The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-03-06
FOR THE OF
BIDDERS.

The CITY furnishes the following information:
The city is now supplied by water pumped
from the Passaic River. Its pumping plant
is situated on the east side OF the Passaic
River, in Union Township. Bergen county,
N. J.. Between the river and the roadway,
parallel to the river, are two Worthington
engines and boilers, and east of the roadway
are two Cornish engines and boilers, to-
gether with a stand pipe north of the engines
and east of the roadway, and a reservoir
southeast of the engines and east of the road
way. This pumping plant and reservoir are
generally styled the Belleville Water Works
and Reservoir. This reservoir is known either
as the Belleville Reservoir or Reservoir No. l.
A conduit leads from the river to the pump
ing plants on each side of the roadway. From
the plant on the east side of the roadway
two pipes deliver water into the stand pipe
at an elevation of one hundred and sixty
four feet and eight inches above mean high
tide, which it is delivered into Reservoir
No. / through a thirty-six inch iron main,
at a height of one hundred and ffty-seven
feet above mean high tide. From the plant
on the west side of the roadway the Worth
ington pumps deliver the water by direct pres
sure through a thirty-siX inch iron main into
said Reservoir No. l.
From said Belleville Reservoir the water
Is carried for the supply Of Jersey City in
an eesterly direction by three mains.
A twenty-inch iron main, laid in 1854, which
delivers the water at an elevation of one
hundred and twenty-six feet six inches above
mean high tide into Reservoir No. 2, on the
west side of Summit avenue. which main sup
plies water in its passage from Reservoir No.
l., to the Abattoir, Manure Pile, Snake Hill,
Marion and the district between Newark ave
nue. on the south, Nelson avenue on the east,
the road going to Snake Hill on the north and
the Hackensack River on the west, which main
receives an auxiliary supply Of water by a
connection east of the Hackensack River, as
afterwards explained.
A thirty-six inch cast iron main, laid in 1854,
which delivers water at an elevation last men
toned to Reservoir No. 2 aforesaid; this main
is tapped about two hundred yards east Of
the Hackensack River. to permit water there
from to enter the twenty inch main: very
little water, however, is thus diverted.
A thirty-six inch cement and iron main.
laid in 1874, which is tapped by a twenty-ineh
pipe near Belleville reservoir. which twenty
inch pipe supplies Harrison and Kearny; which
said thirty-siA inch main continues from the
Beileville reservoir to the corner of St. Paul's
and Summit avenues, Jersey City. at which
point is a 'fY" connection. The thirty-six
inch main continuing until it delivers the
water at the elevation last mentioned into
Reservoir No. 3 on the east side OF Summit
avenue; before making the delivery of water
into said reservoir a thirty-six inch branch
connection is provided in Summit avenue, near
Laidlaw avenue, Jersey City, provided with
gates which enable the city to divert the
water into Reservoir MOL. on the west side
of Summit avenue. At the point where the
Y connection is made. viz. corner ST. Pauls
and Summit avenues, connections are made
from which the mains run south, which now
supply the Bergen and Greenville districts of
Jersey City and Bayonne.
The effect Of this ''Y'f connection at SUM
nit ard st. Paul's avenues is to divert about
three-ouarters Of the water into the raasr
going to Bergen and Greenville districts and
Bayonne, they being at a lower elevation than
Reservoirs Nos. 2 and 3. which makes the
delivery from this thirty-six inch rlain Of
about one-auarter Of the water into these
reservoirs.
HIGH SERVICE RESERVOIRS.
Are also designated as Reservoirs Nos. 2 and
Reservoir No. 2 supplies lower Jersey City
by gravity, and BY means of the high duty