The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1902-08-22
MORE WATER
FOR CITY USE
AIdermaniC Fire Committees
Recommendations

A4ucuuCL NOAHpduy NCPOiN obeaCSS
1t Is Ready to Put In Mains Of
Sufficient Capacity-Double Header
PIugs-More of Water Sup
ply has been Carefully Investigated.
By special request of the Fire
Committee of the Board of Alder
men, representatives of the local press
assembled in the Aldermanic Cham
bers Monday evening at which time
the new fire hydrants and water
mains were thoroughly discussed.
A large map Of the towh drawn by
Engineer Pierson was spread upon a
table for the inspection of those pres
ent. The new fire hydrants will be
double headers, that is having con-
nectlons for two lines of hose instead
of one They will cost $685. the same
amount as paid for the ordinary hy
drants now in use. Mayor Reed and
Chief Engineer Fox were in attend
ance and rendered valuable assistance
upon various puzzling questions. Be-
low the report of the Committee is
published in full and it is worthy the
perusal of the reader:
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of Morristown:
Your committee, to whom the ques
tion of the adequacy of the water
supply in cases of fire, was referred
by resolution of the Board, beg leave
to submit their report.
The Committee has made careful
and exhaustive investigation into the
subject and have had a number of
conferences with the officials of the
Morris Aqueduct Company regarding
the matter.
The committee is of the opinion
that the present supply and pressure
of water in many parts of the town
are inadequate to properly protect
those parts against fire: that some of
the present water mains are too small
and should be replaced by larger ones.
while in some of the streets where no
mains are at present laid, the same
should be placed there at once.
The Committee is also of the opiD
ion that the number of hydrants is
insufficient; that in some sections of
the town they are located so far apart
that it requires so much hose to reach
a burning building as to render the
water supply taken from the hydrant
practically useless.
The officials of the Morris Aqueduct
Company have announced a willing
ness to grant to the town the requests
made of them by your Committee
provided the town will assume the
rental of the increased number of hy-
drants recommended by the Commit
tee.
We herewith report to your Honor
able body our recommendation in
the matter.
The following figures are taken
from "The Manual of American
Water Works. published in 1897.
Populations are those of census of
1890:
DATA REGARDING NUMBER OF HYDRANTS
IN NEARBY TOWNS IN NEW JERSEY.
Montclair-Population, 1855; 327
hydrants. or one hydrant for every 81
people. Total hydrant rental, IS, 800.
Plainfield-Population, 11,267; 1926
hydrants, or one hydrant for every 30
people.
lation, 20, 900; 800 hydrants, or one
drant rental, $15, 900.
Summit-Populatlo 3, 500; so hy
drants, or one hydrant for every A
people.
Morristown-Population, s, 1856; Ill
hydrants or one hydrant for every
70 people. Total hydrant rental,
So, 775.
Note. Madison, at the present
time, has 152, hyrdants as compared
with 1875 hydrants in Morristown
today, with three times the popula-
tion of Madison.
NEW HYDRANTs NEEDED ON PRESENT
MAINS.
Washington street, about 800 feet
below Mill street.
Phoenix avenue. two hydrants in
stead of one.
Ann street, half way between Court
and Bank streets.
Bank street, half way between Park
Place and Ann street.
COLES avenue, corner of Farragut
Place.
Madison avenue, corner of Franklin
street.
Franklin street, corner of Ford
avenue
Morris street, half way between
Ridgsdale and Ford avenues.
Morris avenue, between Washington =
avenue and Mr.. Hurtzig's, two hy-
drants instead of one.
Washington Place, one.
Albeit avenue, half way between
Ridgedale avenue and Olyphant
Drive.
Albeit avenue, near river.
Olyphant Park.
Cutler street, between Mills street
and Speedwell avenue.
Water street, corner Willow street
Speedwell avenue, two additional
hydrants between Cutler street and
Thompson street.
Harrison street, corner Grant street.
James street, corner Green street.
King street, one.
Malcomb street, one.
Total, 81.
SUGGESTIONS FOR NEW WATER MAINS,
Schuyler avenue from Mt Kemble
avenue to Wetmore avenue.
Wetmore avenue to Ogden Place,
Ogden Place and Miller road to Mac
Culloch avenue, all OF 10 in. pipe
MacCullooh avenue from Perry
street to James street, in. pipe.
Ann street from Court street to
Western avenue, not less than s in.
pipe.