Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-10-28
The MAYOR
DEMANDS
WATER
A Strong Message to City
Council.
He URGES PLAN.
Suggests Recommendations and
Tells How to Obtain
the Money.

Last night Mayor Arthur G. Whita-
ker sent to City Council strong mes
sage urging immediate action In pro-
yiding North Bridgeton with an ade-
quate supply of water. The message
in full reads as follows:
Bridseton, N, j., October 25, 1915.
To the President and Members of the
City Council of the City of Bridge
ton:
Gentlemen:
The unfortunate fire of Sunday
morning, October "a, resulting In the
total destruction of the building of the
Wesley Memorial M. e. Church, and
the serious threatening of much other
valuable property in the immediate vi
cinity, directs attention to immediate
and imperative duty upon the part Of
the City Council to provide an ade-
quate water supply for protection
from fire, for that most important Sec
tion of the city known as North
Bridgeton.
Too long have the people of North
Bridgeton suffered the inconveniences
of lack of water sufficient for proper
household uses, and there has been on
time when the fire department has
been enabled to properly fight fire in
that section of the city. owing to the
utter lack of water. The destruction
of the Wesley Memorial Church prop
|erty is distressing. The loss falls up
on an energetic. earnest congregation
of men and women who can Ill afford
it, and who must by years of hard
work and sacrifice. replace the prop
erty that previous we'll directed efforts
made possible. No longer can the city
escape its responsibility of providing
for North Bridgeton what should be
theirs by right.
The problem of providing adequate
water supply for North Bridgeton has
been before the City Council for
number of years, and many plans have
been suggested and debated, but moth
ing has as yet been determined upon.
In my official capacity urge upon the
members of City Council to meet the
demand and provide for the future and
do it now Their els nothing more i'm
portant that can engage the attention
of City Council than proper and ade-
quate fire protection.
haustive report and recommendation
upon the North Bridgeton water sup
ply problem made by the Commission
er of Public Works under date of Mar.
4th, 1913. In that report the Commits
sioner considered at length three
plans, and your especial attention is
directed to his third suggestion, which
is quoted as follows:
"The only means Of providing a
good pressure at all times would
be by the erection of standpipe
on the top of the hill at Penn st.
(or some other suitable location)
and. running a line direct to this
standpipe from the new pumping
station The line would be prac-
tically the same as that outlined
for direct pumping, but about 500
feet longer, in order to reach the
location of the tank, in fact, the
direct pressure line could be built
and the standpipe added at some
future time This arrangement
would give pressure of from
thirty to forty pounds at all
times"
The cost estimated by the Commits
sioner for this work in this report, in
GLIDING the standpipe, was $21, ,113.00.
If the members of City Council will
study carefully that report it will al
so be found that the Public Works
Commissioner, in discussing the North
Bridgeton situation, makes this signifi-
cant suggestion:
II might say here for purpose
of comparison, that the pressure
of Laurel st. near Commerce st.
is about SIS pounds. A pressure of
25 pounds at hydrant will throw