The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-08-14
Many Remedies Suggested Whereby
the supply Can be Increased
at Small Cost.

just SO long as the filthy Passaic is being
dished up to taxpayers of the city. Tbs
flnanciers favor new supply of water
| aud they win not waste the city's none
In improving the mains SO long as
1.-The Passaic is in its present
horrible condition. and which will be
worse than ever when the Orange sewage
is emptied into the river, the sewers for
which are now nearing completion.
| The following is Commissioner Det-
| willer's letter Of Instructions to the
| Brooklyn engineer and the reply thereto,
showing the Jesuit OF Mr.. Varona's
in vestigations and his commentators:
| LETTER OF INSTRUCTIONS.
New YORK, July 2S, 1898.
| Messrs. Robert Yam Buren,. Chief En-
| gt1leer Brooklyn Water Works, BrOol-
| ty1t aud 1. N. de Varono. Assistant
| Engineer:
| conference.-the Board OF Finance of
| Jersey City desire TO make an inyestiga-
| tion which will be more specifically de-
tailed hereafter assuming the following
/ premises:-
The water supply of Jersey City is con
| veyed from the receiving reservoir at
| Believille to the Distributing reservoirs
! at Summit avenue, through one 36-inch
| castiron main, one 36-iDch cement pipe
| with wrought iron core, and one 20-inch
cast iron main. The latter Is statsd TO
i w III pUOE COuulblOu &uQ Guo GWO O0-lQCu
| mains are in good condition.
| The average daily consumption can be
| safely taken as 100000 gallons in
| twenby-four hours, and the maximum
consumption on any one day as $4,000. 900
gallons. Tha yearly increase in cou-
sumption may be taken as per cent, or
say i.000.o00 gallons daily.
| The pumping capacity is as follows:-
Gallons.
| One Cornish pump. 4,5U000O
One Cornish ump,.................... 100000
Two Northtngton umps............. lie, ,OO0. 900
Total. 81, 500 900
| The Cornish engines are Connected with
! the atsnd plpss having q high water line
efevgrfon fitffa cvsf i8f fses IIsa4te atIsnof
nigh water at Belleville, about 1856 feet;
| bottom of thB reservoir at Belleville,
| about 130 feet; high water at JERSEY City
| reservoirs, about 126 feet: bottom of Jer-
| sey City reservoirs, about 100 feet; centre
| OF both 36 inch pipes at reservoir No. 2,
about 126 feet: centre OF 20 inch pine at
| reservoir No. 2. about 10 feet; top of 36
| inch stand pipe at reservoir No. g. about
l42 feet; capacity Of reservoir No. 2.
| 81. 600. 600 gallons: capacity of reservoir No.
8, $4,000. 900 gallons; capacity of reservoir
| at Bellsyilie. not given; length of mains
| some six miles, or say 81, 500 feet.
| 1t is desirable IL possible to postpone
| any expenditure for a new main, which
| has been proposed, aud which would
cost some 5000 900 especially on account
| of present financial conditions
The city Is investigating new source of
supple, the quality of the water from the
present one being unsatisfactory.
In regard to the condition of the mains
/ the statement of the Engineer of the
| Water Works, which is en- bodied above,
| is TO be accepted, supplemented simply
| by such evidence as may be gathered by
you in walking over certain portions of
| the land
WHAT WAS DESIRED.
We desire you to report in regard to
the present capacity of the mains, their
sufaciency for the given consumption.
| tue measures, IL any, that may be taken
TO lncreass said capacity, aud the posi-
bility. adva ntRres and disadvantages Of
| defering or entirely leaving out the bNild-
| ing of the new additional main already
referred to-.
II disposed to act. we would like to
have either or both Of you make an ap-1
pointment TO visit our works at your
earliest convenience. so that the required
report may be had by us as soon as poss-
ible. JACOB j. DETWILLER,
Chairman of Committee.
Com. Resolutions.
THE REPLY.
BROOKLYN. N. Y, Aug. Z, 1898.
Jacob j. Detloiller. CllatrqnGn of Com
mtitGPe, com RESOLUTIONS.
SIR-After receipt OF your letter of in
structions, dated July 2S-copy Of which
Is herewith aunexed-and visit to your
works in cbmpany with yourself and the
Chief Engineer, Mr.. w. w. Rugg les,
who readily and cheerfully furnished all
information and extended all necessary
facilities. we beg to report as follows
There 10 no doubt that the supply from
| the Rellevilie reservoir to the Summit
W0ir fraF hc inOr OMh
| soon as soon as possible to leave safe
| margin between supply and consumption.
| While in compliance with the written
| instructions aud verbal statements from
yourself supplemsnting the same, we
have, in ordsr to save expense. omitted
| the measurements of the discharge
| through the mains (Which we had
| proposed), and although records of the
| fluctuations at the Summit avenue
reservoirs were not available, the facts
seem. obvious to MS that tho margin
| today between supply and consumption
| Gas given 10 us) Is insufficient.
| THE PROPOSED MAIN.
| The proposed additional main would
| of course afford ample relief: and its
| ultimate adoption seems to us inevitable
| il the present source OF supply is ad-
| hered to.
| We do not see. however, how this plan
4 evenif approved today is going to remedy
need relief ut once, and it would not be
| safe to assume that the main could be
| laid in less than two years, while 1t
| might take much longer time.
/ admitting. therefore. the ultimate
| necessity of an additional main. the
question now, as we understand it, is TO
| increase rs speedily as possible. the sup
| ply from the Bslleyille reservoir, and TO
postpone the exDen diture involved III the
| additional main until better financial
| conditions obtain; and, especially. until
the definite source OF supply for your
city is adopted and all danger of having
TO laysand pay FOR still another main Is
avoided. We beievs these ends can be
! attained as follows
AN INDEPENDENT CONNECTION.
First, BY laying an independents con-
nection, or by pass from the Worthlng-
ton pumps to the mains supplying the
1 Summit avenue reservoirs, which will
enable direct pumping Into the latter
| when required. There IL no difficulty
in the way, and by these means alone