The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1898-05-12
NORRIS CANALS CLAIM.
Rockaway and Hudson Com
pany Criticizes Points in
the Statement.
QUESTION or RIGHT or FLOW
Value of the Canal as q Use
full and Valuable High
way Questioned
Beaver Dam.

Corporation Counsel Allan L. McDer-
| mott has received a long communication
erorn +ha paoL.ua !, q M H,,dsan, Cnrnnan nv
! = s4a+anoan+ 1900
in reply to the recent statement maoe
by the East Jersey Water Company as to
tl,a la+ter,s claims III the Norris and Fcs-
n $50 aI4--s-.s s 1onsxrr rvty,s
sex Ganal as autagonfselc eoSSsrsey Ivy ?
Interest in securing a new water supply.
Tho Rocxawav and Hudson Company.
! -. sea,u 49, ha,0 - arst tha IA 81
Jerseys contention that the canal ls a
rsaful and valuable highway by showing
49, j. seee 49, 1880 aarn,,ssss - +ba an
pany from the canal business were $685.
GO o. ~ sa,s.tr - IA nee.
~fulness and value. The company also
comnares the ea rninps az three railroads
wh;cb ian tba some tarr,torv a. the CAM
al, and say they anounted In 1896 to
SIG 0D0. COO.
ron,;nr ~ +1a ohar+ar rao,,ira,nent If
the Morris Canal and the method which
mas ppfo 7 mass' cam,na = ssvs
siAty years the fsocAa"ay COMPANY sasS
that the Canal Company has always sue
cesSfully commended in. defending numerous
suits ii that sixty years that It does not
require to diminish or divert, nor does 1t
diminish or divert the flow of the Rock
away River and an examination of the
letter of Messrs. corpin 8 corbIn shows
that no suen elalm Is MAGE tneFelH' t =
Inc contrary the wafer tahen out y y
LIVER ~ t4 j, l l Latahe a. rnmsrviis tha
boonlon Fans TOE tne Supply q ene
canai 70 compton lesuer - lsss u qudho
lily tnal iHe water pfoqght liito tiS
canal az Dover from Lake Hopatcong u
TINS IS not a TACT the company IS Llapls
Iof damages 10 al MIL owners peioW
ooois,ol u, inc oeham ano as H.
dor u nas never maqe co,npsnSaeioh =
any Sucn uivefslon OF ulinlnullol.
-Lne Sanal CONTINUES ens
reply, Iuily ine rlsIlts "
tLe eSlate ~ 5 OF 81 - -
served now - lhe cna nivel dn9
tnaL estate nag nhe Tol paiy me T rieHs 81
noN LUIS "a IN l ~ ~ . ~
nas psSi - - ~ - auu 80 -
T1ante To q u1 Ii fhesfiaw and todavp have
piaa,S ~ ~ a, ~ Wv , er% = ou91ed IN
Il $500 10 - ~ lIT,Jsh1 Toros,apy
nIents ars !; no a7o horsa nourey Ths
pxster ta Re- aiisens viii nave hsssed dawn
$3.50 ba,ond tha last noin+ mshara II : san
anr1 ;nso ybis canal anR nan NO more he
,,sed nv the fsanal t,om,anv Than an ACT
of !. ec}slaf,ra can maRe water fow IN
a 10 tbe claim ~ the Morris Canal
| Comnann tbat thare is not eno1,gh water
in the Ronkawav wafers SHE'D. 10 s,lnply
hntb Nc cana snd dersav Sitv me IN,
swer If the RncLaway neonie is that
S1vJhether the voi,lma If f1ow be large Or
small ran mo longer concern the Canal
(Nnmnanu since tbe. Ropxa Wau CQmnanE
IN moi nronnse "a avert 4
dron Of wafer nntil it has passed the
| noint where # is used or can he Ised by
The Canal Company.
Tbe nevf crifsc;sn, nv the Roekawav
,,eonle is the stsfen,enf f1,ssase that the
ereetion IF = dam across Reaver Brook
! and the creation of a storage reservoir
IN Roach c.lenS win inf rinpe an .fhe Canal
romnanu,s rip,f Nv 1anrassonahiu detain-
;ne The fnw If Eeaver Rroalx which If
IL q clainoad i : feeder ~ tbe eana1 me
a % : ;s ~, Of s,,chSa o1s5m ca,,id not he
s,,staipad Nv ne rsnsi rnSenanv ana
ausn If # co,,id the natnra1 How IF the
brook d,,rinp ne drv seasdns was i 79o :
| aoo nsl1o,r ner ~ - M ~ rea,,sror ~ 3
~ s E 1s npeI 9@y aam - fer $500 on
t = las,a1s ha+ ) Ell NOV and pome y.
I'm v;Ta EYES wes sbo,st I ono 0Gn""a aiu
vin9 Wa apVue ';ooV,ueo. ~
We 90 no. clalin Ina we hre gpirs ~
penenl me oanai Gonlpany puL INA We
are ny Soths : lnJ1re ane1i, ~ - y ~
pe iioleu lnaL elie SaLiai Lolllpa5ly uosS
not speGIly wherein ahe p5oposeu Worhs
OF me alu Iluusoa SoHlpany
VIII lnJure the cdIai, because their storage