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Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08
Report Of water commissioners for
the Cay of Elizabeth.
AJPENDTY
ENcINEER's REPORT.


To he Water Commissioners Of BE cay Of
EizdbeH,
Gentlemen: In compliance with your instruc-
ton have made examinations and surveys of
the gene raj sources OF water indicated by you,
and would respectfully submit the following re
port as the result of such examinations and sur
veys. together with map of the districts aXaID-
lied and routes surveyed.
SOURCES OF SUPPLY
Surveys of lines from the three sources have
been made to the city. These sources are named
in the order OF the surveys, and are,
FIRST.
The middle branch of the Railway river, the
water to be appropriated from point in the riv-
err between the two ridges known as the First
md Second Mountains, about one forth of mile
north of the village OF Millburn, on the Morris
and Essex Railroad. and six and seven tenths
miles from the railroad crossings in this city.
The supply obtainable rom this source shows
by measurement quantity OF ST, 900, coo standard
gallons daily.
Since the measurements were taken it has been
ascertained that in 1861 Mr. George H. Bailey,
the very able engineer of the Newark Water
Works, examined this as a source OF supply for
the city OF Newark, and estimated the available
daily quantity at six millions five hundred thou
sand gallons
If, from protracted drought this quantity
should be considerably dimin shed, an auxiliary
supply can be obtained from ''Monkers ond, -
on the western branch of the saU river.
The water from thus source rivals in quality
that from the source first named: the measure
ment shows daily yield OF three million three
hundred thousand gallons, and from information
relating to its average flow is believed that three
million gallons can be depended upon from this
stream Adding the above amount of six million
and we have total of nine million three hun
dred thousand gallons.
By reference to Professor Cooks analysis it
will be seen that these streams furnish water of
extraordinary excellence.
From this source the water can be conducted
through a maid to the proposed Distributing
Reservoir, to be located near "Ssem Mills by
gravity as the height no feet above :he tidel of
the points from which it can be taken, affords
Umple head for that purpose.
The work required for its introduction to the
ely consist of Dams apd Canal, Reservoir, Gate
houses, Supply Main, Service Main.
ESTIMATED COST.
Supply Main, 24inch, I ,420 tons
Service 70 ;. $50
e,2T0 tons. $f5S,9O0
Laying 35.4a0 feet pipes .....,-........ 53,130
Structures at Stream Crossings .,...:. 5000
RESERVOIR.
Puddle and Concrete Lining. 24,Soo
GateRo aes0 st5p Gates and Drains isS
- 10000
Carried forward Observation-Disclosures. $8it, 1870
BRANCH FROM MoNIER's POND.
Supply Main 1Giurh. 3S5 tons $26,950
Laying 800 feet Pipe. 1850
Dam and Cost Of GatehoUse..,,..,. 1000
1856
$8S7, $50
39A Acres Observation-Disclosures. 9,075
1896, 755
Add for CITY Distribution. 100,og0
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such treatment. He is truly public
benefactor, and the whole community
is directly or indirectly indebted to
him. He gives employment to many
men, and hundred families owe their
sustenance and comfort to his ability
and energy in opening to their hands a
field of constant and well-paid labour
He indirectly benefits all by his exam
pie and by the new customers drawn to
the town by means OF his reputation rs
a skilled producer or manufacturers. =
Even if he be moved by no higher mo-
tive than to get rich, the results of his
activity are to the public good; but
there are doubtless men who have high
err motives, and who, acttlated by a
wish to enhance their country's welfare
and greatness, bear the burdens of a
heavy business till they sink under
them.
Getting riches is not to be the chief
end of mans being but to- get rich
honourably and honestly, is surely ac
ceptahle in the eyes of Heaven. Not
money, but the lore of money, is " the
root of all evil land he who makes and
uses money alright is surely more to be
commended and honoured than he who
fails to improve the opportunity and
talent which God hestows upon him. -
Photographic Advertiser.
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ELIZABETH n. j. Nov. 25 1868.
APPENDIX Il.

