The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-01-30
after plans that were being

prosecuted after plans that were being
mace up as the operations progressed.
With this the subject was dropped for
the time being. The reservoir at CAMS
tear was completed and the work of di-
verting small stream into Echo Lake,
which was subsequently considered as an
additional storage reservoir and connected
with the Macopin intake, was carried to
a finish. But no plans for any of the I'M
provements ever found their way to the
Newark officials.
Though no direct negotiations were
carried on for the plans, between the time
of the interview at Canistear and the
completion of the work Mr.. Sherrerd was
ever on the alert in the battle of diplo-
macy. In the monthly report submitted
by the East Jersey Company showing
the yield of the watershed and its con-
November, it was noticed by Mr. Sherrerd
that the water in the Canstear reservoir
was included in the storage column. This
was taken as an acknowledgment on
the part of the company that the reser-
voir was part of Newark's plant, which
view the city officials held from the out
set of the work.
When the December report came in,
though, it was seen that the Canistear
reservoir and it's volume of water did not
appear in the computations. This fact
was regarded as significant and the omis-
sion was taken to indicate that some TN
known colored gentleman was lurking
about woodpile somewhere. Just when
the mysterious individual would make his
appearance or what his intentions were,
were things unknown to Mr.. Sherrerd
Not to be caught mapping, though, the
local engineer wrote to Mr.. Herschel ask
ing for the plans of the reservoir work
of 1895, and also for the plans of the new
pipe line laid last summer.
In answer to the requests, Mr.. Herschel
expressed a willingness to give the city
copy of the pipe line plans as soon as
they should be completed but he avoided
committing himself on the Canistear
reservoir subject. A second letter was
sent for the reservoir plans by Mr.. sher-
rerd. and on Monday last came reply
from Mr.. Herschel that was considered
as showing the intentions of the East
Jersey Water Company. It referred to
the numerous requests made and stated
that the East Jersey Water Company
would give the plans whenever If ever,
it was deemed by that corporation that
the Candstear reservoir was part of
Newark's water supply plant" or words
substantially to that effect
On the same day that this announce
ment was received Mr.. Sherrerd penned
an answer to the engineer of the East
Jersey Water Company. A copy of this
letter was read to the Board of Works
Commissioners yesterday. 1t was as fol-
lows
Clement Herschel. Engineer East Jersey
Water Company
Dear Sir-You are hereby notified that
the city of Newark does not consider the
stand taken by your company, in not now
being willing to consider the reservoir
work of 1896 as a part of Newark's water
plant, compatible with your present and
evident intended drauglt from the water
shed, and unless some definite understand
ing is arrived at about the present status
OF affairs, the city will take steps to en-
force its nights under the contract.
yours, respectfully,
IN. R. SHERRERD,
City Engineer"
The point raised about the sspresent and
evident intended draught from the water
she'd calls attention to the fact that the
East Jersey Water Company has on a
number of occasions since the laying of
the second pipe line, drawn upward of
500O0,0oO gallons in twenty-four hours from
the Pequannock drainage area. Wednes-
day the draft was 100000 gallons, and
piiS 0ey pTttiOuS, III Tie 0Sptn Oh bne cold
snap the meters registered a flow of 6S. .0o0,- :
600 gallons This includes the supply both
for Newark and Jersey City. and the rec.
ords show that on various occasions Jer-
sey City has. been given from 100000 to
SS,000,000 gallons per day.
If the pending controversy between the
city and the water company should get to
the courts the local officials will want to
know what right the East Jersey Water
Company has to draw more than $50 900 900
gallons per day from the Pequannock VAL
ley. As it has all along been understood
the corporation never secured the water
rights for more than the maximum con-
tract quantity that Newark is to receive
after September a. 1900 That quantity is
50,00O.OO0 gallons daily, and the Newark
officials fear that in permitting the max
imum contract draught to be exceeded the
cornr,anv world he liable to eyet intn laca1