The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-07-01
At O5 CENTS FER PACE.

all cash or bonds or part cash and part
in this proposal shall be made in gold
sa sTAMRARD , o. OF THE WAT.fF is u the
standard yielded by the confluence of the
waters from the Upper Longwood Val
Rock Lake, Hoagland's1 Lake and the
1 several mountain streams in the pro-
posed Beach Glen reservoir and Dixon
Lake and Stony Brook, I'M the RockaWay
/ These lakes, ponds and streams are To-
Icated in the wild mountainous regions
are noted for their purity and excel
lence. This company will furnish to
! the Board. if desired various analysis
| sons of tyear by eminent chemists; they
greatly excel in purity the standard for
comparison given by the city, , IN Its spec e
enforce all present and future laws OF
the State against all persons polluting
supply, to the end that the same may
be maintained in their natural state OF
purity and wholesomeness.
| At certain seasons of the year all
mountain lakes and streams are subject,
for short intervals, to occasional impur1-
ties of vegetable origin, which cannot
/
existing in the water sheds of the Mid
1 die States. Such temporary impurities
may for a few days cause even the pure
company to vary from the standard
given by the city in it's specifications
The company guarantees that the wa
| ter to be furnished by it shall not be IN
! ferior to the following standard at any
| time during. the. time of deliVery BY II
to the city by the million G salons THIS MS
company further agrees that an analy-
isis shall be made by it on Tuesday OF
each week in each year during the
term Of said CONTRACT, at the expense OF
when called for. and that the average
quality of said water supply SO. found
for each year shall exeeeq .ra N purity an4
given by the city in its specifications
| GENERAL PLAN OF THE COMPANY.
/ The following is the general plan Of
1 the company:-It is, of course. sup1ect
| to minor alterations, which may be
| found necessary in the course of con-
| struction. The main intake for the pipe
/ lines of the supply will be located at
| River Valley. From this point the water
| will be carried by gravity by a pipe
| line or lines, along the, route SHOWN
/ reservoir of Jersey City on Bergen
| Hill, at a head of 210 rect ABOVE mean
| high tide. While the whole, supply can
| proposes a device, whereby a sufficient
| quantity for a standpipe service may
| be delivered simultaneously with the
| voir of the city, thus insuring a uni
| form pressure in the standpipe at all
| times during the delivery OF water, and
| for the lower levels of the city so as
! to not strain the present distributing
| system of the city.
Additional intakes will be located at
Dixon's Lake and at Stony Brook, so
that they must be connected with the ne
| n
| plan contemplates a new pipe line or
| lines across the Hackensaek meadows
| from the Passaic River at Belleville to
| the High Service reservoir in Jersey City.
/ The pipe hne or lines will be construct
| ed of steel of sufficient length, strength
and capacity to deliver the water at the
| aforesaid head; they will vary in size
upon the main line from 81 inches to 48
inches inside diameter, and from AZ
/ the double pipe lime. The aux lfany
pipe line from Dixon's Pond and Stony
Brook win also be construeteds. ed, OF - steel se
1 nver the water from their several tn
| takes into the main pipe line or lines
All the pipe lines viii be coafed endn 1nsqe ae
TO TUNNEL MOUNTAINS,
red endff fhrongh sas paw Watchung la Mountain BY
| means of a tunnel about three and one
| half miles in length, and with an inside
| lwhereyer the same may be found neces-
sar,3l sary). This tunnel will shorten the, dis
| tance over other, routes by at at least
nave Save ., CAPACITY Of over 1Oo,0oo00O gall
| Ions daily, thereby affording. the city q
conduit d for its future requirements OF
called for by the specifications
The pipe lines will be SO located as
to be Operated ecoaomlcaily mica ~ aha tbs nine eTa
the the city, however. must permit the con- CO :
tractor the use q rs Paspsae pfieeR River at
High Service whenever the, company
may desire to make use ,ein 81 'nem WilI cover e
have capacity of 4,235,777, 900 gallons
bly, Of 5O,ooo,oOO gallons per day. ;. It
viii have an elevation at the, flow line
of about $40 feet above mean hlgh tlde:
Split Rock Lake, Denmark Lake. Hoag-
| land Lake and numerous small streams.
| BY an intercepting tunnel through Green
/ Upper Longwood water sheds VIII also
go mads Fsassry sere wiz ii he Bsseh Bsssh Glen
intake, al feet above mean high tide:
Dixon Lake intake, 596 feet: Stony BROCK
feet; Split Rock Lake, s15 feet; Dem
mark Lake. SIG feet; Longwood reser-
voir. 7s0 feet; Green Lake. e45 feet.
ervoir will be Z, 4,235 900 gallons; Dixon
0G 9ssstUn Stony RrSSk soe g
Ions. or a combined capacity of upwards
1850 600 9oa gallni,n1s equal to 2ao Gays
No POLLUTION POSSIBLE.
4 Bv this plan an area of sixty-five
square miles of water shed is made. trib-
4 utary to the system and comes from a
mountainous district wherein pollution
i by population can. never exist. There are
no factories or villages of any size with
4 In its limits and the sparse population
4 Is constantly decreasing. The land IS wild
i an llnoroductive, covered with hard wood
forests and constitutes an ideal gathering
s. ground for a water supply.
The sources of supply and the intakes
are all above the towns and villages of
Boenton. Powerville. Danville Rpckaway,
s. Dover and Port Dram and above the
q levels of the Morris Canal hence pol
Hutton from these towns fy6m sewage or
from the canal or Qtherxfise is rendered
impossible, which 6anN6t PEI clainF on
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