The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-18
WE ARE NOT LUNATICS.
Engineer Harrison's Reply
When Asked If He Would
Furnish a Water Supply
at the Figures
He Named.

Waltmann, Keith d Co., of No. IL Wall
street, who have an informal proposal
before the Street and Water Board, were
given a hearing before the officials in
the Mayors office yesterday afternoon.
The company was represented by En-
gineer Edlow w. Harrison, who is quite
familiar with the various sources of
supply. The plan of this company is to
acquire the extensive rolling mill plant
of the Cooper Lord estate, which is just
below the Boonton Falls. The Cooper
Lord estate controls the flow over the
Falls to a large extent and utilizes it
in operating the rolling mill. The Boon
ton Falls flow is to be stored in an in
taking reservoir at AIontville. From that
point it is proposed to lay a double pipe
line with a fall of ten feet to the mile
to High Service. where a gravity head
can be had of 30 feet, as required. BY
raising a dam at the intake 70 feet in
the centre water is stored at an eleva-
tion of 450 feet above mean high tide
The Montville reservoir alone would
have a capacity for a forty days sup
ply at the rate of 50,000,00O gallons con-
sumed daily. The reservoir would, it
was represented, be fed by draining
area of 126 square miles.
r In tie Rockaway Valley the company
proposes to establish an additional rescr-
voir, with a capacity of 78.0OO,e0O gallons
day. Dixon's Pond. which is part of
the Jersey City Company's supply, is
one of the companyfs sources. 1t is pro-
posed to condemn that pond, raise d
dam thirty feet IN height, and in that
600, 600 gallons. By increasing the height
of the dam the storage capacity gould
be enlarged to a great extent Stony
pany's plan, it was claimed, has drain
age area of about $50 acres In the Berk-
shire Valley, which Engineer Harrison
is proposed to establish q reservoir. By
raising a dam forty feet high it is sad
that z40o,0ooCoo, gallons Of water can be
at a depth ranging from forty feet to
1t alone has a drainage. area of $40
the sewage OF Dover and Rockaway was
raised. 1t was explained that it was
proposed to sewer from Dover to point
below the Montv.lle intake
MI. Weart wanted to know now the
Morris Canal Company would stand tax
ing the Rockaway River water at Dover.
water demanded by the Canal Company
would be disturbed. If any question
arose it was said that the Water Com
pany would. by means of pipes, convey
the water from the Dover locks to the
lower level at Powerv.lle.
NO PROVISION FOR SEWAGE.
The sewage of Port Dram, Hibernia
and Boonton caused a, long, discussion.
Mr. Harrison acknowledged that no pro
vision had been made to take care of
could be built The cost of the com
pany's plant is ss,OO9,o go, with twenty
six @ miles s756 Of d pps ana the raons daily Il on
a scale to sSo.50 for 5o.00o.oOO gallons a
day.
from Mr. Waltmann, who was present
formal proposition.
1--WE did not have, time" was the re-
Hurried bid in work involving. millions.
If we had had more time our bid would
have been forthcoming. The 100000 was
Mr.. Weart tackled Mr. Waltmann on
the price he was charging for water.
dfe tncoa TN npan a IN ass5 eW oereu 5Re
but charged only $3S for the 20,090O00
gallons daily and .$25 for 50, 100000 daily.
a lively tilt. in which Mr.. Weart DIS
sected Mr.. Waltmanns plan in an un-
kind manner. Mr.. Weart took excep-
that the company had not been given
sufficient time to prepare an intelligent
bid. The discussion was getting warm,
I'VE are here to listen" he began, land
I do not believe it is the business of any
on such an occasion. We have no right
TO call a man or men to account for not
than a bid received several years ago.
When our conference is ended it is time
to discuss the weak points of the bids
mildly explained that he was cross
questioning Mr. Waltmann only to get
at the truth.
Mr.. simpson wanted to know If the
company would confne itself to the fig
ures given If allowed to bid now Mr..
Harrison replied that the members of
the company were not 1unatics. and con-
seouently would not tell anyone in an
Informal proposition what Their price
would be. He said the company would
build a plant, however, at less than
&c. .00O. .00O giving two-pipe line. One pipe