The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-03
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e1sey City Water Com
\ShoWs the Board of
knce It's Great
Resources.
E FROM CONTAMINATION
E6entatiyes Of Various Syn
|es Lay Their Claims
fore the Com
missioners.
ey Pleads for a Pumping
at Little Falls-To Be
Settled Tonight.


Settled T0nlgnts
Tonight, unless the present arrange
nents niiscarry, the resoiutlon oi 'iie
Street ana water poalu, =" q eii-9
the Jersey City Water Company con
tract to furnish this city with ne"
supply of water. VIII De eohcurfeu -
by a majority of the members oi .ne
Board of Finance. The members Wno
will vote to concur are Comnilssloiieis 81.
II Bailey, Simpson and DetWlHer- rIesi-
dent Jones and Commissioner HaIoeli-
bergh are opposed TO the colips'is
plan, which involves an Outlay oi -
100000. They Will MAKE tneir iiiai -. -
tonight and viii propapiy eensiia'e .ie'-
1eas in a manner hheiy TO cause sen-
pe sensation.
Fhe decision of Messrs- Balies' oiiiip-
AVA Detwiller to vote TO concur De-
positive reality at midnight lase
en the Board of Finance con-
meeting which began al NJ
|utes after seven o'clock Iney
an hour behind closed DOORS anu
ation was discussed until nan
lghta o'clock. Corporation coun-
lair was present, but CLERK Flnck
S shut out in the cold twenty CT
irty gentlemen representing various
eaier companies were coiieeeed IN tne
hallway when Mr.. FinclS thoughtfuay
performed City Marshal Jack Graham's 9
duties and threw the Alderraanic Chall-
Der open fer the accommodation OF the
visitors.
WATER ADVOCATES A-PLENI4-
Each representative was loaded to the
brsn with information on the water SUD
seet Counsellor Charles torbln was
there 20 look after the interests OF the
Fast Jersey Water Company; Hugh Reii-
r ly rad q competent delegate On deck; :;
[ Nathan E. Reed, with his engineer, MI
Petit. was also on hand. Mr. Reed has
an informal proposition before the city.
He owns, he says, about all the eartn'
particularly that part of it Which COM
prises the watershed Of the hocAaway
River. The Jersey City Water Com
pany was Represented Dy lan2lnesIs
Henry BeIdesf, Captain @nite -sIi-- : e aa-'
man, Engineer Church OF the New YORK.
Aoueduct Commission and Banker SVEN
son OF Wall street. Major ~ 4 fahs-
born was among the VISITORS lie was
there TO praise the merits OF the JERSEY
City Company and make an appeal to
-. go ~ - that conns1v con
saVe the award 10 tnat eoinpaHy Gon-
CURED IN. 9onn ~. f1ecA' 'ohh f1op-
ken Counsellor Anderson, Howard F.
q 70, .EnnAh L1IlDnSch
t-,-1 .s
among the waters
The Jersey City Water Company repre-
sentatiyes were first giyer an audience
,, 1,.ss.r.oo,. poria ,,,i,,
oy the poafa. hnsiieer DeiiJail,iii
Church testified to the beauty of the
watershed from which the company pro-
MaieisAeu - 49,, IIa a,so
serted that it was a muca better shed
than that Of the Croton. He refuted
gave a long discourse on rainfall. All
of the gentlemen declared that il was
practicable to obtain more than 5osoOO,-
COO gallons daily from the shed of the
company. Major pang9orn siso SPOKE
OF the advantages OF the company piah
as they had been shown to him. He
was oiyinosu' ne ie.'-ai 49, s.il
contract Win the company "a ~ would oIal 0e
I, ooncl,,sia, the co,nra,,v flied fine
IN eoi'eiusioi' e. -,
ioiioM,ng 1e'ter e, wl'n ds me poara mS.vr
We respectfully request the, she prlvilegs a.leat
for the purpose of answering any in
curry you may wish TO make in regard to
cur formal proposit.on Of March p, IT to
~ 1yater Nv pravitv and also for me
nnrnose ~ mseei Of e1phasiziug I in person the
following Iaag [sd enta guesen may
he iie narties. Who We're not. apparently,
osI4 p tn nornnjv win fhe easy financial
raasIiremenIs Of yoi,r eity;s specifiea
lions for bidding. or were unwilling to
M ,,ntii tfeir sn,,oI,a7'ts 81, had iaid hare
thss,r mans and nrieess that We have moi
! he renl1isite- amount of water to com
niete our underJak!ng of furnishing
yal,r civ wifi, - ma xin1um of 20. COG
5,oo gallons daily. we wish to cali youl
sftention to the following ouotations
from our formal Bic:
a,be intake reservoir will be located
~ Tsnae,,' GIar, loSnerinsr iahdl,+ 30 scres
11i+b : storsse csnaeifS ~ a,o,,t 4 as5
II 900 gallons of water or over rs days.
.,nnv s,v,g 81 "a ota 009 Of pallons eievation
snp,,t al feet Nafura1Iy fr.,,utarv 10
this reservoir are SPLIT Rock Lake. Den
,aarl1 IA ,eLe II Eoa9lafd,s Pond With other
smailar sfr.a and ana f,v an infereentina 2
conduit. Green Pond WIN be made trib.
,,farv These IA . ires wl,e,, az enlarae1
I've confined 4 eanacitv ~ "a "a 243 ~
gal1ons fr over 2S0 isiavss sI1nnjv If 5O :
an nOa .gaiIans II nor % dsvs pptS = ~
'0V'OVp IT = TT'1MfTAfs INIT fsI.E MATERsHED
.sr,hls nnrfion If o1r f,id was = dra un
most carefi,liv by us because We were
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