The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-31
EAST JERSEY SURPLUS
The Company Seeking Z
New Arrangement
With Newark.
CONSUMPTION AND CONCESSION
How the Temporary Supply for
Jersey City May Be Made
Available.


1t is probable that a new arrangement
will be made between the City Of New
ark and the East Jersey Water Com
pany at an early date, says the Sun-
day Cali in it's latest issue. 1t
is the East Jersey Water Com
pany that is the petitioner. There
are several things which the a Jer-
sey company wants done. Since it's con-
tract with Jersey City for the use OF
Newark's surplus water, the East Jersey
finds itself in a peculiar position. The
contract with Newark calls for the
maintenance of a sufficient supply IN
the works at the Pequannock valley,
which belongs to Newark, to guarantee
a daily supply each and every day in
the year of 100000 gallons a day. 1t is
asserted by critics that the works in
the ~Pequannock valley, as now estab-
lished, will not furnish a daily supply of
$4,000, 900 gallons a day each and every
day in the year"
Mr.. A. Fteley, Chief Engineer of the
New York Aqueduct Board, who was
the consulting engineer of Newark in
the construction of the Pequannock wa
ter works, goes even further. He has
repeatedly and unqualiiedly Endorsed
the facts shown by THE computa-
tons published on a number of
occasions. in the past. These COM
putations were based on the statements
of yield prepared by the East Jersey
Water Company, and are the only com
putations showing the possibilities OF
the plant, as now established in the Pc
quannock valley. that have ever been
prepared and published. These show
the great lack of storage facilities in the
~Pequannock valley. But Mr.. Fteley avs
that, no matter how much storage is
provided, it is his belief that the Pc
quannock watershed above the intake
reservoir, from which Newarks supply
is now being drawn cannot yield a
guaranteed supply of 5O.OOO,0 900 gallons
each and every day in the year.
MORE RESERVOIRS.
Additional storage is imperative, n
it is additional storage that the city
should demand The Oak Ridge drain
age area is what is called a fairly we'll
balanced area, though the single storage
reservoir that has been provided should
be larger. The. watershed back of the
reservoir yields more han the storage
facilities provided can care for. The
Clinton reservoir, which is larger than
that at Oak Ridge, is not a well-bal-
anced reservoir. The drainage area
back of it is small, and will not yield
sufficient to&keep the reservoir well sup
piled, allowing for such use of the wa
ter as should be made. But the water
shed below the DAB Ridge and Clinton
reservoirs, between them and the intake,
covering more h one-third of the en-
tire watershed is absolutely without stor-
age facilities, and at the season OF large
supply, when water should be stored for
use during the dry season, a vast quan-
tity of water is certain to be lost over
the SpillWay at the intake,
NICE PREDICAMENT.
To supply Newark 2a.SSe'ego gallons u as1, a
for, until the year 1900, when. the entire
supply of 5o,6 600, 900 a day belongs to
N ! wSaaa to supply Jersey city W sbe NV zo,v
contract between Jersey City ana tne
East Jersey Water Company just eS-
zee esu dao ae sails for g aa ana q m 1,of1sYIdp Mont NJ t.
clair and other smaller communities
with which the East Jersey Water Com
pany has entered into a contract, means
more than this to the East Jersey WateI
Company. While giving this upply
tn =, must ramte maintain Il aai1v a sS sppPHus Of sg dioeoso o9
gallons each and every day in the year.
This Newark can demand under the con-
tract that has been e3eeu re- ox VIII TINS mr'
and the East Jersey Water Company
are fearful that it may be and that
Newark will t step ;nter ana aem mifh t l5s
East Jersey Water Company's contracts
with Jersey City and other smaller com
THE REMEDY.
The remedy for this-or rather a par
tial remedy-would be the provision for
storage in the lower part Of the Peauan-
nao1r xyo11nxy nnar tho infQl<n ar haffHr
in Newark itself. Some storage provis-
ion the city will urge: 1t is understood
that the East Jersey Water Commission
certain concessions for the future use of
the Pequannock water the company might
consider the a~dvisability of providing a
line and additional storage, the city is
in favor of the latter. The, question of a
new pipe line or Of two pipe lines is yet
a pipe line capable of supplying 5o,ooo,O 900
gallons per day. The pipe line has never
been tested. 1t is doubtful If. the East
Jersey Water r S Con q thoron Sp5he zen
though the supply Of Jersey City with
20, 600, coo gallons every day. with the
water now furnished In NeWark, VIII
NEWARK'S SUPPLIES.
The concession as to future use OF
water mentioned above relates to the use
comes into possession of the
entire supply of !, o0o,O 900 gallons a day.
1t is not likely that Newark will then
need all this water. The average daily
consumption in Newark last year was
less than 20, 600, 900 gallons a day, and by
1900 it will probably not exceed 10000, 900
gallons a day. The East Jersey Water
Company is DESTROYS of buying the sur
plus until Newark needs it. In other
words, the East Jersey Water Company
expects to continue in the water bust
nees indefinitely, and by using Newark,s
will shut this city out as an act
i've competitor. In the recent negiota-
tons with Jersey City, the East Jersey
for Jersey City, and buy of that city all
its surplus water, until Jersey City should
need it, for about $40 a million gallons.
Under the present contract with Jersey
city. the East Jersey Water Company is
to charge Jersey City for Newark's sur
plus SAB per million gallons. These fig
ures represent what the East Jersey
Company considers is he difference in
the value of water, whether the company
appears as the purchaser or has water to
sell. If Newark's surplus after 1900 can