The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-10

ion gallons. Upper Longwood, another
site for reservoir, is wild country,
but there is water galore there. In a
freshet this spring a small drain, built
for the accommodation of fishermen, was
carried away. In this valley a farmer
named Christie leases 475s acres and pays
Sl5o a year for the privilege. He ex-
plained that he made his lease with the
East Jersey Water Company, which
company seems to have gotten grip
on the water there through the Society
Tor Useful Manufactures. Just how it is
proposed to touch water in that part of
the valley, with such an important fac
tor as the East Jersey Company to deal
with. was not fully explained 1t is a
natural reservoir, and the water which
flows through the valley Isl certainly
pure and sparkling. In fact the Water
of the entire country thereabouts is pure
ana sparkling, and it seems utterly i'm
possible to conceive how pollution to an
extent to be damaging can reach it,
It was at this time learned from
reliable source that Henry v. Condict.
one or the water Teforfners, has been
spending some time of late in and around
Boonton and Dover. He has according
to one of the Couper-Lord representa-
tives, made 1t appear that he is one of
the most influential men in the city
and further that no contract for water
will ever be made or entered into unit.
he says SO. He has been rnasquerading
it was said. as sort of a political boss,
ready to deliver SO many votes or the
entire city government at the proper
Time. fils most recent escapade was
only a few days ago, when he announced
1t is. said, that water is not to be taken
from the Rockaway Valley, but that he
and few friends. doubtless the Board
of Dear friends. intend filtering the Pas
saic. It was pleasant to the officials to
hear of that gentlenan's wild rawlings
IN that wild country. Condict VIII doubt
less be sat upon if he keeps on parading
himself before the public as a reformer
where water interests are involved.
Green Pond was reached after a long
and tedious ride over mountain cuts and
test body of water which forms part
Of the great Rockaway supply. 1t
boasts of very little drainage area, but
IS generously fed by springs. The bed
bling up through crevtces is ice cold.
The lower end of the lake has a white
sandy beach. At that point it is pro-
posed to build a dam. raise the surface
artificial channels make 1t tributary to
the Beach Glen reservoir. The bnly
fault with Green Pond is its lack OF
drainage area. From Green Pond tile
party drove to Beach Glen, through
Hibernia, the great mining village.
finally dining on the lawn Of the Old
Beach homestead. AS far up the glen.
as the eye could reach only a beaut ful
Beach Glen is to be- converted anto a
reservoir and intake by Building dam
at the lower. end of the gen. The dam
will be 800 feet long and leo feet wide
on the top. the crest serving as a road
way for one which Will have to be wiped
out and a new enc bailt
The Glen lies east of Rociraway and
extends northerly. The present eleva-
ton is 512 feet. The trsbufary watershed
covers twenty-tllree miles, and in ad,li-
ton Dixon's Pond, Denmark Lake and
Green Pond will all be tributary to It
by artificial channels. With this added
there will be q watershed area of thirty
one square miles, area of 800 acres depfh
Of Is feet and a storage capacity of
4,ooo million gallons. 1t is at this
time to connect the supply from Port
Dram and thus turn INTO the pipes 4
supply exceeding 50 million gallons a day
by enlarging storage reservoirs and maxi
ing new ones in the valleys Of the water
shed Split Rock, another fine body of
water, with a large drainage area, was