The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1905-06-14
Attorney General McCarter
Asks for An Injunction
Against the Hudson
Company.
TO STOP DIVERSION OF SUPPLY
Defendants in Seeking to Take
Water to New York Vio-
late the Bachelor Act.
Special to .sThe Jersey city News.)

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TRENTON, June IA, 1905 Applica-
tion was made in chancery yesterday by
Attorney General McCarter, acting on
the relation of Henry B. Kummel, State
Geologist, to obtain an injunction re-
straining the Hudson County Water
Company and its agents from conveying
or transporting water from the Passaic
River into New York State. The suit is
instituted by virtue of the Bachelor anti
water diversion bill which was passed by
the last legislature, becoming law.
The East Jersey Water Company, so
the bill of complaint says. has big plant
at Little Falls, on the Passaic River. and
it is charged that the company daily d.
yerts from the river 10000, 600 gallons of
water, or more. to deliver to municipal
corporations and other consumers
The East Jersey Water Company, it is
averred, entered into contract in 1905
with the New York and New Jersey Wa
ter Company to sell to it all the water it
might need to supply the city Of Bay
onne
The New York and New Jersey Com
pany laid main under this contract.
This line connected with those of the
East Jersey Company and has a capacity
Of 12.o00.ce0 gallons day.
Last year. it is claimed, another CON
tract was made and signed with Bay
onne by virtue Of which the New York
and New Jersey Company was empower
ed 70 construct larger mains in the city
and 10 use them to supply water, not
only 70 the CRY. bur 10 points beyond
its territory
The Hudson county company, it is as
serted. has laid mains in Bayonne far
beyond the capacity Of the city and it
is charged that the New York and New
Jersey Company has agreed with the
Hudson county company to supply the
latter with water received from Little
Falls. for the use of consumers on Staten
Island.
Other contracts, it is alleged, have
been made with the Hudson county com
pany with consumers in Staten Island
including the Staten Island Rapid Tran
sit Railway company the Staten Island
Railway company and the Baltimore and
New York Railway company. whereby
the Hudson company will deliver water
to them in Staten Island
June /. 1905, the Hudson county COM
pany, 50 the bill recites, agreed with the
city Of New York to supply water from
Little Falls to Staten Island to be dis
tributed BY the municipal authorities to
consumers on the island This contract.
it IS claimed. calls for 100000 gallons
Of water daily for a term Of ten years.
It is claimed thar the Staten Island
contracts referred to were entered into
BY the defendant with full knowledge
Of the existence Of the Bachelor law.
Tie bill SLOWS in detail the water sup
ply of North Jersey and the demands on
1 it t. consumers.
This bill says. 9The demand for water
for use in JERSEY City is growing even
mere rapidly tilan the popnla ion of tile
State. and it is apparent that within
few generations the entire sapp., Of the
Yassaic River ale its tributaries will be
required for the uses Of the people Of this
Stale, and that the diversion of lsrg.
quantities Of water from the Passaic at
Little Falls will render the stream made
quate TO perform the functions desigaea
BY nafure, which. functions are esseltial
to the health and prosperity Of the efti-
zens Of this State
The area Of the watershed above Lit
tie Falls Of the Passaic aud its tributa-
ries is given as 773 square miles. ali
but 14s 6-10 square miles Of which lies
IN New jersey, the rest being in New
York.
According to the bill, t'ae State Geolo-
gst estimates thar the total supply Of
water available from the total watershed
Is S4,66l 6S2 gallons PEI day, without
storage, Or $4,000, ,0G0 gallons per day
with storage. It IS shown .bat or the
Peauannock water supply Of 5o.oog 0o0
gallons a day has been provided BY New
ark, tie city at present drawing on this
for so.e9} o9o gallons day
It is ssowu that within forty years
Newark : demand Is likely to exceed the
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