The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-08

convince me that before awarding con-
tract under the bids received, your Hon
carefully examining the estimates of Mr.
Croes and taking measures TO verify the
figures, 1t would be within the ability and
to the manifest advantage of the city,
to construct its own works.
Mr.. CroeS, as you well know, is re-
garded as high authority In the depart
ment OF water works engineering, and
particularly in regard to al matters per-
tanning to the water supply and water
, As Ass,. President Of the Boaard Of Trade,
of Jersey City, / feel assured that you
VIII regard this as a proper sqommunfca-
tion, and recognize the action of this
intended to assist you in determining
what would be fair price to pay, or a
legitimate legh,la4e sxpenaitnre to procure an
tect the interests OF the taxpayers.
Respectfully submitted,
JNO. J. VOORHEES,
President Board of Trade.
THE ENGpN2EElR.S REPORT.
The report referred to by Mr.. Voor-
hees, prepared by Engineer Croes, is as
jersey JERSEY CITY WAITER suRpLy. i.
April 4, 1896
j. J. VOORHEES,, Esq, President of the
Board of Trade. Jersey. City, N. j.
, Z
March 80 for nay opinion as to the char
acter and. quantity of the water avail
able for supply to jersey City under
the specifications prepared by the Street
and Water tuissioners, ana my -esti-
mates of the reasonable cost. of such
supply. | have the honor to state that
'as the ltanited time allowed me would
permit, and have reached the conclusion
hereinafter set forth.
1t is proper that | should say in adj
vance that the questions submitted are
Ny no means new to me. as have from
time to time.. during the past fifteen
municipal and private, and also to indi-
viduals.. on the capacity and cost of
works for the supply of water to New
water shed of the 'Passaic River. and
believe that all the various plans which
have been proposed are based upon the
Howell and myself in our report to the
Newark Aqueduct Board. dated March g.
1879
As regards the character of the water.
the specifications call for a compliance
with certain chemical standards which
appear to me to be in conformity with
the present requirements of a good and
wholesome water and with which I. am
of the opinion that the waters of the
Passesc and IT'S tributaries above Little
Falls will. without doubt. be found to
comply.
AS regards quantity. there is above
Little Fails q water shed of 775; square
1ply of one hundred million gallons in
the dr,est season, without any storage,
sor. five hundred million gallons daily,
reservoirs utilized There are numerous
tributaries to the Passatc River from sew
,eral of which. either singly or in com
'bination, a supply of fifty million gallons
a day can be procured. To insure the
delivery of this amount of water at
all seasons. the water shed tributary
must not be less than eighty square
miles, and If 1t is less than five hundred
square miles there must be in it facil-
tiles for the construction of large Stor-
age reservoirs in (which the surplus water
of the rainy seasons OF the year can be
impounded.
As regards cost, the least expensive
source of supply will be that which at.
the outset involves the least expenditure
for construction and extinguishrnent of
of maintenance and operation may be
somewhat larger than that of other
works. Fol. this reason. think that the
the Passaic River at or near Little Falls
will lbe both for the present and the
future, more economical than q slpply oy
my opinion that fair and just value
for works capable of furnishing q sup
ply of thirty million gallons a day from
into the Bellevalle Reservoir, would be
$2,500,000, and that for water TO the
amount of thirty million gallons per day,
proper compensation would DE SIG per
Fer the same worlsss enlarged to sup
and just value would be So oao, 900. and for
the delivery of sixty million gallons a
asy into 2o ths re gessry9 s5s graIpss
by obtaining the slpply from more
distant points in the water shed of the
Passaic River. j am Of the. opinion that
fair and just value for works capable
of delivering thirty million gallons a day
by gravity into a reservoir at the eleva-
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per million gallons delivered would be
on gallons MHans daily Ia asfi ffa ana nst sy value m
would be $4,5o00 900. and a fair charge
per million gallons delivered would be $l2
These estimates include all payments FOR
" All All Of which is respectfully s,,bmitted.
Civil Engineer.
MANY PROTESTS.
The Morris Canal and Banking Com
pany sent a, letter informing the board
that the waters Of Green Pond. Upper
Rockaway Broo III 35savsr I Took bslong
Jersey City Water Company has no right
to offer those ,,n,a,. waters e ,saf Jersey Slfy
the Newton Water Works. objected to
the proposition of George E Inrnans who
Claims Claims right a9 sa tase the Waters as of
Mr.. Tribus, does not include the fact
that the aforesaid Norris Lake was some
time ago purchased BY the town W Of New
for which are now under constrglct tons
Mr., Inrnan cannot divert ITS AoSa -froIa
! k3wn m Clerk III Trfppett, of 1Gontclail',
semi "a copy of the yesolgt5o ADOPTED bg
tlhe MoutclPirt Comlulnu Coutlc1l on Alprm.
protests ssgagnst ne allslIaE s g .ss as1y