The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-12-26
PURE WATER COMING
Temporary Supply From the
Pequannock Will be
Turned on This
Week.
EAST JERSEY COMPANY BEATEN
Township of Harrison Will Con-
tinue TO Buy Water From
Jersey City.

The East Jersey Water Company has
been knocked out, so far as the supply
ing of the Town of Harrison with water
is concerned. This victory is due to the
untiring efforts of Mayor Wanser, his
Secretary, John Nevin, and few other
city officials who were anxious to retain
Harrison for a customer when the new
and permanent supply of water is turned
on.
Some time ago Harrison advertised for
bids for new water supply. The East
Jersey Water Company submitted a prop
osition to furnish water at 800 per million
gallons, with the understanding that a
contract for twenty-five years should be
entered into.
For more than a month that PROPOSE
ton has been under consideration, and
with it one from this city to furnish
a supply at the same price, but giving
the town the option of making a con-
tract for one year or twenty-five. The
fight was hard one. but has had an
agreeable result.
The Councilmen have directed their
counsel. NJ. T. Barrett. to prepare con-
tract with this city for one year. with
the privilege of renewal. Harrison will
use the temporary supply to be furnished
this city by the East Jersey Water Com
pany. In the event of the permanent
supply being furnished by the Jersey
City Water Company, the town will be
authorized to use that water at the same
price per million gallons.
The knockout of the East Jersey Water
Company will probably upset it's plans of
reaching Bayonne, which city is to be
supplied under a contract sub-let to the
East Jersey Company.
The company had not only counted on
supplying Kearny and Harrison. but also
Bayonne and Hoboken. There is like
lihood of this city getting all of these
municipalities except Kearny, if the
courts uphold the award to the Jersey
City Company Should they become Gus
toners of this city, it is contended by
gentlemen who have figured on the ex-
pense. that the water department would
be made more than self-SuStaining.
1t was expected by many people that
the temporary supply from the Pequan-
mock would be turned on today. The
sary connections with Newark's plant
made; but it will probably be three or
four days, perhaps a. week, before the the
mains of this city.
A telephone line is now being construct
ed between High Service, Belleyille and
Bile to keep close watch on the mains
when the new force is turned out. 1t
will come slowly at first, and it is pro-
posed not to increase the pressure any
more than possible, as it Is feared the
mains across the Hackensack will not
stand it.
In order to clean the Belleville reser-
voir direct connection is to be made
with the pipe lines to High Service. AS
one and then the other High Service
reservoirs will be drawn off and cleaned.
To clean and clear the mains in the
All this work has to be done carefully
SO that only small section of the city
will be without water at one time.
People who expect to get pure Pequan-
mock water will be disappointed. The
surplus of the Newark plant is not suffl-
cient to supply this city, and the def
cheney will be made up by mixing a
little Passaic with it.