The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-27

has made people well than to any 9TH
| sion made a report outlining a plan and
swing inns for a joint water supply
from the Pequannock River TO zen clelsS
and towns, including Jersey Fly ar nd
to an extension of this system 70 supply
| other sections of Northeastern New Jef-
sey. ,s ovistance
| the commission was influential in deteas-
ing the introduction of Ramapo Waeer
into New York city. an ana as Mly &c
ton of water works for the very cllles
| in New Jersey which the syndicate vas
planning to supply% yo,,t io i # IS not sur
| prising that the work OF the coHiiii and
| about this time came to a sIdcen stu,
statutes which Drought the commission
| into power but appropriations Wsae
| stopped. and one vacancy after ahobnsa
| vacancies exist in a body, Of fve mem
| hers. Since 1890 or thereabout yearly az,
refmpts to secure legislation creatlns q
| State Water Board with ample pown nIs
| to assume control of the water supply
sources and build Joint supply Wo prIs
| have been defeated, LARGELY by the pr
| IN 1855 there appeared upon the scene
a modest rival to the syndicate IN the
form of the North Jersey Water CON,
Jersey CITY from the P~eauannock River
fhe source proposed by the State Commls-
sion, for $3.50 per 100000 gallons, i far
syndicate promptly rendered water LOT
az Neither company received the con,
Tract. whether because the. people desired
a supply under the fnun1clpa, fbn' sSn.
| dicate only wished at this Tune 70 tao"u
| out its competitor we cannot STATE.
c,,rine water rights, it was necessary
for the syndicate to secure 2 contfac.
from some New Jersey mnnieapahty t,es
best advantage. On March, :. 1881, sueh a
| contract was secured with the toWnsnap
| Of Montclair. the Montciair water Sonls
pw any ! nae eanstal Stock Of s1,eoo,o 900. This
was considered a mere entering wedge
as Mohtclair had Their a popn famnoras ~
| supply from wells was PROVIDED, put
| the contract mentioned a further gravity
supply. .,a so,o.,e az tbe
| svndicate to supply water to New York
| city. in 1887 and 1888 an immense aniou ,l
| Of "promoti9nhn, H. was d 0n N "a NIB 60.
| 1888, Mr.. John r. Bartlett and assoclates
| made an offer to supply lower New YORK
| with so, 900, 900 gallons of water daly,
| 1000, coo gallons. No stone had been left
| unturned to make the scheme as impress
We're the endorsements. Of scores Of IRE
Insurance men; three high army officials
. board of engineers. eo M sa OF
/ h1DSSIS. NltliItiS NA-
G. E.; A. Fteley. NJ. Am. Soc. c. e. and
Capt. 7; Y. symends aS Gorps so Of E , e
the County of New York, and a dozen
or more eminent New York and New
Jersey lawyers. The various documents
were printed in !. q as, quartz laetra pfam5phiet q
the Passsie River at Little Falls to a
meath the Hudson River IN the famous
tunnel of that name, work upon winch
was renewed al this time by Mr. Bart
o R. Bartlett and associates, the
proposition was approved by the foli9w-
ing corporations; The Society Tor rs,
Lehigh Valley Railroad Company. the
interests OF which We're described above;
the Dundee Water P9wer & Land .vS Com
Company, of Paterson, and the Aquack-
monk Water Company, OF Passaic, both
the passaic or It's tributaries: the West
Milford Water Storage Company and the
Montciair Water Company.
Regarding the rights of the Morris
Canal, the following statement appea
on y. 40 of Mr.. Bartletts quarto;-
The Legislature of the State of Now
authorized the or its ~lessees. to
discontinue navigation and to sell the
water and sources of water supply con
continued the water used for that pur-
pose and the large reservoirs mentioned
| can be applied to another ana more III
rortant public purpose. viz. the supply
or cities and towns with pure ana whole
some water.
But the best laid plans of the most
inhuential promoters often msssaIry
The boring of the Hudson River Tunnel
was a necessary part OF this plan, anc
Mr.. Bartlett in his report declared tina!
as a result of his Investigations ne had
determined that the silt through which
this tunnel is driven lis much safer sin
some respects for tunnel building thar
ordinary rock, for the reason that its
composition is uniform and free from
water. 1t will remain where it has beer
deposited a fixed mass for all eternity
Unfortunately for the Hudson Tunne
FL Company's STOCKHOLDERS Mr.. Bartletti
, diagnosis of the material through which
the tunnel is to pass did not conform
with the facts. and although a millior
or two of dollars have been spent upor
It since the time s when IN mr.; Ba ,insn
ished. The New. York City AUTHORITIES
/, moreover. looked with no very favor
able eye upon Mr.. Bartlett's proposal t!
! sell them water at the high price named
J and carefully planned. came to naught
! Having failed in it's attempts to secur'
! contracts at Jersey City and New York
Newark An attempt was first made t,
: sail Newark water from the sources sup
+ plying the Morris Canal. but though
E willing to give me syndaeate e oon
( must be from the P~ecuannock River
Fl On September "a, 1888, the .syndicat
6, closed the contract by which 1t sold t
! Newark the supply from me fe 5avsa
Water had offered to JeEse'
city in 1885. the latter ompany sellinl
It's riparian rights to the contracting PAL
|. IN II the Newark contract. the Lehig