The water used in the cities named below fas
shown by analysis made for the Jersey City Wa
ter Commissioners in 1851, by Prof. Hosford of
Harvard College Cambridge Mass gives in the
same number of part:
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Great Britain.

LONDON, Dec, T.
The Times this morning generally
confirms the correctness of The Oh
servers list Of the probable members OF
Mr.. Gladstone's Cabinet, but asserts
that Earl Russell will not accept the
office. 1t also thinks the appointment
of Earl Spencer as Lord Lieutenant of
ireland, and of Messrs. Bruce, Yilliers,
and Coleridge to seats in the Cabinet.
The Times adds The Observers List
the name of James Moncrief as Lord
Advocate of Scotland,
George Peabody, the American phi
lanthropist, has made another dona-
ton of one hundred thousand pounds
sterling to the poor Of London.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08
MONEY

Civilized mans ambition to acquire
riches has been manifested ever since
the infancy of civilization, whenever
that was, riches in lands, in fioclls and
herds. in houses, i'll precious stones, in
gold and silver. Some men have be-
come wealthy by industry and econo-
my some by craftiness and fraud );
some by violence and oppression. All
cannot become rich for, if all were
equally wealthy, riches would lose their
value, and none would be rich In like
manner, all cannot be rulers, as in that
case each mans jurisdiction would en-
brace himself alone. But every man
may strive to become wealthy; and if
one man succeeds in his endeavour, it
is because he has superior opportunity,
more energy, more tact, more talent,
more industry, Or more frugality'
those who fail. Multitudes banker af-
ter money who are too INDECENT to
make the necessary efforts, or too uu
willing to practise self-denial. As Il
general thing, labour is the source of
wealth yet no man achieves property
by the strength of his single arm. A
poor young printer, say, OF undaunted
courage and stern integrity, determines
to make his way i'll the world. He tolls
early and late he lives simply, and de
MES himself all personal Injuries. In
less than five years he has saved a
thousand dollars of his earnings. 1t
has been hard, hard struggle; but he
has done it. He buys press and
types. and is able to hire other mems
labour. Now, as he has the profit of
other labour besides his own, his saw
ings in the next five years are much
large SO he goes on, ever expanding,
till he occupies an immense building,
filed with types and presses, and live
ly with the hum of profitable industry
1t is not difficult to point ont in this
and other cities cases similar to this.
Labour Congresses may talk and talk
aud resolve and re-resolve but the
truth of the matter is, that in general
every man makes his own place, in
this country, at all events. Ii the
young man in the case cited had had
less industry, less courage, and less
self-denial, he would have spent his
wages as regularly as they were earned,
and at fortG years of age he would have
been as. poor as at twenty, and, discon
tented and grumbling at his i'll luck,
he would have turned reformer.
There are, it is true, some philoso
phic workmen who do not seem to
think it pays to struggle for wealth.
To these, increase of inches is simply
increase of cares And SO they work
contentedly, live prudently, and save
and safely invest something every year
MS q provision for sickness and old age.
These men do not become reformers.
They believe that in this world happi-
ness is, after all, pretty evenly distribu-
ted among all upright, well-behaved
men, be they richer or be they poorer.
And they are right.
A successful business man is COM
monty looked upon with envy, and his
merit is declied. He does not deserve
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08

The jury in the Cole murder case
have acquitted the prisoner on the
ground of insanity, the jury regarding
the Uncomfortable frenzy in which
the murderer committed the deed as
sufficient proof of his irresponsibility
Henry Pfuderer, a boy, was acciden
tally shot in New Haven on Friday
while playing with an old musket. He
lived but two hours.
The schooner Lewis Chester, of
Boston, was run into by the schooner
S. S. Wheldon on Thursday, off Plym-
9TH She sank in five minutes. Grew
saved.
A freight conductor named OBrien
fell from train on the Memphis and
Louisville Railroad on Saturday and
was killed.
Weston, at last accounts, was half-a-
day behind his schedule time, which
required him to spend Sunday in North
Dunbarton, n. FL.
The vote on negro suffrage in Iowa
was as follows : for suffrage, 105, 1884 ;
against suffrage, S1,119.
The snowstorm which prevailed over
almost the entire North and West on
Friday subsidized at nightfall
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Spain.
MADRID, Dec. T

