The Jersey City news., 1899-12-23
AOARD OF s'ggsMEr AND MATER
COG aEESS SEoNENa.
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the quarry, ready for operation. he has
erected a steam crushing plant of a suffi-
cient capacity TO crush l69 cubic yards
of rock each working day.
The dam, vixen constructed for a fifty
million gallon daily supply, will have a
height above the present bed Of the
river of LOS fSst. Its length on top Will
be about 1850 feet. The area Of the lake
formed BY the dam VIII be S52 acres, and
the storage capacity above bottom ef et-
fluent pipe will be 1870 million gallons.
II enlarged for the seventy million gal
lon daily supply, the height above river
Will be about 400 feet: it VIII Hood 1054
acres Of land and Will store 1850 million
gallons.
4 Comprehensive idea of the mass Of
masonry required can possibly be had by
stopping to consider that, in addition to
the height Of the dam, its foundation
must go down to al suitable rock base.
For purposes Of comparison, the dam
for the new water works for Boston and
vicinity, is to be 129 feet higher than ex-
isting surface, but is to be only go feet
long on top. Ours will require much
more masonry, the corresponding dimen-
sions being lz35z and 4,300 feet. Tne water
surface of our reservoir &, 1854 acres) would
be equivalent to a lake little over three
go miles long with uniform width of
PIPE EXTENSIONS.
Our record will Indicate that during the
year passed we have laid more than our
average Of new water mains Many re-
QutStS HdNG GEEtf I1tdQG ICI pipe extension
and we have endeavored to meet the de-
mands made upon us, though prices for
pipe have increased beyond reach This
excess in cost must be borne wholly by
the city a 5 water rates canot be changed
because OF a temporary rise in the price
of iron. Ii is TO be a potent factor, for
not only must we bear the primary cost
OF laying the pipe, but the hydrants and
gates being maze CT the same commodity
show like increase in price make 4
substantial cost difference when compared
FEET OF WATER PIPE.
To December l. 1885,
9-inch and less, 7,5os: 4-inch, Il, ,4s4;
S,ineh s s7a4s4 sos s1nch ll5 40g 1o-ieh 2s
IS: S6-inch, 69,971
Added during year 1SsS-s3:-
. 49ineh, 7s, u; e-inch, 4,5ss; s-inch, 4S8l:
Totals, December ]. 1899, Feet
356; 12-inch, 1856; 16-inch. 277l5; 20-inch,
60 1926 24-fnch, 12,2I 26-inch, g. 500: 20-iuch
%: S5-inch 6s,s71.
s-ineh and less. q; finch, 7s7; e-ineh,
l2S;5; S-inch. 22T; 10-inch, Az; Pinch,
SS; I9-inch, 525; 2O-inch, 1s.1: 24-inch,
2.3l; z6-ineh, .66: 30-incn. L; 36-ineh 1924
Total mileage, December |, 1898, 207.6.
Total mileage, December /. 1880, 20s. 80.
Totsl Total fset' fest December !, 1893, egg lsa-
lncrease-Feet 10s25
HYDRANTs.
December i 1898. 10 December i. 1859. 81 &
Total, December /, 1899. ....... 21s7
ro naoan.,.ax e5A,IHSs. 35s5.
szineh and less, A. 4-inch, $50; s-inch.
1885; S-lnch, 207 10-inch 26; Pinch. 10.
l6-inch. So; 2o-inch. SO; 247inch, Ii; 26,inch,
9; Sa-inch /; 36-ineh ST.
q
47inch, 60; 6-inch, Iii S-inch. s; Pinch 5.
Iotal number in use December ! 1885,
Se5neh and less, a; 4-inch si0 s-inch
l5il; S-inch. 2l5; 1o-ipeh. 2s; Pinch. 1l5:
le-inch, So; 20-iiich 80. 24-inch. Ii 26-inch'
3; S0-inch /; 36-inch a.
Total number of gates
Total number in use Dec j 12gS 2 24s
Added during the year 1SsS ss5 ....... 81
Total December ]. 1893. .....s......... 2,S4a
SOUTH COVE PROPERTIES
The South Cove property has for years
been q thorne IL the side Of those officials
on Whom deVolVed the responsibility for
It's care and maintenance. Several times
IN the past has It been heralded that now
all legal difficulties had been slrmounfed
ana the city had but to enter into the
enjoyment Of its own only o find that
some corporation was so intrenched that
more hghIlng was necessary. When we
assumed charge Of affairs the corporations
We're no less insistent than they had been
in the past but we believe that our stand
was so firmly taken that even corporate
greed at last conceded the rights of the
city. During the period that he city was
eIadeavorine to enfo1ce her rights by the
slow process Of law. the Board was from
time to time memorialized to improve the
property IN order that an income might
be derived from it and that our city
might be substantially benefited. but at
the time this was Impossible of accom-
plishment. When during the past year It
became evident that the question of
ownership WIS so definitely settled that
such action would he Warra nj cd VIC "a sf