New-York tribune., 1890-08-06
TO BRING WATER FROM JERSEY
A PLAN WHICH IS NOW A CENTURY OLD.
MUCH OF THE pA@sArc WATER SHED OWNED
pY 4 COMPANY WHICH EXPECTS TO TUNNEL
THE NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.

BY A COMPANY WHICH EXPECTS TO TUNNEL
THE NORTH AND EAST RIVERS.
yybuo the city Of New York has been acquiring
o,,,r,, ~ thc Croton waters he'd a private corpora
,i,n or rather several corporations now united INTO
one have lccn acquIrinS control of larger water
brd over in Ncw.Jer,ey and confidently look forward
to the time when their services viii he reqUU'n pS
the cl,lcs Of the metropolitan district. The society
tr tnc F,t,lli ,hmcut Of Useful Industries is the
oldest II the various companies whose riparian rights
are now held by the Bartlett Water Company IL
wa, established 100 years ago 10y Alexander li'''
ton Judge Boudinot. Richard stockton. hrocAho'''
livingston and other prominent men Tor tle P'-
pose Of starting the manufacture OF tcNtHe iApr'''
In the new Reppbllc. French chemist haN'ns
,u,lylcd the water, Of variou, streams ON the Az
laptlc .,,ho,rd rcporrcd I'm favor of the la>Salc
River Thi, company built the city Of Paterson ulc
town beluc laid ont by Major L'Enhnt the famous
French engineer who laid ont the city OF NaNH"E'""
and West Point. A. years went on. various '''P'''
ton, acquired riparian right, IN the Pa''a' "''''
shed. As the population Of New York hr"'"P" ''"
the cities Of AcwJcrScy lyins IN the ncS"u"'"o'u
rev larger the value Of these possessions increased
rnnlly all have been amal-omacd INTO one E'''
concern which controls 80 square miles oi wafer
she'd from which water cen hc sent 10 all TIE CUES
II the metropolitan district by natural pressure
Already the company has begun to make ''i'r'' -
with the Ncw Jersey cities and prepare 10 pn' mo
nso the immense resources which It has acquired
The officer, Of the company claim 10 be able 10 supply
from the Passatc watershed jOoOoo.ooo gallons Vi
water "A day and considering the immense area ""''
II controls. it ia not at all improbable iH'' '"o
statement IS true. From time to time attempts n''o
been made 10 make contracts To supply N'" 'o'"
and Broohlyn with water from the faSS'C water
she'd but have not been successful Inc s'''"o ~
supply these two cities j.. whatever else may DC
thought Of it, n bold one and involves tl' catu'
lshmrnt of great engineering works. II 'uN'Vi.l
plAc, An aqucduct from IN" centre o ,'H - ~
and tunnels under the llud.On and taot NNc'S -,
,hcsc the company proposes to put tnr N't'I, Va
LrcrhWOOd and liOpatcOHg Lakes mo 'Dc "rPa'"E
cocktails OF Ncw-Jcrscy and sprinkle them oNc' "'s
streets ~ the metropolis. , , .b ~
me plan /, for such great work and the eX'
prnd,tur, necessary 10 carry II ont would be - IN
mcnSc that is difficult u see no" pN'' 'o' KIN
| tlou would undertake il with the hope ot maMH:
any money ont of il. but the promoters 0i
the ~ch"me evidently expect {" 90 So IoI p "' -
nurr philanthropy The building ot the new Nluc
duct has put off for a considerable uhc lr "aN N'
New Nor, will drink II the streams That How rom thc
orange Mountains, or cool NH'I WIZ, 49, ~ ' =,
which cothc the Appalachian HhnEc h'Nohu. hul A
| scheme ici had iis beginning 20 WlS ls' t"'.H
nothing of waiting. and ~ the interim j. iU pilhS
lts WaN I'm Nrw Jersey. Generations nav" pi'N"i away
since thn pos,ihilutr, q tine ras,ac watershed we're
first considered since the day when >oic "N'' N'N
and"r Hamilton S-ihly. ui some "l Hlr ''-..na
luOhlng uul from the monnalh- l"MaVh tlic 80 .
,ayv The vision OF the world lHd all tf Woh"'Ta At
would he saw that the Villages would grow mo c"'
and cities into great mctrupoises bnt tne Sfct Wt't
scheme familiar to generations Oi Jc!H'lWT unu'I
one name or another. has gone on anu has tahel hc"
strength with the years