The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-05-03
SPARKLING PEQUANNOCE
Citizens Of Newark Enjoy
Pure Drinking Water
on Sufferance.
ARE THE WORKS COMPLETE?
No Move Made by the City
Towards Accepting Them
Contract Stipulations.


NEWARK, May 8, 1892.-The citizens Of
Newark are now enjoying the luxury Of
pure drinking water. The water from
the new source of supply, the Pequannock
watershed, has been turned on under the
contract between the city and the East
Jersey Water Company. For three days
1T has been running constantly into the
receiving reservoir at Belleville and from
there distributed through the city mains.
In that time no water has been pumped
from the Passaic River. so that the sup
ply Is now the simon pure article.
The supply for the High Service reser-
voir on South Orange avenue has been
pumped into the reservoir from the Cliff
ton avenue reservoir, which is in turn
supplied from the Belleville reservoir.
The thirty-six inch connection OF the
High Service reservoir with the big four.
foot main from the Pequannock valley is
being made today, so that as soon as it is
completed this reservoir will be supplied
by gravity. as provided by the contract.
RESERVOIR CAPACITY.
The capacity of the three reservoirs 10
as follows: Belleville, $1,000. 900 gallons;
Clifton avenue, 81 900. and South Orange
avenue, 100000. With these filed there
would be supply Of about 46.O00.000 gall
Ions of water. This would be sufficient
in case Of break for two summer days
supply. But the Bellevilie reservoir must
be entirely free from the old supply from
the Passaic River. The mains through
out the city are still to be flushed out and
cleansed before fair judgments OF the
quality OF the new water can be given
But even with this drawback the water Is
declared to be excellent, and a great in1-
provement over what the city has had
heretofore.
No official action has been taken as yet
on the part OF the city officials looking to
understood that a conference between the
city officials and the representatives Of
the East Jersey Water Company has been
arranged, at which the differences be-
tween the company and the city will be
dis oussed.
SLIGHTLY CONTRADICTORY.
The city has been notified by the COM
panv that the works are completed ac-
cordina to the contract. The city's en-
gineers report that the terms of the COM
tract have not been fulfilled.
here are two or three sections of tho
contract which have an important bear
ing on the question of the acceptance Of
the works. Section fifth is as follows:--
The party Of the second part further coven-
third part. that ali the works @ to s.
constructed (Which shall be capable Of delivering
the maximum quantity OF water hereby agreed
to be furnished OF which not less than 25,000, ,0n0
gallons per day may be delivered at the high
service). shall be completed. finished. and In
every respect perfected according to the terms
and condition of this contract, on or before the
first day of May, 1892, on and after which date
all the water agreed to be furnished shall be
ready for delivery by gravity. both at high and
low service, as herein provided, etc.
The party Of the second part-is the East
Jersey Water Company, and the party Of
the third part ts the city. The maxinEum
quantity agreed to be furnished is hfty
millions gal Ions daily.
In the ninth section the option to pur@
chase the plant, which the city has exer-
cised, is provided for. The section further
provides:-
Upon the exercise Of SUCH option In the man
ner aforesaid, and the delivery to and the ac-
ceptancse sl s Ct the said works, water and water
part shall pay to the parts of the second part,
United States, or in the legally authorized and
issued bonds of the city 81 Newark, the sum of
four million dollars, bearing interest as herein
after provided.
THE LEGAL REMEDY.
It will be seen that the city must Arst-
accept the works. aud II either party fails
to act In the matter, section seventeen
provides:
And it is further declared to be the UNDER
standing of the parties that by the terms of this
contract, the exercise of such option, after the
completion of the works contracted for, Is not,
and shall not be, deemed or taken to be an ac-
ceptance on the part OF the party OF the third
part of the works SO constructed. or to be con
structed, and that the party Of the third part Is
not, and shall not be bound to accept or pay for
the same unless and until the same are in all
respects constructed and completed suhstanti-
ally according TO the TERMS conditions and speci-
fications of this contract and it is further
convenanted and agreed. and admitted by ali
the parties to this contract that in case 1t be-
comes necessary or Desirable any party hereto
in addition to any aud all other legal remedies.
both as to said contract and said conveyance,
when made, may invoke the aid and authority Of
the Court OF Equity to enforce o specific per-
formance of the covenants and agreemenfl5
therein, or in either of them contained.