The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1894-01-09

pose of choosing such candidates, cense-
| uuently those officials are left to be nomi-
mated otherwise, than under the proposed
law.
The act is drawn with a view to its fex
Utility. Sections inserted may be omitted,
or vice versa. 1t can readily be accommo-
dated to any changes that may be made IN
the existing ballot reform law.
Without further dwelling upon details, the
appended bill is submitted for the careful
| consideration of your. Honorable Bodies,
with the earnest recommendation that 1t, OF
one similar thereto, be enacted. Under 9
law containing such provisions, the power OF
the political boss will be destroyed and the
influence of the machine" become merely
advisory. The powers usurped by those
| agencies will be restored to and exercised
by the aggregate voters of the respective
parties.
WATER SUPPLY.
1t is of the utmost public Importance that
measures be speedily taken Tor the syste,
| matte control, by the State, of the sources OF
potable water supply within its borders fol
| the common benefit of all its citizens. This,
| a matter of more or less interest to the en-
tire public, has already become of special
and immediate concern to the populous COM
munities in the northeastern section OF the
State. In this connection, and as demon
IdLl12 GLlC IlllDOl kin III RaS ~
| following extract from the late report of the
State Geologist is submitted
st seems fitting that the Survey should
again set forth the sources now available Tor
supplying northern New Jersey towns with
water. Briefly, these are the following
Watersheds
Hackensack above New Milford.-Eleva-
ton at outlet, 4 feet. Supplying capacity,
&c, 500, 600 gallons daily, used by Hackensack
Water Co., R~eorganized, to supply Hoboken,
Hackensack, &c.
Saddle River above Paramus.-Elevation
at outlet, 80 feet. Supplying capacity, IA
000, 600 gallons daily. Not utilized.
Ramapo above Pompton.-Elevation, 202
feet. Supplying capacity, 107, DOC, 600 gallons
daily. Not utilized.
Wanaqus above Pompton.-Elevation 2O0
feet. Supplying capacity, $1,000, 600 gallons
daily. Of the 100 square miles of water shed
% square miles are tributary to Greenwood
Lake, a storage reservoir of Morris Canal,
the waters of which have to flow almost the
whole course of the stream. The rights OF
the canal company on this stream are I'M
portant.
P~equannock above Pompton.-Elevation Of
outlet, 220 feet. Supplying capacity. 90
O0O,0 900 gallons daily. Utilized by East Jer-
sey Water Company for Newark supply.
Rockaway above Decentralization 4SO
feet. Supplying capacity, 7S,0OO,00O gallons
0aAAJ 4NO oNAA6SN'
draws its supply from Lake Hopatcong and
has claimed that it diverts no water from
the Rockaway permanently.
The above are the only practicable sources
of supply north of the Raritan water shed
which are sufficient for towns of over TWEEN
ty thousand inhabitants. OF these, only
Saddle River, Ramapo, Wanaque and Rock
away Rivers are available for new systems of
supply of any magnitude. The aggregate
supplying capacity of these four streams Is
2777, 200, 900 gallons daily. These are the
sources to which our large cities must go in
order to acquire ample, independent sup
plies.
The Importance of a proper development
of these sources has frequently been pointed
out, and it grows in the eyes OF the closer OBJ
server with every census, and with every ac-
emulation of data as to our water sheds.
Taking the counties of Hudson, Essex and
Union, with Passaic, north, to and including
Paterson, and Bergen, %northward to Hacken-
sack, we have a population practically de-
pendent upon public water supply systems.
The growth of this population is shownb by
the following table,