Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-30
'WATER-sNAKE"
BOWLED OUT BY.
SEC'Y S7|MSON
War Department Head Refuses
to Renew Pact With
Company.
WATER DIVERSION FROM
JERSEY NOT NECESSARY
Staten Island Abundantly Sup-
piled With Wells for
Army Post. =

WASHINGTON, June 30.-Ihe Hud-
son County Water Company has been
oeieateu III us nsh' ~ uissi' -
!, -. ~ w. ct,,oson 70 renew
III. goyernToant,s contracts with that
corrosnv for that nnynose
Ths encouragement NV which the
"yatar.snake,sn unnon,1lar attempt is
ot,ep re o,isfus 10 as Follows.
.Astsr arss,,t investigation lie sec
rotary of ,yar has determined that there
I. nd ,onasr reason 10 apprehend a
sbortaea ~ water s,nnlv for the post
~ port yyad.woytb an Staten island.
hi tha+ IN the contrary. recent in
,,astiga tia, abou,s that many new wells
go hean onanea which indicate tnat
The sxisting supnIy Is ample. His de-
tarn,,natton 10 baaea mon a report by
ths quo rterma to the effect
that tnere is' and will be an ADEQUATE
s,,n,v on thai island for the use OF
: rn,,itarv observation.
.Irnder t,ese circumstances the sec
retarv OF war has determined that there
"a M necessity for pressing the pend
ino ~candemnafion suits to obtain a sup
nIy of water from the state of New
Isrsey ana has requested the attorney
oanarDJ tn discontinue those GOn0GD1na-
tfon suits
Notifies the water snake
Fl has also notified the Hudson
County Water Company, which is h
company that was proposing to supply
Fort Wadsworth with water from New
Jersey, after a right of way for that
purpose had been condemned, that con-
AAFV,r fiarn rpnano6in0C MILL ha dIGR0n-
tinued n that the government VIII
not renew the contract with the Hud-
son Water Company for such a water
supply from New Jerseyt
When ne announced mis- innings Mr.
Stimson also made public copies of the
correspondence tween Attorney-Gen-
eral Wfekersham n himself on the
supJeet, ~ aiso a oops
paou nras,aar+ - tba IIrdson ro,,,-
~ wa,er c.ononan, ,,estarday tnform.
tne hir, Of .ba yoysrnmsnt,s dacisiop
Tha ,o+.nr -. H.
ranuastsa ,hat nc oo-yernuant yyitb-
- 49,, 49, ann,nan,,,s s,,i. 80 ta.+
tha oons+itutionality Of Now Jarsav,s
an.,. diyars,on co.'s and also iron tba
a.aaaaatnna e. oondarn rigb+ os ,rav
- nira 1ira. ond s,hsurfaca water
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pe,ieS.,iIa
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statement OF Mat'er.
by letter of December IA, 1910. sup
p1emented by letter of February 4, 1911,
this department requested the attor-
n~ey-general to instruct the proper
United States attorney. to intervene for
the protection of the rights of the
United States under a contract with
the Hudson County Water Company,
renewable from year to year for
twenty wears, for a supply of water for
the military reservation of Fort Wads-
worth, on Staten Island, New York, in
the suit Instituted by that
to test the oonstitutionality of certain
acts Of the Legislature of the State of
New Jersey, f%orbidding the
of water through pipe lines from
sources within the state for use out
side the State, and also %forbidding the
laying of pipe lines under the waters
OF the state for such purposes; and also
requested the institution of
in behalf and in the name of the United
! States, to acquire, by condemnation. n
right 10 Law. maintain and operate
water pines across. under and through
the lands of the state of New Jersey
living under the nayigable waters of the
United states in the KIN Won K,,u and
Passaic and Hackensack rivers and
lacross through and under anv nublic
highway IN the state of New .Jersey
between the United States reservations
an staten island and the Sources of tbe
s,rnlv If the water companv in Nav
Jersey Those requests ,r,ere rnada ,r
vis1y az tbe ranorts +hen n,ade - +he
dena rtment that the water sunn1v =,
StatAn island spas annroa ching oy'
ha,,stion and that tba wster f,rnisbad
uras contaminstas NTH salt go atha,
ON