MADRID, Dec. 7.
The Republicans paraded the streets
of Cadiz yesterday with arms in their
hands, and made other demonstrations
threatening to the public peace, The
troops were cal 'tr; dispersed the
professions, and prevented further
proceedings. Similar demonstrations
have bee made by the Republicans at
different points. The Provisional Gov
ernment is preparing new tariff law
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08

above tide surface OF Reservoir at Salem Mills,
should be 1913 feet In case Elizabeth River be
resorted to for supply the water must be raised
76 feet to the Reservoir.
Railway river, at Crawford is "a feet above tide;
Reservoir at same place 10 be 116 feet above
which will insure the delivery of any quantity OF
water required to the height OF 40 feet above the
most elevated ground in the city.
The following table exhibits the cost and ca
pacitp of the Water Words of several cfties in
this country and also Tor the purpose Of COM
parison the estimated capacity and cost of the
works proDosed in this city
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08

LINE FROM oRANFoRD-soURcE,R RAILWAY RIVER.
The Railway river in the village of Crawford,
upon the lire of the Central Railroad, about four
and u half miles IRON the station in the city, was
also carefully examined.
The current at this place shows a daily flow of
at least twenty-five million standard gallons.
AS in the case of the second source. steam
pumping engines would be required to raise the
water to a reservoir, which should be located
about one half mile vasterly from the river
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SECOND.
KEAN'. pnNp on ELI2AEETH RIY E

MEANS POND on ELIZABETH RIVER.
The water from the Elizabeth river md its tri-
butary branches would be taken from points
near the loca ity called salem Mills about two
and three quarter miles from the railroad cross
ings in this city.
These streams will yield six million standard
gallons daily as a probable regular supply.
The water would pc raised by steam pumping
engines to a reservoir, located in that vicinity
and conveyed thence through a main to the
city.
ESTIMATED cosr or WORKS FOR CONVEYING Wa
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A comparison of the above analysis shows that
the water from the frs. and third named sources
excels in purity that of either of the cities
named, except Boston, while that from the sec
ond compares favorably with Croton, Passaic, or
ALBANY Mater.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08

The ELIZABETH DAILY MONITOR is pub
ished at 1856 Broad street, next to The Post
Office, by DRAKE AND CUSHING, Editors and
Proprietors. Mail subscribers five dollars a
year, in advance. Single topics two cents.
J MADISON DRAKE,
FOSTER NJ. CUSHING.
Elizabeth daily monitor. [volume] (Elizabeth, N.J.) 1868-1880, 1868-12-08

The formulae used in guaging the fow o.
streams and determining the size of pipes for the
discharge of the required quantity of water are
those of Prony and D'Aubuission which give re-
suits somewhat less than those of othe authors
and the prices Upon which the appended esti-
mates are based are those at present ruling fol
works of like character
Very respectfully your obedient servant,
p. SoURs c. E.
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1Gatha.

CORY-In Plaiufield early this Tuesday morn
ING. Dec g, Maria c., wife of the late Mul
ford Cory. in the S2dyear OF her age. The
yeatiyes and friends are invited to attend
her funeral from her sons residence. Rev
b. Cory, corner of Washington and Sd street
Plainfeld, on Thursday, at half-past one
O'Clock, P. NJ.
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The height to which water can be elevated
above tide at the city is 193 feet; the highest
building site is % feet above tide grade OF rail-
Source ofsupply for the Millburn Line is no feet
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SUBSCRIBE FOR THE DAILY MONITOR
The DAILY MONITOR will be served to sub
scribers at TEN CENTS WEEK.
Mr. GEORGE i. VAN BLARouM has route
in the upper part of the city. Orders may
be left at this office. Mr. WILLIAM G. JONES
will supply those at the port.
Copies may be obtained at the Post Office
and at Robert Caldwalls, near the Depot.
The New York herald., 1868-11-17
CURRENCY RESERVE.
To THE EDITORS OF THE BOSTON DAILY ADvER-

