The Jersey City news., 1906-11-28


bits of soiled paper. Indicating that the
cart did not catch all the droppings.
After leaving these works the Com
mitfee went back to the upper bridge in
Dover. Here the Morris and Essex
Canal which has been or tAe south side
Of the river, passes through lock, joins
the river, ana after q short space again
leaves it On the north bank At this
constant rising Of IsAh gas from its
bed. and for a distal> approximatng
mile the river is lined :: both sides By
buildings of different types, some with
visible privies. There are numerous
through the south wall that lines the
bank. No fluids were seen flowing out
from same but from large drain two
and a 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 inha oitants of the
town of Dover eyince very Ffrlp .ani-
tary respect for the river throwing into
it any refuse that they wish to be rid of.
During our investigation a woman came
to its margin and threw in a pail of some
kind of slons
In the lower margin of Dover we vis-
tied the home of people of the poorer
class.
PATRICK vARLEY, 27O E. Black
well street.
Privy in rear of house. twenty-four
feet from river bank; full of manure; APP
parently non-cemented. Urinine placed in
privy appeared in the river shortly after
Privies of adjoining houses were simil-
ariy situated as to the river; same con-
ditions found. Tests not made for want
of time.
HOUSES or ED. NEIGHBoR,
AGENT. two houses in Semmis avenue,
near Canal
Mrs. Heath tenant of one honse. Mrs.
Connella of the other Sinks of both
houses empty into brook. Privies over
flow into the same.
Mrs, Atkins, tenant of last house on
north; side of Lee avenue: double privy
overhowing. Same general condition.
Italian tenants on the other side.
Tony Rose adjoining the Italians;
priyy oyer-aows into the brook.
ANDREW BAKER, OWNER, %
Semmis ayenue:-
This same aforementioned drainage
brook runs through his property. Sink
outlet empties into same
MR.. PETERSON, OWNER, a and
46 Semmis avenue
Il runs into brook Privies ov ?
low to Same. Double louses; two fami-
lies. This brook runs through the gas
no Use property; empties into the river
bout five hundred feet oietant from the
Jefferson houses.
JENKINS HOUSE, 373 3. Black
well street,
Privy on hank of river back of house
1t was claimed by Mr. Griffin that few
days previously he had made a urinine
test of this privy. The urinine discolora-
ton was still in evidence in the mud on
the bank back of the privy.
After having finished the Dover dis
trict, DR.. allen felt Obliged to leave the
party al return home.
LI0NDALE BLEACH, DYE AND
P,zlNT WORKS (Rockaway):-
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 plant is a hogshead said to
contain solution of alum, which passes
t rough pipe over the effluent stream,
droppings into it. A few hundred feet
below, just before the effluent stream
reaches the river, are two barriers of
cobblestones acting as partial dams to
promote sedmentation.
RAG WORKS AT POWER
V1LLE:-
Here the water of the river is almost
depleted for their use. Inspection not
Ra =,
places. having no disenfection whatever
We're scattered along the bank of the
river
BooNToN:-
Just above the village the larger part
of the water is diverted at the upper
level of the canal by dam. In the mid
die of the town the canal ends at an in
cline down which boats descend to to the
lower level. Between the upper and
lower level of the canal, along the inner
side of the incline, is cemented open
sewer which collects the discharges of
the Brook street sewer, etc Midway
down is 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
a small plateau between the Hill on
which Boonton is located and the river,
extending to the margin ef the latter
they employ some seven hundred men,
and are situated about half mile from
the reservoir. On account of tte Iateness
of the hour inspection of the sewage sys-
TEN of TN nlant was. not reduested We
We're info ~ 4 by Mr. Griffin that as
vet no one - been able to gain access
for insnertion IF the same What he-
comos Of the daily deieetions of this I'M
nense number of men must he a matter
Of inference in the absence of any yisi-
he means of disrosal II the lower level
there is connection between the Cooper
ord raceway and the canal where an
attempt is made TO prevent water rum
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 out by the water
when the pressure in the race-way is
greater. and which are drawn back and
said to be water-tight when the pressnre
is in the opposite direeti5n. The fiji
CLERGY can but he speculated upon under
present conditions.
Pa0TTNN cFr r NfrrT s.
Sitra-ea n tar 'pk the Rnal,aSFav
R,ysF. tetween the cooper ord estate
lred ard fort Hrs It's fae- way.
srppsyng reWel she wi7is whsoh
emsties into tn ives Th@e mills are
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