The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-11-14
NEW PIPE NEEDED
NEW FIFE MINDED
Engineer Ruggles Testi-
mony at the Water Ger
tioTari Hearing.
JERSEY eIrY'S WATER CUSTOMERS
Under The Defendant company's
Plan No Pumping Would Be
Necessary.
JERSEY CITY'S WATER CUSTOMERS

Although the hearings to take testi-
mony in the water certlorari are liked
! each morning for ten o'clock sharp"
1t is always an hour later before the
lawyers get down to business.
TITS q great waste of time, this punctu-
atty" said one of the witnesses this
morning, after Waiting an hour for the
| proceedings to begin in Chancery Cham
bers. At last Mcssrs. w. d. Edwards,
ex-Jadge Garretson. Chas. l.. Corbin, ex-
Judge Blair and Chas. D. Thompson
sauntered in with a what's-going-on look
on their faces. When a few minutes
more were consumed, the st-enographers
were ready and Mr.. r.. B. Coar, water
purveyor of Jersey City, took the wit
ness chair.
Examined by Mr.. Edwards he describ-
ed the duties of his Office and then said
thai the water sold by Jersey City was
seven to eight millions of gallons. There
are, he continued, 400 metres in the city.
In which buildings has the water to
be pumped up to the top hoor?' asked
Mr.. Edwards.
witness enumerated Observation-Disclosures
Flats, First National Bank. Second Ma
tional Bank, Hudson County Bank, Prov
ident Institution for Savings, Weldon
Building, Fuller Building and Sugar
House.
in fact, all the high buildings in low
er Jersey City require the water pumped
Eyes, SIR"
IF the water was delivered to the
Bergen reservoir at a height of 30 feet,
that is 80 feet above the present head
mo, it would come by gravity"
Mr.. Coar said that Harrison and Kear-
ny, Bayonne and the Sugar House pay
500 per million gallons to the city for the
mete-ed water. Other customers pay
highs eyer gosT tha on th PaffftMp1Ne.
Chief Engineer Ruggles was recalled. to
give an m of the cost of pumping
at Belleville for the past five y years: he he
payrolls, cost of Goals oils, repairs, etc.,
and this was the list for the i've years.
1 1sss 81 sls. s. P }Sgs. m slsios; iSs4l ssiiss ss'l' Si0'S0'
pumped seSventy-fve feet above. the pres
ent elevation. The stand pipe was
Eff you nave an additional head that
will involve additional wages, won't it,
asked Mr.. Charles l.. Corbin on cross
"Oh, no SIR" was the reply.
what do you mean by repairs in your
estimator asked Mr.. Corbin.
Repairs to the boilers, engines and
huilding."
In these figures. witness explained he
had not made either allowances for in
terest or depreciation of the plant at
NEW PIPE LINE NEEDED.
Mr.. Ruggles said that legislation had
been procured last year for an additional
pipe line for a better supply for Jersey
City. An additional pipe line, he said,
was necessary whether a new supply
was obtained or not. For suc a pipe
line, of a drainage of 48 miles, he had
made an estimate. 1t would run across
total length would be nearly six miles,
at an estimated cost of about $500, 000.
THAT additional pipe is needed?" asked
Mr.. Edwards
Mr.. vermeule was recalled by Mr..
James B. vredenburgh, to answer cues
the canals of New Jersey. Producing a
State Geological Survey map, Mr.. Yer
meule showed that the Waikiki shed is
the only shed in the State not tributary
to a canal and that stream could not
be used for a supply.
NEW YORK'S FIGURES.
the subject of rainfalls and Mr.. Yer
meule read from his report the correct
values Of rainfalls of the Croton Shed
of oarl for f fhese ye years The o 5hs sGta records oras
of New York on this point. offered by
the prosecutors have been declared in
tablished this by the data secured by
Mr.. verneule from the Weather Bureau.
When Mr.. Vermeule's brief cross-exami-
nation had finished ex-Judge Blair said.
% the part of the city, I offer in
evidence the contract of the Street and
Water Board and the East Jersey Water
Company for a temporary supply"
Il object said Mr.: Corbin, because
it is immaterial." The. contract was
admitted and the objection noted.
Now" said the Corporation Counsel,
1--WE previously waived the cross-examin-
alton of Mr.. J.-J. Croes. because of the
shortness of time, but since the Supreme
Court has liked a date for hearing we
find there is time to cross-examine Mr..
Croes and 1 now call upon him to take
the chair"
Mr.. Corbin objected because of the alb
sence of Judge Frederick w. Stevens,
who produced Mr.. Croes as a witness for
the prosecutors. A long consultation
took place at this point and it was
agreed to adjourn until Saturday morn
ing to wind up the cross-examination
of Mr.. Croes, the East Jersey Water
C~ompany's expert.