To THE EDITORS OF THE BOSTON DAILY ADvER-
TISER:-
Is Is no doubt great evil that few nscrupuous
gamblers should have the power TO dl.organlxe Inc
business and credit Of the country to the extent VIII
messed within the past few weeks but t1e ev is not
likely to be remedied by any such expedient as tne
contemplated Of currency TO be held Dy tne
government against interest bearing ce-tifcates ana
liable to be drawn out IN an emergency Some ob-
jecti0ns to such scneme are very obvious.
Fust-If the government is 10 hold the money
subject to immediate call 1t will be paying interest
for money which 1t cannot use and adding another
item to expenses which are already much heavier
than the country can easily bear.
Sec0nd-Such reserve fund, once established,
might by creating q fanced security against such
crises as the present. aggravate the very evi was
intended TO avert; for people who had confidence IN
the efficacy OF the scheme would run risks and 60 TO
extremes which they would never think OF unless
they felt sure beforehand Of relief In OF need
The English exchequer bills do not furnish o case
in point These bills are issued by the English gov
ernment because II wants money ana not to protect
the community from the sharp practice OF dishonest
speculators And English bankers invest In them
just they DO In commercial bills They diner only
In that the former are safer and In times of strin
gency more readily convertible by rediscount or
sale, but not by redemption on demand
The true remedy for the present state Of things
must be sought, not In shallow expedients which
do not touch the real cause OF the evil but in thor
ough change OF our monetary system, which system
is itself tue great cause Of our troubles. 8.
The New York herald., 1868-11-17

sm sass about 800 packages Within the O. s27 30
$ for prime and $Sl S for India do OF beef hams
there were small s.lss 4 $2s $50 ou mes were ed dull ssa
DO, lie smossd DO, lSc picked hans: isSs as,
Bacon stl dull and prices remained nominal Al lSc for
Cumberland cut l6c for long clear 6c l6 for short do
and c l6c for short rib. The market fU lard though
se wss s'sSy he .ss. Ss s r0m i''
PETROLEUM. Receipts ais bbs rsnned andls DO crude.
For the market shade frme but the busi-
hight sales Of 1859 tbls standard White At 27e
and 700 do do 1t &c., the market cesing q ne latter price
Crude bulk higher .pd 'ss: q ~
sSss and steady :sss Of o sDs = a .. was
tnacsiv but holder. were n1ner IN their vs~ demanding
RICE remained quiet but steady At SIC ssAc for caro-
lima and Se &C. Tor Rsngoen; sales Of - terces at &C.
SUGAK-The market for dull Asd prices were
nominal Ike ll,Sc. for fair 70 good ennng Cuba
Sales hhda prtvats terms. Refined dull and un-
changed, hards being quoedil5c. lb3sc, Fellows Bc
sxEDs.-C.cuA n.ssd continued in demand, and sales
made OF SIS bags and e pockets eI John Gsun
part Al sa i7 god duypAd drass renainsd dull and un-
TAiLow steady The sales 4s,oocbs. at 1856
1870. .-El Ht.&IA mo.
WnIsKEY- Receipts 90 bbls The market quiet bnt
steady There small sales Of Western as$l % VI W.
duty pRid f. ~
The New York herald., 1868-11-17
THE BANK OF THE STATE or SOUTH CAROLINA

