The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-01
"FLOUNDERIUG.
East Jersey Water Co.'s Ex-
pert Gets. Beyond His
Depth in TRYING to
Damage Its Rival.
Ills OWN FIGURES BETRAY HIN
A Drainage Area That Will Fur
nish 5O,00O,000 Gallons for
Newark Won't Furnish
1t for Jersey City.
RIs OWN FIGURES BETRAY HIM
is THERE A SCHEME FOR DELAY?

is THERE A SCHEME FOR DELAY
The East Jersey Water Company had
several bad quarters of an hour yester-
day during The testimony on the water
certiorari, taken before Supreme Court
Commissioner John A. Nugent in Chan
Gerry Chambers. They wished to show that
the area of the Jersey City Water Com
pany, which corporation has been award
ed the contract for a permanent water
supply to Jersey City, was less thai it
pretended to be. They contended that
it only measured G. 9-10 square miles and
not So, as mentioned in the contract. This
result they arrived at by figuring on an
old map of a old, which figuring the ex-
pert of the East Jersey Water Company
was forced to admit was incorrect.
They e~ndeavored to show that the 63
miles of drainage area of the Jersey City
Water Company was not sufficient to
furnish 5O,G00,000 gallons of water, but
they quickly dropped that, because if
they proved that, what would Newark
people think of their contract with the
East Jersey Water Company to supply
them with $4,000, 900 gallons daily on an
area of 81 miles and a fraction? They
We're between the devil and the deep
sea.
DODGED THE QUESTIONS.
Right through Mr.. Bradner's, the en-
gineer for the East Jersey Water Com
pany, testimony, there was a marked
reluctance to give any figures comparing
the watersheds Of the Pequannock, or
East Jersey Company, and the Jersey
City Water Company, and when pinned
down by Messrs. Vredenburgh and Ed
wards to reply to these questions, the
witness declined to answer by advice
of his astute counsel.
Although he practically admitted that
the area of the Jersey City Water Com
pany was larger than that of the East
Jersey Water Company and the former
had more storage reservoirs, he hedged
and sought shelter. under Mr.. Charles
E. Corbin,s Protecting wings
QUEER FIGURING.
Engineer Bardner continued his testi-
mony at two O'clock, after a brief re.
cess for luncheon. He, in presence OF
counsel, put his planimeter on the topo-
graphical map of the geological survey
TO ascertain the area OF the watersheds
in dispute. He had taken a map from
Mr.. Corbin and added divisions in color
representing the watersheds. His esti-
mates were questioned by Mr. Nreden-
burgh for the Jersey City Water Com
pany, who put a series of questions for
the object of disposing the testimony Of
the engineer for the East Jersey Water
Company. which is e~ndeavoring to prove
that the shed of the Jersey City Water
Con parry is less than stated.
The engineers figures relative to Split
Rock AVE been based on d forty feet
raise in the level of the pond.
Does the, State map" asked Mr.. .Vre-
denburgh, SHOW Spit Rock zalse forty
feet above its present leyel?
"NO, sir: it does not"
.sThen your calculations are not based
on the real figures OF the State map
Witness lodged the question by saying
he had taken Mr.. Croes figures on that
particular
Trades trade. e eape ri, is Si he no It asked MI.
N~redenbu1gh.
Vets"
'In an Office in the building"
NJ. ~Thonpson'S Officer
Witness believed SO. ana NJ. NreGen-
by compelling the expert engineer to say
tia his figures on the map he had fig
ured on were inGorreet;; 111rNuce
Mr.. Gardner having previously given
the average of the Pequannock water
shed, Mr.. askea mn 10
voir of the East Jersey Company, but
1dr. Corbin advised the witness not TO
What is the drainage area Of the
reservoir Of the P~equannock watershed
supplying Newark
Don't answer" said Mr.. Corbln.
two miles?' asked Mr.. v~redenburgh.
same objection and same request,
said Fir. Corbln. and the witness didn't
fDcn't you known"
.Ipf't answer when I told you," said
. YOU, Mr.. Bardner, decline to give
us figures showing the comparison OF
the sheds of the Jersey City Water Com
pany or the East Jersey Company for
the benefit of the people of Jersey City?"
Don't answer, said Mr.. Corbin.
because my counsel told me not to
So" said the engineer, growing RED
"Do you decline because the counsel
of the East Jersey Water Company tells
you not to do 500" asked Mr.. Vreden-
II don't know that he is the ounse
and Mr.. Vredenburgh glsred at him in
surprise and hurled his question at
you have just told me that Mr.. Cor
hin gave you a map, to hgure on; why
was not the counsel for the East
Witness spluttered out a lame reply
that he did as he was told.
When Mr.. v~redenburgh had wrung
these queer admissions from Mr.. Bard
ner ex,sen st W. "; p ? ;, Ed bsa dget took @sa q
survey of the watershed which he
had criticised.
mo sir" he replied.
Mr., Edwards cornered him again about
his figures in relation to the area of
and Split Rock. Mr.. Bardner
had figured on the raising of these
p0ao ADMITTED IT'S ERRORS.
'fJf. then, you were informed that the
Jersey City Water Company did not pro-
nose to raise these ponds your figures
be wrong in that particular"
asked Mr.. Edwards.
yes"
M. Edwards said that the Jersey City