The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-19

Jersey City Water Company offers water
at a cheaper price per million gallons
than either of the other companies, it is
shown that the Rockaway and Hudson
Company's figure is $57 for the first
2O, 200, 900 gallons daily. At that price it
would cost the city s114o a day at rate
of consumption of 2oOOO,oOo gallons. Com
putting 365 days to the year on the basis
of a twenty-five year contract, the water
city the handsome sum of $40, 500. The
Jersey City Water Company offers its
water at s3s75 per million gallons, which
at a consumption of 20,Ooo,OoO gallons a
day means Sf95. This in itself is a cav
ing to the city of $340 day over the
Rockaway and Tudson's bid.
on the same basis of 365 to the year
and a twenty-five years contract. the
city under the Jersey City Water Com
pany's bid would have paid only sl.254,-
away and Hudson's rejected proposition
away and Hudson's rjected proposition
of SO, ,4O2, 500. or S.148125 less. This is
greater saving than the difference
between THE cost of the respective
plants over which there appears to
be some contention.
1.-THE Finance Commissioners, said
well Informed public official .his morn
ing, "need only look over the Jersey
City Company's proposition and examine
the details of it's plant to convince them
selves that the Street and Water Com
missioners knew exactly what they were
doing when they awarded that company
the water contract.
NEW PIPE LINE PROMISED.
.tThe offer of the company to also give
the city a new main at once across
the meadows. a saving to the city Oh
nearly 81 100000, in the event of con-
currence in the award. An addltlonal
main is an absolute necessity and Will
have to be built within another year.
No other company makes amy such
offer and it is one that should not De
overlooked when the time arrives fcr
definite action. Another advSntage OF
the company's plan is that itlproroses
crossing the meadows near the present
water MAINS In the event Of an accl-
dent the city runs no risk Of water
famine. as it would require only few
hours work to connect the Bellevllle
pumps with the new mains and send out
the usual supply as if nothing had oc-
Cured"
ious plans" said Commissioner Kaiaer,
Everybody was on the lookout Tor pol
luton That, above everything, seemeu
to worry our officials .Tow. why IS II
that when a supply is offered anso-
lutely free from pollution it is not ac-
cepted? Why is it that individuals de-
sire the city officials to go fro1n one
source of pollution to another?
ut is my experience that people are
tired of sewage water and do not think
our city would increase in population OF
wealth by buying new water that is
polluted The proposition to build an IN
tercepting sewer some fifteen miles in
length is fine one when we are look
ing for pure water. Why take water that
requires a sewer to protect it. now, when
water that is not SO exposed is offered.
ABSURD SEWER PROJECT.
Who can compel the people of Boonton
to build sewers and who for a moment
imagines that those people are going to
go to the expense of putting the neces-
sary plumbing in their houses for the
benefit of Jersey City? The proposition
is an absurd one. The people want pure
water / have voted to get pure water
and at a price cheaper than it is offered
by any other company. If people dis
pute the fact let them carry this matter
into the courts. Let the courts appoint
a commission of experts to determine
whether we have done right or not
and Tll wager a good deal that such ?
commission will say that the company
to whom we have awarded contracf
is not only the lowest bidder but offers
a plant to this city to which there is no
superior in this country. The members
of this board want fair play and jus
tice and our courts should decide this
question. I will not be bulldozed into
anything. 1 was elected by the people
and I want the people to know that
have done my duty faithfully and well.