The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-06-09
On motion the regular order Of bust
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~ Vii 4itotiou tie Regular OT0tI u g40I
ness Vas resumed.
PRESENTATION OF PETITIONS AMI
COMMUNICATIONS.
From John D. Romano and others
Petitioning for Improvement of Tuers
avenue, between Vroom street and New
From Brady Metal Coz
Petitioning for Improvement of Nintt
street, between Brunswick street AMI 1
point 800 feet west Of Division street.
From Charles It. Schueler and others:-
Petitioning for the improvement 81
Fourth street, between Coles street and
Brunswick street.
From BENZ. D. Daumont and others
Petitioning for the Improvement d
Claremont avenue, between jackson aveS
nue. and Bergen avenue.
From Estate of Stephen B. yreelaad
P%etitionjng for the opening Of a street
County B iSteS I ). to . be called Custer
From H. v. Condict:-
Requesting permission to widen DuHt
can avenue, also to construct sewers
pense.
From H. P. Simon and others:-
Calling attention. to dangerous cons
dition Of sidewalk southeast corner Bald
win and Magnolia avenues.
Three @} petitions for signs, etc;
Streets and Sewers.
From Mrs. J. Durkin:-
Calling attention to dangerous condi-
Co. In erecting pole in front of 28s Fourth,
street.
Of Pilgrim Baptist Church.
Requesting oil lamps be replaced I'M
front of church on Charles street. between
Summit and Central avenues.
Received and referred to Committee on
Municipal Lighting.
From the Board of Trade of Jersey
Jersey City, May 20, 1895.
The Honorable Board of Street and Wa
.Gentlemen-At a meeting of the Board
of Trade held on the 18th inst; the FOX
lowing resolutions were adopted-
of Street and Water Commissioners, have
recently advertised for bids for furnishing
the city water by filtration process; and
Whereas, Such specifications were drawn
in such a manner as to call out the adverse
criticism of expert engineers and Were
to be prohibitive; therefore be II
Resolved, That the Board of Street and
W svaa9 20 c9S5n aTa seseiacat be d IssPestfa and
advertised that will allow of proper cons
petition in the construction and maintens
ance of filtration plants:
Very respectfully yours;
WILLIAM ] SAT- TAT:
From Morris Canal and Banking Co..
etc, by Collins and Corbin, a~ttorneys:
Jersey City. May Is, 1896.
To the Board of Street and Water Cons
Gentlemen0 Il Set Morris Canal and Bank
ing Company present this their protest.
the Rockaway and Hudson Water Com
pany under their bids presented May.
1896, for the supply of water to Jersey
City from the Rockaway Valley On the
following grounds
First-The two plans proposed involve
the diversion on water necessary f9r nsvi-
Falls. The bidders admit in their proposal
their design to divert the waters now used
by. the canal. but assert that the rights
to the Coupar-Lord estate are paramount
to those of the canal company: This is
exactly contrary to the facts. The nights
ed for navigation and for the operation OF
their Inclined plane are expressly made
prior, and the actual control Of the now
of the entire stream is placed in their
custody. This will appear both by actual
inspection of the use of the canal and
river at that point and by the deed made
in 1929, under which the Canal Company
has ever since held possession, namely.
the deed from William Scott and wife
pany. which was offered in evidence as
Exhibit p. 2 in the suit brought last year
by the Morris Canal and Banking Conn
pany on certiorari to review the award
to the Jersey City Water Company.
Secondly Plan A it is proposed to in
tercept and divert waters above Power
vile where the waters of the Rockaway
River are drawn into the canal and so
much thereof retained as is necessary
for navigation.
Thirdly Plan A it is further proposed,
by a dam to be constructed across Beaver
Brook below Beach Glen, to divert. the
IgugO 9ql 10 slqSII 7QL, lu!od aqua le ia
Company to the waters flowing through
Beach Glen were granted by the land
1888, another in 1858 and another in 1874.
all of which were offered in evidence in
| the litigation above referred to.
In the certiorari suit brought by the
Morris Canal and Banking Company last
year this taking of water at Beach Glen
was set up by the company, as ground
for setting aside the award Of a contract
to the Jersey City Water Company and
BY the Judgment OF the Supreme Court
ground. The language of the Court
stated in the syllabus of the
thorize the water rights granted to the
Morris Canal to be condemned for the use
of Jersey City"
Fourth-The bid proposes to intercept
and to divert substantially all the waters
of the Rockaway above Port Dram. The
waters of the Rockaway at Dover a short
with those of the canal and are drawn
into the lower levels of the canal for pur-
Of the river above this point is Green
Pond. which is expressly designated in
the charter Of the Norris Canal and
Of supply. The Canal Company owns the
mill site at the outlet of this pondsand has
been in possession since the year 1929.
The scheme of the Rockaway and Hud-
son. Company. involves an interference
with the Morris Cana to an extent even
greater than that which was held un-
lawful in the recent certiorari suit be-
tween the Canal Company and the city,
and we respectfully submit that a Legal
right established after a full trial by the
be w~antonly assailed by the officers of the
city.
Very respectfully,
MORRIS CANAL AND BANKING COM
PANY,
The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company
Lessee,
BY Collins & Corbin.
Attorneys.
From Montclair Water Company, by
W. G. Snow, President
Montclair, N. j., May Is, 1896.
To the Board of Street and Water CONF
missioners of Jersey City