The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-03

teea west OF the crossing Of the Central
owned or controlled by the estate 81 i
Cooper Lord. The present surface 81
the river is at an elevation Of SOC feet
above tiae Tbs spiIIway Of the proposed
dam win be at an approximate elevation
Of 625 feet above tide.
The reservoir viii have an area Of
ABOUT 70 acres and a storage canzcity
average depth of over IS feet. The landa
on both sides OF the river. from the pro-
posed dam to above the crossing Of the
delaware : Laekawanna and Western
haIroad above Port Dram, with one
small exception, are owned by the estate
OF J Cooper Lord, deceased.
Inc above reservoirs have q tributary
drainage area and storage capacity as
Ha Af Silss. f aiaisay.
Beacn Glen ........... $40 400
Longwood Valley ........z2se 1850
Berkshire Valley ..... As 45s
Port Dram Intake 49, 80 100
The above shows a drainage area
and proportienate storage for seven
inches on 57k square miles. The require
ments at s66e94 gallons per day per square
niue Tor 2 delivery OF IS millions per day
are % 4-lo square miles.
AS an alternative proposition this COM
pany VIII in place Of an equivalent area
q watershed and storage capacity, far
-@r~e %%- Liz A0tt LQUHEf RAW
ing an outlet On the Cooper Lord ezfa1e
LANDS, near the Port Dram intake. Thls
IS a constantly flowing stream Of sSso-
luteiy pure, clear, cold. spring water,
of water per day.
Conduit L1nes-The conduits viii svith
the exception Of the masonry tunnels
hereinafter mentioned he AZ sfs1Ssr5
quality of medium steel. having an ulff-
mate strength Of 5000 to 70.oes rounds
per square inch, an elcnsaffon Of p ner
cent in eight inches. and an elastic Emit
OF % per cent. OF ultimate strength. 4ae
pipe will be constructed fuIly 10 to fAe
best and latest standard for rfveted nioe.
and viii be coated inside and cut with
aspnaalan al a Temperature Of 39 de-
grees. Fahrenheit. Each length will BE-
tested to fun working pressure before Law
ing and the pipe. when laid. will be tssred
~ convenient sections. Gates viii be
placed every one half mile. and four
r1anhcies placed per mile. All bfoW-ons
air valves and other appurtenances necee-
sary TO bring the work up 70 the high
est standar OF construction will be pro-
Route and Sizes Of Pipe-It is propossd
mat OF the total supply eventually re-
CURED Of fifty million gallons. twenty
I'VE millions shall be taken from Port
Gram intake ana the balance from Reach
Glen and other sources east Of Beach
Glen The conduit will be laid at once
from Port Dram through the Rockaway
Yalley. to Beach Glen with a capacity OF
Jers$ City the capacity viii be thirty
i've million gallons.
From the Port Dram Intake the water
VIII be carried across the valley Of Green
Pond or Burnt Meadow Brook about
Loco feet by a 4S-fnch steel pipe. carried on
piers Of masonry. and then conducted
into a S-lnch circular conduit with a
grade Of about 5 feet per mile, passing
IN a short tunnel through the hill north
Of Dover thence by a 40-inch pipe to
within two miles Of Beach Glen, thenca
nv fVrn miles aF 22-far- 70 Peach
Glen connection, thence by a 54-lnch pspe
with a capacity of IS million gallons per
day 70 the head Of the falls at Boonton.
The size of pipe VIII then be changed
70 % inches with same capacity. and run
King on a hydraulic gradient OF I.e7 Feet
per mile = Watching Mountains, passing
through the mountain by a t1nae one
n5le loag with a. capacity 9f &c million
gallons below the Springing line of the roof
and With a grade OF l6s feet per mile.
The ann Will be lined with brick. FROM
the eastern portal OF the tunnel 4 99-inch
pip With a hydraulic grade Of about us
feet per mile, will deliver the IS million gall
l9as per day Al Belleville at a head snsh-
cent @pprox.mately i9 feet above sldes
| % force 80 million gallons per eay through
the present 56-iHch mains without IN
creasing the pressure ueca them 10 q
pclat beyond safety TO a delivery at high
service at III feet elevation, Ii is pro-
posed 70 utilize these SS-inch mains to
the Saving Of cost 10 the city IN this pro-
pesal Ihis company viii repair and
maintain these mains IN good order dur
ing the life of the contract. The sid
2e-snch main can be used for draft
from Bellerille Reservoir
To increase TO 50 millions per day =
ppe with a capacity OF fifteen million
gallons VIII be run from Beach Glen
Reservoir 10 Jersey City High Service
Reservoir, with a hydraulic gradient To
deliver the discharge at LII feet eleva-
ton These pipes from Beach Glen to
HYDRAULIC gradient as the original con-
du3t. h size from Beach Glen to
Bconton will be IS inches. From Boom
ton to tunnel, 50 inches. From the east
draus4c grade VIII approximate to 10
feet per mile. The Size VIII be -
| INCREASE OF STORAGE AND WATER
SHEDS FOR 80 MILLION SUPPLY.
All the lands and easements necessary
70 increase the capacity to % million
The proposed reservoirs and watersheds
for such increase are as follows, and ara
shown in green on the map annexed
F1rst-Rcckaway Vailey-Lyfng north
Of Main River and two miles northwest
of Boonton.
Area of tributary watershed. 81 square
miles.
Present valley at elevation Of about 500
feet above tide, The surface OF proposed
reservoir viii approximate to elevation OF
The area Of proposed reservoir will ae-
proxinate to $50 acres. and the storags
capacity upwards of l,29 million gallons
Tie average OSpl1 OF WAteE VIII Be 2Dod1
Il fest
Second-Dixoa's Pond. This pond hes
N the west of Rockaway Valley and at
$50 feet higher elevation its overflow viii
be INTO R~ockaway Valley Lake.
Ares OF tributary water shed S.53 square
miles. The present pond IS at an eieva-
ton Of about 5S5 feet II VIII be raised Is
feet. making = lake with an arAa Of about
1Ta acres an3 a storage capacity above
present level Of upwards Of 500 million
cations, The average depth Of wafer viii
be over 20 feet.
Third-Baker Reservoir and Gerge Re-
servo3r. These two reservoirs wiz be sit
dated on the Burnt Meadow Brook and
VIII store the water from the watershed
OF THAI brook below Denmark Lake The
watershed tributary, less Denmark Lake
ard Green Pond Brook diverted 70 Beach
Glen villa approximate to eight square
miles.
Bakers reservoir will be situated On
The Baker property. north Of the mann
ana Mine. and will have an erea Of about
60 acres AMI an approximate capacity Of
aseu< $40 million gallons, with g rseez
depth Of about Is feet.
The Gorge reservoir VIII be placed on
The lands Of the Cooper-Lord estate IA
the Gorge. week OF Moasst Pleasant Mine.
and will have an area OF about 40 acrez
and a capacity 0f about $50 mlAtoa gal
Ions. the surface being sS an eaevakSaR OF
about $50 fees above tide.
The tributary w7atarsnea ana storage
70 provide the fifteen million gallons 4
day Increase whe required VIII be th3s-
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