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this plan would be more than $4,000 per

this nlan would be more than $l5tUUv per
annum over the other plan.
Finally on December eighth eighteen
hundred and ninety-eight, this Board ac-
cepted the bid of said Flynn under num-
ber one, and the same has gone 70 the
Board of Finance for confirmation
Under the accepted plan there Will pe
watershed Of 1221A square miles, capaple
Of furnishing seventy million gaiiois =
water per day; this Is the largest area
that has ever been offered 70 ehe eits
undner a feasible plan, All OF the uanis
are to be Of solid masonry ana iio1 y
earth, with a masonry core; Inns We
advise will very much decrease the eoSe
of maintenance. Moreover, unoei .ne
plan adopted 1t VIII pc possioie =.
city. in case 1t should desire al any
ture time to enlarge lts "orAss - 'A4e.ss
the waters of Lake Hopatcol's eiipa'a
thereto at a comparatively sllght ihei ee,e
Of cost, and thus secure Wase, sApSt'
of nearly 100oo0,ooo gallons pei uast
Under the plan proposeu 90 49,.
chase Of wafer py ene l''4' ~
there will be SAVING to tiie si.y
present cost OF the water uiiusi ~
porary confracI win lhs 'sss
water COMPANY - sseea,,,,oa vim
dollars per year, ana TINS oiiie'snes
steadily increase. Il tiie e'sy $50 ~
advantage u sae ,,,,,g7-
plant and issue IT'S S72 per een'. 'o.,,.g
therefor, the SAVING lor ''.e -,
would be over one huiioreu no.'se'''1 ~,
lars, ana this alhouh. sas7 ~,
steadily increase. Deloie a~ .. 11 ~.
contract to Mr.. flyhh uiuei ii's
Board made very cafeiai inS 7'-e :. 80
OF the watersheds win sis" -
tanning what means wou'u
prevent poliutioii. eiiuei '''e U
the Corporation eouiieei ~
TOT TINS purpose were ses'eo -, Z. ~,
hcat'oh ana the coiefsv'oi ~ -
pelied 70 eHectuans go - 7lSs.sr
ton OF the stream ps tie
RocKaWay aiio 1ooieoii
VIII pc aecepteu ~ lii1
tnat the MEANS pioposeo ~
tor lor theis puitose 80 tsa-,a
Whlie the water suppis
these toWns Wouia = p'e.si-,sss, e.t,'s,s,
nave iouno as me issu'. - ral,a ;s
tempts that the cies mus 80, -
ehance o. Z esli's'sa - fr,n,
small water supply % ~ Sses, s,,
the rivers ANU uii'1si = ~
4 ,;of a
IN iac' 'his = a p,s'l'os. -. - no con-
iarse meee' pp--
strueee'' \. 4,,,u aa,,rao-
nuss ps aav Of
tioii tiiat aieei .ne +,,a
it,, tbe mast
temporary "aeei eoiisl ~ - ~, s,,r,,lx,
Jersey water ooi,pa'S' a. -. s44,a
OF Jersey Sils VIII pe 'aAe I, -
to pollution from cunern. luAeuo anu
many other places in the Ramapo Vahes
outside the jurisdiction OF the courts -
New Jersey 1t will pc aiso supJes' ~
poilutloh from eleenWooo i11
villages on lhe %ihoehle' y W. - @'S0
subject to the pollution IN the HocKawas
watershed, ana IN aoallioh tneiseo .nel
will flow into the water az Little ans
all OF the poliutioh IN upper fasse''.
| River, including Morristown, Madisoi anu
the Great Piece Meadows. ~ IS ohly
necessary to call attention 20 TINS lact
to show the great superiority oi eis
waters Of the Rockaway RIVER over ana
above those at Passaic and Little rams.
The annexed comparison VIII snow t-ie
advantages to be derived py the city nil-
| der the accepted contract as agailist tnv
present temporary supply rms state
ment has been made up by AR. efarWood
Ferris, the expert employed py the cry
| 1t will be seen that II the city pur-
chasSj the plant from Mr.. FLYNN ana
issues three and half per cent ponds
! therefor, the surplus OF the water rents
during the period OF twenty-five ana
half years will more than purchase the
seventy mlliloh salion supply WIZ 'iie
seventy n-inon canon woiAs'
II the city shouia De required 70 issue
bonds at tour ana hail per cent. N
stead OIL three ahu d nan PEI cent .iie
surplus would still be more than nine
million dollars.
During the pendency OF the Flynn pid
before this Board we have ascertained