The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-02

the defendants would assuredly go abs
planned of the policy of delay purSns
by the prosecutors. He charged tHet
you promised us that you would close
your case by Thursday or Frlaay, ano
always been ready to push h case
ahead. and have done SO as far as cur
side is concerned, and We protest agalnse
thsad Pe wa NiII." ae aad so il SAYING YIN put put En-
gineer c.. c Vermeule on the stang as
witness for the Jersey City Water
of him, and the proceedings We're ado
iourned until this morning; but Wnile
these questions were put counsel for tne
PROSECUTION TH4s Mh la5f m Tso TESTIMONY.
The usual loss of an hour TOOK pace
before the hearing began. Engineer
Croes and Judge stevens Te3le sb aeia d]efendants
n1nttered nathem against the waste
of time. At last Mr.. Croes appeared,
and the proceedings g e + begaRn Board w5t9 Of '9 Trade de
expert by Judge Stevens. ,
Witness said that the total tributary
area of h Jersey City ate d9 tbair man ;
is 60 9S-100 square miles. The areas OF
the natural lakes are:-Greenpond dd5
z9u ! re m niles Taka Dea 3 asrl6o F square niles niles:
s HIasi Rock Pond, 5 $500; Dixon's Pond.
5 1910; total, is 31-1OO square miles.
The area of the reservoirs, 4uepSnued
of the tributary lakes, are:1Longwood.
20 s6-1Oo square miles; Beach Glen, 70
S1-1W square miles, and stony BrooAs
8 el-1eO square miles, making a total OF
A 6S-100 square miles, ana a graho TOTAL
of 62 s9-iW square miles. ..
Continuing in this line of examination
witness said that the average daily nov
off from the Highlands and kittatiny
regions is 1852. 900 gallons. These hgureS
witness read from the State Geological
survey report of 1894. ~ h;s
aeubleIbarreled involved questions, the
object of which, although plain to him
self, was not plain to the defendant.
who said it was immaterial-
""Expiain. if YOU please, why. the flow
off per day should differ from the
amoq WbR sT%lEf2tae oF p Mr.. afB1uNsBY.
Tn his slow, deliberate ad hating way
the witness replied in this luminous
""The flow of water of a stream or Of
any stream, is very variable. and it IS
not practicable, except on an enormous
expense, to impound all the waters Whicn
series of years and draw that off day
by day regularly. The amount OF water
which is estimated as eollectabie rs
amount of storage will be provided sur
fcient to equalize to a considerable ex-
tent the flow of the stream. ABOUT one
half which runs off during the year is
not considered a~dvantageously collect
able in the practice of hydraulic engi-
neers-"
who took a few minutes off to think 1t
The expert took precisely four minutes
and a quarter by the wa "a. 20 TO reply :
then asked about the reservoirs pro-
posed by the Jersey City Water Com
Vide enough? Would they hold water?
How should they be built? h did
he think of the locations? etc, etc, to
which a series Of replies was gwen all
disparaging to them executing one.
SOMETHING WONDERFUL.
ST think" said he, with a generosity
extremely affecting se bd to R the 81 5er G1sg W neaerl
voir is a fair sample of a reservoir, with
a large expanse of fiat land and steep
banks"
defendants when he admitted that the
Stony Brook, Longwood Valley. AND
Dixon Pond reservoirs We're all fair. 4
them as being shallow. AS If regrettins
his admission he fastened to say that
lakes like Split Rock Pond, ETC., would
keep the reservoirs. full.
timony issued. judge Stevens conferred
selors c. L. Corbin and c. d. Thompson
searched through his papers overhauled
that map n managed to fritter away
at least NAN an nCuf ueIlDefdllHS Wild
question should next be put. Since il
takes Judge Stevens on an average five
minutes to ask a question and the wit
ness another to answer it, some idea
of the slow progress made may be gath
cred.
Messrs. ~Vredenburgh, Edwards. Blair
and Weart were about to compose them
selves for a nap when Judge Stevens
asked the expert if the Jersey City
specification provided for the cleaning
of the reservoirs and the removal OF
vegetable matter from the bottom OF
the reservoirs.
st didn't observe any," said Mr.. Croes