The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-19
NEED MORE WATER
insufficient Supply for In
mates of Snake Hill
Institutions.
BOULEVARD TO BE spRINKLED
Freeholders Award the Contracts
to Light the New Road With
Electricity.
BOULEVARD TO BE sPRINKLED

The Board of Chosen Freeholders had
a busy meeting last night and rushed
through no small amount of business.
The principal feature of the session was
the award of contracts for the electric
light on the new County Road and the
grading n paving of divisions / and
OF the Branch" from Weehawken to thu
Hoboken City line.
The Supreme Court having set aside
the contract to the. Complete Electric
Construction Company, the board by reso-
luton awarded the electric lighting to
Michael I. Connolly at the sum of $751;
800.
M. ]. Curley secured the grading con-
tract for the divisions on che branch, No.
/ for s7s,615, and No. 2, s5s, 7S5. 1t was
resolved to direct the Chief Engineer to
prepare plans for the tagging of the side
walks of the Boulevard.
INMATES OF SNAKE HILL KICK.
The Snake Hill people are grumbling
about the water from Jersey City, anG
County Superintendent Smith sent in this
letter.
THE subject of a proper water sup
ply for Snake Hill is one that needs i'm
mediate and earnest consideration. Ths
present supply which comes from Jersey
City is very unsatisfactory and made
quate. both for drinking and fire pur
poses. The Board of ~Freeholders som
years 6 laid an S-inch pipe extendin:
from Tonnele avenue to the Alnlshouse
This main connects with q 6-inch dis
tribution pipe at Tonnele avenue.
cat the AlnShouse the pressure z;
it's best is about twenty pounds, and tn
supply for the upper stories and the en-
tire supply for the old asylum must b
| pumped into these buildings. In case O.
fire the Jersey City main would be en-.
tirely useless. In order to provide agains
such a calamity the board recently cor
structe6 q small reservoir at the hig.
est part of the hill in order to have {
hand a supply in case of need. 1t
intended to gradually fill this by mean:
of the large pump at the Almshouse, by
pumping off and on at such times when
the use of tho alter in the mains can be
spared. Theretais no means at presen.
of getting water from the Jersey City
main to the highest stories of the new
Asylum, and the water from the reser-
| voir would not be available for that pur-
pose for the reason that the reservoir,
being only five feet deep. will become in
summer time too warm, and further, con
%tinuous pumping into the reservoir, or
even by an extra pump at the new Asy-
main to such an extent that the Aims.
house and P~enitentiary would be cut off.
Another evil exists at the P~enitentiary.
being at the extremity of the main
a dead end is formed, where all inpuri-
ties of the water -accumulates, and in or
der to have the supply fit for use tbs
it becomes clear. This. of course, causes
great waste and increased cost, as ali
the water supplied to the Hill is meter
ed. In view of the facts | would there
fore suggest the appoin tment of a com
mittee to confer with the Board of Street
and W shs an9 Gommis 81 bevs Of ! yepsfy m Ci{g
laid OF TonHele avenu to replace the
present e-inch one. II this cannot he
Water Company. for the purpose Of rem
edying these evils"
The communication was referred to
the Committee on Institutions.
BOULEVARD TO RE SPRINKLED.
Chief Engineer E. S. Harrison sent in
a long letter to the board in reference
plains itself as follows.
Il understand that in the appropriations
for n naaainn of q eoo Of a. roads msaad there mai IS al nacae al
fiscal year. AS the road, in so far as the
p pay tba s gosS; Wjli f fer ahe W IN tie sa nanqs
no draft will be made upon this sum for
paving, curbing or cutters.
The portions Of the new road nov
Comfort of those Using the road and for
preserve the roadbed in good condition.
THE receiving basins on. used portions
should also be CLEANED as ned this spring. The The
sand and debtfs2qswept into them from;
| their work. This was done last fall, and
further cleaning of these basins is g
| road in good condition Trequest that you
take some action in these meters"
c amHy Physician Converse tod the
| board that the doubling of the population
Of Hudson county within the past two
decades, the e X { Tailr aa9 trn5s2 and d,r aa-
The Increase of ~lunatics have. consider,
ably Increased the chances of accident
a and ren nbys}eia the ab ss5yiess 9n anehher
| other physician. which the Freeholders
| agreed ito consider.
| drill at Snake Hill. and he board refer
| red his request. to the proper commit
tee. 80 - ,o,
| Egan. detailed to guard prisoners at work
| on the County Road. while. returning to
the prison yesterday' his t rife S Was acct
tered his foot. The wounded keeper is
now in St. Francis Hospital.
John sturgis: might watehm N 4, at the
Director VIM Heller asked his col
leagues to .ratify his appointment Of MI.
an. Jr., as counsel for him in the QUO war
ranfo proceedings brought by ex-Director
/ A. M. Bruggeman.
A. check for s7,S42 was received by State
tlaEgl f.