This Day in History: 1922-05-22
Henry O. Havemeyer has joined the suit against what is being called locally as the “Bayonne Water Grab”, the plan to dam the Ramapo River as a reservoir for that refinery city. Havemeyer contends that no adequate system of compensation has been developed and that sewage and drainage in the upper Ramapo Valley makes the water unfit for drinking. (Bristow)