The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-15

WATER MAIN WRBCKBD.
0 of Those Crossing the
-4ckensack Completely
Demolished by a Scow.
WHO WAS THE BOATS PILOT?
A New Run-Around Main Discovered
That May Prevent q Water
Famine.
WHO WAS THE BOATS PILOT

One OF the three mains extending from
Belleville to High Service. across the
Hackensack meadows. was completely
demolished last night by a heavily loaded
scow colliding with it.
The wrecked main is the one which ran
across aud was protected by the old
wooden bridge across the Haekensack at
the foot of Newark avenue. When the
work OF destroying the old bridge wa
begun for the purpose of replacing It
with a more modern structure aud larger
swinging draw bridge. THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS called attention to the fact that a
boat collisiing with it would wreck It In
stantly and In all probability precipitate
Il water famine of alarming dimensions.
The wreck of the pire has come, because
OF improper protection being given the
big main.
The main was run into Just at the point
where IL siphons under the river. The
pipe not being well protsc- ed, gave way
Instantly and Il stream of water twenty
four inches thick shot M into the air Il
distance OF fifty feet. For M hour this
wafer continued before The f1od gates ut
beileville were shut of.
The wrecked main was tweuty-four
inches In diameter aud the city was
being supplied from three mains only,
agxregaGihg nihtty-six inches. which
leaves the remaining pipes 70 furnish the
city with winter. That It will be imDos-
stSie can be seen from the fact that the
three mains were not affbrding u supply
adequate 10 the consumption.
Last week Acting Mayor Simpson
uirec ed that all hors troughs be SHUT
off and later in the week the street
sprink iers wera compelled to spend
-, $50. ..ri So htLA
famine had p tssed. With tue thrse
mains emptyiig water into the High
Service RESERVOIRS the consumption was
SO great that the water WAS drawn to
with1ag eight fret of inc bottom aud n
famine was only prevented by stlaJ' ing
off the water to West Bergen aud Green.
vile during he night.
THE WRECKED MAIN CAN'T DE REMEDIED
IMMEDIATELY.
The wreck of The riaili GaunOt be REM
eslied Tor d month 1T least. TIE delay
Will be caused for this rensou. The new
bridge is in course ut construct III an
contracts have already t,een awarded for
the iasink of tins new pipes under the
river at the poinr of the crossing of the
,'ew bri g. Fle draw OF the new
bridge is twenty feet wi.ier than was the
old Ous and tile new main vi have u
siphoned accordingly tn prevent Il similar
accidcnt to lint at Yesterday. Tine
wreegrd main wilt not be placed in Use
again uuiii The uew brii.ee il IN sIca Il
slate or com pletioD as TO permit Sue lay
Ing OF the MAN ac, oss IL.
In the meantime orders Will le i.sne
10 large aud smnli Consumers ak to
use the water searingiF. II this c,irs.
Is not pursued nothing can stave If the
famine whIcn has seeifleu iu.yltaU.e for
thu past Two wpnfs.
Engineer de Varoaa's reDprt on the
nileHttpti nj a ms ~ NAL In nrr0sA tho ~ al
en-ack has awakened lbe Street All
Wafer tnmissioners. Com rIssioner
Yps discovered, yesterday, that at Belle
vile there Is II fut-aruund iuati.
TINT i, q min wEici d res nos
empty its wafer into BelleyliIe, but
which. IL connected win the fiackeusack
III ius, which eau int Tease some hat the
amount st water puq,pea to HiIA 5 T.
vice. Now that the 2l-inch main across
Hhckensdck Is wrecked. this rua-
arnIind Il ain ia 10 be- brought into
service TIE only difficulty in the way
of utilizing 1t is that 1t Is feared the twj
rrutain ng mains may BURT from tue
additional pressure.