The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
THE LAST HEARING
City Officials Listen to the
East Jersey Water Com
pany's Arguments.
OF COURSE IT HAS THE BEST SUPPLY
Ex-senator Hobart and Charles
Corbin Tell of Little Falls
J Superior Facilities.
OF COURSE 1T HAS THE BEST SUPPLY


officials will give bidders. formal and IN
formal. who are anxious to give the city
supply of pure and wholesome water
took place Saturday afternoon in inc
Mayorss Office Street and Water Com
n,issioners Macarthur and Cone had heard
so much about water previously tna'
zrstt,ayr-~ahsented themselves from Satuf-
DAYS session. The other martyrs listened
patiently.
1t was an inning for the East Jersey
Water Company whose plan is to take
purified Passaic water as it is found al
Little Falls. The company's proposition
is for a purified supply and for that
reason has been given no amount OF
serious consideration. The city officials
want to shake off the expense OF pump
ing stations and the only method oil do
ing so. appeared to be in the adoption
of a gravity supply.
The East Jersey Water Cempany's pro-
position has been heartlessly dlssecteo
by opposing contractors. and II was
because of that fact. perhaps that eX-
Senator Garret Hobart. Counsellor
1Charles Corbin and Engineer Clemens
8. Herschel were on hand to extol the
! merits of the conpany's plan and 10
4 tear apart the plans of its competitors.
Mr.. Corbin opened for the company
! He spoke of the purity of the water at
Little Falls. claiming it to be quite free
from all contamination. He asserted that
there is no such thing as taking abso-
iutely pure water by the square mile, as
is would of a necessity contain GER
tain percentage of vegetable matter and
suffer some contamination from sewage.
He ridieuled the claim of anyone's abll-
ity TO procure a supply from the Rocka-
way River, it being practically prevented
by the rights of the Morris Canal and
Banking Company. Returning to the
suality of the water. he said that 1t
fsasa sewage pollution that had TO be
~ trded against and he insisted that the
q 9otn.centage OF purity Of water at Little
er tzls is higher than that of any point
ron the AtIanIIc coast. He next Gained
4aJtenIlon to the increase OF population
ana maintained that 1t was an lmporLans
factor IN the acquisition OF new supply.
f,or purity and quantity he said the Wa
Ter at Little Fails was not deslrapi=.
Brine capacity or tne rails he said, was
~ cubic feet d second. A fair estimate
uef the flow is estimated al 2OO,OO9.0O0 sai-
1ns daily. These ngures are based, 1t
= fas represented. upon an inspection naoe
I during the dry season OF last year
= He said it was an easy matter 10 ma ae
fplans for water supplies, all that was
-sfsa;,.
New schemes can ba maze and pre-
sented every day he continued, out
to come here and say what they will DO
but to do it and snow some PROOF OF
their ability to do what they cia1lEl-
He argued that the rights OF the MOI
ris Canal to the Rockaway River water
cannot be disputed. He rtdicuied the
rumor that the canal was to be closed up
and asserted that more business on IL
was to be done than ever before. he
said that the canal company is entltiec
to all the RockaWay water II wants lof
canal purposes and explained thdl even
now it was necessary TO draw On Lake
Hopatcong and also upon Beaver BROOK
He represented further that durlng GER
tain Deriods the canal company found IL
necessary to cut off the supply OF rae,
tories and mills 60 as to keep the canaI
at a certain depth and to nave suflcleht
surplus to operate its planes ConIiluins
he declared that the water OF Be2Vef
Creek could not be taken by condenliia-
ton. -. +..+ will
not override the rights of the canal com
pany, which are paramount TO al Claims
ANoTHER COMPANY THAT HAS EX-
elusive RIGHTS.
Mr.. Corbin continued at length, .gaI at
tempting to show that M the enly yase cofnnany gray
that owns any water. For the first 70,
100000 gallons daily the. price asked i. IS
a consumption of 5O,O9000o gallons daily
is reached Mr.. Corbin said that the
Jersey City Water Conpanyfs cldihi
about the canal company's rights was
Imaginary. He reiterated mis- statement
that Rockaway water cannot be taken
without the canal companys consent
Mr.. Weart asked Mr.. Corbin's opinion
about the citys obligation in advertising g
for bids. He replied that he thought
it was compulsory 49,.
boldness of some people in mediums
with other peoples business. He deelar- 9la
ed that there were mills between Pat
erson and Newark, the owners OF wnlcn
had paid $15, 600 each for the use OF
water. He said all the, flow enjoyed by
ne considered the East jersey Water
Company better equipped to settle claims
than Jersey City could ever be- He
estimated the cost under his conpany's S
plan of sending water to High Service
at s5250oO a. year. The right Of way
the expenditure of 100000
Engineer Herschel made strong ,ap-
peal for speedy action ,te said last
summers troubles shou he remember
ed and a contract madG at once. He
urged upon the officials that the. East
contract for its yearly 100000 pumping
turned on by August The hardest work
would be in getting pipe across the
Passaic There would be no financial
obstruction, he declared He told of the
sompany's generosity in not asking New
ark for q cent until her plant was com
pleted.
I'VE have the money and the me men t9 9
know how to 60 it again.
In conclusion he said he thought it
would be q capital idea to. establish a
reservoir on the Heights north of the
in~1a law