The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-15
|DMAN WANTS TO BID.
Street and Water Board Re-
,eeives More Water Com
munieations and DeferS
Action on the New
Supply.

Some people believed a contract for a
| new supply of water would be awarded
by the Street and Water Board this
morning. No such action was taken,
and it is probable that none will be
taken for a couple of weeks yet. The
Commissioners. however. disposed of all
the Informal proposals In a neat man
ner. They were continued in the COM
nittee of the whole. there to remain
until definite action is taken upon the
formal bids"
The only formal bids in the hands OF
the Commissioners are those of the East
Jersey Water Company and Jersey Gritty
Water Company. The action of the
board in referring the informal proposals
to the committee of the whole may
bring about some difficulty in the Board
of Finance. The members of the latter
board recently adopted q resolution ask
ing for copies of all the bids, proposals
and letters referring to a water supply.
This action was taken, according to Mr..
H~ardenbersh, SO that all the proposals.
formal and informal, might be fairly
considered. Mr.. Eardenbergh contended
hat If an informal proposal was found
to be better than a formal one, the
informal one should be gone over care
fully. The Street and Water Commits
~sioners nave been advised, X is said.
that they cannot legally consider the
informal propositions while the formal
ones are pending. This is the %eNplana-
ton for continuing the informal pro-
posalS in the committee of the whole.
GEORGE B. 1NMAN'S LETTER.
The board received a communication
from fro George -, B. Inman an informal bid
Being confident that we can show
you the best water shed, the purest
water and the greatest head. with ample
jersey City, n DESTROYS of having you
see this shed, with the Mayor, we here
BY extend to you a cordial Invitation to
sex county. and would ask you to name
as early a day as possible when you and
the VIII accompany me This
Mayor.
"Yours respectfully.
1t was referred to the committee of
the whole, as was also another from
G. G. Vermeule asking, permission ,tc
engineers of the other companies to dis
cuss and dissect their respective propo-
sitions.
ANOTHER LATE BID.
Waltmann, Keith & GO. of No. II Wall
INTERESTING document to the Board
feations Co to deliver $1,000, 900 gallons
OF water per diem into the High Service
reservoir on Bergen Hin, at a head of 21O
feet, either by means of a single pipe or
by ! I'VE ( pipes, each with a capacity of
o3'% IKE estgy al'1 %he pa pian fa Vim At Be- the fest oe efa2a
IN every respect, pipe to be of riveted
steel, with ali proper appurtenances,h head
by. the specifications. We viii give an
UNI not exeeedln1g ss.tooS.ooo y. s We are wi Win.
m IN n oapnf in n yrro NJ r@JI ha,l- of
seslss and 9sIyi bearing aasna'n : rate TSs; e 81 interest," telr5y
t Mehsn market aa see v slms u pa lzsu 5i6as snall on mf the
issues Of Jersey city bonds.
81; 50. oeS. ooS gslleens. $50; sS,o6o'6jo gallons Salons.
W.; BY y oo gallons, sS5; 100000 gal
option on whole plant are based upon
delivery by win pipes. For a delivery
reduced in proportion to the saving in
FROM THE RocKAWAY RIVER.
the RoeEaR%ay f R.v vere at the the @at head IRON Of
the water by power at the J. Cowper-
Lor sarr sst ct e. "a At Bosonton, erecting a
is above the village Of Boonton and free
sewage. By refersn c 10 Groes Z Howelfs
report to the Newark Aqueduct Board
on additional water supply for the City
of Newark, 1879, page 49,. Il also page "a,
it will be. seen that the above source,
taken at the point is ranked by them as
the least expensive ond most advantage
ous Of all gravity supplies considered.
by pipe. lines TO High Service reser-
voir via Great Notch Belleville reser-
voir by connection, and thence by present
right OF way of Jersey City Water Works
is approximately twenty-five miles. The
Rockaway River above the intake pro-
posed has a drainage area of 1855 square
miles. gu Der cent. OF which IS in f0raGf
and is capable of affording a supply of
78. 900, 600 gallons per day In the driest
season, If proper storage being provided.
An application of the recognized tableof
flow Of streams. shows that the average
flow of the Rockaway at the intake will
exceed $4,000, 900 gallons per day for ali
but the two driest months in the aver
g year. We are prepared on the. basis
Of the figures given in his proposition
for q .50,0o0.0 900 gallons per. Gay supply to
furnish storage capacity for 100 days"
Like the others 1T was sent to the Com
mittee Of the Whole. There to remain,
ETC." The Board adjourned to meet on
Thursday.