The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-09-27
DAMNED BY HOOS.
New Water supply Held
Back for the Mayor to.
Pass on speclfl-
cations.
WANTS EXPERTS TO EX NINE THEM
Provisions Carefully Guarded But
Some Alleged FEATURES
Leak Ont.
WANTS EXPERTS TO EX NINE THEM

The Street and Water Commissioners
will not adopt the water specifications
prepared by C. C. Vermeule and Garwood
Ferris at their meeting this afternoon. II
was expected that they would, but Mayor
Hoos this morning asked for little time.
The Commissioners had a long conference
with him in his private Office and al
though they are anxious to get the water
contract subject moving. they gave way
to His Honor.
The Mayor and all the members of the
Board have been provided with copies of
the specifications. and so far as the Com
missioners can see they say they are en-
tirely satisfactory and cover all the points
to which objection has been made in the
past Mayor Hoos proposes having the
specifications examined by disinterested
expert or experts before definite action
is taken, If any flaws are discovered the
be amended. The Commissioners have
looked into by experts so long as inn
mediate action is not to be taken.
The Specifications are being closely
guarded by the officials having copies.
They want to have every possible OBJ
specifications are made public. 1t is
known that a daily supply of at least
seventy million gallons will be called for.
Heretofore the limit has been fifty mill
lion gallons day. The daily consumption
is increasing to such an extent that 1t
was considered advisable to seek water
shed that will furnish at least seventy
million gallons day and more II occasion
requires.
There is provision for either a one or a
two pipe plant, the latter being more &C
livered by gravity. and at such heao
that the city will be enabled to abandon
both Its pumping stations.
adopted at the meeting of the Street and
Water Board to be held one week from
today.
The Street and Water Commissioners,
at their meeting this afternoon passed
resolution giving those who are IN ar
rears with their water rents sixty days IN
which to make settlement. II payment
is not made within the specified time the
water supply of all delinquents IS TO pc
cut off This action is taken with the
hope that delinquents will pay up ano
relieve the monetary squeeze in the wa
ter Department
The water account, as has been told In
1.-THE News" is about $2OO, 600 short AS
result of the deficiency City Treasurer
Dickinson has refused to pay any claims
against the water account. He Will con-
tinue to do so, too until some way IS
I0unQa TO meet the CuITtllt VUliE ntiOiS.
The deficiencies amount to more than
enough TO tide over the present difficulty
If payment can be forced is will not be
necessary to issue bonds.
If the delinquents refuse to make, set
tlement after notice is served on them.
there is a possibility that money Will
have to be raised on bonds, the amount
of the bonds to be inserted in next year $
tax levy.
The expenses of the water department,
allowing $685., 900 a year for water fur
nfshed by the East Jersey Water Com
pany, are more than 100000 in excess OF
the receipts. So long as the temporary
water contract is continued, the officials
say the department will increasingly run
behind.
Sufficient retrenchment cannot be
made the officials say, to keep the de-
partment self-sustaining when there is q
drain of 81, ZOO a day to be paid to East
Jersey and more than 100000 interest tc
be paid annually. Unless new arrange
ments for water supply are made nexi
year the officials say the yearly def
cheney will have to be made up by in
serting certain sum in the tax levy
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