The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-01
MORE WATER PLANS
Contractors Desire to Be
Heard Before the Street
and Water Board.
ENQUIRIES FOR TEMPORARY SUPPLY
New Proposition to Drain the
Lakes in the North -
the State.

water was -une pFlNctpalt TOPIC OF CoH-
versafion at the meeting of the Street
and Water Board this morning. Propo-
sttions have not yet stopped coming in.
and if each contractors statements
could be believed his particular propo-
siton is the only one for the city to
adopt.
Before reading any of the communi-
cations referring to a new supply. the
following resolution was unanimously
adopted
Resolved. That the Jersey CITY Wa
ter Company be requested to inform this
board if it can offer any temporary sup
ply of water during the two years re-
auired to build the works and furnish a
supply of water mentioned in their pro-
posal submitted March 25. under speci-
fication c."
An answer to the inquiry is expected
IN the course of a day or two.
Immediately after the adoption of the
foregoing resolution. the following one.
which explains itself. was also adopted:
SUPPLY FROM GREAT NOTCH.
r"Resolved, That the East Jersey Wa
Ter Company be requested to inform this
board if the auxiliary main mentioned
in their proposal. to connect Belleville
and High Service reservoirs. can be ar
ranged to connect with the main pro-
posed to be run from Great Notch to
BeHeville reservoir so that the pumping
at High Service can be dispensed with,
and the pumping for the whole proposed
supply of the city be located at Little
Falls"
A speedy answer to this inquiry is also
expected. When the desired information
has been obtained, the Commissioners
will be in a position to proceed practi-
cally without any further delay.
VERMEULE WANTS TO EXPLAIN.
The first communication read by Clerk
Bouton was from Civil Engineer c. c.
Vermeule, who assisted City Attorney
Weart in preparing the specifications
under which bids were recently received.
Mr.. Vermeule's letter was as follows
s'Should you favor the proposal of H
J. Reilly and others to supply water to
Jersey City. with your consideration,
shall be pleased if you VIII allow me to
appear before you and present some OF
the marked advantages which this plan
offers over any others which have been
submitted While I have no doubL that
Nany of these points nave already been
appreciated by your honorable board.
t9ere are some of them which do not APP
pear without prolonged and careful
study, such as 1 have been able to give
the matter.
The communities was referred to the
Committee of the Whole for Sconsidera-
ton. Mr. verneule is to be gwen
hearing within a week or ten days. The
plans accompanying Mr.. Reilly's propo-
s.tson are on file at the office of the
Street and Water Board and have been
carsftily Inspected by persons inter
ested in the acquisition of a new supply.
EX-MAYOR CLEYELAND'S GHOST.
The ghost of ex-Mayor Orestes Cleye-
land stalked forth when Clerk Bouton
announced an informal proposal from
George B. Inman of Liberty street, New
York. Mr.. Inman says
II had prepared a proposition to pres
ent to you on Monday, the 25th, for fur
nishing your city with water. but upon
reading the blank forms furnished to
intending bidders l found they were not
adapted to my plans. I find that under
the law you are not obliged to advertise,
but that your board is competent to
enter into a contract for new supply
without any bids at all.
.'It appears that advertising and bid
ding are not necessary, but that your
board evidently resorted to that method
in order to get the various plans and
proposals before you and before the pub
lie of Jersey City fairly and in some form
of competition. Believing conscientiously
that my plans are far better for the
interests of Jersey City than any you
now have before you, wish to submit
them to you for consideration. I pro-
pose to bring water from three large
lakes In Northern New Jersey, the prin-
cipal ones being Culyers Lake, Morris
Lake and Long Pond. From these beauti-
full crystal lakes the flow of pure soft
water is abundant during the most ex-
tended drought. they are far above and
beyond the possibility of pollution; the
intake will be $50 feet above sea level.
81 will furnish this water at $50 per
million gallons. but at the end of ten
years the city can take the works, land,
water lakes everything that goes to make
By paying the interest on the bonds that
I shall issue and creating sinking fund
per sshedals nl hsye ,3ea marked at at o9s qhe
ea eW Of the e"epy woFs yss fee ana sRa Mho amy
out uteial the crs city having to issue bonds for
the purpose of buying and paying Tor
the. plant at some time IN the Il future; e.
afr If ySun y% Peara nof cost sa0es e exceed per per
million gallons. and at the end of twenty.
five years nothing more to pay. 1t Will
take two years to fully complete the
work. but If T am allowed 70 use the
waters of upper Reckaway River tenn
RogMy m M whTe Ddn wRsrs MY Ps e ae od eS 9ss
ary Forge used to. Stand, can supply
your city with water inside of nine
III, as I firmly believe, the increased
consumption continues in the sarfa ratio
in the future as in the past, the average
price under my plan may Ty,6 6 be brought
First, pure SPRING wat ter; second, no pos
sgbility of contamination; third. ample
head for every part of Jersey CITY;
fourth, saving Of several million dol
'a' = T5sitiGEDRGE B. sINMAN.a
The proposition was Sordered filed.
William Freise, Of FeWark5 presented
tton He called attention to tn, dan.
gers that lurk IN the filthy Passaic,. and
offered to erect fltration plants of his
own natternsfn every district in the city
The plants of course, may. be pur-
chased by ,the city at any time for
II Tae aes board ,s win meet again next Thurs
the water problem. Experts to exam
ine t1e various bids and proportions may
Be appointed. II they are. there Is
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