The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-04-01
ALL Sc TIED.
Modified Water Contract
Duly Signed, Sealed
and Delivered Last
Evening.
WORK TO Be RUSHED
Terms of the Deal Remain
Unchanged City Gets
Longwood Valley
Reservoir Site.
TO BIZ FINISHED CHRISTMAS 1908
Two Open Seasons Remain for
the Completion of the Great
Undertaking If Not Lee
galIy Obstructed.
0 BIZ FINISHED CHRISTMAS 1908

The water contract was signed last
night at Mayor Fagan's office In the City
Hail by the city officials and the water
people. For the second time the original
contract was modified The time for
completion was extended to December p,
1903, the penalty of $500 a day for every
day after the date of completion, as
originally agreed on, was waived, Flynn
turned over to the city deeds for 502 acres
of land in Longwood Valley in payment
for concessions made him by the city,
the East Jersey Water Company as the
controllers of the Jersey City Water Sup
ply Company guarantees the completion
of the work and has furnished bond IN
the sum of $4,000 as surety. and the city
is to receive a continuous temporary sup
ply of water up to March l, 1904, at sS5 a
million gallons, and if the water from the
Rockaway River is not turned on then,
at a rate not exceeding per cent. of the
bond issue of s7.595000, the price of the
works, plus $4,000.
There was every preparation yesterday
morning to sign the contracts, but 1t was
discovered at the last moment that few
immaterial changes in some of the papers
were necessary and these were made.
Some of the gentlemen had lost so much
time before the time to act had come
that it was decided to postpone the sign
ing until last evening. Accordingly there
was a meeting at six o'clock that lasted
for something more than two hours.
Those present were: Mayor Pagan.
President Rlngle OF the Board Of FL
nance, President Smith of the Street and
Water Board Corporation Counsel Geo.
L. Record. City Clerk Michael J. O'Don-
nell, Patrick H Flynn, the contractors;
his counsel, William D. Edward; John
McCarty, president of the Jersey City
Water Supply Company; NJ ]. Kennedy,
secretary of the same company; Edmond
l.. b. Gardner, vice president of the East
Jersey Water Company; Albert B. Fisher,
secretary of the same company, and
William H. Corbin, its counsel; Michael
Kalaher, clerk of the Board Of Finance.
and George T. Bouton, clerk of the Street
and Water Board.
The Mayor had given the entire day to
studying the papers, so that he was pre-
pared when the conference was called to
order. He first signed that resolution
passed by the Street and Water Board
and concurred in by the Board Of FL
nance on Saturday morning at the special
meetings called for the purpose. This
was practically the finishing touch TO the
whole business. It was the acceptance
by Mayor Pagan of all the propositions
and there was nothing more to do but
attach the signatures Of all to the con-
tracts modifying the original contract.
Four copies of the contracts were
signed The signers of the contract
known as TX" were John lfcCarty, pres
ident of the Jersey City Water Supply
Company; Patrick H. Flynn. the con-
tractor; Jacob Ringle. President of the
Board of Finance; Robert G. Smith,
President of the Street and Water Com.
missioners; Mark NJ Fagan. Mayor, and
Michael ]. O'Donnell. City Clerk. The
seals of the Jersey City Water Supply
Company and of Jersey City We're at
tached. The signatures were attested by
Michael Kalaher, Clerk of the Board OF
Finance: George T. Bouton, Clerk of the
Street and Water Board; w. D. Edwards.
counsel for Flynn, and NJ. ]. Kennedy,
secretary of the Jersey City Water Sup
ply Company
Contract ..Ys was signed by Edmond
L. B. Gardner. vice president of the East
Jersey Water Company; attested by AL
bert l.. B. Fisher, secretaryi Edmond L
Is. Gardner vice president of the New
Jersey General Security Company Con-
tractor P. H. Flynn. William d. Ed
wards. John McCarty, NJ. j. Kennedy
Mayor Fagan, Robert G. Smith. Jacob
Ringie, Michael Kalaher and George T.
Bouton.
OF the four. copies of each contract
one went to the archives of the city in
Comptroller Hough's office, one to the
Street and Water Commissioners, one to
the East Jersey Water Company and
Flynn and the other to the Jersey City
Water Supply Company.
1t was hinted in the City Hall this
morning that work on the Boonton plant
would be begun not later than the first
of next week but this is not generally
thought to be true. Those who express
the opinion that it is say that arrange
ments have already been made for sub
letting the various parts of the contract
SO that the whole work can be rushed 10
speedy completion. It Is the general inn
preston however. that the work vN
not be begun until May l. This VIII give
the contractors two open seasons and
two winters and this is thought sufficient
time to finish the job.