The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1892-11-28

men to Dover when they re-
turned from Green Pond. The
party consisted of more passengers
than the road carries In six months, and
the proposition was eagerly accepted
When Denmark Lake was reached on the
return journey there was the special
Aud sucn special it was, tool 1t con.
sisted of a locomotive running backward
and relic of early railroad building III
the United States: a dilapidatcd car with
windows the size of pigeon holes. At
any rate 1t was quicker than the carriage
and the party elm bed in. Then the train
started. 1t rocked aud bumped SO that
Alec Mclean suggested that the con-
ductor be requested to throw the car off
the track and see if it would not ride
easier over the ties. Dover was reached
in due time without accident, and there
the train wasstakeu for Hoboken.
During the homeward journey the
party talked over the adaptability Of the
shed for Jersey City's needs. Much sur
prise was expressed at the fact that there
should be, within such short distance OF
the city, a region SO wild. so rocky and SO
devoid of habitaIion as this immense
water shed of 1859 square miles, and con.
sequently SO devoid of any chance of con-
tamination by sewage. This brought up
discussion of the sanitary aspect of the
scheme, and 1t was said that the water
SACo O4lCiCh uO CnduCC@ IA
being extremely sparselY settled, very
few farms, and the few towns upon the
river containing no man ufac-
tories such as dye works
etc., that would be objectionable. Dover
is the largest of these towns, containing
about 1000 inhabitants. about fifteen
miles above Boonton as the river runs,
but it has no sewage system at present,
the town not being thickly built up. as is
the case in small places. The elevation
of Dover is sufficiently greater. so that
the current of kockaway River is quite
rapid from this point to Boonton. The
water tumbling over the rocks becomes
aerated, and the oxygen gets IN its work,
keeping the water absolutely pure and
wholesome.
WHO THE CONTRACTORS ARE.
The engineers and contractors, Moffett,
Hodgkins & Clarke Co. have had a wide
and varied experience In the construction
of water works. They have constructed
in the past fifteen years over 100 different
plants in all sections of this country and
Canada. and at present operate oveAn fifty
different water works systems. anG On no
instance has there been e failure i7 kheir
selection of aater supply. mhetities
furnished by 7 n have gone on year by
year renewinD their contracts, paying
promptly as per agreement, anI finding
no fault with the service rendered. The
party were pleased with the frank and
open manner with which all explaua tions
were made on the part Of Mr.. Clarke.
An analysis of the water at Old Boon
ton has been made by eminent chemists.
and the same shows 1t to be remarkably
pure and soft. analyzing better than any
of the supplies OF the large cities.
The gentlemen in the party represent
ing the citizens of Jersey City, as far as
they would express any opinion, appeared
to be favor ably Impressed with all that
they saw. The only objection anyone
raised to the scheme was the possible con-
tamination of the water by the sewage of
Boonton and Dover, which may in the
future become serious question. BooD-
ton appeared to be eliminated by the fact
that the canal is between the town and
the Rockaway, while the engineers de-
clare they can take care Of Dover. Repre-
sentatives of the contractors will be
present at the meeting OF the Board of
Trade tomorrow night and explain to
those who may be present the advantages
of their plan.