Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-06-11

North Plainfield and Warren In
Somerset county; Piscataway In Mid
dlesex county. n the following I'm
ion county communities: Ferwood,
Crawford, Westfield. North Plainfeld.
Garwood ,Mountainside, Kenilworth,
Roselle and Roselle PARK.
The townships of Piscataway, Rar-
itan and Woodbridge the bor-
oughs of Metuchen and Roosevelt in
Middlesex county are served by the
Middlesex Water Company. Manu-
featuring establishments and rail-
roads along Staten Island round be-
tween Elizabeth and Perth Amboy are
also supplied by this company
SO far as the service to the city
of Elizabeth is concerned, the utility
board said the quantity of water avail
able Is insufficient and must either be
Immediately augmented or must be
conserved through the installation or
meters. The testimony showed that
the increase in the quantity of water
available canno be expected shor or
two years under the best conditions
and in consequence and installation of
meters is the only remedy Immediately
available by which the existing guam
tity can be mad to furnish substan-
TALLY h service now demanded.
Order was issued to the Elizabeth
town company 10 install water meters
for all its industrial customers and
for at least 5000 Of its tenement
resident customers, supplied for do
nestle purposes. and between Decent
Der 81. 1920, n December 81, 1921,
to install for all customers of the
company not included in the forego-
ing. 1t Is further directed that for
all new customers in the future, the
service shall be metered.
In the Plainfeld-Cnion territory,
additional water Is needed. The mains
are fairly good in size and no COM
plants have been received regarding
insufficient pressure. The water now
supplied is of a proper quality.
In Elizabeth the following are
needed: First, additional water; Sec
ond, a general increase In pressure
throughout the entire territory; third,
additional Transmission capacity avail
able for supply OF water to the east
ern end of Trumbull street and vici-
nifty: fourth, additional transmission
capacity eastward n southeastward
from the point where the line from
Robinson's branch enters the city of
Elizabeth to Elizabeth avenue and
beyond.
In the Middlesex Water Company's
territory additional water IS needed
and additional transmission capacity
between South Plainfield and Wood
bridge. Owners OF Industrial plants
in Roosevelt have complained that !
the Middlesex Water Company has
sufficient water If it were not being
sold 10 Elizabeth, but 1t is impossible |
to get the water from South Plain |
field to Woodbridge in the absence |
OF additional transmission capacity. |
Until such transmission capacity is
furnished, no present harm comes
from the supply of this water to
Elizabeth.
To meet this latter situation the
utility board has ordered the Middle |
EAy Water Conn o " ~ rnnnrf 70 q /
not later than September % next |
such arrangements as it has made, |
or attempted, to finance the cost of
construction of a transmission main
from South Plainfield to Woodbridge.
The order to the P1ainfield-Union
Company to meter its service pro-
,vides that this must be done before
November l next.
i already stated above said the
report of the utility commission
made public today, sit will be neces-
lsary to obtain a new source of sup
OF the water in the wells becomes
and lower. Plans have been
developed, estimates made and prop
erty obtained by which water is to be
obtained from the Raritan river and
from the Milestone river at a point
1t is proposed to construct
two dams, one across the mouth Of
the Milestone river, and the other
across the Raritan river just above
the Milestone. These two rivers drain
Watersheds quite Independent Of one
and 1t often occurs that the
from one stream will be en-
tirely clear when the other has been
muddied by heavy rains. The aver
age minimum flow of the Milestone !
river Is about thirty-lve million gall
ions daily. The average minimum !
flow of the Raritan river is sixty-hve
gallons daily, at this point,
making a possible total minimum
dow of 100 million gallons daily.
1.-THE three companies associated [
recently obtained from the de-
of conservation and devel- Z
opment permission for the diversion I
twenty million gallons daily. Upon .
appeal the courts rave sustained the \
departments permission" :.
Concerning the development plan, /:
boards report said in part: ?
TT was expected that construction 4
would proceed as soon as the legal 4
matters were Strengthened out and 4
financial backing could be obtained. s
Tie extremely high cost of all con- :
materials, however, has :
made It difficult to finance this pro- !
feet and In addition the officials of Z
mpa feel that in the absence z
of definite contracts between the s
companies and the m~unicipali- i
les TO be served, the company is y
certain risks which interfere Z
nith prompt financing of this pro- 4
Ieet. The total cost of the project. y
including the reinforcement OF mains Z
the city of Elizabeth n h conf
of a new transmission line
rom South Plainfield to Woodbridge
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