The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-02-17
THE WATER PURIFIER.
Aldermen and Others Go on the
Inspection Trip to Belle
vile.

Six coaches were drawn up In front or
the City Hall this morning, and two
more coaches stood at the entrance to the
building of the Board of Street and Water
Commissioners on Jersey avenue. The
ceaches were to convey the Street and
Water Commissioners the Aldermen and
other Interested city officials and men,
bers of the Board OF Trade to Bslleville,
10 inspect the experimental plant OF the
New Jersey Water Purifying Company.
whose main office is at No. $50 Broad
street, Newark. Among the party who
ley. Dusenberry. Day. and Kaiser,
Quimby, A.. J. Corcoran, Commissioner OF
Appeals Reuben Simpson, and Superin-
tendent of Buildings, Kelly. Engineer
Ruggles. Clerk Bouton and Commission
ers Cook and Dugan were in the party
that left the office of thesStreet and Water
Board
The trip to Belleville was made in car
riages.
ATTHE BELLEvILLE WORKS.
When the party arrives at Belleville the
members will find row of small metal
receptacles which look like patent iron
pots with the lid tightly riveted on.
Those are the filters of the Buehring sys-
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position at the water WORKS for some
time, and have attracted great deal Of
interest. 1t Is a well known chemical
fact that the only true way i'll which
water can be purified or filtered is by
separating every partical of organic sub
stances from the fluid. The inventors OF
this system claim that by persistent study
and experimenting they have arrived at
the best process of accomplishing that
result.
The water enters the filter through a
pipe in the top and passes through five
distinct processes of filtration before IL
emerges througha a pipe of the. same size
in the bottom. After entering the filter
the water passes through u layer OF fine
bone charcoal. Then it strikes an
asbestos diaphram. and after passing
through that it runs down the sides,
which are packed with charcoal of a
coarser grade. 1t then moves upward
through layer of still coarser charcoal.
in the centre of which Is large block OF
carbon. porcelain bell-like case per-
forated at the bottom fits over this block
of carbon and the water oozes out through
the holes in the bottom. The water
comes out in the same volume in which
IL entered, ana is entirely without color
or ofensive taste or smell.
WHAT THE COMPANY CLAIMS.
The New Jersey Water Purifying Com
pany, whlchsoWns ana operates the Bueb-
ring system in this State. proposes TO bid
for the contract to supply jersey City
with pure and wholesome water. Its Of
ticers claim that tney can furnish as pure
and wholesome water as caa be obJslned
from any stream or body of water in the
State, and at comparatively very little ex-
pense. For their system they say it will
not De necessary to build any vast storage
reservoirs or construct any lengthy pipe
lines All that will be necessary will be
to erect a building suitable for their filter
ing plant.
After passing through these filters they
claim the dirty. polluted Passaic becomes
as sweet and tree from any coDtaminat-
ing substances as the springs which gush
out from the -hfi4s of the north part OF the
State.