The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-04-24
CANAL co. RIGHTS
Corbin and Corbin Tell the
City About the Rock
away Shed.
WATER CONTRACT CONFERENCE
Officials Discuss the Modi-
f1cation Requested by
Mr.. Flynn.


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rrba NSoror a,l az ,,a,,hars ~ tbe
Straat ana yua+a, 1,oara ex,oa,,ti president
Smith and tba ne,nhers ~ the Finance
Board and Engineer. t,arwood Ferris were
in conferences ovar two bo,rs TODAY dis
cussinp tho raanast of water Contractor
p n Elvnn FOR ,oodif, "a tion of the
water supply contract. 1t was the second
conference held on the subject, and no
definite conclusion was arrived at. A res
olntion s,h,oitted IN E,,nanca Comm,s-
~
sioner Ringle in order to get the matter
properly before the conference and op-
nosine, tba re,n,as+ad moditication was
so's A.'N9 - -,
tapieo ana the conference aaJoai neu @ @sop-
ject to the call of the chair. Finance
Commissioner Ringle nresided
So,,l.-i',9loei ~ ,i, ss-N ,
Inc tone OIL the uiscussion sio"ea :"
Flvnns from the terms of the contract
-, 60, ast,,;,, ,,ro,,os;t;o,,
Until ne oilefeo soiiie ueiiiiite piopossi'io'
between himself and the Morris CanaI
wherehv the eitv is guaranteed that the
.. - 80, ,,, e ax,an+,r
CONTRACT ior nnai supply u SeFenss
millions OIL 2dllOnS Will mol DC lulpdllcu.
Mr. Flvnn wants to strike out the words
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Auii nv" VI l4e 4'oona"as AsNe 80
insert in their stead sufficient now
..rrhe News, has fold of tbe disappoirlt-
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neht Oh Af. flyhn III ralsAiS ioe'hS "
prosecute the work because of rights OF
+ha NJorr;s c.anal C,ononanv IN the warsys
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or the RockaWay Wnlch, unuer tne coin7
panys charter, cannot be abandoned. A
oe.,,, mnnioatio was road from Corbin Sz
oo-A,'.- s...sa,,,r
CorDln, counsel 1or the canal COMPANY
It reads
NJ 49, 49, 80 A,aar, of Iarsav
To the Mayor ana Aldermen OF Jersey
CITY, the Board OF flnance anu H tne
Board or Street anu water Coiniiiis-
sloners.
On penaI OF the MOTIFS Sanai aalu
Banking Company your attention IS re-
specfully called to the rlghts oI say say
company in the Rockaway water % sneq.
from Wnlcn shea you nays eme9lsu sl,nol1 ioo g
for your city.
Ihe Morris Canal IS iocateu n ,rs eie
RockaWay valley Tor a distance ol apoul "
take, and takes water from the river ana anu
It's tributaries at Dover, BeaVer DIooh'
Powerville and Boonton, the poats aclu-
ally passing into ana out OF tne waters
of the river raised Dy SLACK water dohe
at Dover and PoWerVlile.
Inc supreme court IA setlins asiue "a q
former water CONTRACT OF tne cltS, Ne ue
cided that the city mas no power 70 lns ednS
by condemnation water lnat Is HeeuSu Ssa
Tor naylgalon purposes, nor ;lie mas IN thv he
Canal company lhe PoWer ~ sIse saoaaRR W ~
contract or consent water SO neeqeu, a
being bound to MAINTAIN the canaL as 9
pubic hlghWay until the expiration u
its charter ia 1919 a.4,
Before Mr.. flynn mace ms Prsseiis -, co5s- %
tract with your city, dateu feprudry %,
1899 he appned TO the ,Canai Conpa.ny
for grant OF certain water Ilsals, WILL II
grant was made ana is SUN IN iorce. lle
also appned dor an agreene31at MneaSog n,lSo3,
the Canal Company shoulQ apanuoi
navigation on the canal, II Mr; fiynn, n
among other conditions, snouid OBTAIN
the needful authority from the LeglS-
lature of 1899. To this the company as
sented. Mr. Flynn caused Dill Tor .Ihe
abandonment of navigation on the canal
to be introduced into the Legislature, pul
ment for the abandonment of navigation
therefore expired when the Legislature
of 1899 adjourned. Mr.; Flynn never re-
newed the subject with the Canal Conn
pany until during the past winter, when
he was endeavoring to obtain loan
with which to complete the construction
of your water works. 1t was then shown
that the watershed was insufficient to
allow of the operation of the Morris
Canal and still supply Jersey City under
ITS contract and that either large reser-
yoirs must be built or the canal aban-
doned Mr.. Flynn then applied to the
Canal Company for a renewal of the
a
which the comnany assented consenting
also To ioin in an application to the
d1essislature for the passage of such legis-
iat5nn ~ 20 - - fs'>'~e
NJ t,,,,,,, aooordinolv oa,,sed a second
hiI - ny III, i,,troS,ced 7nfo fhe T.egislature
If ofi- 1e0I NJ nermitttnss the abandonment Of the
9e,n1 ~ ryl p;.h hS7wa1,er failed 70 mass and
NJ 49,, anomS eyreament FOR aban-
NJ, NJ, 10y = .yii1l 4t,,aI.,e axniTad
III ene,e1e az canai the waters of the
opvi Pc, q y pi1,a,. 70 naoessas.v Very
1870, tests sytandnss over long period
elul .SsLS q ~ - +bot tba cpntro1
os ~, cSa oeSo yater ehad above Old
q 81 tne ls9eAa re tha onaration If
20 boonaom - "a tha connanv has for more
.iie caHaa. eltu eio tS a,,d a;5oved the first
sis,u i, n.y. e, 10 4, a5,G its T;syt to
rlght 70 use tnssS :, a'iu tie diItx -
use i ~ iess clear for the canal is
use Lnsni ~ tiu ivsS hil1 tb cnmnanW Is
| a pu2iic ~ nls sltyy Way " W -
pqMIo nI 70 ilsaiillsln, Tarox f.;+,, oa, oh
Inc result = ensae la 1eisTy 2 10y y,5 Cd NV
tam from llie s1s "a Maett Seu oily ~
suci wateis % anidad s,,cb ,aee1s he;ns,
siae 9, 10 M f.,,,, "a
necessarily varlaple e from a geal ~ yea1i enat,
we uave stateu enese t, e. an9 ~, ~,
go tiial ~ may ie, ~ oO0u itio f
lanai Coinpany naS s az , ~ po,n+rt -
nosllilty 70 t!e cisys it W. asS
% IurlieI liae U.ey pvy.Ii pyy1,Ni y oie5;r1 ha
psrInanent wa.sl st t,,a @ius +hi
Guy LII - ~ t,a ~ I'D tha
statsinell Is turtiisi eo ,osd .,.o
al sa.s ,,t, ~ ,;fb + III. EIx,,
rhe n;fv so nav have renewed notice Of the