The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-10-08
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N. j. TO N. Y.
PIPE LINES
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table because some newspaper blew its
breath on the transaction
Speaking of his contract to supply
Staten Island with water, Mr.. Beall
said that his contract was simply an
auxiliary contract and that h city
only contracted to take three million
gallons daily AS a matter of fact, I'M
der the provisions of the contract the
city must take that quantity OF
water daily: at least it must pay for
that much.
The interview lasted about an hour,
at the end of which it had not been
made clear to the reporter. why the
company found it necessary to lay IT'S
mains under the XIII Won Kull to sup
ply Staten Island with sub-surface
water, unless it is because 1t is inn
possible to procure pure water from
subterranean sources on Staten Island.
He said there are two sources of sup
ply on Staten Island, one on the south
shore and another located at Totem
Vile. Both of these supplies, he said,
are influenced by the tides, and con-
tain a greater or lesser quantity of
salts according to the height of the
tide when the pumps are put in mo-
ton.
1t is understood that the two mains
under the Kill Won Kull are 30-inch
tubes. The East Jersey Water Com
pany Two years ago laid a big sixty
inch main from Little Falls, the source
of it's supply, to Hudson County. This
may be merely a coincidence. Mr.,
Beall said he knew nothing about the
inner workings of that corporation and
denied the statement that his COM
pany is subsidiary to it.
II have peer grossly misrepresented
In this matter he said. The Hudson
County Water Company has nothing tc
do with the, East Jersey Water Com
pany and holds no contract with
it for the purchase of water. Il
is true that another of the com
panies in which l am interested
has a contract with the East Jersey
Company. That is the New York anc
New Jersey Water Company, supplying
Bayonne with water. This company
also holds an agreement with the Easi
Jersey Water Company for supplying
Staten Island with water, but that
contract is practically dead, as it has
never become effective"
"If the New York and New Jersey
Water Company holds the contract
from the source of the supply how car
the Hudson County Water Company
supply the water?" asked the reporter
THE Hudson County Water Com
pany," replied Mr.. Beall, holds a con-
tract with the New York and New
Jersey Water Company for the delivery
of a minimum quantity of three millior
gallons of water daily to be delivered
to Staten Island"
Mr.. Beall then outlined his lega
battle still waging for the establish
ment of a water law, claiming tina
considerable credit should be due thu
parties who had so willingly takel
1.-THE bull by the horns, as it Were,
and carried the case to the highes
courts in the country.
when the United States Supreme
Court passes on the opinion of tn
New Jersey State courts" he said, q
water law for the entire country will
have been established
The Hudson County Water Company
according to Mr.. Beall, has i~nveste'
upwards of $500. 900 in pipe lines il
New Jersey purposely to supply Slater
Island with water, and was organizes
for practically no other purpose thai
to supply that community with water
Speaking on this subject, Mr.. Beal
said:
I'VE acted in good faith-the sam
faith as prompted the city of Newarl
to invest $500, 900 in a water plan
purchased from the East Jersey Waite
Company. The East Jersey Waite
Company purchased water sheds an
developed them. One was sold to tn
city OF Newark, and acting on perfec
confidence that Newark would do moth
ing but that which conformed strict,