The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-22
No. 2 Wall Street,


New York. N. Y, April 20, 1881
Dear Sir-Your attention has not un1
likely been called to an editorial ana
certain communications in Engineering
News of April Is, written. Il may pe
assumed, with the intent OF afiectlng tne
judgment of officers OF the city ana M OF
Company is not willing that its position.
as stated by IT'S business comp petttoss, or
by gentlemen arguing from false prem
ises, should stand at this time as the
only information to be spread peIore-
the officers of the city and before the.
II Claims to be a legally organized cor
poration, and to be engaged in lawful
calling. 1t also claims that its calling IS
beneficial, when, viewed from the stand- nd
than from that of the patriotic citizen
L may be CALLING to the pride OF certain
citizens, or of the theoretical student, to
be forced to admit that some things can
be done more economically by private
enterprise than they can under direct
era of our civilization such is undoubt-
edly the fact, and prudence bids rec
ognition of this fact Among, such
things is. the construction Of works for
city receiving reservoirs. Why works
thus built and water thus delivered
patriot, or CT the student. does not
clearly appear, it being promised that the
price. per million gallons of the, same
quantity of water thus. delivered is less
quoted method of water delivery. SINH
larly, it might be argued, that it is very
dangerous for the welfare. of tie com
Elunity, heinous or even criminal for
city to buy coal by the ton, when the
mining regions for coal lands, and pro-
ceed to mine and ship it. No less bad
is It for a city to buy gas by the million
cubic feet or let the citizens pay gas, or
engage electric lights By the year and
photonleter, when the city should mine
it's coal and make its. own gas or cleo
trio light. Some small and well organ
ized communities can indulge in The like
commMaistic experiments with safety,
but bitter experience has abundantly
shown the impossibility of such enter
prises, without the attendant unpleasant
circumstances of corruption, OF gross
waste, or of bankruptcy, in nunberiess
other cases.
The offer @ Of the Ii ilFs East Jersey Water
Company, as 1t stands today, is to supply
at the .pressures needed by the consump-
ton of the whole city, at the rate Of
less than $35.25 per million gallons, while
S40.50 per million On the other hand,
how many cities are there in the United
million gallons daily, al so little as these,
or at double of these prices per million
gallons? 1t would undoubtedly be a
difficult matter for any one man to com
Ions into the city distributing reservoirs,
Jersey Water Company believes. it win
not not suffer py the comparison, When care re-
ap and Why aae Rnows for anyhng
SO per million gallons, or S-io s Of one cent cent
to- to pay yYV for Wafer Right @ here in in Jerses
City the city is selling water to other
cities, towns and townships for $50 per
water at the rate of si0o per million gal.
Ions. And if computed from faucet rates
i Is RECEIVING & $500 per ea5 nilion On gallons
over over sioo, ought 10 leave satisfacforyy
ton and of collection; and a comparison
works when built by cities themselves,
prices named. intrinsically
Something more may be said about the
price bid by the East Jersey Water Com.
in two years and seven moths from the
date of the signing Of the contract. was
deveeng Maei GO fhe a cH 81 ~ rs
present day.
TO do this it actually gave to Newark
waste pipe, and had been delivering water
for three months before it received Q dei--
lar from the city This IS m. mentioned
energies, and the aid and means OF
every sort at the command of the com
pan$ 1t did this once. and it can do il
Ifs bio is the bid of men who are
ready to expend millions on the chance
of having those millions return to them;
Known It'd be appuTt en- antsto municipal
works and undertakes Of this class
It IS a bid which was made ls on the the, day y
and was accompanied by deposit OF
500 900 as a guarantee of good faith, in
eens di,a t,.a I;gbtS ~ sueh considerations