The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1902-03-27
BARGAIN NEAR
Terms for Time Extension Of
the Water Contract
Taking Definite
Shape.
NIGHTLY CONFERENCES
Results Of Last Nights sss-
sion Formal Action to
Be Taken Next
Tuesday.
NIGHTLY CONFERENCES

The water question has been so far set
fled that now it is unofficially announced
that the Board OF Street and Water Conn
nlssioners, at its meeting next Tuesday
afternoon, will pass resolutions which will
be concurred in by the Board Of Finance,
and approved by Mayor Pagan. The reso-
+ iutions will embody the views Of the city
officials, as expressed through the series
Of conferences not yet ended and these
views will be acceptable to the East Jer-
sey Water Company and TO Contractor P.
H. Flynn. The time extension asked for
will be granted, the temporary supply will
be continued as now, the work will. be
pushed to a speedy completion. the city
Will lose nothing, and-it is hoped-the
water puzzle viii be forever solved.
Last night the Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, to a man. and
Finance Commissioners Brock and Nagle
with Mayor Pagan. conferred informally
at the Mayors office until after eleven
o'clock While there was nothing de-
cisive,a according to some of those pres
ent, ther was new plan proposed that
was accepted as an excellent one, and this
will be offered the water people for con-
sideration 1t is that Flynn agree to fin
ish the works by December Is, 1868 or to
pay $500 penalty for every subsequent day
that the works remain unfinished He IS
| to be exempt from similar penalty until
that date Then the East Jersey Water
Company is to offer some tangible guar
antee that 1t will exert every effort to
have the works completed on the date
specified and to then agree that should
the works be not completed on time 1t
will furnish to the city after March J.,
1904, a temporary supply Of water for an
amount equal to the interest at four per
+ cent. on the bond issue of 600 plus
600 year This $4,000 is to be added
by the city in view Of the fact that 1t
il estimated it will cost that amount
operae the works when they are COM
uleted. March / is set as the date on
which the Rockaway water should be
/ turned on.
The agreement for a temporary supply
| after March /, 1904, is to have clause III
which 1t is. to specify that the supply at
/ the rate fixed shall be for three years, or
sQnt iii the works are completed
Just what the water people Link about
! these propositions could not be learned
this morning They were altoeether new
/ to them and an offhand reply could not
be given. The manner in which the Flynn
people and the East Jersey Water peopis :
| received the information from reporter
| Of ..The News was such as to lead ose
to believe they were not unfavorably i'm
pressed.
The situation is now considered more
hopeful than ever On all sides there is
/ a genuine desire to settle the matter at
/ lxva VIC.
/ TO recede from original positions to red
! sonable degree and to meet each other at
least half way.
! Flynn is willing to eede to the city at
once all his interests at Longwood val
ley. He saw the justice of the officials'
demands for this concession to strengthen
/ their position He is also confident that
with the funds of the East jersey water
Company at his disposal he can complete
/ the works on time. He has now almost
twenty months in which to compete two
thirds of a job which he originally con-
tracted to complete in two years Ihe
most difficult task in the work is the anti
pollution scheme and the building OF the
dam But with favorable weather the
latter is easily within the range of oossi-
bility. The anti-polution scheme IS not
so easily put through; but III * ra
energy ard tmc-ihirds Of the determine
ton which he processes at presene VIII
do the job Not only is Flynn confident
that he will be able to do as he agrees,
hut the city authorities are equally con-
fdent in his ability to do it. So far as
the guarantee of the East Jersey Com
pany that it will see to the compiet on
Of the works is concerned. the city
authorities are becoming more convinced
hourly that the mere fact that 1t is ad-
yancing something like three millions and
a half is sufficient guarantee that It IS
anxious to speedily conclude its business.
In addition to this, ther is the company s
offer to give the temporary supply for
four per cent. of the bond issue Plus 900
after the date set for completion Of the
works which it made to the city Monday
night
So hopeful is the situation that the
street and Water Commissioners, the
Board of Finance and the Mayor have
agreed to meet nightly until the question
is solved. This argues that they see the
conclusion of their trouble. There will be
a conference tonight,