The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1895-10-22
ADDICTED TO WATER
Expert Payne Shows What
an Enormous Quantity
We Drink.
OCEANS OF THE FUTURE
Trivial Evidence in Behalf Of the
Certiorari Of the Jersey
City Contract.

The prosecutors in the certiorari pro-
ceedings to review the award for a per-
manent water supply for Jersey City
to the Jersey City Water Company IN
the Supreme Court, produced witnesses
this morning in Chancery Chambers, at
the taking of testimony to make COM
parsons between the supplemental bids.
This was the third day and there was
at least an hours delay before getting
down TO work. Since Mayor Wanser,
Street and Water Commissioners Hard
ing and Patterson and Alderman Reu-
ben Simpson knocked the bottom out
of the prosecutions case with unshaken
testimony that the bid of the Jersey
City Water Company was the best for
the city and the water they offered was
the purest. interest in the proceedings
becomes small by degrees and beauti-
fully less" That is seen in the at
tendance. On the first day Mr.. Allan
L. McDermott, representing the Board OF
Trade, accompanied by prominent mem
bers of that body. took an active in
terest in the hearing, but on the second
day they were absent and only one OF
them turned up this morning and that
was Lawyer H. V. Condict, who is sup
posed to be interested in two syndicates
who were unsuccessful in their endeav-
ors to capture the award.
When Mr.. James c.. Payne, of Jersey
City. Assistant Engineer to the Riparian
Commissioners. the first witness, began
to make the comparison of figures. ex-
Judge Blair objected.
These supplemental bids" said Mr..
Blair, were mot before the Board"
Counsel had no objection 20 a compro-
mise between the formal bids.
Mr. povDa aftnr fine Ohiapfinn was
noted. proceeded under the examination
of Counsellor Charles D. Thompson, to
enumerate the prices for the daily sup
each bidder and the amount. of gallons;
The dull and sleep provoking recital
vas abruptly stoned BY Mr.. James B;
City, Water Company. who objected TO
Superintendent. to finish his examination
case. and 1 now give notice to the other
side to produce him because 1 want to
ash Mr hi ch s9ns f +. eorbaI nes aaId that Mr..
Mr.. vredenbfrgh allowed Mr.. Payne to
time interrupting with the mechanical
object. immaterial and Incompetent"
Mr.. Payne was asked to figure out the
probable daily consumption of water in
Jersey City, from 1900 to 1923, when the
contract Of the Jersey. City Water Com
IdAty HOat0 SAQiiC HIS Inquiries dTe. lJJU,
"a $40; 1910, SO $40; 1917. 500 and 1928,
81 BIO millions of gallons daily. Then
taking these, estimates he compared the
respective figures of the East Jersey,
Rockalway and Hudson and Jersey City
caieaaltiom mpa ahowed an fba aoc Tala4igel to his his
annual cost of the latter company's bid
was the highest.
The unfairness of this comparison was
pointed out by Messrs, Vredenburgh, ex-
Judge Blair and Spencer Weart. The
bids and placed them, figure by figure,
with formal bids, thus practically COM
pairing things together hat had no real
points of difference between the two
kinds of bids; or, to make it palmer, |
the engineer took the formal specification
with the supplemental bid proposed by
and for the interest of the Individual
syndicate bidding.
Have you asked Mr.. Spencer weart,
on the part of the city, Examined the
figures Of the gallons of water daily
of Newark. Paterson Pat e and and Jersey sng e citys
and compared them?" Mr.. Payne had
not when he made his calculations. He
of 1884 and prepared tables from that.
'Whenuyou made up those tables, did
g yigs think think tn that s u j Mt and formal
thought anything about it. He simply
made up the tables.
.sWhen did you make up these tables? 2"
yesterday. was the reply. Mr.. Payne
added that he made his calculations,
from which h tables were produced,
since the granting of the writ by JUS
tice Lippincott, on September 20 last.
Then Mr.. ~Vredenburgh, on behalf of
the Jersey City Water Company. pro
ceeded to probe the witness.
Whom did you consul when you made
those hgures?, asked the lawyer.
Mr. .Corbin."
Oh. counsel for the East Jersey Com
panyt' said Mr.. Vredenburgh.
IMPORTANT OMISSIONS.
when you made those figures" again
asked counsel, you didn't take into
consideration the different conditions an
nexed to the bids. excepting that con-
dition of the East Jersey Company, which
offered one pipe and $4,000 rebate If the
city should, elect to buy?"
No. sir"
In she tables of figures prepared by
Mr.. Payne at the instruction of Lawyer
Charles d. Thompson the engineer based
his assumption on the use of q. DOC. 900
gallons of water daily in Jersey City, and
from that deduced a rate of increase up
extracted from Mr.. Payne that he was
not ware of the fact that Bayonne.
Harrison and Kearny We're about to
Withdraw from Jersey City's supply.
Consequently 1.-The figures you have
given cannot be called accurate. since
you have not borne that in mind?' asked
Mr.. V~redenburgh, but Mr.. Corbin OBJ
Jected, ana the witness replied that ne
was not familiar with the water sub
ject. He had, in fact, had certain figures
rule of three process without bothering
himself with the withdrawal of the three
AFTERNOONS TESTIMONY.
and an hour later Mr.. Payne again took
the stand.