The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-19
TIE WATER PROBLEM
Rockaway and Hudson Fig
ures Set Off Against
the Jersey City
Company's S Bid.
THE POLLUTED BooNToN PLAN
New Bids May Be Inyited-Com-
missioners Apparently
All al Sea.
FHE POLLUTED BooNTON PLAN

1t has been pretty definitely decided
new water supply, submitted by the
Roc,yaway and Hudson Company will be
seriously considered. 1t is the one which
is patterned after the plan of the Jersey
City Water Company. giving as a gath
ering ground for the supply the noun
famous regions to the north of Boonton
and Dover
The proposition to take water at Boon
ton was condemned when the company
first made it in July, owing to the fact
that the Rockaway River at that point
is subjected to great contamination. Even
the second proposition, which is patterned
after the Jersey City Company's, is not
to be compared with the plant offered
by that company, although the asking
price is within s45oOoO of the Jersey
City Company's price.
The Street and Water Commissioners
met today but water was mot discussed
It is known that there will be opposition
TO the making of a contract by the Board
Il viii come from Messrs Boltweod and
Heintze. They will hold out for fill
tered supply because of the comparatively
small expense that it involves. as con-
trasted with a plant established in the
mountains back of Dover.
When in July last the Rockaway and
Hudson submitted bids to the city for
gathering water at Boonton. it asked, in
the event of two mains being laid, S61
for evry million gallons up to twenty, s43
for thirty; sS2 for forty, and S26 for fifty
For adouble main plant the asking price
vas s5.94S0 900. For asingle main plant
s., $780, 600 was asked, the rate per million
gallons being s57 for twenty millions, s41
for thirty, $31 for forty. and S25 for fifty.
Under its latest proposition to take water
at Boonton, the company asks for its
plant of 90 million gallons daily capacity.
fs.950.oo0, (which is s1.3OO,000 in excess Of
the cost Of the old plant.
Under It's new plan, although the ask
ing price for the whole plant shows an
increase. the price per million gallons for
the first twenty million gallons is less
As the price is arranged to a daily sup
ply of fifty million gallons. however, the
price shows an increase of 50 on every
million gallons For instance. up to 20
millions. s36 IS charged; for so millions,
the price is S3S; 40 millions, $50, and 50
millions. s27.
So much for the Boonton plans. The
Beach Glen system outlined by the
Roekaway and Hudson. is substantially
the same as that Offered by the Jer-
sey City Company last year. 1t is
Gained, however, that the Jersey Citys
plans were much more complete and sat
isfactory in their Details More extern
sive storage reservoirs were offered and
the protection against possible pollution
was more satisfactory. Those who have
sized up both systems say that 81, $50, 900
was cheaper for the Jersey City Com
pany's works than 81 500 COO would be
for those offered yesterday. While the
asking price for the Jersey City works
was s4500.000 higher than the Rockaway
and Hudson figure, the price per
million gallons of the two COM
panies was not very much different
The Jersey City Company for a supply
up TO twenty million gallons asked $39. Is
per million gallons, while the Rockaway
and Hudson is $3s. From twenty to
thirty millions the Jersey City Company
asked s3S, the Rockaway and Hudson $37
Frorn thirty to forty millions the Jersey
City, ss2, the Rockaway and Hudson s36;
and from forty to fifty million gallons
tne Jersey City Company, SIS, and the
Rockaway and Hudson s34.
1t is said that in order to get proposals
frem the East Jersey and Jersey City
Companies new bids under the specifica-
tions now in existence may be advertised
for