The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-08

as no one has attacked their financial
rresaspso o for the amount t. Of q 1;ooo,
amount. we believe that we would be
unwise to question their ability to per-
themselves SO much In their Willingness
to perform It, and as the city buys, by
plant except by a vote Of the people, it
Is always protected: The contractors
risk Is no concern of ours.
8. That inasmuch as the bids for the
whole work can be used as a means Of
calculation, it makes the acquisition of
the .Rockaway shed an important factor
ply. for every city of central New Jersey,
and We believe that the shed should
be acquired without further delay.
4. That this board passed a resolution
and sent it to the Jersey City Water
Company. who sent an answer to the
s~tructed from High Service to the cross
ing of the Newark new supply main.
70 u,a adapt aetD he so main mf to our re B sd Evil ii reser-
voir to obtain the carrying. capacity re-
CURED for q full delivery Of our present
summer or extreme cold in winter, as our
y water a sonsgm tbass draw nsE;o upon n o s1Tow res tbe
water to cool In summer and prevent
freezing in winter. to q greater extent
tlleltt we a. Gill; SuPply WIN sGC y -.
letter was published IN the local papers
Ha A develo o. i's fhe fact that in case We
pay interest on the plant in lieu Of water
sharges by the million nj L gallons We e. must sss
hananeiaii bsais; to Be, created for She
| would be a doubtful expedient as against
the right to buy the works Immediately
new water supply to the Jersey City
M tnre NJ 4 nan, " o. m tho oifN'r
In view of the foregoing, we deem It
advisable to award the contract for q
q hfte the the spe asliesFy st w and il a s. p desiredl
to : divide ID the he Work between a eonstruc-
is not feasible except we remove ali
limitations as to the total cost, leaving
US to speculate upon the .; ultimate I'll y cos;
10. That this matter should be settled
Is ny the 1 time p spesif fe NAY IL I the lss'' p ae eaai
until which the check for 100000 will
stand; not thu this board does net be- ;n
case the proposal was still under con
sideration, but in view of the opinion
the contract prior to May no change
will be made in any details.
attention to informal propositions sent in
ed seriously bids received, and paid nt
ed for. as it Will show that the city treat
easier solution. even If new bids are ask
the matter VIII be be IN better fnt = share 1sap a 5oT
that by this action we win advance II
tor, tried to settle t; AMI we bs,,eye
in ha an1n: seriog najytha gus been It t gig'T matfsr
crs. Former boards have heretofore; IN
BOARD of Street and Water Commission
This will advance the question OF a set
| posal and plans for a single pipe Inc.
| specifications and the ,company's pro
while the formal proposals received n re-
| Spouse to proper advertisement were I'M
der consideration. This board. having
taken this action. should the Board Of
Street and Water Commissioners follow
ing this one will feel a readiness n tax
ing up the matter afresh, IN case any
those now available. We believe that
tenants are leaving houses and the city.
real estate is stagnant, largely because
the officials have not put their efforts
into action. and that some action should
be taken to retain our population and to
attract new house builders to the city.
We believe we are stating a fact when
we say that mo other board ever gave tins
question the study. and attention that
to do it again. because the question,
substantially the Zines laid out by US. All
Of the Jersey City Water Company's
forree 'f The Beard of finance. and If IN
BIDS should be asked for. II we. as a
board can be of any assistance in the
short tine rematning of our official ex-
istence by advertising specifications or n
starting such new advertisements. SUCH
assistance will be offered. We are for the
best water at the eheapest price pr tb,,, a
proper to cell attention to these. facts
This Board prepared a gravity supply
specification in the month OF Septemoer;
Jury some uneasy moments as it was
stated that this specification was ar
ranged for a favored biddHr who n9as al4 one
present specification providing for four
different ways e bid. No bids were re
s,,Etsm for otw : fitga5ion f 2r p ansaraaees
received before bidding that fifty million
| Gallons per day could be filtered or puri-
fed both cheaply and pefff er nre,1 4,a.
| sew Water Company, while on the gravity
specification enc formal nia was recf threa
| distinct water sheds. which justified our
| first specification as to it's generality and
its M being aesf open c 70 free eemi IN making this
| report as it shows results and does not
| contain. nor do we offer. one line OF aeI
| tense Of our aggressive action as we feel
| that we have taken a position calcu-
| lated to promote the best interests of the
! city, and have shown that we are neither
| ton. and we prefer to take that position
than to lose the benefit of the immense
labor that has been put upon this mat
| ter. or of lodging its settlement by IN,
| action or by the rejection Of the formal
proposals. AS the whole matter will
seton. we would suggest that all In
formal propositions presented to TINS
hoard be printed in full so as to be avail
able for use by that board In any future
Respectfully submitted,
JOHN J. CONE.
rorrN 7, McARTaHTR
WILLIAM H. HOOKER.
GEORGE w. HARDING,
H. l., KELLERS.
Received and tabled temporarily
The following are the INFORMAL pIopo-
sitions referred to in the report OF the
Committee of the Whole of this date ana
which have been presented at VARIOUS
times and subsequent to March 70 y, 1Ss Z
jersey City, n, j., April q, 1872 81,
Board of Street and Water Commls-
Dear sir-I am in receipt of 2 p1r,opos-
sition from Messrs. Woltman. Keith &
Co. of No. II Wall street. New York, in
reference to the supply of water for Jer-
sey City. Accompanying the proposition
the following letter was sent to ne N ,ooz
| Spencer Weart, Esq, City Attorney, Jer-
Dear sSir-We herewith. transmit our
proposition on one of the blanks FUR
nished BY the Street and Water Com
..missioners for receiving bids Cor a water
supply, covering both single and double
pipe lines, as suggested by you TO our
| day last, and we take the liberty Of ask
80 Won RI nrasent this TO His Honor