Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-24
'WATER-SNAKE"
IS BLOCKED IN
LATEST SCHEME
Hudson Authorities Reject Gov
eminent Offer for Land for
Pipe Line Crossings.

JERSEY CITY, Jan. 24.-The East
Jersey Water Company, COMMONLY
known as the Water Snake, ="
has just met an obstacle in
the way of It's most recent scheme TO
divert potable water of this State into
New York. The scheme, which o II
sisted Of an offer by the United States
Government to pay $40 apiece for three
thirty-foot strips of land as crossings
for a pipe line. was Knocked on the
sconce BY the Street and Water Board,
which declined the offer.
The United States governments offer
and agreement was made through
United States Attorney j. 3. Yree-
land ON January 8, with a view to the
taking of such rights and property by
condemnation proceedings pursuant TO
authority vested by act Of Congress
in the secretary Of war in case of
inability to agree with the proper au-
thorities upon price and damages.
The governments offer was referred
TO Corporation Counsel Warren Dixon,
who advised that the board pass Il
resolution declining the offer, that the
government may be in a position to
condemn, if 1t has such right. The
board will accept no price and will
fight the matter in the courts.
Land Strips Thirty Feet Wide.
The three tracts desired by the
United States Government are describe
ed In the offer as Hatch avenue sew
er crossing, Danforth avenue sewer
crossing and Neptune avenue sewer
crossing The government asked for
the right to lay and maintain a water
main over the three strips of land
thirty feet wide land through and I'M
der" certain sewer pipes, to be laid and
maintained at a depth of not less than
twelve inches below the surface Of
soil, not to interfere or infringe upon
said sewers, said pipe to be laid in n
ditch, width not exceeding three and q
half feet"
Opposite Hatch avenue there is n
four-foot iron sewer pipe. The descrlp-
ton Of this tract is given in the gov
ernfnent's proposal as follows: Com
nlencing on lands formerly OF Abigail
Z. Waters at a point fifteen feet north
Of the centre line of n four-foot iron
pipe sewer heretofore laid by the city
on the west side of the Morris Canal,
opposite Hatch avenue. running south
eriy and within ten feet OF and parallel
with the westerly limo of the towpath
of the Morris Canal a distance Of
thirty feet TO the lands now or former
iy OF Abigail p. Waters"
Tract No. Q, the Danforth avenue
sewer crossing, is described as beng
thirty feet wide. claimed by the city,"
and under which two sewer pipes run
opposite the foot of Danforth avenue.
It Commences on lands now or form
erly Of Emmett Smith, at a point fifteen
feet north Of the centre line of said
strip of land aforesaid claimed by the
city and running thence southerly and
within ten feet of and parallel with
the westerly line OF the towpath of
the canal, a distance of thirty feet, to
lands of Jacob w. Detwiller."
Under tho Neptune venue tract, or
tract No. 3, a steel or iron sewer pipe
Is constructed, which commences at
lands of Elizabeth D. Baker, at a
point on the centre line of Nertune
avenue, projected TO and across Morris
Canal to the west side thereof and
within ten feet from the towrath of
the canal and running northerly and
within ten feet of and parallel with
tho westerly line of the towpath OF the
canal. a distance of 305 feet TO land
now or formerly of Elizabeth d. Baker,
bounded on the south by the centre
line of Winfield. formerly Runyon ave-
Canal"