The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-06-22
C|FY'S WATER ACCOUNT.
Board. Of Trade Committee
Makes a Report Of Its
Investigation.
DEFICIENCY IN ONE YEAR $si,os2.s7
Committee Will Pursue It's
Inquiry Into the East
Jersey Supply.
DEFICIENCY IN ONE YEAR SSi,062.67

night at the Board of Brade of Trade
over a report of DIR. L.. J. Gordon, Joseph
A. Dear and, S. C. Mount as TO the state
of the water supply and the condition OF
the water account of this city up to date
This double-barreled mission was imposed
on them at the last Board meeting in
April.
When Mr.. Samuel C. Mount presented
the committees report last night it was
found that the committee had simply
gone into the financial aspect of the ques-
ton and left the other part of the reso-
luton severely alone. President Furst
called attention to the omission and that
precipitated somewhat resentful remarks
from two of the committee. one of whom,
Mr.. Dear, said it was impossible to go
into any other matter than the finances;
while the other, Mr.. Mount, frankly said
that he didn't understand that he was to
do anything else.
Their partial report of the water ac-
count for one year is as follows:-
To the Board of Trade of Jersey City
Ge-ntlemen-Your committee appointed
at the last meeting to ascertain and re-
port certain facts concerning the water
supply of Jersey City. respectfully report
Tia lhC dltOaAAt AlAo '0<> ~
the East Jersey Water Company, from
May l, 1897, to April 80, 1898. one year.
mounts to 1855 ABS The disposition OF
this water and the charges therefor by
the city are as followS:-
Amounts assessed against prop
erty for water ents........... .S465, 1874 90
Water supply to those who use
meters : . oos'oos %
Amounting together o.......... $S25, 624 ID
Tn addition n thiS thp Water
Department has received, dur
ring this period, for permits. Sl4,S09 Y
For sundries 2,365 80
Making total receipts ..........$S 42, 799 30
These total possible receipts of $780,
1893. 80 were used to pay the following
claims:-
The East Jersey Water Company
Returned to consumers of water
for water rents paid by them !,
Paid into Sinking Fund to meet
water bonds to fall due in 1916
and thereafter =. $3.50. :. : SS'ooo W
This account is shown ON the Comp
t~roller's report, a G 146:-S
Interest on the water
debt of ...... ............ 50, 1876, 600 313,315 90
This account is shown on the Comp
t~roller's report, page le0:-
Expert Engineers ........ ........ $1,000 ~
S,1nerinfenden4ss nayroil ........ $3.50 81
Salaries at Believilie ............ 1871 6s
| Salaries. High Service ...... 10,507 90
Labor on meters !. =. -. 6,114 40
Labor laying and repairing water
ca p5pe and j. wood ri. 4 III 81 g g
Feed - 1872 50
| Pipe ..... 1886 80
lumber ~ ...... 1l,505 80
Repairs -. s,s44 70
General Supplies ........-. ........ a329 II
Office supplies ..-..... ........ -. z,ou u
| Gas s-..-. ..... 1856 o.
| Telephone service 49,. .......... 1,196 II
| Extra labor .... 1898 80
| Tynewrifing ... 12S 90
Advertising $50 50
etc. "as' .s.....s......e. 1870 OF
| Incidental expenses &C 10
| Painting. .. go 90
Hydrants, meters. castings, etc.. 6,S45 So
supplies -. ......... 1889 So
Other claims in the hands of the
Street and Water Board not
described and unpaid ............ 12,560 SO
The disbursements may be summarized
as follows
For water ........ 1886. 434 80
| For interest $500. ..... 31S, 315 90
/ For Sinking Fund SO, 600 90
For salaries, viz, office. super
vice. labOrers, etc.............. 120,3 02 00
Sundries and material. 81, 210 OF
Making a total Of .ss7s. s61 81
Leaving a deficiency of.......... 31,062 81
| There is no allowance made here
for water used by the city.
There was due for water rents