The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-09-10

PIPE sewers or drains 10 points below the
intake. as in each case may seem best
fitted 70 secure the ends desired.
The watershed selected however, is
now remarkably free from all sources of
and about 50 per cent. of its area is IN
forest. and the water now lowing eff
Is Absolutely pure and wholesome. The
only collection OF houses is at a point
called Hibernia. where there are about
ten or twelve small dwellings. which will
be removed by purchase or condemnatto ion
IN the construction Of Beach Glen reser-
yoir.
The Isockaway and Hudson Company
proposes N the event OF the acceptance
Of the opton TO purchase herein given
ether easements ana water rights re-
CURED for the supply Of 50 million gallons
per day the fee simple Of 50 much Of ths
lands Of tire Goeper-Lcrd Estate situated
at Reonton as will cover and include both
banks and the bed Of the Roekaway
River for about one mile measured along
the crossing of the Delaware Laekawan-
ma and Western Railrcad at Boonton
We annex 70 this proposal the following
plans and nap showing generally The
designated character of the scheme pro-
posed
First-Map Of Rockaway Watershed
above Bocnton, showing water sheds pro-
posed TO be utilized, area and position of
proposed storage reservoirs and dams,
boundaries and extent Of tributary wafer
sheds. general alignment OF conduit from
Reservoirs to Boonton.
~Second-Map showing general alignment
Of conduit from Boonton to High Ser
vice Reservoir. Jersey City.
T~hird-Proale on approximate lin Of
conduits, showing hydraulic grades and
sizes of pipe proposed.
In witness whereof the said Rockavay
ana Hudson Company hath eaused
thereto, and this bid signed for It
GS,) by its President. and attested by
It's Secretary. by authority OF its
Board of Directors, the twenty
second day of August, A. Z.
eighteen hundred and ninety-six-
THE ROCKAwAY AND HUDSON CO.,
BY W. P. STEVENSON.
GEORGE HOLMES.
Secretary.
State Of New Jersey.
Hudson County. SIS:
BE it remembered that on his twenty
second day OF August, A. D. eighteen
hundred and ninety-six. before me, the
subscriber. a Master in Chancery of New
Jersey, personally appears George Holmes,
VINO being by me duiyssworn. deposes and
makes proof to my satisfaction that he
well knows the corporate seal of the
Rockaway and Hudson Company, the
party named in and making the foregoing
bids or proposals for furnishing a new
supply Of water for the city of Jersey
City; that the seal thereto affixed is ethe
proper corporate seal Of said company:
that the same affixed thereto, ard the
Sd-Q EtQ 81 VfOpOSal signed ana Qelly4Eea
by " P. Stevenson, who was at the date
and execution thereof, the President Of
said company, by authority of the Board
OF Directors thereof. in the presence Of
said ~deponent, who is and then was the
secretary Of said company, as the volun-
tary act and deed Of said company, and
deponent thereupon signed the same as
subscribing witness and attested she
same as the secretary of said company.
GEORGE HOLMES.
Subscribed and sworn 10 before
me, at Jersey City, the twenty
second day OF August, A D.
GEORGE W. CASSIDY.
Master IL Chancery of New Jersey.
Bids which bore evidence Of being in
formal which had been presented, when
follows
From the East Jersey Company
PROPOSALS FOR a NEW WATER
SUPPLY FOR JERSEY CITY.
Presented August "a, 1895.
LITTLE FALLS BID.
Informal Bid-)
IT after full consideration the city
should deem the present time inoppor-
tune for the negotiation of a permanent
contract, necessarily imposing large re-
sponslb5lities upSn both the contractor
Z the city, ans should decide not to
en- award under the present form
OF specifications, the East jersey Water
Company is Wiling TO extend the exist
ING contract fer a temporary supply, and
y 14lcNAG IL the Cfly d SUQpty Oh pure
and wholesome water, ample for an Its
needs. for a term Of five years from Sep
TENDER "a, 1859, at q price not exceeding
$50 per million gallons, with an option to
SAe CITY TO renew for another Ike term.
In the meantime the company Will agree
70 Immediately proceed to reinforce the
temporary supp III to the full require
fnents of the city, delivering all the water
under the present contract at Believfle.
anu curing the five years commencing
september "a, 1850, at Bergen Heights at
q pressure sufficient to DO away with all
pumping, both at High and Low Service,
the company 10 have the right to furnish
the whole or any part of the water from
the Paksaie River above Little Falls.
We offer a certified check for one hun
ared thousand dollars on the First Ma
uonaI Bank Of Jersey City, payable 10
the Treasurer of Jersey City. as an avi-
aenee Of gcod faith according to the
is in lieu Of freebooter security.
We annex to this proposal plans, gen |
erai drawings and details where neces- |
TO enable the Board TO understand
built, and In addition thereto furnish the
following description Of said works and
the proposed sources Of supply
Qnfornal Bid.)
Inese works are designed to supply 50
million gallons per day when completed.
Pumping wall take place both by water
ana steam so as to be able to furnish at
al r5 times Ba he desArsd quantity Of water.
and most abundant supply Of available
water for this city. Taken even al tide |
water Level i afforded fer both Jersey
City and Newar6 an excellent supply for
years, and would still do SO but
Tor It's serious and permanent pollution
by the CITIES of Newark. Paterson and
other towns, who use It as a sewer. |
Above the Falls ait Paterson. and par
above Little Falls, it is as
good and wholesome as ever. The re-
of the State Geologist for 1894. says |
OF its qualify al Paterson hi at pres
srt II IS all that can be desired R 1872 |
Paterson n PaSSaic draw their supply |
from this ouTce having recently made
contracts for many years 10 come.
-Four miles above, at the head of Little
Falls, the elevation is 15s feet above tide
Geologist reports that with proper
storage, the river viii yield a supply of
$40 million gallons per day. or more than |
n a half times the amount new
used by the city of New York, being
SONG twenty times the amount now used
by Jersey City.
Al Great Notch we would uild a reser-
Then it would flow By gravfty
through a pipe or pipes of steel or iron I
10 and across the PaSSaic River. near
Bellevilles there 1t would be connected
the present Jersey City mains. and
also connected with a new main which /
the company VIII build from the Passatc
River to the Bergen Heights Reservoir. /
having a diameter of NOT less than &
it being understood that for this
last main, and additional needed mains, !
h city will give the company the right /
way through the most direct avail /
able streets from the Haekensack River /
to the Bergen Heights Reservoir. and