from the Charleston News November 14J
The opinion Of Associate Justice willard refusing
the application for . writ of mandamus TO compel
the president and directors Of the Bank Of the State
OF South Carolina to deliver the assets Of the bank to
Governor Scott IL published. The case is one OF the
greatest importance involving the faith and credit
Of the State and attracting the attention not only OF
this entire country, but OF the commercial world,
wherever South Carolina securities are known. lt
ia particularly gratifying that in the very disadvan
tageous circumstances in which our State govern
ment II now placed the opinion in this case should
be one that reflects credit on our judiciary,
not only by the spirit Of justice which inspires
1t throughout, but by the legal learning and
acumen displayed. Justice willard holds that the
writ Of mandamus was the proper remedy in this
case to enforce the duty devoved by the statute upon
the president and directors OF the bank to deliver
the assets OF the bank to Governor Scott but that In
asmuch as the whole fund In dispute Is now In the
hands OF the Court Of Equity, court Of competent
Jurisdiction. no other court can lay hold on
it divert 1t from the purposes TO which II would be
appropriated by the course Of said suit and he there
fore refuses the motion The act Of 1868, entitled
IAN act to close the operations OF the Bank OF the
Stat" " he considers not as remedial statute, but
merely rs an operation Of proprietary claim to the
fund.- and, therefore, not exemptiRg this case from
the force OF reasoning applicable 70 cases In which
the State 10 not party XXX a.s
The New York herald., 1868-11-17

ing, eek . soX; Michigan Central, ilo Ho'
Michigan Southern, a SAX; Illinois oen'rai, IA :
14S; Cleveland and Pittsburg soH Se%; onac.So
and Northwestern, s5 q 90; do. preferred, u SA'
Cleveland ana Toledo SEX 100; Chicago ana hock
Island, loo 4 loesI; Milwaukee and st. Paul. 7oh
II; do. preferred, SAX Ah; Toieoo, "aDssn ane
western, SIX 5s DO. preferred 90 ~; Pittsourg.
Fort Wayne and chicago, losh ioSh; onio ana
Mississippi, 3o1s 30l
After the boards an uneasy feeling prevailed ana
brokers were sorely puzzled in their efforts TO study
the market. Erie was very sensitve-a condition
taken advantage OF to create . hurry, in which It
rose TO 66 about nve O'Clock. At quarter 70 six
O'Clock the quotations were ~ follows on the
street:-Pacinc Mali, NIX; New York Central, 122K
q l2s; Erie, 81 . SAX; Northwestern common, sSK
s5X Northwestern preferred, sax s61S; Michigan
Southern "a; Rock Island, lo5K . 1854.
The following were the last quotations OF govern
ment bonds, the market closing nrm:~ United States
e's 1881, registered, 11a ll3K; do. coupon, 114x
lax; 6-2o's registered, 10e 10ex; 520s, coupon,
1882 1ssK l0sk; do, 1884, 107x 107K; do, 1855,
1o7k lo7x; do., new, 1885, 1l0H l10<; do, 1861,
1l0h l1Ok; United States e's, 1868, 1l0H 1l04;
1o-4os, registered, lo3x l04; 1o4os coupon, los
Io5k.
The business transactions at the Sub Treasury were
as follows:- f
hcCclpA $I,Sob,0Io TdyHeulS ,iiooSo
For customs. ). 27s,O0o Balance. s., oO3 325
For gold notes.. $4,000 f3
The Chicago money market is thus reported by the
tribune OF that city, ae
When the winter Is fairly inaugurated and capital
In New York Is released from the panic fear which
now makes 1t withdraw from circulation, we may
expect W see such u movement OF pr0duce Degin,
but not until then as 1t Is obvious that the banking
capital OF the West would be inadequate to supply
the legitimate demands OF trade here besides NOV
Ing the grain and nour OF the West 10 New York and
holding It there. 1@rt eaf +,
The tosal value OF exports from Boston for the
week ending November 13 including specie WAS
Saa4 1871 against s27aS4s for the corresponding week
In The previous year.
The cash balance In the hands OF the Assistant
Treasurer in Boston at the close OF business Novem
Der IA was $4,750, ll2, showing a decrease for the
week Of $l,50s,523 The coin balance stands
4,261,s95. a4a.
The receipts for customs at the port OF Boston for
the week ending November IA were $sa5,o69.
The New York herald., 1868-11-17

