The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-16
WANT AN EXPERT,
Board of Finance Moves
Towards Concurrence
in the Water
Award.
TO INVESTIGATE THE PLANS
1t Looks as if a Temporary
Supply, Also, Might Be
Contracted for.
JOURNAL soPHIsTRY EXPOSED
The City Is Not Buying Works
but Only Water by the
Million Gallons.
ONE JERSEY CITY ADVANTAGE
The Meadow Pipe Line VIII. Save
the Taxpayers a Cool
Million Dollars.
ONE JERSEY CITY ADVANTAGE
The Meadow pipe Lime Will. Save
the Taxpayers Cool
Million Dollars.


the Taxpayers a Cool
Million Dollars.
The Board of Finance met last night
All the members were present. The res
olutions of the Street and Water Board
awarding contracts for a permanent and
temporary supply of water to the Jersey
city and East Jersey Water Company,
respectively, were considered behind
closed doors. The conference was a
shorter one than anyone imagined it would
be. The result. however, is gratifying
to the thousands of people who imag-
ined the Commissioners had been bull
dozed into non-concurringj in the awards
by the Evening Journal and the others
VINO are behind the scheme to defeat
this effort to secure for the city sup
ply of pure and wholesome water from
sources that are free from all possibili-
ties of pollution now and for the years
10 come The awards were not non
concurred in. neither were they con-
CURED in The outlook, however. for tbs
award to the Jersey City Water Com
pany being concurred in is bright. The
Commissioners have taken the stand that
in justice to themselves they should be
empowered to engage an expert to as
sist them in determining what DISPOSE
ton 10 make of the contracts now be-
fore them. They are unanimous on this
point, and to bring the matter before
sse public properly they passed the fol-
loving preamble and resolutions. which
were reported by the Committee of the
Whole and signed by every member of
the board
THE RESOLUTION.
Whereas The Board of Street and
Water Commissioners did on August 13,
1895. adopt resolution awarding a con-
tract for new supply OF water for this
city for the term of twenty-five years
under specifications approved June 4,
1895, to the Jersey City Water Company,
and
whereas. Said Board did also on the
same date adopt resolution awarding
d GOItTdcI IOL d oNPpiy " HNANSA
for this city for the term of one year
to the East Jersey Water Company,
and
Whereas. The said resolutions are now
before this Board and have been referred
to the Committee of the Whole for con-
sideration and examination. and
Whereas. This Board desires to have
the advice of an expert of it's own Sc
lection to enable it to determine whether
it is to the best interest of the city to
enter into said contracts, and
Whereas. the question of the employ
ment Of an expert to advise this Board
having arisen in connection with the
specifications for a new water supply ap-
proved September II, 1894, it was deter
mined and agreed at a conference held
on october 8. 1894 that the expenditures
connected with the employment of such
expert are properly ellargeable to the
water account, and that 1t is necessary
for the Board of Street and Water Com
raissioners by resolution to assume the
payment of such expenditures out Of the
water account. therefore
Resolved, That the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners be and hereby are
requested to p-sx a resolution to author
ize the employment of an expert engineer
to be named by this Board and who shall
be instructed to report to this Board
upon all matters that may properly af-
feet the policy of the city in regard
to its water supply and advise this
Board whether it is to the best interests
of the city to enter into said contrasts.
The expenditure to be incurred under
said resolution not to exceed five thous-
and dollars.
JOHN NJ. JONES,
]. W. BAILEY.
]. w. HARDENBERGH.
r. SIMPSON,
j. j. DETwIIT1ER.
WILL CONSENT TO AN EXPERT.
The Street and Water Commissioners,
1t is believed, will consent 70 the en-
ployment Of an expert. They feel that
they have done their duty and are quite
willing to have disinterested expert
pass upon their selection. 1t is quite
generally believed that in deciding upon
the Jersey City Company's plan the
Street and Water Commissioners did 50
without consulting proper authorities
The impression is erroneous. The coW-
nltssioners have consulted men who are
familiar with the water question, and
the award to the Jersey City Company
was practically made upon. the recon-
n,endation of experts. The Cosn1iission-
ers, however. contend that It hardly re-
qaires an expert to determine which
plan the city should accept. It is SO
apparent to every sane person, except
Who Is Kent, that the Jersey City Com
pany's plant is superior to the others.
even combining their salient features.
that an award could not eonscientiously
be made to any other company
The proposition of ess4fa people for
reasons unknown. to have the city pay