The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-25
H
LAST WATER SPOUT
RockaWay and Hudson Com
pany Explain Their Plan
to City Officials.
CLAIM IT IS BEST OF ALL
Street and Water Board Will Now
Consider the Bids and Make
an Award.
A IT IS BEST OF ALL

concluded yesterday afternoon In Mayor
Wanser's private office. The proposition
heard was that of the Rockaway nd
Hudson Water Company.
Engineer Edlow Harrison and Counsel
lor George Holmes appeared on penail
of the company. Mr.. Holmes claimed
that the c~ompany's plan was the pest,
and presented many desirable features
not offered by other companies. lie
said
First. our bid is the lowest bid all the
way through for the like quantity OF
water. 1t is the lowest bid for the en-
tire plant by upwards of $2,0O0,WV II IS
the lowest bid by the million gallons.
Our sinking fund project is what we can
attention to. We do not control or own
that fund. The city has the money, not
its control or use. but it is held IN a trust
fund by the city for the purpose OF pur-
chasing our plant at the proper llme.
The city pays its rents with that fnnd,
and the trust fund SO agreed upon is en-
powered to be invested and reinvested SO
that it may be seen at a glance that the
city is gradually paying for the plants.
SINKING FUND PLAN.
eve are compelled to give the city So
0oo. 900 gallons daily at all times. This
una is eSLlHdl6u IL NC %t,VVV,VVo ~ -
the end of a twenty year contract, and
is then to be applied on the payment OF
the plant. We base our figures upon a
consumption of 80, 600, 600 gallons a day.
We figure by our fund project that the
city will pay $3.50 a day into the funo,
which under our plan of investment will
give us in twenty years $4,000,Oo, leaving
only about 81. 900. 600 to be paid at the ex-
piration of our contract"
Mr.. Holmes took up the Jersey City
Water Company's proposition, and de-
clared that at the rate of a 2O,0oo.Ooo
gallon consumption daily the company
asks $3.50 a day. while the company ne
represents asks 1900 a day. but out of
that $3.50 daily goes into the sinking
fund, leaving $40. or $40 less than IS
really paid the former company.
.tWe propose giving the city the title
to the J. Copper Lord estate" continued
Mr.. Holmes. 1--WE dc not only give the
city the water rights of this estate, but
the land. which practically controls the
entire flow of the Rockaway River. 1t
has been asserted that the Cana Com
pany claims the flow of the R~ockaway.
We dispute that statement. Mr.. Scott,
the grantor in this case, gave the Morris
Cdudl 1OIlpdn9 IiC LAShN OAty
so much water as will work the plane
at Boonton. and make negotiations feast
BILE. The Canal Company cannot divert
the water.
WATER GOES BACK TO THE RIVER.
another thing that grant shows that
after the water is used in operating the
plane it must return to the Couper LORD
Works, to operate that enterprise. me
Lord estate operates the gates, when e
into the canal. The canal company has
NOT a mar employed there, and the
Lord estate will no permit an employe
gates. BY the purchase of this water
the city will get all the rights we have.
The J.: Copper Lord estate are the arg
watershed. no matter what the East
Jersey Water Company says. Many OF
our sites for reservoirs are on LORD
title to it. it will be clear and not a
condemned title. In regard to the rights
of the cana company, in this water at
compan just what water it wanted the
canal to have. not a drop more.
PURITY OF THE WATER. .
cannot be excelled. Those little towns
in that locality do not drain into the
river. Those towns are not served and
there are only two or three private
drains to be disposed of. We propose
building a sound sewerage system Tor
people will gladly. drain into them and
tpa tam We will Ike care of the
City Attorney Weart tackled Mr.. Mey-
err, the representative of the Copper
| Lord estate. on the question of rights in
the RockaWay River, at Boonton, of the
estate and the canal 1t has
been c~ontended hat the canal company
has a priority right. but Mr.. Meyer claims
that the estate has a pricr claim and
gives the canal company only what it
The canal. it was shown, when too
low to feat a BOAT til, has ao to be f1lled up u
| matter whether the Copper Lord works
have to shut down or not. Another
thing was brought out and that was
through the Copper Lord works, returns
to the canal. and when the canal is
| filled to the limit required the water
is then turned into the Rockaway River
| again. 1t was brought out also that the
| Lord works in one Instance are equip
ped with steam power. All this argu-
ment was caused because the company
proposes establishing its intake at Boon
ton. Mr.. Meyer stated to the officials
that water lows over the dam at Boon,
| the water that is required for the opera
ton of the works of the Lord estate,
and also maintain the canal.
Engineer Harrison represented that the
watershed of the company embraces
l18 square miles. He declared that the
| company would take care of the mills
THE MONTVILLE RESERVOIR.
The company proposed establishing a
reservoir at Montville where 1000, 0Oo, 600
| GALLONS can be stored, which is equiva-
lent to forty days supply at the con-
sumption of so. 900, 900 a day. The area of
the Montville. reservoir is 1872 acres;
| Harrison, 1--WE propose to establish an
! other reservoir of $50 acres, with 4,800, 600,