The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-05-18
FLAT FAILURE.
Only One Bid Put in for a
Water Supply for
Jersey City.
FILTRATION NOT HEARD FROM
Roekaway and Hudson Coolly
Steals the Jersey City
Company's Old
Plan.
BITTER PROTESTS FILED
East Jersey Objects to the specif-
cations on Many Grounds,
Jersey City Company
on One.
BITTER PROTESTS FILED

The Street and Water Commissioners
met this morning. 1t was the day fixed
for the reception of bids for the furnish
ing of new supply of water, and as
usual the LOBBY was crowded.
Promptly at ten o'clock Clerk Bouton
called for bids. There was surprise notice
able among the property owners present
when only one was handed in Edlow
Nv. Harrison occupied a front seat, and
self-satisfied smile overspread his face
when no bids were submitted by either
the East Jersey or Jersey City Water
Companies.
This bid is from the Rockaway and
Hudson Company announced Clerk. .Bou-
ton.
Are there no bids for filtration?" asked
President Brown.
There appear to be none, responded
Mr.. Bouton.
clerk Bouton had opened the bid and
was about to read it when communica-
lions were handed in by representativ
OF the East Jersey and Jersey City Water
Companies, They were laid on one side
and the reading of the solitary bid began.
The company has submitted two esti-
mates and both were under specification
: 3, which requires the delivery of water
by gravity into the High Service reser-
weir at a head of 30 feet, which renders
pumping in all parts of the city unneces-
sary. Proposition No. / is practically a
reproduction of the plant offered by the
Jersey City Water Company last time.
TIE gathering ground, like that of the
Jersey City Company, is in the lakes and
ponds in the mountains north of Boon
ton and Dover, or more practically the
head wa ters of the RoeiKaway River For
plant with such a gathering ground,
capable of furnishing at least s5 million
gallons of water daily, the company asks
S6.5o0 coo. For a plant that will furnish
at least so million gallons daily, S7,50O0OO
is asked, which offer is 900 lower than
that Of the Jersey City Company
BY the million gallons on the basis of
a contract being made for 25 years, the
price is for every million gallons up to
twenty millions, s3S; up to 8 million gal
Ions, sS7; to 40 million gallons $sS, and so,
S34
Like the original proposition of the
Jersey City Company, the intake is at
ervoirs tributary to it,
The plant as described by the company
is as follows
water from the upper RockaWay Valley,
S2lhef1ng and storing at least seven
inches on the watersheds tributary to
the storage reservoirs.
First. Roekaway Valley, lying north
OF main river, two miles northwest of
Boonton. Area OF watershed tributary,
walton of about 500. The surface of pro-
posed reservoir will approximate $40 The
area of proposed reservoir will be 250
acres and storage capacity upwards of
1900 million gallons. The depth of the
water will be IS feet.
Second-Dixon's Pond This pond lies
west OF Rockaway Valley at a higher
elevation by $50 feet. It's overflow win
be into Rockaway Valley Lake Area of
tributary water shed S53 square miles.
The present pond is at an elevation of
560 feet 1t will be raised Is feet. make
lake of l75 acres, 20 feet deep, with 3
capacity sI,;ss,5 g Of 5 500 million gallons.
east of Rockaway and extends north.
The present elevation is 512 feet. The
watershed tributary covers % square
mark and Green Ponds tributary by
artificial channels. With this added
tributary, ar J, the watershed will have an
the lake will be 800 acres, depth Is feet,
and storage 1000 million gallons.
river, valley above Port Dram. 1t is pro-
posed to dam it two miles north Of the
crossing of the D. L: & w. R. r. A lake
will be formed having surface elevation
tary shed of % miles, giving the lake a
depth Of 20 feet and capacity of 1920
Fifth-Berkshire Valley. This is a
Of the drainage area of main river,
have an elevation of 695 feet. an area Of
1Se acres and storage capacity of $50
million gallons.
Sixth-Port Dram intake. This will be
situated in the main valley, about 1000
feet west of crossing of G. r. r. of N. J.,
OH ]. Couper Lord lands. This reservoir
will be 25 mics of area and storage of
100 million gallons From this intake it
is proposed to carry a conduit easterly,
the intake at Beach Glen reservoir. In
addition to the above reservoirs, pro-
vision will be made to store the water
to utilize the same, when required to fur
nisn so million gallons per diem. Res
ervoir sites will be secured on Burnt
Meadow Brook and in the gorge west
of Mt. Pleasant mine. The tributary area
to these will be 8 square miles; the
gorge reservoir will have an area of
ions.
The lower reservoir will have capacity
of 800 million gallons, supplied by 60
The quality Of the water is unimpeach-
able as It tbs Is gathered IN q mountainouss
tributary water shed IS as follows
Rockaway Valley. area, 80 miles; ca
pacity 1900 millions; Dixon.s Pond, area,
3.53 miles; capacity 5V0 milnons. Beach.
Glen area 81 miles; capacity 1000 mill
lions Total area, 1918 miles; total ca
pacity 500 millions.
The outlet to all the above will be be-
low Rockaway. giving a total tributary
to Port Dram conduit of 4,3o0 million gall
Ions The conduit lines viii be of best
quality Gates will be placed at every
1fIF For the supply of IS million per day
q 4S-inch pipe. with capacity of 80 mill
intake. At the connection with Rock
away Valley and Dixonss Pond intake
II Will be joined by a 30-inch pipe from
81 IIlchesA with a capacity Of 35 million
raliors to the head OF the falls at Boon-
Ton, The size Of the pipe will then pc