The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-01
WATER IN DOUBT
Conference Last Night
Decided in Favor Of the
Flynn Plan.
MAYOR MAY OPPOSE II.
He Will Give No Intimation
of What Course He
viii Pursue.
ENGINEER FERRIS OBJECTS
Consultations With His Honor
--Rumors That All Bids
Will Be Thrown Out. H

The final conference on the water queS-
ton was held last night in the rooms OF
the Finance Board Mayor Hoos was not
present. Neither was Corporation Coun-
sci McDermott Engineers Vermeule and
Ferris absented themselves because gilt
edged invitations had not been sent them
to attend.
Evidence of both gentlemen, however,
was plentiful. The important part of the
conference was that Street and Water
Commissioners Heintze and Boltwood
and Finance Commissioners Simpson and
Ringle bolted it. The retirement of these
four gentlemen left in the meeting room
the six officials who are to do the voting
for water contract. They are Street
and Water Commissioners Hauck, Nolan
and Smith, and Finance Commissioners
Heppenheimer. Midlige and Bailey.
The conference lasted until midnight,
decided that the contract should go to
Patrick H. Flynn.
The plant to be accepted is one consist
ing of double mains capable of delivering
daily supply of at least 20, 900, 600 gallons.
The cost price of the plant is sS,e50,o00.
President Heppenheimer of the Finance
Board was chairman of the conference.
He asked Commissioners Heintze and
Boltwood if they had any good reason to
advance why plant capable of delivering
&c, 900. 900 gallons day should not be ac-
quired. Both replied in the affirmative,
and presented for perusal and considera-
ton the following document, which had
been prepared by Engineer Ferris -
Jersey CITY Nav go 1898.
The Hon. Board Of Street and Water
Commissioners of Jersey City:
Gentlemen-A report has been presented
to your Board on the estimated require
ments of Jersey City for future water
supply, based on Fl million daily aver
age use in 1887 and reckoning on 4go an
nual Increase on such use thereafter As
| differ radically from the conclusions
presented I desire to place my views be-
fore you.
/ believe the proper way to forecast fu-
ture use is to estimate probable increase
in population and then multiply this by
probable daily use per capita
Harrison. Greenville and Kearny
in 1870 was So,4S1
This at a yearly increase of 8
per cent. should call for popu
lation in 1897 of ..-...... 200, 800
This is probably a little in excess of the
present population, and | can see no rea-
should not prevail substantially in the
future.
The Board having in charge the con-
Struction of a water works to furnish the
Metropolitan district of Boston with an
enhanced supply, went into the whole sub
ject very exhaustively. Their conclu-
sions were published in report by the
State Board of Health of Massachusetts
in 1895, from which, as they strongly cor
roborate my views, | will quote giving
pages without further instancing the
source. opposite page 154 will be found g
table showing growth of the whole dis
trict in population
In 1850 the district had popula-
In 1895 the district had popula-
tion of ....L -. ~. sS4, ,sO1
should have been ...... .......... 1O21, 900
stated was ................ ........ sS4.oO1
In 1890 they estimate a popula-
ton Of ....,., ....;... 2o2l,Sl
should be ...... ...... !. ....... 2,772, 600
Having thus estimated the population
to be supplied they then estimated what
the daily needs of that population would
be- and made plans to meet those needs
for a period of twenty years, or up to
1915, dividing actual construction how
ever, into three periods immediate, with
IN the first and ten years and for the last
ten years. The whole was based (page
12) ION a daily requirement per inhabi-
tant of 100 gallons
In the admirable report in same volume,
submitted by Dexter Bracket C. E., as
the result of his Investigations in regard
to the present and future consumption of
water per inhabitant in the Boston metro
politan district Up. 15O, ne gives a list
of cities i'll the United States and the per
capita use per diem therein as follows