secure the
passage Of minor bills he went on, and
we hear that the oracle of that place has
| declared against us some of us assume
that we are doomed to defeat, no matter
how grievous a public wrong we seek TO
right or how Overwhelmingly popular the
| movement we endorse
AS Mr.. Eastwood sat down the members
applauded his remarks, and then turned
president of the Board, who had risen to
address the committee.
TT must me apparent he began, '.to
every one informed of the condition of
the Pasasic River that the proffer made
by the Governor to turn over $1,000 of the
emergency fund for the use of the State
Sewerage Commission is ridiculously in
sufficient.
GAS chairman of the Board OF Tra.le
/ am opposed to accept his proposal, or
fior1
These words brought many members to
their feet in vigorous applause, and then
Daniel 7. Campbell, of the Watts-Camp-
bell Company, was recognized.
"I agree with Mr.. Tomkins in all he
has said. The money to be set aside by
| the Governor will be only thrown away.
1 suppose. when final plans are adopted,
| the cost of the improvements to be con-
| structed will be in the millions, and my
experience has been that adequate pro-
fessionaI skill cannot be obtained for so
vast an undertaking for anything like
| the sum mentioned I. therefore, believe
| that to turn the money over to the State
| Sewerage Commission will be merely a
| waste, and that it's results will be use
| less. endorse Mr. Eastwood's idea that
| we proceed with our movement and make
| known to as many of the residents of the
| State as possible the polluted condition
| of the Passaic River throughout the sum
mer,
| Mr.. Campbell added that he heartily
| agreed with the other speakers that the
| Board of Trade ought not to accept the
! overture of the Governor to place the
! S., 200 at the disposal of the State Sewer
| age Commission. Mr.. Campbell closed by
| declaring that the settlement of the ques-
! ton was the most important the people
| of North Jersey have been called upon
| to decide in generation.
| George f. Reeve said he believed funds
| for the agitation must be obtained from
those living near the river.
| This committee ought to keep to-
/ gether and carry on the work without
/ considering the attitude of Governor
! VOORHEES,. When the next session meets
| there will be another Executive in the
| chair, and we can exercise our privilege to
see that someone is placed in that posi-
ton who will be friendly to the remedial
4 legislation we demand"
Mr. Reeve also indorsed the plan to
carry on the agitation through the sum
mer, and advocated meetings in the va
rious municipalities along the river,
Harrison Van Duyne, who has been con-
spicuous in the movement for the extra
session, said that it was evident that NO
4 public question had been SO widely and
thoroughly discussed as had the demand
i for the extra session.
81 do not agree that the subject was
not thoroughly understood Mr. Var
Duyne declared with earnestness "How
4 under heaven could any subject be more
thoroughly discussed than this matter has
i been? We have held meetings which
crowded our rooms, the press of the State
and especially our local press has given
page after page of space to the subject
and l don't see how we could have OBJ
tanned greater publicity. The trouble is
there has been a lot of exaggeration about
this extra session question. The objec-
tions raised against such a proposition
have been, to say the least, disingenuous
and to say that there was majority
4 against the passage of the bills introduced
last winter is to belittle our intelligence
The proposal to turn over the inquiry te
the Board, suggested by our Executive
is to place the matter in the control Of
no kind guardian of our interests. They
have been in Office nearly five years and
had done absolutely nothing. Now that
an extra sum of money is to be placed al
its disposal all Of a sudden, they are
going to do wonders
Mayor Edward Kenny, of East New
ark, and A. c. Courier also spoke ener.
getieally on the question. Mr.. Courier
said that the Governor had attended 8
meeting of the Board of Trade of his
own free will and had listened while mer
representing more than 500, 100000 Of in
vested capital had told him how neces-
sary it was that immediate relief be ex-
tended
Tonight he sends us letter, which is
an insult to every man, woman and chic
living in the Passaic Valley. He practical
" says he cannot trust the people WI
elect to represent us with an extra ses
sion, ana he throws us the proposition Il
set aside IS 600 to the purpose of investiga
tion, believing that we can be fooled by
such an alternative. Why, Mr. Chair
man. the President Of the commission ts
whom this money IS to be transferred
and whom the Governor purposes 10 have
investigate this great question, has sal
"a this hoor that the laws under which