The Jersey City news., 1906-12-13

After leaving these works the Com
n1ittee went back to the upper bridge IN
Dover. Here the Morris and Essex
Canal, which has been on the south side
of the river, passes through lock, joins
the river and after a short space again
leaves it on the nosth bank. At this
point the water is Dssrky and there is Al
constant rising of xn2rsh gas from its
bed. and for distalece approxi1nating
q mile the river Is lined on both aides by
buildings of different types, some with
visible privies. Thefe are numerous
through the south ASll that lines the
bank. No fluids wSSs seen flowing out
from same, but from s large drain two
and q half feet in diameter near the Sus-
sex Street Bridge water was flowing,
source unknown. There was considerable
black, Shiny material in same.
On the north bank of the stream is the
JAIL close to it the electric power house.
Urine solution thrown into the water
closet of said power house appeared in
an open sewer which paralleled the
north bank of the river. Lining the side
of this open sewer were a number of
houses. In the sink of the third house
from the river, in the row known as the
Seven Sisters on Bergen street the
brook was followed down to one thous-
and feet where it was seen to empty
into the river. The Inhabitants of the
town of Dover evince very little sani-
tary respect for the river, throwing into
it any refuse that they wish to be rid of.
During our Investigation d woman came
TO its margin and threw in pail of some
kind of slops.
In the lower margin Of Dover we Wis
tied the home of people of the poorer
class.
s . PATRICK VARLEY, go E. Black
well street.
PriyY, in rear of house. twenty-four
feet from river bank; full of manure; ap-
parentiy non-cemented, Urinine placed il
privy appeared in the river shortly after.
Priyles of0adJoihiIg houses. were sirnil-
arly sitnated as, TO the ,riyeIa i same com
ditions found. Tests not made for want
: HOUSES bF ED. NETGHBt6R,
AGENT two houses in Semmis avenue.
near Canal
Mrs; Heath tenant of one house, Mrs.
Connella of the other. Sinks of both
houses empty into a brook. Priyies over
flow into the same.
Mrs. Atkins. tenant of last house on
north side of Lee avenue; double privy
overfiowing. Same general condition
Italian tenants on the other side.
Messls. Giles and Clark, Agents.
Tony Rose adjoining the Italians;
h.
ANDREW BAKER, OWNER, 81
Senlmis avenue:-
This same aforementioned drainage
brook runs through his property. Sink
outlet empties into same
MR.. PETERSON, OWNER, A and
46 Semmis ayenue:-
Sink runs into brook Privies over
How to. same. Double houses; two fami-
lies. This brook runs through the gas
house property; empties into the river
about five hundred feet distant from the
Peterson houses.
JENKINS HOUSE. 3T3 E. Black
we'll street,
Priyy on bank OF. river back of house.
1t was claimed by Mr. Griffin that few
days previously he had made urinine
test of this privy. The urinine discolora-
the bank back of the privy.
After having finished the Dover dis
trict, DR.. Allen felt obliged to leave the
party and return home.
LIONDALE. BLEACH. DYE AND
PRINT WORKS tRoekaway1:-
River water used by same for some
purpose. Considerable effluent water
from the dye works. Effort is made by
this company to control contamination
Close to the pant is a h agshead said to
contain solution Of alum, which passes
through pipe over the effluent str4an
droppings into it. few hundred feet
below, just before the efflueut stream
reaches the river, are two barriers of
cobblestones acting as partial dams to
promote sedimentation.
RAG WORKS AT POWER
Here. the wafer of the river is almost
depleted for their lse. Inspection not
allowed. Rags received from different
places, having DO disenfection whatever.
were scattered along the bank of the
river.
Bo0NTON:-
just above the village the larger part
of the water is diverted at the upper
level of the canal by a DAM In the mid
die of the town the canal ends at an in
cline. down which boats descend to the
lower level. Between the upper and
lower level of the canal, along the inner
side of the incline, is a ceinented open
sewer which collects the discharges Of
the Brook street sewer etc. Midway
down is a catch basin so built that when
the sewer Is filed in times of food there
is an overflow down into the Cooper
Lord reservoir, which supplies power to
the mills and eventually empties into the
river. Water from the upper level of
the canal is used In the large iron plant
of the Cooper Lord estate and other fac
tories. These factories are situated on
which Boonton is located and the river,
extending to the margin of the latter
They employ some seven hundred men,
and are situated about half a mile from
the reservoir On account of The Iateness
of the hour inspection of the sewage sys-
TEN of this plant was not requested. We
were informed by Mr. Griffin that as
vet MO one had been able to gain access
for inspection of the same What he
comes of the daily dejections of this inn
mense number of men must be a matter
Of inference, in the absence of any yisi-
HE means of disposal AT the lower level
there is a connection between the Cooper
Lord raceway and the canal, where an
attempt is made to prevent wafer run
ming from the canal back into the race
way at times of low water This is a
series of hanging gates. hung from the
top, which are pushed ont by the wafer
when the pressure in the race-way is
greater, and which are drawn back and
said to be water-tight when the pressure
is in the opposite direction. The eff
cheney can but be speculated upon under
present conditions.
BO0NTON SILK MILLS
Situated on the bank of the Rockawav.
River. between the Cooper ord estate
and the reservoir Employs one hun
dred and forty. Has its race-w way,
supplying power to the mills. which
empties into the river These mills are
also on low plateau. In the property
is large cistern acting as priyy for the
employees. Our party did not have tine
to inspect this.
The report above presented does not
pretend to cover every portion Of the
watershed. Effort was made to inspect