The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-14

Mr.. HIRSCHEL FISHES
Throws a Daintily Baited
Hook to the Street and
Water Board.
TINY HAVE 4 4 JOKER OF THEIR OWN
Who Tells Mr.. Hirschel That His
Bait Won't Work in
Shallow Water.
TINY HAVE A 4 JOKER OF THEIR OWN

Engineer Clement Hirschel, the gentle
man who wept when he was forced to
admit last Friday that the East Jersey
/ Water Company was unable to fulfill its
agreement relative to supplying this city
with water, threw a daintily baited
| hook out to the Street and Water Com
/ missioners yesterday. They are on to
Mr.. Hirsehel and his tricks, however.
and did not bite. Neither did the bait
prevent the Commissioners from issuing
the notice that puts the water company
officials on the rack.
Engineer Hirschel communicated with
| the Board on the water question. In
conjunction with a letter he sent tabu-
lated statement purporting to show just
| how water was delivered into Newark's
| reservoir every day last year from Janu-
ary / to December 81. The statement
| also shows what the average quantity
was every month. For January it was
/ q. 100000 gallons: February, 26s500,00G;
March, loo, 900; April. Is. 900, 600: May,
19800,000; June, q, 200, coo; July, 21,309,O00;
August, 2260O,O0O; September, 23.30 900;
| October, 23,000,000; November, q, 100000;
December. 22,SOO,000. The average daily
! quantity during the year was 22,1S0, COO
/ gallons. The object of this report IS con-
/ strued to be that if Newark, by soaring
the officials into the belief that they will
| have to pump from the Passaics again
unless they reduce the consumption to
| what it is represented to have been Last
| year, can be made cut down its con-
sumption far below u 100000 gallons daily,
| the East Jersey Water Company will be
able to steal a few million gallons daily
| which belong TO Newark and by adding
them to the legitimate surplus, can make
great big .bluff. toward l ;,y1 g,yin1g tbs tbs
| consumption of Newark is nothing like
| what it was last year and the officials
say it is increasing every day. They con-
] tend that it is increasing to such an ex-
| tent that it will doubtless this summer
be up TO the N,5O0,000 gallons the city. IS
/ entitled to under its agreement with the
/ East Jersey Company.
| In letter referring to the table given
| above Mr.. HirSchel writeS:-
During the same time all the other drafts
| ion gallons daily. Therefore, had Jersey City
4 been receiving the remainder carried by the
conduit It would t haze reeeyed IN iSy O
| gallons and the table quantities increased by
! one. April 20 this quantity would nave been
! IS million gallons less 1S.1 million gallons or
| 169 millions. During the days when New
/ ark drew over 2750o,0O0 gallons this quantity
| would have been S5,0000o0 gallons, 2S5oO,oOo
4 on the average during the year this guam
tity would have been s5,ooo,ooo gallons less
/ %, 100, 600 11900,000 daily.
In 1896 this quantity will probably range
i from 6.5 million gallons to more than 10 mill
ing taken in Newark to reduce the waste
/ quantity every day IN the year.
j II regard that letter as misleading =
| said Commissioner Hooker. Does any
i sensible man think he can blind us by
making the very broad assertion that the
/ teen million gallons daily? For my part
| cannot even juggle the figures and lind
! out how Engineer Hirschei says he can "a,
! give color to his figures and to apparently
| make the public believe he can give US
enough water to overlap the taste of
| when Newark's consumption was small
Some one blundered in the carrying ca
thinks he is responsible. He perhaps now
| thinks it will be possible to make up some
/ Of the lost money on Jersey City. These
! solutely requires. He admitted that to
/ give Jersey City any water at all Newark
would have to be s, forced oo t. use only what
| Hirschel told too many solid truths about
/ his water plant to start in now and at
Gty 4 snIm Almost saaI all The Wate
/ With Newark taking her full quota there
| IS practically nothing left for Jersey City
and for one will not countenance q
| scheme to put the city to the expense of
several hundred dollars day for water
that gets lost In our ppss the snn,v h.
has at hand is not sufficient for this city.
| but this scheme looks to me like plan
70 curry favor and have the company on pa con- /
is fulfilling its contract That does not go
With me. We were pledged 2o,ooo,09O gal
am in favor of setting aside the con-
tract, and the sooner We llno ou- M--ele
we stand the better it will be-"
indignant and claim Hirschel SO arrang-
/ ed his figures as to mislead the public.
They also cite the fact that even under nd
| Newark using one-third less than she is
now, the company will only be able to
v Hb fSe Wb5a gaons perhapaS aa eVen Vee tha
quantity is less by 100000 gallons than
the eonpany represented # could hs1,agspa give
I will make the situation worse and create
even more feeling against the company
than exists now. If such a thing is pos
sible.
The proposed conference between the
Street and Water Commissioners and
East Jersey officials Will doubtless ~ les take take
pac pany at % that time M SAYS the present mea-
| gre supply is in fulfllrnent of its con-
delivered, formal notice will be given to
4 turn it off at once.
II If the company asks for the remain
is to be turned off until then The M city 4Is
ociaig DO nt not IVA Wan gaiiG@n q abe e
furnish 2o,0000Oo gallons day.
It was reported this morning that the
company contemplated securing enough
water at Little. Falls to make up the
deficiency for this city. Little Falls
water will not be accepted under any
circumstances. The Commi issEoners want
i 20OO0 900 gallons day gathered in the
/ Peouannocl Valley or none at ALL
4 They also propose comforting with tht
4 Newark Commissioners on the subject
i Some plan of action which will compel
i the company to live up to it's agreements
may be decided upon
4 WATER COMPANY DISTURBED.