The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-04-22
NOW FOR PURE WATER
Jersey City Company Agree
Not to Appeal From the
Supreme Court
Decision.
LAST OBSTACLE REMOVED
Mayor Wanser Will Sign the New
Specifications and Bids Will
Be Advertised For.

When the city officials decided to make
one more effort to secure a pure and
wholesome supply of water there was
peculiar condition of affairs confronting
When the Supreme Court set aside the
award of a contract to the Jersey City
Water Company it left the company in
a position to carry the case to the Court
Of Errors and Appeal any time within
three years. With this hanging over their
heads the officials feared N0ey might go
to the expense of having Specifications
prepared and bids advertised for and sud
denly have the Jersey City Company tie
up all further proceedings by appealing
to the Court of Errors.
The company has twice been awarded
contract and each time has been
knocked out. The officers. therefore, were
not believed to feel very friendly toward
the city. This belief was dispellea this
morning when Mayor Wanser received
the following letter.
Although we have been advised by our
counsel that the decision of the Supreme
Court ought to be reviewed by the Court
OF Errors and Appeals. and would then
PROBABLY be reversed, we are informed
probability of our appeal may tend to
prevent competitive bidding in respect to
the new specifications to be published
are told that it may be suggested that
parties would hesitate to bid under such
cireumst tances on the ground that they
We're buying into lawsuit We have no
desire or inclination to embarrass Jersey
City in any way whatever We have,
li therefore, DECIDED. to agree. with the city
SION OF the Supreme. Court and thus
leave the city unembarrassed and un-
nampered in procuring and dealing with
new bids to supply it with water so ur-
the health of the community
Yours very truly.
Inc Jersey CITY Water Company.
SIDELL TILGHMAiN,
President
The waiver of the right of appeal will
result, Mayor Wanser believes, in draw
ing several companies into the compe
tition which otherwise would have kept
their hands OFF by reason of Threatened
legal complications. The path is now
practically clear and the outlook is that
the water problem will be disposed of
speedily The resolutions of the Street
and Water Board adopting the three
sets Of specifications, prepared by En-
gineer Vermeule. were not presented to
the Mayor today. He is prepared. how
ever, to approve them. as all the Off
rcials went over the documents carefully
before they We're presented to the stree.
and Water Board The resolutions or
dering bids advertised for will be senf
to the Board of Finance tomorrow morn.
ing.
Mayor Wanser positively refused today
to say whether or not he would change
the complexion of the Board of Finance.
AT any rate it is an assured fact that
no matter whether any changes are
made or not, the resolutions to advertise
for water bids will be concurred in.
Within the last week, during the hot
weather, the Passaic water has been in
a filthy condition, and residents of the
city were able to form some idea what
the water will beSlike in the dry season.
Everyone, save a few people who are
interested in private enterprise is
urging Mayor Wanser to keep at the
water problem and solve 1t. without any
more delay. Bids are to be received
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