The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-03-12
WON'T HELP FLYNN
His Honor the Mayor
Doesn't Approve Of Pro-
posed Pipe Line.

Mayor Hoos sent the Street and Water
Commissioners the following two COM
munications to be perused at this after
Moons meeting of that Board
March z, 1SsO1.
Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Gentlemen:-I have withheld my sigma
ture from the resolution adopted by your
Honorable Board at your meeting held on
the 5th inst, wherein you resolve that
the Board of Chosen rFeeholders of Hud-
son County be requested on behalf of
Jersey City to permit the Jersey City
Water Supply Company to lay it's pipe
under the County Road in Jersey City
and the Borough of Secaucus as shown on
map sumbtted by said Company. | have
taken this action for the wollowing reas-
ons:-The contract entered into by P. H
Flynn to supply Jersey City with water
contains the following
1.-THE city will, so far as it has legal
power, permit the contractor to use such
may be necessary for the purpose of lay
ing and maintaining the proposed con-
duit from Passaic River to the reservoirs
at Jersey City Heights.
The contractor, in constructing the
| works required and necessary to be built
under the contract, shall have the right to
lay pipes through the streets, avenues
and lands of the city, public parks ex-
copied; provided however, that sucn
construction through such streets, ave-
nues and lands shall be made under the
direction of the Board of Street and Wa
ter Commissioners and shall not inter-
fere with or injCre other constructions or
WORKS made therein; and that the con-
tractor shall, at his own cost and expense.
Immediately fill up all excavations and re-
lay any pavement or sidewalk removed
and leave sucn streets, avenues and
lands in as good condition after such
pipes are laid therein as they were be-
fore such work was commenced
Under this contract I fail to see why
Jersey City should request such privileges
from Hudson county for the benefit of
the contractor. The road in question is
one over which great deal of traffic
passes. 1t is only fifty feet in width and
there is now laid therein water and gas
pipes leading to our county institutions.
To lay this gigantic water pipe in the
same road would, in my opinion, be very
dangerous. The numerous wagons which
daily travel over the road would no doubt
injure the pipe in time and in case of a
break the public would be denied the use
of the road during such time as the pipe
was undergoing repairs. In my opinion,
| the contractor should prepare a solid
| meadows This, of course, would mean
I. I.f-
right of way, as he agreed to do when
| he signed the contract, and which would
subsequently become the property of the
city. If the contractor were allowed to
| lay his pipes under the County Road the
| city would be robbed of just that much
| land and valuable rights. The water sup
| ply, water rights, lands, rights of way
and all appurtenances should, according
to the contract, be conveyed to the city
| free from any circumference. To obtain
| permission from the county as set forth
| in your resolution would carry with 1t an
| obligation which is not according to the
contract and should not be mentioned
/ by your Board. shall insist that so far
| as am concerned, the terms of the con-
| tract be compiled with. If this pipe
should break after having been laid un-
der the County Road would Jersey City
| have the right to go and tear UP that
road in order to repair that pipe without
| first having obtained permission from the
! county? Your resolution would, in my
| opinion. relieve the contractor of sonsid-
erable responsibility at the expense of
4 the city.
Respectfully submitted,
EDWARD HOOS, Mayor.
March 12. 1901.
Honorable Board of Street and Water
Commissioners.
Gentlemen:-I beg to call your attention
| to the fact that the town of Kenarney
owes this city for water delivered from
February 10th, 1900 to February 10th,
1901, the sum of s1O,197.70. Kindly see to
it that this money is collected as soon as
| possible. The fact that a number of
claims for supplies and the wages of the
street laborers are unpaid and interest
at the rate of A per cent. is being added
| by the East Jersey Water Company
against the city should prompt you to
collect all bills without further extern
sion of time.
Very respectfully,
EDWARD HOos, Mayor.