The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-05-11
WATER and Wind.
Contractors Explain Their
Bids to Supply Jersey
CitY-East Jersey
AllurementS.

The SGrea6 ana WAFER OouuhlsslouoIa
met this morning to hear explanations of
the three bids rscently submitted to tn Q
board for the furnishing Of a new supply
OF pure and wholesome water to Jersey
City. The public was invited to
attend the session and discuss
the question, but not a person appeared i.
AS a result the water contractors had a
free swing at everything.
Mi. John b. Bartell was first called
upon. He said:-"I represent the
Montclair Water Company, and | can
a~uthoritatively state That our company
can give Jersey City a supply of 10000. 600
gallons daily within three months from
the date of the execution of the contract.
That supply would be. sufficient
for seven or eight years at least, and in
the meantime our company would con.
struct an independent line for the use OF
Jersey City. n that line would be the
one from which the permanent supply
would be received.
EAST JERSEY, OF COURSE.
We propose to give you az immediate
supply by taking the East Jersey Water
Company's water and transferring 1t
across the river TO Belleville.
In connection with this advantage
we will assign TO you a contract
which we now have with the City OF
Bayonne. We sell water TO that city st
the rate of $50 per millions gallons, which
Is double the price we ask you TO pay"
Would this supply you propose giving
us be an independent one?" asked Go M
missioner Somers.
Eyes, SIR" was the reply. and it
would require about three years In
which to construct a permanent line for
you. We would take our water from the
paorannnckD
lis not the Montclair Water Company
the same as the East Jersey Water COM
pany," asked Mr.. Dugan.
mo, sir; they are entirely different
companies. We would furnish the water
under the Ramapo system OF
p p%a IN 9. and sas,t gravity ysyr. 9 10 anee.
coming geographical and engineering
difficulties, and spent an enormous
amount in preparing ourselves to furnish
water to cities and towns in this State.
We have had to condemn property. aud
in Il Instance we were mdae 60
pay Sl5S. 600 damages. We have pur-
along the water front, and spent thou
sands Of dollars in litigation with
the Old Society for Water Pro
lection, and the Dundee Land and
Power Company. We hav the right to
waters of the Rockaway above the Great
Fails because we spent eight years
in acquiring that right. BY CIV
named in your BID. and assigning to you
our Bayonne contract. our price will be
reduced So 70, which makes our bid 30
cents lower than tho lowest bid you
have"
SUE BY BAYoNNE.
isn't the city of Bayonne suing you
for breach of contract now?" asked Cor
= ..s ~ ., n Tot Al a pd
ssYes," replied Mr.. Bartlett, "bus we
still have a two-year's contract
with that city. The city wan
20 renew q contract with us. but wants q
supply from the same source that Newark
is getting it from. We have not re-
newed it because We have been waiting
to see what Jersey City VS. going to do
In the matter of q supply"
Mr.. Bartlett's exclamation was not
looked npou with much favor, the COM
m~issioners believing that the company he
is Interested ia is involved already in too
mauy water schemes to give 20 tnis city
az Independent supply which would be
satisfactory.
THE RoCKAwAY SCHEME.
Mr.. Moffett, representing Moffett, Hodg-
kins 81 Clarke Company, in explaining
the bid OF his company said that every
thing they intended doing was
emnOdied In their proposition
which has been published in Il NEWS.
Mr.. MoffeJt stated, however, that his
company had the money necessary to
carry out such a contract; that
they had already made plans which
would prevent the pollution of the river
az their proposed intake and further that
the water of the Rockaway ut the
point they proposed establishing
an intake was as pure water
as was to be found anywhere in the
United States. He backed up this asser-
tion by fling with the board an official
analysis. His company desires two years
in which to erect the plant it PROPOSES
operating, but he supplemented his re-
MARKS BY saying that IL n other COM
pany could purchase water on
the river below Boonton, his
company could also and would do so IL
the city desired it. His proposition is to
operated two distinct lines, which will
protect the city from all possible danger
OF a water famine resulting from wash
outs or other accidents.
RILEY'S GRAVITY PLAN.
Mr.. Cornelius Ve:miiyea, representing
Hugh j. Riley. claims to have a supply
in the upper Ruckaway, and proposes to
deliver theswater at Belleville with snch
a head that it can be transported
TO High Service by gravity without in
CURING the expense of pumping. Allthe
bids were referred to the Committee of
the Whole for further investigation.
Moffett, Hodgkins & Clarke Co.'s bid is
considered most favorable to the inter-
ests Of the city.
INDIANAPOLIS BANK FAILS.