The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-04-29

only require a few minutes or hours n5
the most. There are niue Of these gates,
as follows: The first OF Stonehouse brook,
the second at the foot of Pompton Mouu-
tain, the third at Pompton Plains, the
fourth at Pompton River, the fifth at the
top of Aunt Sally's Hill, the sixth at the
Passaic River, the seventh just beyond
the Great Notch, the eighth at BROOK
dale, and the ninth near the Underhill
Manufacturing Company's Mills i'll
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TESTING H PIPES.
At each one of these gates Is erected n
small brick structure to protect the gates
from the elements and keep away from
them mischievous or designing 1ndivio-
uals. The doors to the gate-houses were
locked so that it was impossible to enter
one of them. The appearance of this
great iron tube impresSes the observer
with the immense outlay the COMPANY
must have been put to, to place it even
In It's present condition. 1t traverses
a portion of the country that en-
braces q great variety of scenery. 1t
climbs steep a%scents, at places the angle
being considerable, crosses great hills,
drops down into great valleys, going
over or under numerous streams, and at
the same time sustaining an enormous
pressure from the mighty volume OF
water pouring into it from the intake
reservoir. Just what this pressure is can
be seen by the great washouts that ap-
pear along the line where a leak has
made itself known the IN the water
has been turned into the pipe. The test
ing of the pipe was done by sections.
That part of the pipe line from the intake
reservoir to Pompton Plains was tested
early last Fall. Here the leaks were dis
covered and the repairs made before the
rest of the line was completed. From
compton River 80 the top of Aunt Sally's
hill the next test was made. At this
point and over to the valley of the Passaic
River below Little Falls, the line crosses
au elevated territory, and is pretty close
to the hydraulic grade.
NUMEROUS LEAKS.
The pipe line makes u rapid descent
from high hills on the west bank Of the
Passaic river between Totowa and Little
Falls. At the foot of the hill on the road
to Totowa evidences Of a very bad leak
are apparent. rs the ground Is badly torn
up and washed down towards the river.
The break has been repaired. From the
road the pipe ascends to the bridge over
which it Is carried across the river.
The bridge is of iron and has three
spans and -four %abutments, two of which
are IN the middle of the river. The pipe
rests in a cradle clear of the bridge ties.
The latter are formed by round
iron rods fastened to the top of
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on which the pipe rests are flattened. The
pipe is encased in a wooden box made Of
rough boards, but has no other covering.
A foot path runs alongside of the pipe on
the south side of the bridge. The exposed
portion of the pipe on the bridge affords
an opportunity to see where the leaks
occur in the pipes at the joints.
From the bridge eastward. the pipe de-
scends and passes through a marshy tract
of ground between the river and the Nor
rs Canal. In this swamp the leaks are
numerous; every few feet the ground Is
dug up where the workmen have been
making repairs. Many of them are
stopped, but water is still oozing through
he ground in several places. The pipes
through this swamp Is probably subjected
to rs severe q pressure as at any portion
of the line. as it is the lowest point In the
great siphon across the Passaic Valley.
The elevated ends are about three miles
apart.
Crossing the canal beneath the bed the
pipe ascends towards the mountain at
Great Notch. Several leaks have oc-
Cured on this section. Before reaching
the Notch the pipe crosses two small val
levs through which small brooks flow.
The pipe passes under these brooks and
cement bias been used over the top of the
pipe to protect it. Where the pipe passes
unde a brook a culvert of masonry has
been built. The culverts seem to be cal
culated to carry off the ordinary flow of
water, but do not appear large enough to
cope with a freshet such as must rush
through the mountain valleys at the time
of a heavy storm.
FROM GREAT NOTCH TO BELLEvILLE,
At Great Notch, where the pipe crosses
the Paterson road, by looking westward
the spectator can distinguish the track of
the pipe line running westward several
miles in the distance towards the Pomp-
ton Notch. From the junction of the
Paterson and Little Falls roads at
Great Notch, the pipe descends the
mountain. In some instances the
trench is IN solid rock. Broken stone
and clay packing are used for a cover
ing 1t has been thrown in q very
rough manner, and there Is no pretension
made towards a neat finish. This is true
of the work all along the line between
Brookdale and Little Falls. The pipe
crosses the Notch Brooks at two points in
wooden viaducts with iron girders and
masonry abutments. Between Grove
street and the Notch Road the pipe
crosses through another big swamp. and
leaks have been numerous at that point.
No attempts at drainage in these swamps
appear to nav been mad yet.
From the swamp at the notch the pipe
ascends a high hill on Hamilton farm end
passes through the farm OF Brookdale.
In some instances the farmers have owed
the ground over the top of the pipe, and
but for the slight mound there is nothing
to indicate its track. From the summit
on Hamiltou's farm the pipe makes a
gradual descent of nearly two miles to
the canal crossing at Brookdale. The ap-
proach to the canal is through a swamp
and presents a wretched appearance. Men
were at work on Garrabraut's farm yes
terday trying to locate a leak In the pipe
east OF the canal. From the canal the
ascent to the reservoir at BelleviIle Is
gradual.
The contract calls for the right of way
for the conduit. sufficient in extent to
provide for the conditions of the contract.
The pipes are to be properly tested and
sufficiently thick to sustain the pressure.
The pipes are to be coated carefully with
the best quality of coal tar pitch, aud
laid on a foundation properly prepared.
1t provides that all bridges shall be
constructed with wrought iron grid
.ers and masonry abutments and
earth sufficiently to protect them and pre-
vent freezing. If the covering forms an
embankment the slopes are to be pro-
tected by sodding or otherwise, and nee
essary construction made to secure the
drainage of the adjoining land. If carried
over a bridge or otherwise exposed, the
contract provides that the pipe shall be
covered 10 protect ii from the influence or
change of TIE atmosphere.
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