The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-08

days supply. OF fifty million gallons per
day. 1t will have an elevation at the
feet above mean high tide. Natur-
ally tributory to the reservoir are Split
Rock Lake, Denmark Lake, Hoagland
an iut~ercepting tunnel through Green
Pond Mountain about three miles IN
length, the. waters of Green Lake and
be made tributory to Beach Glen Reser-
yoir. as shown on Maps ! and L..
The elevations at the flow. line OF the
several lakes and sources of supply are
Beach Glen Intake. al feet above mean
Dixon Lake Intake, 500 feet above mean
Stony Brooke Intake. $50 feet above
mean high tide.
Split Rock Lake. sl5- feet above mean
Denmark Lake, s1s feet above mean
Green Lake, LOS feet above mean high
Longwoed Reservoir. $50 feet above
Reservoir will be s4.235, ~ 900 gallons;
and the Longwood Reservoir 4,s1s, 4OS, 800
gallons, or a combined capacity Of up
wards Of, Il, son, 900, 900 gallons, equal to
Two hundred and fifty days supply of
fifty million gallons per day.
BY this plan an era of sixty-ive square
miles OF water shed is a tributary TO
the system. and comes from a mountain
district wherein pollution by population
can never exist.
There are no factories or villages of any
size within Its limits, and the sparse popu-
iation Is constantly decreasing. The land
Is Wild and u~nproductive, covered with
narq wood forests and constitutes an
ideal gathering ground for a water sup
The sources of supply and the intakes
are an above the towns and villages
away, Dover and Port Oran; and above
the levels of the Morris Canal, hence pol
lution from sewage or from the canal
which cannot be claimed on behalf Of
any other considerable watershed within
the State of New Jersey.
All the masonry, entertainments, dams,
walls, structures and other works
shown on the plans or necessary for
the completion OF the system ought to be
manlike manner and of the best quality
of their respective classes.
Plans and details; drawings VIII be fur
progresses for the inspection of the city.
The company presents herewith It's pre-
liminary maps and plans which are of
and Subject f to modifieati eae'i in d JaaiIo' az
the work progresses. The maps and
plans are to be returned to the Com
pany forthwith in case its proposals are
hereinafter limited. saisi
The maps. and plans are as follows: viz:
tunnels, pipe line and reservoirs:
Preliminary profile of main pipe line
from Beach Glen intake to Jersey City,
lncluding tunnel through Watching
3. Sheet showing section of tunnels.
meadow pipe lines, Beach Glen intake
gate house and arrangement of High
Service and Stand pipe supply.
A. Map showing Beach Glen, Dixon,
Stony Brook and Longwood water sheds.
the 2; g Hoaken piaa Of and SuP PassaI ma1 Riye under
s. Plan for trenching of pipe lines.
This proposal shall remain open for
a aesfp dsn ef b GI,. the sSity only aiybt pntl bt the
dred and ninety-five. unless extended in
writing by this company.
In witness whereof the Jersey City
n%resen}s ssigned by asAts It's president this
first day Of July, eighteen hundred and
Directors thereof.
The Jersey City Water Company,
by sIDELL TILGHMAN. President.
CSeaD E. P. SWANSON. Secretary.
Postofice address, No. q Exchange
Place, New York City, N. Y.
State of New Jersey, County of Hud-
DAY. b It i 5aly. E 8. t lsss. 3 Ssf5 5ns m sFs It
sonaiiy appeared Eric F. swenson, who
a pe,lg saw py THAT me he aI Inow sW t:,e co ara asp seal
of the Jersey City Water. Company, a
corporation of the State of New Jersey,
the bidder named IN ana whtcn exc exc
seal thereto annexed is the common seal
of aid company. that said seal was
t s.snsa ana d aeiissfed By saa sid dsip Ti Rfr6RPSsa
the President of said Company, as rs
voluntary act and deed, by order and
authority OF a resolution OF the b9ar pi
the same time signed his name as az
testing witness to the execution thereof.
E. P. SWANSON.
sworn and subscribed at Jersey City
this first day of July, A. D. 1885, before
me.
Master in iGhancery, NJ.
SUPPLEMENTAL PROPOSALS.
The Jersey City Water Company also
makes the following supplemental pro
rosal for the consideration of Jersey
CITY, for a new supply of water, upon me
The Certified check herewith deposited
shall be held by the city as g tba rify
specifications and also for the Following
snnnIe1mental nropositions:Ga,
fke JtIStS Slk9 ARe -.
with proposes to provide the material
and furnish the labor and produce the
results set forth in the following specl-
acation on a basis of q; twenty-five year
contract for a new supply of pure and
wholesome water for Jersey City. SUB
ject to the options hereinafter expressed
for the following prices
For water delivered at a minimum con-
sumption of twenty million gallons per
dsv. so that a maximum p OF ;lIty
million gallons per day can be furnished,
using one supply main capable OF deliv-
ering fifty million gallons per day at the
following prices;- -
million gallons daily, thirty-eight $3.50
For each additional million gallons from
twenty million to twenty-five million
gallons daily at the rate Of thirty-six
($36) dollars per million gallons:
For each additional million gallons from
twenty-five million to thirty. milton GAY
Ions daily at the rate of thirty-four taH
of For each III additional miiiion gallons from
thirty million to thirtylfve million gallons
daily at the rate of thirty-one SSD dol
lars per million gallons.
For each additional million gallons from
Gss) dollars ner million gallons.
For zach additional million gallons from
forty million to fortysfve million gal1
Ions daily at the rate OF twenty-five t2ol
dollars per million gallons.
For each additional million gallons from
forty-five million to fifty million gallons
daily at the rate of twenty-five &2ol
dollars per million gallons.
And for each fractional portion OF a
million above twenty million a pro ratio
price according to the above rates per
million gallons, provided; however, ina
The m;n,m Si5y shall a1nply taxi * t ana pay mill Tor s gail
Ions each day during the whole or the