Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-22
DEPENDENT
ON PROTECTION OF
JERSEY WATERS
Newark's Needs Are Outlined in
Hearing on Bill to Curb
Monopoly.
fFrom a staff Correspondent l

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TRENTON, March %. After an
other three hours of discussion by
friends and foes of the measure the
hearing OH the McCran suloterranean
water bill was adjourned yesterday aft
ernoon until next Wednesday morning
at l0:15 o'clock. Yesterdays arguments
introduced no new version of the con-
troversy over the bill which seeks to
prevent a diversion of subsurbace
waters from the State. 1t is understood
that Mr.. MeCran will be the only
speaker Wednesday.
Former Acknowledgement Robert II.
McCarter. counsel for the hudson
County Water Company, described the
details of the contract entered into in
1905 between the water company ana
the Staten Island authorities providing
for the diversion of waters from this
State to tina island. He quoted from the
Court of Errors opinion to the effect
that subterranean waters are private
property" and declared that it was on
the strength of that opinion that the
water company's representative leased
y ellis in Newark for the carrying OF
s~ubsurface waters 10 Staten sland. Mr..
McCarter explained that the company
had built a pipe line over nine miles
long and costing over $4,000 TO trans
port this water, with no idea that there
was any possible obstacle, when sud-
denly the opposition developed.
Former Senator Everett Colby de-
sired the privilege of correcting the
statement made at q previous hearing
that the War Department had been
"buncoed' when it was advised that
an added water supply was required at
the governments fort on Staten Island.
Mr. Colby declared that he went To
WASHINGTON 10 see Secretary of War
Dickinson expressly yor the purpose of
determining whether or not the govern
ment really needed and wanted this
jersey water. 9TH secretary OF war
personally assured me that the water
was wanted. and added that anyone
who said 1t wasn't should be burned. :
stated. Colby.
Washing ton Beall. president of the
water company, declared that every
thing lie owns has been sunk in the
company; that a certain contractor was
in his office only yesterday weeping be-
cause OF his failure to collect $1,000
owed hiuc by the company; that paper
OF the company has already gone to
protest. and that the passage OF the
McCran bill in its present form means
ruin to.the company.
Counselor Albert c. Wall questioned
the accuracy OF Mr.. Mct7arter's state
ment that New Jersey has enough
water to supply the entire United
States. In response to an inquiry, he
explained that Jersey City's interest in
the matter was o~ccasioned by its desire
to conserve O. natural %resource of the
State. #e
Herbert Toggs. city attorney of New
ark, protested against the diversion of
subterranean waters because he felt
that some day there win be an urgent
need by the State of these waters below
the surface.
Morris Sherrerd, city engineer of
Newark. declared that there would
probably be a requirement. by Newark
for an added water supply from a sub
terranean source IN a few years, for he
felt that the present water supply of
the city would be overtaxed by that
time.