The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-14
WATER BID REFLECTED
Street and Water Board
Unanimously Throw Out
the Single Proposal.
NEW SPECIFICATIONS ORDERED
Bill for Temporary Supply Causes
surprise-To Reduce
Expenses.
VIEW SPECIFICATIONS ORDERED

CITY News yesterday. the street.
and Water Commissioners At their
/ meeting yesterday afternoon threw ont
ne proposals Of the Rockaxav ana
/ xau4son Water Company for per-
hea., snanens ssqppiy Of pateF.
/ surnsd the company its certified efeeJx
@ 49, 9A'VvV @ Wnlen accompanied the pro-
reessTi,i, ise rejection vas made after the
me. Committee of the Whole
loar committee OF the Whole to
W.! wtl2ln was reIerred May 1s 1886. two pro-
| pgoslslohs q the Rockaway and Hudson
! company for the furnishing 81 ! neV
Mdter supply 70 this city, respecfflIllv
! fsDort fecolnraending the rejection 81
/ Dotn propositions for the reason that
| Wnlie IN the opinion Of your coxnrniff.se
ample opportunity was afforded to pros-
PScl.Ve 2ideeTs under the terms Of our
ssAt sssa.aseIssent soliciting proposals. the
| 1dct remains that as the result Of such
/ advertisement cur consideration was re-
stfieted to the offers made by bt4t one
toiIspaay. t''as N. IA matter Of this lnagni-
course to endeavor to secure If rgpssjl,la
propositions from more than osle CON-
esrn ss. y such result can be ATTAINED.
| tnt oIer 81 one company can be weighed
against other offers. and an opportunity
! VIII be thus given the Board 10 discrirai-
hats az. g the eisy,s advantage"
1ife report was signed bv the whole
Board and il was adopted by a f1ranf-
nous vote. wsthon9 discussion Of any
] character
The determination TO throw ont 4he
proposals was arrived al an ,Fh1,~sflrv
evening when the Street and Water Com
nlssloners conferred with the Finance
n.issioners behind closed doors for
more than two hours. Forctbe arrumarfz
| mad to be advanced for he reiec1fo,7 ~
the proposals before the Finanee fi,s,
nnllsslcnefs would consent 20 such q course
neing pursued. It has been known since
the day bids We're received that Com
41lssionefs Helntze and Boltwood the
i democratic members. We're opposed 10 a
permanent contract of any kind THAT
was Eone difficulty thaa had to be sur
mounted IN ADDITION to their objections
II was SHOWN by the Finance Commits
Rockaway and Hudson Csonipauv ffhsf
one Wnlch PROVIDED for the gathering of
the lake and pond waters and their stor-
ase az Beach Glen and Port Orams. was
similar 70 the plan offered BIZ the Jersey
City Company and which was accepted
Dlt subsequently set aside by the courts
u was claimed that the Roekaway's
proposal had Two marked ADVANTAGES
over che Jersey City's irasnauch a. a
watershed OF % miles more extent was
gwen and al price $45o000 less. To
onset IneSe arguments the Street and
Nater Commissioners showed thai sonre
d Ihe water and part of the watershed
offered by the Rackaway Company was
already being utilized. and if not ufi1-
ICED claimed by other water cornpa11ies.
70 make an award under such circusn-
stances was simply inviting endless iiti-
ss's-vis y was hetl. AGAIN. there was
ma meal ability to carry out its con-
tract Finally the protests of the Jar
sey Sity and East Jersey Companies were
brought into light with the result given
above. the rejection of the proposals
Ihe second proposal of the company pro-
Tided Tor the coEeetion of water az
Boonton. That plan was not taken iufo
consideration as the river at that point
IS already polluted and little hamlets ara
2 s2Srlnglng INTO existence on both sides
tam1nation IS something that could NOT
Finally. with the belief that the Rock
away viii re-enter the Competition arf7
the assurance that the East Jersey and
Jersey City Companies surely WILL an the
of1clals who have to pass upon con-
tI,a tract deem it expedient to readvertlse.
The spec!ica tons under which bids were
calied Tor last time. but which brought
only response from the Rockaw-ay
company were recommitted to the COM
mittee. where they will be amended as
is deemed wise. The Commissioners IN
Vite suggestions from property owners
and 4 they are valuable ones they will
douhtlsss be embodied in the sDecifca-
tionS. These documents are to De gone
over with great care by C. c. yermenle
the expert: Chief Engineer Rnggies- Cor
porauon Counsel Blair. City Attorney
Wsart and the Street and Water Cam
missioners. As amended Of amenieeI1
they will be submitted to fhe MAYOR for
his approval before the Board af Finarca
Is requested to concur IN a resoirfson
authorizing their insertion in the officiaI
papers.
reception OF bids. but il is nrohafJe .hat
i viii be some time in September. The
commissioners are anxious 10 avoid f1e
eIlticisnl OF not having allowed sufficient
time for the preparation OF plans ana
prices. Representatives of several water
eompanes nave been in the City lately
One was from Hugh Riley who infro-
duced the gravity system possibility.
through Expert Vermeule and stfil an
oshef was from George 3. Ininan whose
appearance on the scene as water bid
These gentlemen all declare that f5ev
are prepared to bid and saw they arc
CARRYING checks for 100000 around in
their vest pockets. waiting for the on
portunity to present a formal bid The
presentation Of the claim of s4aOna or
more Ior the temporary supply OF water
ers to the fact that there must he : 30
trenchnent made somewhere fl afTsat
this new drain on the water revenue
"a a reauetl9n OF the working force is
Jersey Company's supply becomes steady
enough to warrant such reduction. The
tlonaiialssloferS tlie say i has not reached
cnarge OF the pumping station is keeping
close watch on the situation. and he
says ne VIII make reductions when it is
safe 10 do So Commissioner Harding Is
also looking about to see where he can
make saving without inlsiring the efli-
ciency OF the department. It is said that
it is question of only short time when
some radical changes are to be made III
the water department.. A start has AL
ready been made by putting the screws
on the users of water motors for ths
operation of fans and so on
Under resolution passed YESTERDAY.
Permit Clerk Frank Woodcock is pro-
hbited from issuing any more motor per-
mis- until a schedule of rates has been
adopted. 1t has been discovered that
motors consume about twice as much
water as the operators pay for THE
Commissioners propose making such users
pay full prices. particularly While the
city IS being compelled to pay such stiff
prices to the East Jersey Company for
the partial supply 1t is receiving
Water Assessor Dusenherry IS also to
look up those persons who operate horse
troughs in such a manner that valuable
water Is wasted. He was directed at ves-
teruay's meeting to ascertain how many
tronghs there are in the city where To-
Gated, and report those men who have
them but who persist in disregariing
economy and permit the tr0ugf1s to be
constantly overfiawing. 1t is understood
that the Assessors report viii be the
basis upon which an advance in the
cost of a water trough Is TO be made
Under the present schedule. 1t is held
that considerably more water is ased
than IS paid far. All aionE the line there
is to be shaking up given everything
pertaining to water
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