The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-04-18
vERMEULE'S KICK.
He Tells City Officials That
the Reilly Scheme Is
the Only Practical
Water Plan.
DISPUTES OTHER COMPANIES FIGURES
Woltmann Keith & Co.'s Plan
i Disseeted by City Attorney
Weart-Mr. Detwiller
InterfereS.
Engineer Harrison Says They
- Will Build Plant With Two
Lines for Less Than
y S6,OO0,000.

Mayor Wanser. the Finance and Street
and Water Commissioners. Corporation
Counsel Blair. City Attorney Weart ano
a Mr.. Henry Lenlbeck devoted yesterday
afternoon and last evening to hearing
J the engineers of the companies that have
submitted informal propositions to the
city for new supply of water explain
their schemes Last night Enginee,
Cornelius C. Vermeule. representing
Hugh Reilly and his associates, was
heard.
Mr. vernleule prepares the State geo.
logical reports and is perhaps as well
posted as-any man in the State the
/. sources of supply and engineering gen.
s orally. He desired to be heard before
y ithe engineers of the other companies,
i wishing to discuss with them the merits
of their relative proposals. He showed
in the beginning that the population OF
the city has increased from 127, ,355 in
1882 to 222.0lS in 1894. The increase in
the consumption of water has been
1922, ,742 gallons daily in 1882 to 2S 900, 600
gallons daily at the present time. He
claimed that the increase, which is A
! per cent is 20 per cent. below the normal
because of the bad water. He cited the
fact that the introduction of new sup
J ply in Newark brought about an in
threased consumption of 25 per cent.
trfMr. Vermeule referred to an estimate
,a5f Mr.. Lebbeus B. Ward, showing that
lsr If the consumption is 23,0O0oO0 gallons
es daily now it will be 25,13s, 900 in 1897,
80. 600 in 1898, 44.5Oo,0oo in 19Os 81,
900 in 1918. and 65, S00 900 in 1915
81 o. He contended that with 100000 gall
q mons daily turned ON now, the city would
I, piRve margin of 2o.oO0,OOO gallons daily
tneley offer other communities, but in ten
ssC'ears margin of only $780, 900 gal
I, Ions would remain
a EAST JERSEY CRITICIZED
In speaking of the East Jersey Com
lzMpanX.s Wan, as xpIained by Engineer.
Hersehel. he Said
Now. as to this high service delivery
let US see what Mr.. Clemens Herschel
thought of that in setting forth the ad-
yantages of his ccnpany's plant at New
ark. We quote from a paper which he
read before the N. E. Water Works As
sociat:on:-"The greater the head at Belle
vile, the wider the range of possible fu-
ture water consumers for the company
And after 1900. when the whole works
will have passed to the city, the excess
ef pressure at Belleviile may be utilized
by the city, if desired, to produce a
respectable amount of power, hence IN
these days of power transmission, of
income
He makes no such provision for Jer-
sey City; offers to use what power YOU
have to lift to High Service barely suf-
ficient water to meet your own needs.
He evidently has no interest in extending
the range of possible consumers for Jer-
sey CITY Gentlemen, you will do well to
get all the water you can at High Ser
vice, not merely as source of income,
but as a source of protection against
water monopohes.
1.-The needs of your city, therefore, de-
mand works of 5o,oo0,o0O gallons capac-
ity, and chance to increase to at least
75,o0O,0O0 gallons. if possible"
HUGH REILLY'S PLAN
Taking up the plan of Hugh Reilly and
others, he said
"Our watershed embraces 11S square
miles of the best portion of the Passaic
watershed. This VIII furnish $4,000, 600
gallons daily, when needed We remove
by an intercepting sewer the only pos
sible source of pollution. We furnish
5000, 900, 900 gallons, properly proportion
ed fer al parts of the watershed and OF
this we agree to build 5;Oeo, 100000 gallons
lines of steel pipe, .nsuring against ac-
cIdent These are 40 inches in diameter
tain. Capacity, 5oOoo,OoO gallons daily.
and SIX feet clear diameter, lined with
brick, through Orange Mountain. Ca
sey city Water company claims 100000,
deliver the whole supply in Jersey city
at 30 feet elevation We propose to in
ta and dey these fo m0fs hs fv M a Dn
5o.oOo,ooo gallons daily and al other
rights we @ may acquire for 8, 100000"
Taking up the plan of the Jersey City
Water Company, Mr.. Verneule said that
its watershed was fcrty-seven square
although 5o,ooo,ooo eafy is claimed.
this calculation has only a capacity of
did not compare favoratbly With M.
6eanyp 6ea psIks g for Ps its serSs he
called attention to, the fact that enoI.m-
as IN rentals, sai and a That the @ city in the end
fore. He claimed that Mr.. Retlly's plan
He contended that Newark cannot COL
lect 50 600 600 gallons daily from its water;
jersey 5er o'Gs Gsfy : water eompany 5n N.Y. proposed
% %Watershed CTS Of Il square are n miles i He said
that the company quoted @ from m Prof, Prot
coo reg1ts gat ss sad aa T9me pro
Cooks reports for many years prior to
his death. and he defed anyone to show
tion that the yield Is over two-thirds
COST ALTOGETHER TOO MUCH.
In taking up the East Jersey Conn
pany's bid he said that the city was
asked to pay s7,375,0o0 in all for. plant
still dependent upon the Belleyille reser-
voirs and the present rotten mains
III costs the city now 1927 to pump
a million gallons of water, and see
no way of avoiding continuation Of
that expense under the East Jerseys.
plan The ax@Tasg,ee s,e eost cb Of gumPlng
ffIe interest on 81, 800 in city bonds
bearing 4 per cent. interest
he estimated the cost Of the . East aas
900 gallons daily are being consumed:
He showed by figures that the East
Jerseys plan for 80 o0o, ,009 GALLONS "a daiay slS