The Sunday morning news. [volume] (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1886-1891, 1890-11-30

are passed are eIDsea with screw plugs.
u every hollow there is IN air waive at
tached to the pipe 70 allow the air 10
escape while the pipe IS being filled, and
at frequent intervals there are nanhoies
covered by oval plates. These Will give
admission to the pipe III case Of Me-
cessity.
After inspecting the work run over
the new road is usually made to give the
/ visitor au idea of the extent OF the big
] falls on a single arch 1t utterly destroys
the beauty Of the falls, which Tor years
hive been the wild st and most romantic
IN tie county. Tie water has been led
around tbs falls il Il wide flame Of double
/ plankinn and solid construction The re-
noval OF the stream from the cAasm lays
bare the stone walls which for countless
! ages have been subjected to the wearing
influence Of the wild mountain stream
and whose sides are worn III huge bowls,
grooves and fantastic shapes. The hume
was built TO permit the laDorers 10 get
| down to bed rock in the stream and Law
! the concrete core, which will be bigger
than that at Oak Ridge. The cutting
through the rock GA she west of the dam
Is flushed. but the Water will not
be let through is until the gate
house is completed. Preparations are
now being made for the foundation Of this
gatehouse, aud as soon as IL is flushed the
water will be turned through the rock cut
and the fume will be taken away Then
the core building will go on. The Gin
ton reservoir Will be the deepest, most
picturesque and most struggling OF the
tot. TO keep the water pent up it will re-
quire another dam besides the one at
Clinton Falls a smaller one will be
needed over the western cores to prevent
the flowing out into the valley Of the Pc
quannock above the Oak Ridge reservoir
Ii is desirable TO have these great reser-
VoiYs independent OF each other, but the
Clinton Falls reservoir can be partly
drained into the Oak Ridge reservoir &C
will The outlets Of HANKS, Cedar and
Buckabear ponds will ali feed Clinton
Falls reservoir. and Denker's Pond will
feed the Oak Ridge Pond.
From WaIiace's Corner, at the head of
the reservoir, q good road leads to the
Clinton Falls site, where. ia a few years
Will be q lake which Will rival in pletur-
esque surroundings and wild beauty any
body Of water IN this State. Ii will be
something like WaWayanda Lake in form
and as large as, or slightly larger. than
Green Pond. Into it three roaring noun
tain brooks will pour the surplus Of three
mountain lakes. which are roadiess and
seldom visited except by hunters and
woOdcutters. There are only five or six
houses within view Of this Wilt reservoir
sile, and they are so situated that most of
them will have to be removed before the
dam is closed and the water fills the val
ley No more houses viii be built on the
company's land, ana 1t is probable that
for a century the surroundings will be as
wild as they are today.
The hills along the Pequannock abound
in game and have for many years been
much visited by sportsmen from all near
by cities. This is all to be stopped Long
before MIR. f. 4. Hoxsey died he received
instructions from the company to post all
of the land owned or controlled by the
water syndicate with signs forbiddina
shooting OF transDassing This be did
most thoroughly, aud since then there
has been little OF no shooting on the COM
pany's property at Oak Ridge, Clinton
Falls, or along the river where the pipe
line runs. The rule Will be enforced and
eventually the prescribed territory will be
great game preserve, to which birds and
ANIMALS will flee when disturbed in other
sections. The reservoirs will be naturally
stocked with brook trout because the
Pequanncck and every stream which
flows into it above Macopin intake con
tains quantities Of these game fish.
Whether indtscriminate fishing will be
allowed or not has not been determined
upon. but it is quite probable that any
body who obtains permission TO fish ia
the reservoirs in years TO come viii be
favored. After seeing all that Is "a
be seen at Clinton the visitors
general drive to Newfoundland
us quick as possible, ana
thence directly down the road to the Ma
copin intake. The stone dam at this point
is u massive, rugged, yet beautiful piece
of work as far rs it is done. On the north
side OF the river the dam is almost at its
full height and it stretches nearly across
the valley, The part remaining TO be
started being the narrow space occupied
by the stream. The gatehouse Is being
rapidly completed. Il will have four
steel gates working in steel ways and in
the face of the dam below the gatehouse
two curved pipes. four feet in diameter.
have been solidly b0lted to conauits run
ming through the masonry. To one of
these the street conduit will be attached
and the other can be temporarily used as
waste gate. The water Will flow through
both of THESE pipes while the dam is being
continued across the present bed of TIL
stream. a pleasant drive TO Butler. fol-
lowing the river closely aud crossing il
several times, brings you to the station In
time to take train for Jersey City at
three o'clock. This is picnic plan. one
in which it is necessary for the
participants to carry a lunch or 60
without eating. Otherwise the itinerary
must be differently arranged. aud instead
of going across country from Oak Ridge
to Clinton Falls. the party should drive
to Newfoundland from Oak Ridge have
dinner at John p. Browns and 20 10
Clinton after dinner. Then, however, il
will be difficult matter to see all that is
to be seen and should be Inspected, and
yet catch the O'Clock train at Butler
There is another train down at 7:1g In the
evening, and this programme admits of
taking good supper at Casterline's
Hotel, in Butler. AT all three of the
reservoir sites and at various points along
the line OF the trench and the river the
Italian workmen have made preparations
Tor a hard winter. AT Oak Ridge they
have been bunking in old dwelling houses
and in barracks erected for their accom-
mediation.
There are 275 Iaborers aud fully one
fifth are s'nativesn or farm workmen
from the vicinity. The remainder is
about equally divided between HupgarI-
aus and Italians. Eaeh of the workm m
has registered number, and except to
the paymaster his name is unknown.
The timekeeper knows him by number
and records his time opposite the number
on the time book The paynaster comes
around every two weeks. aud then wages
are paid in cash The Hungarians. who
attend 10 their own domestic arrange
ments and form colony of their own.
get all their pay in cash. but many of the
Italians have board bills 10 pay aud
these are deducted from their envelopes
for the benefit of ssBig Joe.1 the boarding
master. Many of the Italians board with
Joe, and 1t IS astonishing TO see how
cheaply they live The average cost OF
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