The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-02
Jake ana stony Brook. i'm the Rockaway

i Valley.
of Morris county and the waters thereof
are noted for their purity and excel
the Board, if desired, various analysis
of these waters made at different sea-
sons of tyear by eminent chemists; they
comparison given by the city, in its spec
iffcations The company will agree to
enforce all present and future s,9..,a laws OF
! the State against all persons polluting
or attempting to pollute said sources OF
supply. to the end that the same may
! be maintained in their natural state OF
purity and wholeSomeness.
/ At certain seasons of the year all
mountain lakes and streams are sub1ect,
/ for short intervals to occasional impurl-
! ties of vegetable origin, which cannot
be avoided. even in the purest streams
existing in the water sheds OF the MD ~,
may for few days cause even the pure
waters of the supply prepared ! by ), tnis Is
t. vary from n It's tRe
The company guarantees that the wa
ter to be furnished by it shall not be IN
fsrior to the following win @ stahdara dsiTer at by any
to the city by the million gallons. This
company further agrees that an analy.
each week in each year. during the
term of said contract, at the expense OF
the company, and furnished to the city
when called for. and that the average
quality of said water supply so found
for each year shall exceed in purity anc
wholesomeness the standard OF purity
given by the city in it's specifications.
i GENERAL PLAN OF THE COMPANY.
The following is the general plan of
the company:-It is, of course, subject
to minor alterations, which may be
struction. The main intake for the pipe
lines of the supply will be located at
Beach Glen reservoir, in the Rockaway
River Valley. From this point the water
will be carried by gravity by pipe
line or lines, along the route shown
generally, and dsliyered5, at High Service Ssss,
Hill, at a head of 210 feet ABOVE. mean
high tide. While the whole supply can
be utilized at that head, the company
quantity for "a sie--.apipe service may
be delivered simultaneously. with the
balance fowmg into the receiving reser-
form pressure in the standpipe at all
times during the delivery of water, and
for the lower levels of the city SO as
to not strain the present distributing
system of the city.
Additional intakes will be located at
Dixon's Lake and at Stony Brook, so
that they must be connected with the
main pipe line, or lines. BY means Of
plan contemplates new pipe line or
lines across the HackenSack meadows
from the Passaic River at BellevIle to
the High Service reservoir in Jersey City.
The pipe line or lines will be construct
ed of steel of suflc.ent length, strength
and capacity to deliver the water at the
upon the main line from 81 inches to 4S
inches inside diameter, and from AZ
inches to So inches inch inside % ame{sr for
pipe line from Dixon's Pond and Stony
Brook viii also be constructed of steel
and will be of sufficient capacity to de-
liver the water from their several IN
takes into the main pine line lines.
All the pipe lines viii be coated inside
and out with asphaltum. according to
- no TUNNEL MOUNTAINS,
Under the plan the ,n wster 0,la+a VIII oe cav v
neansxof a tunnel about three and one
half miles in length, and with an inside m d,
d5amets 9f sx fes NAV 9sd be found M5a neeea eee
saryl. This tunnel will shorten the, dis
tance over other, routes by At least
three ms5 WI df s oVel 9 6a ooe sa s
Ions daily thereby affording the city q
conduit for its future rsquireIaents 81
eaIIed lla5Le for for bv w the he speciications
The pipe lines will be SO located as
to be operated economically apd, Ell effi-
GENTLY The right of way for. the pipe
line or lines will be at least forty feet
the city, however. must permit the ,.,sS, eoq- 2.
tractor the use Of its present s., rights IS
High Service, whenever the company
may desire to make use OF, Of tnem. Hi coTa,, Ine
an an area of about 7so acres: and will
have a capacity Of 4:2S5 ~, ,oeo gallons
ply Of 5o,o0oooO gallons per day. It
viii have an elevation at the flow line
of about $40 feet above mean high tide.
Naturally tributary to the reservoir are
Split Rock Lake, Denmark Lake, Hoag--
land Lake and numerous small streams.
by an intercepting tunnel through Green
length, the waters of Green Lake and
Tpper Longwood water sheds will also
be made tributary to f, the h lL Beaeh Glen Glen
intake, 5n feet above mean high tide;
Dixon Lake intake, 596 feet; stony BrooR
intake. $50 feet; HoaglaenTed eTe eas Lake 14o
mark Lake, sic feet; Longwood reser-
voir, 7eo feet; Green Lake, / ,o45 feet.
The storage capacity oo ~ Of ,o Beach ca Glen res
Lake. 2,2S0, 900; Stony Brock. J. a, ,s83,
| 700; Longwood reservoir, 4,S19, 600 gal
Ions. or 8 combined capacity Of 5lp upwards, rl,
supply of fifty million gs1lons a day.
NO POLLUTION POSSIBLE.
sausre us I'M miles @ Of Water shed is made trib-
ufary to the system and comes from
mountainous district. wherein pollution
by population can never exist. There are
no factories or villages of any size with
in its limits and the sparse population
is constantly decreasing. The land is wild
forests and constitutes an ideal gathering
ground for water supply.
The sources of supply and the, intakes
are all above the towns and villages of
Boonton, Powerville, Danville Rockaway.
Dover and Port Dram and above the
luton from these towns from sewage or
from the canal or otherwise is rendered
Impossible. which cannot be claimed on
shed ehei in t the I State n9 Of New Jersey water
This proposal shall remain open for
| acceptance by the city until the first
day of August unless extended in writ
| ing.