Wheat IN limited deusnd but the market strength.
sslss we're sboa, 500 bushels Al 81 50 for No
4 Corn s w sr a sss S sas as
Al Is for mixed The sales d0Qp bushels Al 81 u
lover ana nominal Win sale. q ioc sush,. s.ie closing
i5 90 bushels 81 90 "a s2 FOR Western Barley
heavy Sales were made q bushels " iS for usnsds
nomn, Toy. .a = ssw ssst .S. ssS s9Isyn
ss 40 corn siss7ss Do oats, scss do rye sss Do
barley. Sls5s do. malt and s,t4e DO. peas.
neIs we ,sy su pI Liverpool Me's psr ssns %
bales cotton At ssd I'D, 10y esIss tobacco a. sca,
sofe. DO :. "a sps & epSs a Al s s. es.s.
koh German bark $40 auarsn grain 70 dlree'
Por. IN "a. sssc !, essnss r.. os 81 o. ana 0' '0
rssss rers duii and nominal at 1s4c lsslc for
u.y rss 10 noasras demand and unchanged In value.
We :shppng c s9c ana rcts, no. o.s N. ~ o. 81
and esoss rIsdss i5c lor fair 70 coed do ioc. lac
for srior aud ibc. 400 for foreign. go. ,o .,.
ol HssT xT,. .Ossqsd s Ssl ana sos nIT1 op u
soiassis n. market Continues rule quiet but price.
o.d sie sse. shisay sss after The inside price
"a 10 tn., Se phou.h oulss vas
.spas S 'Ti,1s Tssts we're ,'' sale. q cc bb sc
business increased trmness OF sellers
sAes l5O bba common strained st ~ b. closing hrm
sss co. pa. aeIfd5 80 Is - IS =; Is; s1ir. m DO, ss
" w. Tar wa dun ana Unchanged.
eat ana ss oSs ~. Sa @ sa ss .ss'ay "
Receipts ~ bb, pork, l4s do beef, ls
continues lu sadthe Dds was coraped 70 small
os - former prices. A. the close new nominal
s23 50 s2e Live hogs we're n rao demand but owcr
ser sens & ,s ta1 % srras were es head tet beef
slt sl5 Tor rev plain SI6 sIa sb for rev
tIua 90 fierce beef va. u ,nniovsd aa,paod aud
The New York herald., 1868-11-17
:. BLEEcKER. SON 4 co.

n bLEECNEH, bUN- q 90.
"A. TUESDAY, November "a, 1t o'clock, the premises.
Splendid Houses and villa Sites Irving Park Tarrytown.
That choice Property Irving Park Taryown westches
ter county N " known Prospect Hin, consisting of two
elegant Houses taan vlas) 35r6 with two each Of
choice Land Houses finished In black walnut and complete
with the modern improvements. Also ten superb Building
Sites, from half 10 each The whole property
snds hne view Of b miles on tbs Hudson Is only mile
the and steamboat landing, by e'e
gant residences and the refined society In STATE
Churches schools stores, &C., abound Title perfect hsps
n Cedar
The New York herald., 1868-11-17

Rio the market quiet hu, steady AT
former quotations; we heard OF sales Other kads
maine1 Gi and nominal.
FLorn GRAIS.Eecepts, 2c 2s1 bbls. and 7sl bsgs
bD meal AoS bushels wheat t744 do.
" The demand for -four very moderate
6n The market Tor shipping grades firm. to the
advance gold. Other kinds duh al Saturdays
hgres With free sellers. California was quiet bat steaty
1he sales about 1900 hbis Southern dull bu with
chance prices. The sses f2D bbls. Rye -four
steady with, however light demand Sales 30 bbls
The New York herald., 1868-11-17
COMMERCIAL REPORT.

MONDAY, Nov. I6-6P.M.
CoTros-Eeceips s45 bales At the opening the market
was fairly active firm. quiet
heavy and prices Of low mddng shade lower. Tho
4o baes including 259 for export 762 for spn
ming <s4 speculation We closing quota