The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-03-26


pipes or reservoirs of the East Jersey wa.
ter Comsany.
The power to be thus generated will bt
enormous. In the dry seasons it may b.
so reduced, or the demand for water may
be so great, that all the water will be
needed for water supply, and recourse
will be necessary to steam. Provision will
be made for this. Coal in any required
quantity can be easily and cheaply trans
ported and handled from the Morris cam
al. But in at least seven or eight months
of the year the supply of water will be so
great that water power can be used.
At the point where the newly excayated
channel will divert the water from the
river a gate house will be located, so
that the flow of the water from the river
can be regulated to meet the requirements
Of pumping or supply or both. 1t is not
known whether all the supply from the
river above Beattie's dam will thus be
diverted. The nature of the agreement
by which the East Jersey Water Com
pany secured the water rights of the
Beauties is not known; the matter is kept
a profound secret. Prices ranging from
$loo. 900 in cash to $500, 600 in cash, or part
in securities of some kind, are quoted.
and it is also said that the Beauties were
TO nave all the power needed for a period
of thirty years. 1t is altogether inn
probable, however, that the East Jersey
Water Company would agree to any con-
dition that would limit the supply OF
waited needed by the East Jersey Water
| Company.
As to the details those connected with
the work are very reticent; no Informal
ton can be obtained. The facts given
above are to be gathered by anyone visit
ing the scene of activity. 1t is known,
however. that the minimum flow of the
river in the dryest season is 100000 gall
Ions daily. and at times the flow is 500, 000.-
600 or 500, eeo. 600 gallons daily. With stor-
| age in the upper water shed the average
daily supply could bet developed to 5O0,-
0 .900 gallons a day.
Thes East Jersey Water Company, or
! the people prominently identified with 1t,
own property which has long been con-
| sidered an excellent site for a reservoir at
Great Notch, about a mile and a quarter
| from the works now being erected at Lit
tie Falls, and near the top of the noun
tain back of Upper Montclair. This res
ervoir site is about $40 feet above the
level of the pool from which the water is
/ to be pumped at Little Falls. In raising
| the water to this height, where the same
water is used for power, it is the c~alcula-
| ton that four-ffths the quantity of water
is lost by it's -use for power.
| The company now has contracts for
Jersey City, Paterson, Passaic, Bayonne,
Montclair, East Orange. Bloomfield, Har-
rison and Kearny. and other smaller COM
tracts, calling in the aggregate for $1,000
600 or $1,000, 900 gallons a day. AT $35 per
I million gallons, which is below the price,
the annual revenue from the sale of this
water would exceed s625.OoO.
The cost of developing a water shed and
erecting and maintaining storage reser-
voirs is so great that it is considered un-
profitable to do so where water is used for
power. Should the demand for the sale
of water be sufficiently large the water
company could provide storage and in
| crease the average daily supply very
greatly.
In establishing such an elaborate plant
the East~Jersey Water Company has one
| object in View-that of making a profound
impression. 1t is desired to create in the
minds of every one the notion that the
work is a very important one and a work
! of great magnitude. The creation of
such an impression will have an import
! ant bearing on the future plans of the
company should any attempt be made TO
interfere with the ompany or condemn
| the rights it has seized. There is talk of
the company's supplying its surplus wa
| ter to New York. The New York all
thorities would not be averse to this-in
| fact. such a recommendation was made to
\ the New York aqueduet commission years
ago. In considering such a step the
East Jersey Water Company would be
| confronted with the question whether it
would be wise to supply the water outside
Of the State. Such a move might cause
hostile action at home. There will be
| an enormous surplus of water that the
company might dispose of, and the rev.
| enue from it's sale would be very great.