The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-04
VERY BEST WATER
State Engineer Vermeule
Testifies in Favor of
the Jersey City Co.'s
Supply.
EXPERT CRoES C0NTRADI0TED
Many of His Statements Shown to
Be Absurd-Today's Pro.
ceodings.
EXPERT CRoES C0NTRADIoTED

Judge Stevens, at the water certiorari
hearing in Chancery ami on Sat
urday morning put in a good word for
the Rockaway and Hudson Company by
asking Expert Croes if it were possible
to prevent the sewage of Port Dram, Do
yer and Boontor from entering the Rock
away River.
Witness thought it could be effected
Have you made an estimate of a supply
from the Rockaway? asked Mr.. Stevens.
Yes; for a supply of $4,000, o0o gallons a
day So, 100000, and for an extension TO b0,-
0e0.09o per day an additional $1,000, 900"
Mr.. Croes' estimate. which has already
been printed in full in these columns dur
ing the various hearings, and which
other engineers have laughed at, was
reiterated by Mr.. Croes.
The famous estimate was offered in
evidence.
"A contractor would make a fair and
liberal profit from my figures" said Mr..
Croes complacentiy, nursing mis- lett leg.
Mr.. Charles L. Corbin, for the Lehlgn
Valley Company. lessees IN perpetully OF
the Morris Canal, here asked II the Jer-
sey City Water Company would not nurt
the Morris Canal by taking the Supply
from the canal OF Beaver Brook or 6eacn
o course it would cut off that feed
BUNDLE Of CONTRADICTION,
Mr.. CroeS' examination was nnlsned a
few minutes after one o'clock, and brief
" his testimony can be summed up as
follows: He proved that the water pipes
OF the Jersey City Water Company were
both too big and too small; that their
reservoirs were too shallow and TOO ueeP
and that the supply needed was 3O,OW,ooV
or 60, O00, coo; that he could sell water 10
the city fer s. ,5O0,O 900 when the East Jersey
Company wants 81, AGE, 900; and he knocked
out the figures OF MIR: Payne, the prose
c~ution's witness. relative to average con-
sumption He could not give any tgures
for the very good reason that nfteen
years ago he figured an increased scale
FOR Newark, and then estimated that
that city to-day would have S4o,0W m
-.abitants, consequently he was cnary IN
Quoting figures. Finally, when
by Mr.. Corbin, he said 150. coo, 1000 gallons
for extra storage for the 50.0eo,VW gallons
sllpply would be needed. when Mr.. Cor
bin would have preferred doubling that
sum. +b,s
witness" said ~ex-Judge Blair, when M.
Croes had finished his direct examination,
aand l wish to say that the taking OF tes-
eention. Extraordinarily slow, and it has
reduced US to this alternative.
ON the part Of the Jersey Jersey 6 Girg wa aver
wish to say how unfair has been the
fp u proceedings. We are anxious to
have them before the mex term OF cour5i
and rather than jeopardlze mat we "Hi
Mr. Tsbbeus B. Wood was called, to
give figures as TO possible onsnn nnsnme
50'0OS.O0O gallons daily in 1916, and 6O,OD,0V
He hadn't heard of a plan of cutting
down the rate per capita.
An adjournment then was taKen,
DIFFERENT KIND OF TESTIMONY q:
SAND SAND in he afternoon for the jersey
ence was at once exhibited in the manner
Of testimony from that which character
lied Mr., Croes when on the stana; MI ~
Vsrmeule's answers were tefse dhu 70
the point and there was no d1sposltlon
to resort to replies shrouded in teen
med bv Mr.. James B.. Vredenburgh he
described the watershed OF ths Jersey
City Water Company and partieaul1ar sF
lev, Beach Glen, Stony Brook and Dixon
Pond. Each of these storage reservoirs
were praised by him and recoInmenqed
by him in his report to the Typographical
speaking of the water of the District
what do you say as to its purity asked
Mr.. Vredenburgh.
ut is the very best water in the
what do you say about the drainage
area or catehment of this company?'
THE gathering grounds are exce e fba
gafheTing grounds are covered with
woodlands. and the remainder is sparseiy
linen each of these reservoirs are &C
ceptable in a dry period?" pursued MT.
V~redenburgh. +h;n1
each 6e5 r,es I am IS IS a snas 9Pi9l0 GOOD"
sTaking the whole watershed offer,
Mr.. yermeule. can you suggest any al.
t~eration in the location or character of
these reservoirs?"
Mr.. Vermeule said the capacity Of
Longwood Valley reservoir was $4,000
and this was at an elevation of $50 feet.
Pond Mountain from the reservoir to
Beach Glen reservoir. The tunnels ele-
X ,sta7,ab Was tbs m 7so fest, a aha its and Ie9 oga1
half miles -
II the water il Longwood re gas-gSir
under the Jersey City Water Company's
aoh. certainly. that is, provided for"
tence brushed away Expert. Croes' tes-
timony that no. provision had been made
watersheds il q, this hi area"
A series of tablets prepared by Mr.. Yer
meule were submitted. One of these
showed that during last season, eve ex-
have been enough water in the sheds to
furnish SO, Oo0.0 0 of gallons daily, and still
y And do to elinch the the proof that the Shed
can furnish ample water, Mr.. Vermeule
said. that taking the proportionate flow
even during the driest seasons since 1925,
the reservoirs would have held $500, 600 0ou.
CIT ot lays supply dt oO,V0u, w SdiloHS pei
day.
TODAY'S PROCEEDINGS.
Civil Engineer Van DIVINE of Boonton
was the next witness this morning, and
he began by producing a. number of
photographs taken under his supervision
of the dam of D:xon's Pond. Denmark
Pond. Split Rock Pond, Split Rock
Brook flowing into Beach Glen reser-
voir. Green Lake. the ~Jsockaway River
at Boonton with the terrible sources of
pollution from sewers. closets and fac
tories which sources the Rockaway
and HUDSON proposed to inclose in ITS
plan 10 supply Jersey City with a pure
~ water supply.
The photographs of the lakes. from
which the Jersey City Water Company
propose to derive its supply, was a
splendid exhibition of pure sheets of
water. with no hol,vns or sources of
pollution, while the photographs delfneat-
Ing the feeders OF She Rockaway River
above Boonton included in the Roebaway
and Hudson Water Company and the
East Jersey Water Company were lust
rs excellent deli,leatfon of frightful places
right on the banks of the Rockeway
River One of these photographs showed
a huge closet used by 400 men and an
ether by 600 NOR from the Delaware and
Iaclsawanra Railroad car shops. nofi to
Jaentioa abattoirs and scores of pieces
from private dwellings, from which fo-Kea
streams of water heavily eharged with
exc-ernertitiots ard cther fosf1 matter.
DISGUSTED THE JAwYEPS.
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