The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-01-27
MAYOR WILL SIGN
Now Said That He Will APP
prove New Water Con-
tract Early Next
Week.
SATISFIED THE CITY is PROTECTED
Award Will Be Certioraried
By McEwans, But No One
Fears the Result.
SATISFIED THE CITY is PROTECTED

Mayor Hoos smiled in significant man
ner when he was asked this morning if
he would act ON the water contract
award today.
mot today was the reply. Il am not
superstitious because it is Friday, but I
have not made up my mind fully"
The Mayor would say nothing more. 1t
is the belief of many of the city officials
that disposition will be made of the con-
tract either tomorrow or in the early part
of next week.
The Mayor has concluded his investiga-
ton into the merits of the Flynn propo-
sition and is convinced, it is said, that the
general plan is as nearly perfect as can
be desired His Honor's inspection of the
Croton dam and the information he OBJ
tanned there caused him to approve
Flynns plan of construction.
Mr.. McDermott's letter relative to the
precautlon that has been taken to pro-
tect the supply from pollution, and to in
sure the city bountiful supply of water,
has had considerable TO do with bringing
the Mayor to the conclusion that 1t is his
plain duty to approve the contract. Again
the fact that large property owners and
influential business men demand new
and permanent supply has had its good
effect upon His Honor
All doubts the Mayor may have enter
tanned about what disposition he should
make of the award were removed yester-
day afternoon when Counsellor w. D.
Edwards, representing Mr.. Flynn, waited
on him and furnished information that
had been requested relative to Mr.. Flynn's $
ownership of water rights. 1t took MI
Edwards only a short time to convince
the Mayor that Mr. Flynn has title to
sufficient territory to produce all the
water he guarantees The Mayor was
also told that there viii be little or no
litigation over the water rights question
or right of way for the pipe line.
In regard to the question of water rights
the Mayor was reminded that Mr. Fiynn
has made arrangements WIN the M9ll.5 T1s
Jersey Water Company SO that no troupie
will be experienced in that quarter 1t IS
generally understood that Contractor
FLYNN has agreed to pay the companles m Ioa @
mentioned something like. 81, 100000 or
s1,500.0e0 for their water rights. Agree
ments To- that effect have been drawn IN IN
the vaults of the New Jersey Iitie
Guarantee and Trust Company. MT.
Edwards asserted ths that ss everything r,iang
to commence work just as soon
as the necessary contracts are propeIiy
executed. Mr.. Edwards also informed
should turn up, Mr.. Flynn would be able
to complete his plant within the speclhed
term of two years. About the 1nances
Mayor Hoos was assured that there was
not the slightest doubt about Mr.. Flynn
ability to raise the necessary money.
1t is expected that the award will be
certioraried by Thomas McEwan and
others The suit. it is thought will have
a beneficial effect, as Mr.. Edwards is
satisfied that the courts will uphold the
contract in every particular.
The protests against the proposed
award Which their author, Congressman
Thomas NcEwan, refused to allow Mayor
Hoos to make public. are slowly coming
to the surface, Today the. Mayor re-
ceived two more protests. They are the
same documents Mayor Hoos returned
to Mr.. McEwan This fact was discovered
today when copies of the protests maze
bv the Mayor were inspected.
The signers of today's petitions are
]. S. WiIlever, 80 Laidlaw avenue; George
Wood, 4 Paulmier place: Robert Zerger,
81 Danforth avenue; Archibald CampbeIi,
32S York street; Benjamin Edge, 70 wayne
street; D. NJ. Van Worst, j. Parsons, y.
Matthews A. J. Loomis, ], F. Ewaid,
Whitehead Bro, Samuel Sterling, A:
l.. Graham, George McEwan, Robert
Shannon, A. Booraem. Joseph Anderson,
P. Bache, William Laughlin, G. g. Rochat
+ W. Black P. A. Gaddis, Charles r. a.
Hall, Themas Gallagher, E: J. Leonard,
L. ii. Bergheim, P. L. Fleming.