The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1901-12-18

EAST JERSEY KICK
Demand for Cash for Little
Falls Soup and 4 Per
Cent Interest.
FIGURES FOR THE W. C. 7. U.
Enormous Popular Cons ump-
ton Of Water in This City
Effort to Check
Waste.
FIGURES FOR THE W. c. 7. U.

f~ors;n and Corbin. on behalf of the East
Jersey Water Company, sent Sfe loiio"-
ing communication to the Board OIL Street
and Water Commissioners which met
yesterday afternoon
Jersey City. N. J., Dec. IA, 1901
sro tba PICARD of Street and Water Com
naissioners of Jersey City
Gentiemen--We are directed By the East
,1ersey Water Company to call your atteii-
ton 10 the fact that there remains due
from the city to the company for water
furnished up 10 September 90 1901, the
sum of s2s1. .l79. besides interest. the ar
rearage being about the same as it has
neen for the last two or three years. The
company has not pressed for the payment
of this money, preferring TOT the linie
being TO await the reasonable convenience
of fbs civ until arrangements should be
made by bond issue or otherwise Tor
rs ravment. They desire now to urge
mon the city the Importance of making
some provision for it without fufther de-
Inv When the matter was last up for
consideration on June /, 1900. the city paid
IN all arrearages of interest at the rate
~ ,,sr cent. which the company then ac-
cepted to that date
SUBSEQUENT
ast even at the rate of per cent.
amounted on December !. 1901, to sioSoi-4 a.
ana of this sum the company requests
payment nowpayment now. II NJ Is paiu
during the present month the company
is willing to settle the interest account
at the rate of per cent, but II not tne
company desires that the full legal rare
be paid.
we send herewith detailed statement OF
the account from June /, 1900, to December
/. 1901, with the interest cast at per
cent
Trusting that you will adjust this inter
est account at once and will promptly ar
range bv. the issue of bonds or otherwise
for the payment of the principal sum- we
remain,
Yours very truly
coRBIN & CoRBIN.
chief Enginer Van Keurent sent the
solloyine report to the Board regarding
the efforts to curtail the use Of water
70 the Honorable the Board Of Street ana
water Commissioners in and for Jersey
City, N. ].
Csentlemen--H Having obtained PERMISSION
from your Honorable Board the early
narf Of this year we began a house 10
house inspection of all plumbing, fixtures.
&C.. with view to compel owners to re-
nair the same where found defective and
thereby reducing, in a measure. the use
less waste Of water.
The results obtained fully justify the
adoption OF. more thorough system OF
inspection of all plumbing in existing
houses as well as those to be erected
herewith submit tabulated state
rae1at showing the quantity Of water de-
liyered from all sources to Jersey City,
harrison, Kearny and East Newark for
the years 1898, 1883, 1900 and 1901. Also
statement showing the average daily ana
monthly consumption of water in Jersey
t.tv. exclusive Of Harrison, Kearny and
East Newark.
Daily average quantity Of water de-
aivered to Jersey City from January !
1898. to December l. 1901. including Har-
rison, Kearny and East Newark This
also includes quantity of water delivered
nv New York & New jersey Water Com
many and Hackensack Water Company