The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1893-06-26
WOULD TUNNEL THE AIR
Dr.. Gordan Has a Grand
Scheme for Solving the
Railroad Problem.
NEW ENGINEERS BOARD.
Which Has a Lot of Suggestions
Which Are All Emb racing,

The Street and Water Commissioners
have disposed of all the important mat
ters in one way or another which have
been prolong ing their sessions of late ami
as result they got together promptly on
time this morning and by half past
twelve O'Clock had disposed OF all the
business before them.
AS was stated in THE JERSEY CITY
NEWS on Friday last the Board of Trade
has again taken up the water problem.
Beside discu ssing this question among
themselves the ~ members have
selected an Engineering g Committee. This
is the complexion of that distinguis he'd
body, DR.. L. J. Gordon. Joseph Dear, f.
G. Wolpert, James Leo and Jacob Ringle e..
By dropping Jacob Ripgle from This
committee. the other members are GER
talnly skilled mechanics TO DR.. Gordon's
credit, however, it must be said that he
Is full of engineering ideas. In fact. he
suggested on Friday evening last that
the Railroad avenue vacation trouble
could all be avefted by tunnelling the
air and dropping cars, loaded or light. to
the tracks on the street level forty feet
below
The doctors su question is feasible, to
him, but to no one else, However, the
Board of Trade Committee wants the
Street and Water Board to readvertise
for bids. and in doing SO to adopt the fol-
lowing suggestions.
SOLUTION OF THE PROBLEM.
''In compliance with the suggestion
made at our recent conference with your
board we herewith snbmit a plan
for the solution of the problem of a
new water supply of Jersey City
We suggest that your board readvertise
. l., F1,, am w f1r h :,
city. which proposals shall conform to
the following conditions
First, That adequate security shall be given
for the fulfllment Of the contract on the part of
the water company awarded the same.
Second, That water supplied to De pure and
wholesome and adequate in quantity for all
public and private needs of the city, at the
rafes and under the rules now in force.
Third. All water used by the city in its various
departments for which no charge is now made
shall be supplied by said company without
charge.
Fourth The Water Company shall at its own
expense maintain and keep in repair the present
water plant of the city, or a proper allowa nee
to be made therefor.
Fifth The water company shall, at its ow n
expense construct all renewals and extensions
of said water plant that may become neces-
sary during the continuance of the con-
tract under the supervision of the
city; but the title to the same remains IN the
city. or the city to make such extensions and
renewals. and deduct the cost thereof from the
amount annually paid to the water company.
Sixth, The water company to operate the
present high service plant if the same shall be
necessary or the city to operate the plant end
deduct the cost thereof from the amount paid
to the water company.
Seventh, The Water Company shall wi.hin--
years construct system of water works on tho
watershed of the Pa,saic River, WHICH saat be
free from all danger OF pollution aid connect
the same by suitable conduit with
city reservoir at Bellevile or High Service.
The said works shall be adequate to furnish a
minimum supply of 80, 0,000,0Ou gallons. Ths pre-
else location and the character or the said
water works and the maximum cost thereof
shall be provided for in detail In the contract
Eighth The water furnished and thu works
to be paid for as follows: Until the works con-
structed are purchased by the city. the water
company to receive as Its compensation for the
water supplied, the annual revenues of the
water department, less the interest on tue
present water debt of the city,
and the amounts annually reserved for shaking
fund and also less an amount sufficient to
cover the cost of an assessment and collection
of water rents, and also less high service ex-
above stated.
Ninth The city to have in years the
option TO purchase the water works con structed
by tho company, at a price not exceeding the
actual cost of the same, with interest
thereon at the rate of per cent.
and an additional amount equal to = per cent.
of the cost of said works as profit. less the
amounts received by the water company prior
to said purchase.
Tenth, If the city shall purchase the SAID
water fair allowance to be made to the water
company for extensions mads by them prior
thereto
Eleventh, No water supplied to private resi-
dences shall be metered without consent OF the
city.
IL conclusion the committee with char
acteristic modesty says it does not rro-
pose encroaching on the duties of the
board, by drawing up speciti
cations but they want their
ideas en- bodied in the specifications d..
cided upon. doc" Gordon, it IS said, has
little water scneme of his own to which
the above suggestions would be agree.
able.
The suggestions were filed away with
the other flood of papers