The Jersey City news., 1892-03-11
A NEW WATER BILL
Attorney-General Stockton
on the Classification
of Cities.
A DAISY INCIDENTAL BILL.
AL Datz and the Jordan Sta
tionery Company in 1t to
a Large Extent.
The Bill to Pension Firemen-Flre
Escapes Crawling Along
Slowly.
Special to the Jersey city Mews.


TRENTON, March IL, 1892. Although
Senator Michael Barrett succeeded in
killing Mr.. Hudspeth's Water bill in the
Senate OH Wednesday. those public spirit
ed citizens who are trying to secure a
supply of pure water for Jersey City are
not discouraged. and they are prepared
to make another fight. Mr.. Heaney yes
terday introduced another water bill
which provides;-
That where any corporation or water COM
pany, organized pursuant to any general or
special law of this State has entered into a
contract with any municipality OF this State to
such municipality to he delivered after term
OF years, such corporation or water company
being entitled to retain possession OF its said
works, and to operate them until the date hxe
in said contract for their transfer to such muni
Gil ality; and where, during the period prece1-
ing such transfer, sucn corporation or water
company shall be entitled by the terms OF such
contract to sell any surplus water from said
works, or from the sources thar supply SAID
works, which such municipality does not re-
Qure for its use, and where such surplus water
is not otherwise sold for the purposes of public
water supply, it shall bs lawful for any other
municipality, not having water contract with
such corporation or water company to require
that such surplus water shall be delivered to it
Cor so much thereof as may bs needed by such
municipality for the use thereof, or OF
made at point most suitable for the
intended purpose in the line of the works of
such corporation or water company; and, in
case of inability to agree with such corporation
water company as to the compensation to be
paid to it for the delivery as aforesaid of such
surplus water. an application shall be made by
such municipality to any Justice OF the Supreme
Court for the appointment of three COM
missioners, who shall proceed to
arbitrate between the parties, and shall
have power to send for persons and papers, and
to administer oaths and whose decision shall be
bin ding upon the parties, and who shall fix the
price to be paid for such surplus water, or SO
much thereof as Is taken, and the terms aud
conditions of its delivery, but not so as to con :
f1ict with the original contract: and such de-
livery shall thereupon be made in accordance
with the decision of said conimiss toner's; pro-
.vded such municipality applying as aforesaid
signiied is acceptance thereof within ninety
days after such decision shall be given.
The bill came upon second reading late
last night. Mr.. Hardin said that it was
the same old fight, and he moved that
the matter be indefinitely postponed, ap-
pealinQ to Essex to stand together. They,
did staud together, but their together
ness was not sufficient to withstand the
justice of Jersey City's cause, and the mo-
tion TO indefinitely postpone was de-
fea,ed
Mr.. Heaney was about to move it to a
second reading when Speaker Bergen
came to the rescue OF Essex and allowed
a snap motion to adjourn to be carried.