The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-01-13
clerk. be served upon the said East Jer-

Clerk, be served upon the said East Jer-
sey Water Company.
Mayor Wanser will not yet discuss the
dilemma. the company by its failure to
carry out. its agreement, has placed the
city in.
Unlike many others, he is not saying,
81 told you so!'
He has remarked to intimate friends
that taxpayers must certainly remember
that he opposed the acquisition of a tenn
porary supply, not only because he be-
lieved the surplus would be inadequate
for this city, but also on account OF the
financial features Of such q contract.
The statement by Engineer sHirschel,
the effect that the company could pos
sibly give the city i2,000,000 gallons daily
is being severely criticised. The ven
turf meter brought into use by the com
pany shows that little more than half
that quaStty is being furnished There
is so lktle of it that the Commissioners
mitting the company to hold the city
liable for what is being delivered. The
fact that Engineer Hirschel turned the
lneagre supply on first and then made
the revelation that the Pequannock pipe
line can only carry about $4,000, 900 gal
Ions daily is now regarded by the Com
mlssioners as trick to cllnch the con-
tract with this city, and give the COM
pany a possible chance Of extortng s4S
Tor every million gallons delivered. If
such a course is contemplated, the Street
and Water Commissioners propose con-
testing the contract without delay. They
VIII not order dollar paid for the water
50 far turned into the Jersey City mains
nor Will Mayor Wanser consent TO sign
ing warrant for one dollar. Under the
present condition of affairs, with the
company delivering about 100000 gallons
daily. the city would pe paying s301 a
day for water not a drop of which is
being consumed by Jersey City:
Not only are the officials of this city
prepared L, fight the company, but Har-
rison, which recently. agreed 10 enter in
to a new contract with the city, has
notified Mayor Wanser that the town is
proposed contract not having been sign
ed as yet. Kearny will get Pequannock
water. as it has contract direct with
the East Jersey, Company. Harrison
wants water, and under the existing cir
cumstances may also negotiate direct with
the East Jersey Company.
of the Jersey CITY Water Company tied
up In the courts.s some OF the city Off
fials frid are be- RSeginnng to think it is all
people to gobble up Harrison and Bay
onne, and IN the event Of the Jersey City
Company's contract being upset by the
courts, making another raid upon this
city
The more the situation is studied the
becoming. Some are already declaring
that if the Jersey City Water Company
is beaten in the courts the East Jersey
quannoek water. 1t will then, it is ar
gued, be. in position to- carry out the
much-talked CT scheme Of reserving the
pure water to be gathered in the noun
1ains and lakes back of Boonton. which
the Jersey City Company proposes CIV
ing this city, and shipping it TO New
When the contract for a temporary
supply of water was awarded to the East
Jersey Water Company ex-Judge Abel l.
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Otteni and Charles NJ. Evans. two large
property owners, applied for a writ of
esrtioTarl f,s to remove the contract into
clients We're at the time heartily de-
nounced by the Evening Journal as
'ene''',es Of the city for interfering with
a public improvement. In arguing for
ms WITH jaage smith claimed that.
the surplus from Newark's supply,
which, according TO the contract, the
sufficient, as Jersey City required $4,000,
600 gallons daily and Newark consumed
p, COO, coo gallons.
would not receive pure water said the
Judge this morning, ''as the people of
that city expected and demanded, but
that would fall far short of what was
required The East Jersey Water Com
pany wanted to supply the remainder
which would necessitate keeping up the
water plant and works at the same ex-
pense as at present. That is why my
% the ppan nsended Mr5 q fo mE the
water, what benefit did the people de-
rive riy from m the contract? The receipts
Deop Tap # the ersg wssE City zoDRea oD9 souad H the the
expense of operating and maintaining
the water works and paying the interest
on water bonds.
Smith, the cost of the limited supply
of water at s4S per million gallons would
be added to the amount annually raised
to about $4,000 year. The people
would be compelled to keep up and main
tain the expensive water works and
would not receive pure water, which they
demanded and had right to receive.
but mixed supply which was no better
than the present supply.
81 ccntended thlaS the East Jersey
Companys contract was serious mem
ace to the people of Jersey City. In
serious obstacle, as the people would not
receive pure water. For these reasons /
argued for the granting of a writ of GER
tiorari so that the contract could be re-
viewed in the Supreme Court. / felt
confident that the Supreme Court would
set the contract aside.
writ on the ground that it did not ap- m
pear pear tnat the opposition to the proposed
contract with the. East Jersey Water
company by my clients and other tax
nclent to be considered in face of the
proposed advantage. The Court was Of
lne opinion that an ample supply would
be = supplied under the contract
don't want to be understood as
criticising Judge Lippincott's decision .
said ex-Judge Smith but / am now
CONVINCED % that if he had granted the
averted. The action Of my clients. otteni Ii
and Evans, was unjustly criticized. and
|, feel that in the light of the present
discovery it is only justice to them that
as if it would have been better if a |
writ of certiorari had been allowed and.
the contract reviewed by the Supreme
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