The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-23

will compare three of the bids assuming
y millions use in 1897 and go increasel:-
sowssf mn Flynn, \ MeB. 4; q z
der Plan A. B. R., C.
| Purchase option
al on compile
tion ........ s6 900, 900 sS,s 900 50 25o, 900
The loss of interest would be as. follows
at 4e per annum, semi-annual payments
On the OBJ, s., Mob. & R. bid. 1s
years interest on s. 25o,o or s., 1SS, ,o5S
cost of increasing Plan A to capacity of
Is million gallons.
If a 40 sSaual Increase be calculated on
the 27 miY ION use in 1897 there would still
be a nine years savingin interest, amount
ing as follows
On the Flynn bill. nine years interest
on $2,3S2. 600: 81, ,02O. 900.
On the OBJ, s., McB. & r. bid, nine
years interest on So 250. 900: 81, ,3s2, 600.
In this connection we would state our
is excessive and readily reducible by the
Introduction of meters and the restriction
of waste and leakage. The use in Jersey
City last year of 27 million gallons daily
was equal to 135 gallons per capita, as
suming a 100000 population supplied.
Dexter Brackets &c. Ed report of his
investigations as to past, present a prob
able future consumption of waters per in
habitant of the Boston Metropolitan Dis
triet published by Mass. State Board of
Health, in 1880, gives the use IN Boston
per capita population 40 1900. Milwaukee,
los gallons per capita population 20446S).
His deduction as to proper allowance
in the future is as follows:-
For domestic cons umption..... 35 gals.
For trade & mechanical purposes. 50
eve assume. -..-.- 40
For public purposes.
Total daily per capita.... 80. .10o gals.
At this rate, assuming a population of
200, ,000 Jersey City should use, say, Il
million gallons daily.
If such were the present use, at go in
crease the use in 1928 would be 45.2S0. 900
gallons daily; at 4qd increase, the use in
| 1928 would be 5S,22o,O0e.
AT this point, the report starts in to
compare the economic results to Jersey
City under the three plans in question
for the period covered by the specifica-
tions. To do this an estimate is made
of the cost of increasing Plan A plant
to a capacity of 20 million, at s2.3S2 600,
which, it is claimed. is a very conserva-
tive allowance, for it merely means the
acquisition of additional storage reser-
yoirs, the construction of another pipe
line, and the possibility of very mod
crate compensation, if any, to the ri
parian owners below.
BY means of a series of tables SO in
tricate as to be practically incomprehen-
sible the report deduces that the bond
issue for the Plan A bid and for the
Flynn bid would be alike when Plan A
was brought up to 20 million, the OBJ, S.,
McB & r. bid would exceed both of the
others by $S6S,000 The report goes on
The results then, for period in ques-
ton, would be as follows:-
OBJ, S., McB. & R., s445, ,00Ox2211s is
s10.012, 500; excess cost, SS6S, 900; total, $1o
Flynn. s4oo, ,2sox221a is SO, COG, ,sOo
Plan A, $290, ,000x17 is 81, 800 900; plus $780,,
2SOx51a or 50, 201, $40 equals $1,13l, $40
Plan A would save over OBJ, s.. McB.
& RS bid, SO. .74S, $50.
Plan A would save over Flynn's bid,
ST. S74. .760.
If from any cause the city failed to avail
itself of the purchase option (and we
firmly believe that a cause will be found
to EXIST, but continued to purchase at
prices per million gallons the prices paid
to each of the above bidders (27 million
use in 81 and per cent. annual increase)
ss.sso.1so sl5.2if4755 sl5s55s'soo 5 S.
Plan A would save over the OBJ, S.,
Mob. & r. bid, $5.726,120.
Plan would save over the Flynn bid,
81, ,3S4 545.
In addition to the economic advantage
of the lowest bid under Plan A, there is
another argument in its favor, that as its
intake is above Boonton as the others
have their intakes below Boonton, that
under it any necessity for guarding
against pollution from that populous
settlement would be entirely eliminated.
Under all the conditions, however, we
could not advocate an award under Plan
A If the so million supply hereunder was
the limit
The intake of the lowest bid under Plan
A is just below Boonton Falls and has
a ny fn of ,<a
miles.
According to Geographical Survey of
New Jersey; Vol 8. 1894 p; 1885,, "the
ply e million gallons daily, with storage
amounting to z inches" equivalent to
IA 400 mill gals.), the which may be
provided with no difficulty
From the trend of events 1t would ap-
pear exceedingly probable that before
many years the Morris Canal Company
would cease operations; it would probably
be permissive then to secure the flow
from Lake Hopatcong According to Geo.
graphical Survey of N. J.. Vol. g. D. 193
Lake Hopatcong would furnish 26.16 Gu
bic feet per second continuously or in or
binary dry years Bis cubic feet per sec
ond could be drawn. The smaller of
these quantities is about equivalent to
!! million gallons which, added to IS from
the Rocxaway shed, would aggregate 95
million gallons daily.
At 105 gallons daily use per capita. rs
millions daily supply would meet the re-
95 millions the needs of a population of
92s. COO
1t surely seems as if this were looking
far enough ahead and we trust that
when it would be necessary to seek a
further increase that Jersey City would
be in a strong enough financial position
to secure what it desired
From the point of view of laymen we
think the answers of the different bid
ders to the very general claims of in
reference with their rights made by the
Morris Canal Company, to be very con-
elusive, but we submit that that is a
question we are not called upon to decide
The bids have been presented in reply
to our request, the bidders have put up
the 900 called for as security for their
good faith in the matter, they probably
have looked the situation all over care
fully, before making their offers, and,
as it is for them to defend an award
when made we believe good faith re-
quires us to make the award. And, our
judgment based on the facts heretofore
adduced with the various conditions, pres
ent and prospective carefully considered
is that the interests of the city would be
best conserved by making an award to
the Rockaway and Hudson Company.