Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-02-02

HuDDlV 0AXOIIG with WotOa
for her needs, as we now are using
the full carrying capacity of our pipes
for our own people, and during this
winter there have been man, DAYS
when we were using about sixty million
gallons daily and had to reduce our
storage or purchase the excess.
objects Not Abandoned.
"Instead of having abandoned the OBJ
jects Of our litigation, we a boast
that, through the alertness and persls-
tency Of our officials, we have extracted
all the venom and drawn the fangs
from the Water Snake, so that no
further harm can be inflicted on us as
a city, and the State has the reptile so
bottled up thai 1t will never wriggle
beyond her borders.
''It was also stated that the city had
spent many thousands Of collars in
carrying on this litigation, the benefit
| Of which has been lost.
"This, like the other statements in
these articles, could be made only
through profound ignorance of the facts
or q reckless disregard for the truth
The city was successful in all its suits,
which were conducted by it's law off,
GERS. who received nothing in addition
to their regular salaries. No outside
counsel were employed and the water
company, as the losing party, had to
| pay the costs.
1.-THE only expense incurred by Jer-
eey City in connection with all of this
litigation was the wages of a few
watchman for a limited period, en-
ployed to prevent the company from
surreptitiously crossing the streets
with its pipes.
Competition Is Prevented.
Through the litigation not only have
we succeeded in preventing the water
company from becoming a water COM
petitor, but we have taken away from
1t railroads and other customers, which
now pay for water $350,00 annually,
or over 81 5000, 900 for the full term of
the contracts, a sum which the city
would not receive but for Its litigation.
For a clear understanding of the
merits of the case let me state that
Bayonne has been for some time and
Is now in great need of additional
water. The urgency of her needs was
repeatedly presented to me by the
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numerous other citizens Of that city.
In order to obtain the additional water
it was necessary that a second pipe
line be permitted to pass over some
500 square feet Of Jersey City property.
Repeated conferences were held be-
tween the parties in interest, but no
satisfactory agreement could be
reached, because in our Judgment the
water company was not willing to
grant to Jersey City what we believed
to be proper consideration and rights.
Finally the city of Bayonne insti-
tuted condemnation proceedings for
the purpose of obtaining by law the
property needed to complete its main.
The court, upon the application of the
city Of Bayonne, appointed Marshall
Van Wrinkle, Cornelius Cronin and
General P. Farmer wanser, three high
class men, as commissioners to APP
praise the value of the property in
question. and his commission found
the value to be $685. and so reported to
the court.
"These proceedings were set aside on
the application of Jersey City, by the
Supreme Court, upon the technical
ground that before condemnation pro-
ceedings were begun. no proper effort
had been made to agree with Jersey
City upon a price for the sale of this
property. Subsequently Bayonne start
ed a new suit, having first complied
with the conditions of attempting to
agree with the proper authorities of
Jersey City, and this suit was pending
at the time of the recent agreement
between the parties. 1t is the unani-
nous opinion of the city's law depart
ment that no objections on the part
of Jersey City could have resulted in
more than delay in the acquisition of
the necessary property rights by
Bayonne.
Therefore. the new proceedings In
stituted by Bayonne would probably Ii
the end have resulted in a court de-
cree giving to Bayonne the right which
was given in the agreement, but II
must be remembered that in that event
the valuable considerations and rights
acquired by Jersey City. which / shall
refer to later, would have been lost.
II the delay, thus forced on Bayonne,
should have resulted disastrously to
our sister city In the form of an epi-
demic caused by ~unsanitary conditions
or Of enormous damage caused by fire,
due to the lack Of water, the blaze