New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1852-11-13
NEW-JERSEY ITEMS.

WATER FOR JERSEY CRY AND HoBoRES.-
Tie project of abundsnty supplying Jersey City aud
Hoboken whitewater from the Paseac River is in such
STATE f forwadness that II ia believed that sufficient Of
the plan Will be in operation ten or twelve months
hence TO supply Jersey City. The Act authorizing
this work was passed by the New>Jersey Legislature
March Il. ISL, and the Commissioners appointed
10 examine aId consider ali matters relative thereto
arc Messrs John D. Ward, d. :. GREG CORY, A. L. Van
Boskerck and Edward Coles. Also :. D. Harrison
President Of the Common Council. After having
carefully considered the veriOus plans which have
been presented the Committee have, for good reasons
considered that as the most feasible which proposes
10 take water from the Ps,ssic River al Belcye dis
teut rom Jerscy City over six mies. 1he Company
has been formed ard the stock Is $4,000, and all
taken Proposals for this s,sck were advertised for
and 500 COO more offered than was required.
Tie plan adopted to take the water from the river
near Heeve, conduct it by open cut four hundred
feet to the pump well thence to pump 1t through
ri,ire main 90 inches in diameter. and two thousand
two hundred feet in length the receiving reservoir
On tic top q tie lii there situated which Is one hun
bred and hity feet in hight above high water. Iae
stcom engine by which this pumping viii BE- done, VIII
be capable OF forcing up q supply sufficient Tor one
hundred thousand person. The contract Tor the engine
has OF yet been given out The proposals ios iis con-
,trucicn are under consideration. The contract TOR
the receiving reservoir has not been given out from
the reservoir the pipe viii pass to the marsh on tns
east side Of the ridge crossing the marsh 10 Bergen
Ill., probably by route the turnpike, aud cross
ing the rver by means Of piers built alongside, but indie
pendert Of the piers Of the turnpike bridge. Upon
those piers the pipes will res inclosec in an sirtlgh
box which will protect il from the severest cod oil
winter At the draw, the pipe will de1cend and pass
under water below the resch OF vessels The pipe
extending from the receiving reservoir near Bellevue 70
the distributing reservoir Bergen Ill., will be twenty
inches in dismeter
The distributing reservoir viii be located on Bergen
Hill intermediate Of Jersey City and oboken, and out
one mile ard three quarters from ether place II VIII
OCCUPY about thirteen acres Of ground, and, with
depth of ten feet will contHin supply OF over thirty
millions Of gallons The banks Will be about four feet
above the top water line coating OF pudded earth
will cover the bottom The inside slopes will be gray
eled and lined with bricks, laid upon their edges IN
cement for depth Of elk feet or a. lar a. the nue'ua
ton OF the water takes place. The outside slope VIII
he sodded, and the top grsyeled The reservoir WI!
Re divided By wall Of brick masonry into two com
IArtment.. having 4 gate and weir for admitting the
water from ore to the other by which Arrangement one
diylssn may be cleaned while the oenef connuoS
supply the pipes. The whole ground VIII oe lneIooeo
by wooden fence. The receiving reservoir near bene
vile will be two hundred fee. square. and with adepn
Of eight feet Of water viii contain nearly TWO millions
of gallons. 1t may be made nearly all IN excavation
in which case the sides and bottom after being covered
with puddled earth, will be faced with bricks lad In
cement. This reservoir win also be ineiosed oy
fence II il is found that at certain seasons OF they
the water win contain much sediment a. 70 require
purifying hltering beds viii be constructed Tor tnAt
purpose. Distributing pipes viii convey me wster
from Bergen Hill to supply Jersey City and Hoooken.
Tie estimated cost Of the work Ia about so'SoVo.
Pipes are already being laid In Montgomery BArro"
and South seventhsts. Of Jersey City, for supplying
this water The contract for the srecsoa Of the dis