The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-08-17
The Finance Board and the wafer
Question.

Tho members of the Board of Finance
are to be congratulated on the ena"
in their attitude on the water question
as indicated by their action on Ihursuay
evening. Some of the mber II IS
eaia have openly expressed regret at
their previous hasty action. taken neiore
ANYTHING was officially before them' out
nobody will make any harsh comments
on this in view of the evident sincerity
of their desire to do the best possible
thing for the city. Their later ofaelai
action shows tina they had not irrevoc-
ably made up their minds to anything.
They are eager for enquiry and open to
argument We hope that out OF TINS
mental state may come concurrence in
the street and Water Board award.
A. the matter stands now. the conyic-
zion seems to be general that the pro-
posai of the Jersey City Company IS the
best. The only cause for hesitation IS
that the cost of the plant Is a
triae more. 1t is only a trihe
when it is remembered that concurrence
in the ~company's plan will save the
city in the neighborhood of sl,oOo,oW Tor
a new pipe line across the Hackensack
meadows. from Belleville to High Ser
vice.
Besides. as a gentleman interviewed
In our columns, yesterday. put it, The
CITY is buying water by the.m million gal
Ions. it is not buying a water works.
BY the million gallons the Jersey City
Company is low. Its plant costs more
Than the others for the reason that it IS
she. most perfect water works in this
country. MIR. Sanford of the noted firm
of Sanford and Stillman it is asserted,
has said that If the Rockaway and Hud-
o company'sp plan is worth S6,e3o.0c0 the
Jersey City Company's is worth sl2,ooo-
600. Mr.. Sanford knows h he is talk
ing about. He is an expert builder, not
a pipe tester like Who Is Kent. who lays
claim to being an expert.
The plant given Newark by the East
Jersey Water Company cost $6,ooo.oeO.
The Jersey City Company's costs less
than IS, 900, coo, and two of its reservoirs
hold more water than all of Newarhs
and are more beautifully fed. The COM
pany has four reservoirs, all of which
are admitted to be admirably located. so
Company in its latest Informal PROPOSE
tion tried to give a plant that included
Longwood Valley and Beach Glen for
reservoirs.
Water purchased from the Jersey
City Company would bring Jer-
sey city a handsome revenue. 1t would
cost. the city about sSS per million gal
Ions, at the moderate consumption OF
100000 gallons. datlysla Jersey CRY ~ ir Z
turn. sells it at about 500 per million
gallons. Outside Of the increased guam
ttty that would be used by residents Of
this city who now buy water it woun
be possible to retain Harrison and Kear-
ny and derive from those municipalities
about $500 q month, and Bayonne would
also come ,uanaaeE Jersey City as a con-
sunlbaagd The Jersey City Water Company
permits the city to sell water to whom
I.sa on .hasT "a AFS os5S
It pleasessh xsnon- To n13sgl aistsd Als
In every respect. the city's best inter-
estg seen, to be safe guarded by the
award which the Street and Water Board
has made.
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THE nEngineering News has an arti-
Gle ON the Jersey city Water question
this week. written as usual from the
point OF view of the planet, Mars.
Among the refreshing suggestions is
The one that this city should proceed 70
oondemn the water rights Il needs. We