The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1896-07-21

WORK AT CANIS7EAR
East Jerseys New Reservoir
Rapidly Nearing
Completion.
coMPANY's NEW CUSTOMERS
Paterson and Passaic to Drink
Pequannock "A Big
Income.
OMPANY's NEW CUSTOMERS

ark SUNDAY Call'' gives some interest
ing particulars about the East Jersey
Company and its new customers.
The East Jersey Voter Company is
making. and has In contemplation, i'm
portant extensions TO the ~Pequannock
water works. The construction of the new
storage reservoir at Canfstear is well
Under way. The company now has 1000
men employed on this new reservoir, and
during the week will have 1000 men.
Work is being pushed rapidly. The fact
that this new reservoir was to be built
was first announced in the Sunday Cair'
several months ago.
With the building of this new reservoir
the Oak Ridge drainage area will be fully
provided with storage. The capacity of
the new storage reservoir is to be $780,
0ee. 700 gallons. III Oak Ridge storage
reservoir has been inadequate to store the
water of the drainage area contributing
TO it. At certain seasons Of large yield
the water has poured into the reservoir
IN such volume that great quantities have
gone over the dam, and added TO the vol
ume lost over the intake dam from the
drainage area below.
The new storage reservoir at Canistear
viii add very largely to the daily yield
that can be depended upon from the rev
waite works. With the additional storage
provided. engineers estimate that the re-
quired daily flow of 5o.0oo,Go0 gallons
called for by the contract will be closely
| approached, IL not exceeded. But the East
Jersey Water Company is making fur
ther extensions to the plant, evidently
intending to bring the yield up TO as large
q volume as possible. At Macopin Lake,
two or three miles north of the intake,
the dam is being altered and other changes
! are being made which will add very
largely to the yield. The storage at Maco-
| pin Lake is very large. But with the lam
as il has been. only such water as ma
| tarally runs over the spillway could be
used. Alterations are being made in the
dam. so that the water can be drawn
down five feet. This gives additional large
storage capacity.
The course OF q large brook, which now
runs around the southern end Of Maco-
| pin Lake directly into the intake is also
to be changed and the water from the
brock will be emptied into the lake. The
drainage area Of Maeop.n Lake is very
small. The water from this brook IN
AiulC - AdIES AOn ~ lAAS A07 ,
the dam al the intake. The brook passes
Macopin Lake. near the outlet, only a
few feet distant, and the elevation is so
nearly the am hat by blasting a new
| channel the water from the brook can be
| emptied into the lake. At times of need
this additional water will add consider
ably TO the quantity in store in Macoptn-
From these improvements il is evident
| ~ "a . - n Lzac Tarcn.r HTara- fnYn nq n y y
| poets to require a much larger quantity
of water in the future than they nave in
the past Newark has a rlgnt To- g y9V-
consumption falls below that figure about
s,90o,0 coo gallons daily. The Consumption
ark. and IN addition the East Jersey Wa
ter Company ls supplying Montclair.
bloomfield. Harrison and Kearny and
The East Jersey Company is now about
to extend a new pipe line from the New
arr main line at Little Falls s,, 70 the 5sser-
son and Passaic a supply from the Pequan-
,sosspapy i supplying g.. Pa IS { s. nan and Z
Company. ana the latter has a monopoly.
When the last contract was made be-
tween Paterson. and the Passaic. Water
Company. less than a year ago, the Water
cornpany agreed TO provide 2 new source
ions Of the contract. No time. was stipu-
lated. however. Paterson and Passaic
are n~9wxsupglieq fron1 the E. Ppsssats River
Ing a new main from the Newark pipe
line, where the latter crosses the Passaic
a5out three miles from the Paterson res
e~rvoirs, the Peqlannock water. can be
turned into the Paterson and Passaie
water conpan intends doing. Paterson
and Passaic together now eonsune 20,
0o9,eN gallons a day-at least. that Is
sale Falls shows It Is believed that there
is some error II IA IBIS record Passaic
iag $4,000 gallons a day for Paterson.
The quantity Is FAR in excess of the nat
ural consumption Of a city the size Of
VIM all these cities in line the East
Jersey Water Company Is preparing &c
continue the service Of water for many
Newark the East Jersey Water company
must turn over to this city in September,
1900. the entire plant in the Peq1annoek
Valley. as well as the two conduits. By
the terms of the contract the company
cannot divert any part Of the. water
from the Peauannock above the Newark
intake. The East Jersey Water Com
PAM has suggested several times q sup
Elemental contract with Newark, cover
ing the period after September. 1900 One
tinue in control Of the water works for
ten years longer and use the surplus.
e % esaa ia. 2 th shs on Ely f i mas # been eant 4agi
plant. and If there is more water than
E EEs.er cn ngsos Sel1 II f e tbs me eo 5ast Je r;ay
Newark is fulfilled there win be a larger
quantity OF water thar Newar vii
The revenues Of the East Jersey Water
Company must IN the mex three or foul
years be very large Jersey Csty vii
nnore sfhan 10000 annually. p 2.sanesl
Passalcs Bayonne, Harrison and Kearny