The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1897-04-21
THE WATER DEAL.
City Revenue Pledged Ahead
of Collection to the
East Jersey Cons
pany.
FARcIcAL BOND FILED
Five Thousand Dollars Forfeit
in a Contract for a
Million.
DEMOCRATS VAIN PROTESTS
Messrs. Bol!wood and Heintze on
the Mortgage Of the City's
lncome-Water Rents
Raised.
DEMOCRATS VAIN PROTESTS

AS foreshadowed in "The News yes
terday, Mayor Wanser yesterday even
ing approved the new water contract for
a temporary supply which is to run until
September "a, 1900. Arrangements had
been made for the speedy delivery of the
contract by the city officials. During
the last week conferences were held re-
peatedly with the representatives of the
East Jersey Water Company, and the
terms of the new agreement were sat
isfactory' to every one save Commisson-
ers Heintze and Boltwood, the Democratic
members of the Street and Water Board.
The company's representatives were will
ing to abide by the terms of the agree
ment with the understanding that the
contract should be delivered at once.
Special meetings of the Street and FL
nance Boards were called, and the new
compact was hurried into effect with only
the hitch caused by the opposition of
Messrs. Heintze and Boltwood
makes no statement further than he be-
neves it will result beneficially to the
city and to water consumers generally
All the officials maintain that they should
be praised rather than condemned for
making provision for IAN unquestionably
good and bountiful temporary supply for
such term of years as will permit the
incoming administration to tackle the
permanent supply question unhampered. Z
At the meeting of the Street and Water
Board yesterday afternoon. the Republi-
can majority adopted a resolution re-
scinding a previous resolution ordering
paid 100000 to the East Jersey Water
Company. The city owes the company
S31S, SO, and the company in agreeing to
the new contract insisted upon the i'm
mediate payment of this claim The de-
mand was acceded to, and one
of the provisions of the new
agreement is that the whole sum, $3lS,-
$685. shall be paid at once. The city has
not sufficient money on hand just at pres
ent in the water account to pay the whole
claim. 1t has. however, s20o, ,o0O and that
sum was ordered paid, the remaining
Sis, ,S69.69 to be paid out of the first
moneys received for water rents. To the
latter part of the agreement Commission
ers Boltwood and Heintze interposed
strenuous objections.
do you geatlemen understand what
you are doing?" demanded Mr.. Boltwood.
'Ts it fair that you bind this city to a
contract for water ana then, as you are
about to retire from Office, mortgage the
receipts of the water department and in
that way cripple the incoming admins
tration? 1t is an unjust and unfair move.
The first money we receive for water
rents goes, we all know, to paying the
interest on the water debt The interest
amounts to more than $4,000 and now
you seek to bind US by adding s11S,0O0 to
that sum. 1t simply means that the in
coming administration will be en-
barrassed and probably prevented from
paying the employees of the city, whose
salaries must come from the water
revenues. I am opposed to the scheme,
and people should know what is being