The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-06
EAST Jersey ON
TOP.
Central Figure in the New
Proposals for the Com
pletion of the
Water Con-
tract.
GUARANTEES +, EVERYTHING
Money, Work and Temper
ary Supply in Return
for Twenty Months
Delay.
INCONCLUSIVE CONFERENCE
City Officials Hear Offers, Re-
ceive Draft Contract
and Reserve De-
cision.
INCONCLUSIVE CONFERENCE

There was a conference on water yester-
day at Mayor Fagan's office in the City
Hall. At it were the Mayor, the Board OF
Street and Water Commissioners, the
Board of Finance, Chief Engineer Gar
wood Ferris, Corporation Counsel George
L. Record, and Assistant Corporation At
torney Robert Carey, all representing the
city; William D. Edwards and Edlow N
Harrison. representing P. H. Flynn
and the Jersey City Water Supply Com
pany, and William H. Corbin, represent
ing the East Jersey Water Company and
The New Jersey. General Security Com
pany.
Mr. Corbin, as the representative of the
new combination between the water COM
panies with all their plans and induce
ments to offer the city and all their
promises to voice, was the central figure
at the opening of the conference, but
Fob Carey soon assumed the air of the
most important one present. His re-
markable activity mental and physical
were both useful and important. During
the interchange of views between those
present Mr.. Carey pitted himself
against Mr.. Corbin. He came out fair
second. Even Mr.. Record had less to say
than Mr. Carey.
The whole of the. session is summed up
In saying that the Water Companies re-
quested an extension Of time to December
25, 1908 in which to complete their plant
without penalty.
+ For this extension, the companies prom
Use a continuance of the temporary sup
ply the city is now receiving and spec
dy completion of the pipe line at this
end of the system so that a greater sup
ply than is now furnished, and at high
pressure may be had with less expense
than at present. This decrease in ex-
pense will be as much as 81 million gal
Ions of water. AS the city uses thirty-six
million gallons day the saving to the
city will be $36 a day. Mr.. Corbin ex-
plained that the company has fixed De-
cember 25, 1903, as the date of complet-
ion because that is an outside date, the
company being confident that the plant
win be completed long before then.
The city authorities listened 10 what
was offered and said they would think the
matter over and let the water companies
know what they decided on. This was
perfectly satisfactory to all concerned.
and less than half hour after the first
of those present arrived the conference
was over.
Mr. Corbin said that the Jersey City
Water Supply Company had now at hanc
the necessary Sc, 100000 to complete the
works and that this amount win be avail
able if the extension of time asked IS
granted. He said he did not ask for any
change whatever in the original contract,
but had drawn drafts of new contracts
to be entered into between the city and
the company. This drew from Mr.. Fer
ris a request for information concerning
that clause in the original contract re-
garding the length of time the city would
have in which to test the new works be-
fore buying. He was told that the city
would have as much time as it wished
Here Mr.. Record spoke. How long
would 1t be necessary for the city to test
the works properly?2 he asked Mr.. Fer
ris
Six months, was the reply.
Mr.. Corbin read the drafts of the con-
tracts he had drawn up. They were as
follows:-
THE MAIN CONTRACT
This agreement, made the day OF
February, A. d. nineteen hundred and
two, between the Mayor and Aldermen
of Jersey City. municipal corporation
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first part and Patrick II. Flynn, Of
Brooklyn, IL the State of New York, and
the Jersey City Water Supply Company,
a corporation OF the State OF New Jersey
party Of the second part; witnesseth.
Whereas, A contract in writing was en-
tered into between the Mayor and Alder
men of Jersey City and Patrick II Flynn
dated February twenty-eighth one thou
sand nine hundred and ninf ty-nine, wh ere
by said Flynn WAS to provide a supply
OF water for said city and to construct
water works for said city. which the city
had the option TO buy. as by reference to
sad contract viii more fully appear; and
Whereas, Afterwards the said contract
was by the said Patrick II. Flynn as
signed to and his obligations hereunder
assImed by the Jersey City Water supply
Company: and
Whereas. BY another agreement dated
July seventh, nineteen hundred and one,
between the parties hereto. the s2id con-
tract was In divers respects modified and
changed as by reference thereto Will more
fully appear; and
whereas, The water works provided for
in said contracts have not yet been COM
pieted, and it is now apparent that the
same cannot be comp.eted within the
time limited In said contracts; and the
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