The sun., 1897-01-31

Newark Objects TO Its Contract water
BeiaE Furnished TO Jersey City.

Newark Objects to Its Contract water
Beiag Furnished TO Jersey City.
Threatened litigation between the city OF
Newark and the East Jersey Water Com pany
may result In cutting OF the tenn mporary supply
now furnished to Jersey City by tho East Jersey
Company. and compel tho city to return to the
polluted Passaic for Its supply. Newark claims
that under its contract with the East Jersey
Water Company II 10 entitled to all tho water
In the Pequspnock shed.
After the contract was made to furnish Jer.
ser City with temporary supply out OF New
ark's supply and the water was TUNED on In
January, 1895. the company was able TO furnish
only an average daily supply OF from 1000. 900
to 10000. 900 gallons. although tho contract
called for 10. o00. 900 or 10000. 900 gallona IL
was sxplained at that time that q mistake had
been made In the capacity of the pipe. and the
company SGT to work to remedy It. Subsequently
the discovery was made that tho trouble was
not In the pipe, but In tho storage capacity Of
tho reservoirs At Oak Ridge and Clinton from
which the supply was drawn.
The company Immediately began to build an
additional reservoir at Canistcar. Tho Newark
officials assert that under their contract tho
company. whom II intends to make any altera-
tions must submit tho plans to them for ap-
proval. They assert, In fact, that the contract
entities Newark to the entire how from the
Pequannock shed. A demand was made upon
the company FOR tho plans OF tho Canistear
some time and finally when pressed said siRnif-
icantly that the plans would DO submits ted when
the com pnny had reached tho conclusion that
the Canistear reservoir was part OF tho New
ark supply. The Board of Street and Water
directed the City's Engineer. NJ. II. Sherrerd, TO
ssnd this letter TO Clement Herschel, the East
jersey Conpany's sngneer:
city OF Newark does not consider the stand
taken by your company In not being willing to
consider the reser, DIR work OF 1895 as part of
Nrwark's water plant compatible with your
shed. and unless some definite understanding
IL arrived at about the present status OF affairs
the city Will take steps to enforce Its rights un
In order that Jersey City might be prepared
for an emergency Corporation Counsel Y. l..
Price OF Newark sent this notice 70 Mayor
Nanser:
The Board Of Street and Water Commits
sioners Of the city OF Newark. beng Informed
that Jersey City has under consideration certain
propositions from tho East Jersey Water Com
pany. which may include u temporary supply
OF water for Jersey City from the pequannock
the city OF Newark tend ing to limit and rcd uco
tho amount OF water which the East Jersey Wa
tor Company may draw from the said Pequan-
mock watershed under It's scontract with this city
may Affect tho amount OF water which tho said
company can supply to Jersey City from tho
Newark plant. have, therefore been directed
TO communicate to you tho probability that
straln the East Jersey Water Company from
continuing their present draught OF water from
the Pequannnck watershed"
Mayor Wanser declined to discuss tho subject
yesterday. What effect tho contem plated ac-
tion OF the Newark authorities will have on his
consideration OF tho pending contract with tho
East Jersey Company Is known only to himself.