The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-05-16

East Jersey Water Company, leaving the
Jersey City Water Company the only
bidder, offering 8 proposition possible OF
acceptance.
The said company by its proposition
agreed to furnish Jersey City with a sup
million gallons daily. as the city SHOULD
g raiions e. e. s ss5 pr per f mi1lio sss-7 ac eer mlal'q to
the quantity per day supplied. The sup
ply was to. be entirely by gravity into
the High Service Reservoir, and to be
brought there by a single pipe.
Jersey City. free and clear of all en-
tie. SUM Of 100000 which was to be
paid in 4 per cent. bonds of the city.
CONT h fy water III thus d to BE sypPW3l WISER vas she td
and river, above. Boonton; from an area
of about forty-three square miles, with
main intake reservoir located at Beach
Other proposals of an informal char
acter, Were made. and the Boards hav5
to and to a considerable extent examined
into the merits of these various propo-
sails. This Board is aetuated by no other nasr
sible. upon the best terms, and we deem
it wise. that the largest opportunities
der and to invite the sharpest competition.
While we recognize the imperative ne
cessity for a supply Of better water.
getting II quickly; we feel that
t the vs. ex ig e aot Is wit e t SoI deI Tbeat
alton which secures safety. -.
In view therefore of the situation OF this
question we have given it the mo most I+ sin-
of which we are capable. and from the
mass of information we have gathered,
covering every aspect of the subject,
we feel that We are as fully capable Of
settling the matter now as We ever can
wv 5oo;ro - o,,r biob ANNA
citation of the intelligence and energy dis
played by the Street and Water Board,
and for the great labor they have be,
are in hearty accord with, them when
they say: I'VE. are for the best water at
There are many attractive features in
the proposition Of the Jersey City Water
Company, to whom the contract has
been awarded by the Street and Water
Board. The f~reeness from contamination
of the area drained, the quality Of the
water offered and the manifest ability
of those making the offer to carry it out,
this proposal, but our best consideration
has not been able to remove cur doubts
question, to furnish the required puan,
tity of water. We therefore recommend
a non-copcurrence in the resolution of
the Street and Water Board awarding
the contract.
And in further suggest that the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners be
! TGQutSltu 10 duNSIliSS dSdl1 lOl P1OPOo0lo
upon plans so simple and broad as to per-
NIT the widest competition.
JACOB J. DETwILLER,
JAMES S. BAILEY,
REUBEN SIMPSON.
MINORITY REPORT Or THE COM
MITTEE OF THE WHOLE.
The resolution adopted by the Board
of Street and Water Commissioners on
the 18th day Of April 1885,, awarding the
supply to Jersey City to the Jersey City
Water Company, which a been sent to
mitted, should be n-oneoncurred in for
the following reasons:-
First-We agree with the declaration
mittee of the Whole of the Street and
Water Board in favor Of acquiring the
best water at the cheapest. price"
Second-The report states that the
acquisition of the Rockaway watershed
is an important factor in the considera-
tion. Of a new water supply for every city
therefore be acquired without further de-
lay But the watershed embraced in
the proposal of the Jersey City Water
Company is less than one-third of the en-
tire shed, while an adequate provision for
Jersey City would require the entire shed
of one hundred and eighteen square miles
above Eoonton for an assured supply. 1t
is therefore evident that the Jersey City
| Water C~ompany's restricted watershed
quirements of the population Of Jersey
City, and could not be depended upon to
. furnish a SufQclenr SuppIy.
In the annual report of the Geological
Survey for 1880 the average. flow Of the
Rockaway river at Boonton in the dryest
once in seven or eight years, is esti-
mated at twenty cubic feet per second
or 1900, 900 gallons per day. !,
I ThirdEThe m of engineers and
\ contractors convince us that the prices
asked by the Jersey City Water Company
are excessive. Other companies, claiming
to own vested water rights, offer the en-
tire Roukaway watershed above Boonton
with a double pipe line, and consequently
more reliable service, at a price, that
City when compared with the bid of the
Jersey City Water Company.
Fourth-The opinion given by the cor
and Water Commissioner on the 9Th
T 5sst formal sann6 bids, laW aftHr being Be- gam d 9
ed or altered. Such being the case,
the n1enos Jersey sSo,,ld City VI Water " eroe6 Gie9mpa aaIas
from any other objections, inasmuch as
it is evident that the watershed offered
| by that company would not, without inn
portant additions, furnish a sufficient sup
ply for the future requirements of Jersey
City. To award a contract to that COM
pany ON its proposal, modified by sub,
clearly be an evasion of the law for
which the members of this Board must
not be expected to assume the response
For all gof the above reasons we cannot
conscientiously concur in the resolution
of the Board of Street and Water Com
miSSionerS awarding a water contract to
the Jersey City Water Company.
Signed:
JOHN M. JONES,
il w. HARDENBERGH.
MISCELLANEOUS BUSINESS.
The. following resolutions were pre-
scented and received, and they were each
adopted by the following vote, on the call
! of the yeas and nays by the President
Yeas-President Jones and Messrs. Bal
ley, Detwiller, Hardenburgh and Simpson
Nays-None.
Absent-None.
BY Mr.. Hardenburgh:
Resolved, upon the REPORTS of the
| Corporation Counsel and City Comptroller
endorsed upon the petition of James
| Gleason, a warrant be ordered drawn on
| the City Treasurer in favor of James
Gleason for one hundred forty-seven dol
Of surplus realized. upon the tax sale,
under Chapter 112 CT the Laws of 1886 and
| the supplements thereto, made by the
| city Collector on April 16, 1895, of lots 5
| to 9, Block 1,340, W0odlawn avenue and
Van Cleef street, over and above the sum
as adjusted due the city, with interest,
! cost and disbursements.
Resolved That a warrant be ordered
drawn on the City Treasurer for $f00.5 So in
favor of Charles 7. Imbrie, executor,
estate of A. Clerk. deceased, to return
/! amount paid for water rents enormously
assessed against lot 20, Block COZ, For
| est street as follows. .aot u
Far year 1885. for water rents as adj
For year 1887. for water rents. as adj
1iusfed $3.50. paid August IA. 1885.