The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1903-05-05
HOW The WORK
GOES ON.
Engineer Ferris Tells What
Was Done In April On
the Water Works.
GREAT ADVANCE MADE
Work Must Be Pushed Rapid
ly to Ensure Completion
Ass
On Contract Time.

At this afternoons meeting Of the
Street and Water Board, Garwood Fer
ris, engineer in charge of the construc-
tion of the new water supply, submitted
the following report concerning the prog
ress of the work during April and the
plants present condition.
Jersey City, May /, 1908.
Hon. Board of Street and Water Com
missioners:
"Gentlemen-Wor Work during April has
on the whole proceeded very satisfac-
torily.
ION the Parisppany dixie, which is to
be about 3, 720 inches in length, 988 lineal
feet of core wall has been placed in
excavation and brought to the original
surface; the depths of this excavation
vary from 5 to ~ feet. In one or two
locations your engineer POSSIBLY too con-
servatively) thought that the preliminary
test pits indicated the desirability of a
greater depth. and this view he COM
municated in writing to the Chief Engi-
neer of the Jersey City Water Supply
Co. The chief, resident and consulting
engineers of the Jersey City Water Sup
ply Co. in reply stated that they felt they
were perfectly safe and were ready to
assume all responsibility.
"Of the reservoir basin (about $40
acres in alp 263 acres were in woodland.
Prior to this season 1876 acres and during
April about 100 acres were cleared, leav-
ing about 27 acres vet to clear.
"At the main dam during April about
16,500 cubic yards of masonry have been
placed.
mo the four coDduits the line has
generally been cleared and considerable
amount of trench excayated.
'sThe lining of the Hook Mountain
and Watching tunnels with brick mas
onry has gone ahead satisfactorily.
"At Watching, with total of 1918
feet, 1850 lineal feet of side wallis are
erected, 2,4S3 lineal feet of arch has
been turned
"As to the six foot steel pipe line
been laid, except about SO feet at the
Hackensack River, and 5 feet at east
end of Pipe Line No. g.
4.The river pipe at the Hackensack
has had the faults due to non-conformity
Of the pipe as put together with the
line of the excavated trench corrected.
ssAt Brookdale Junction the 5-16 inch
thimbels for connection have been placed
on both the East Jersey and our 6-foot
line and understand all the material
to complete the connections between the
two systems is on hand and shortly will
be in places
sFrom Brookdale into Jersey City it
will be seen that the line is almost in
shape 10 convey water, but before it can
be SO used a number of distortions in
the interior contour of the pipe, due to
the soft character Of the steel and short
comings in mode of back filing and in
providing uniform and even bed for
the pipe will have to be remedied.
"eBcause state, as above, that it will
then be possible to use the pipes for our
supply | don't wish to convey the inn
preston that the line is otherwise near
complete under our specifications. On the
contrary, numerous small details still
remain for attention, and possibly will
still so remain, even after the line is used
for furnishing our supply.
"Respectfully submitted,
"GARWOOD FERRIS,
Engineer in Charge"