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董事会的一个委员会的贸易的纽瓦克。, recently appeared before the finance committee of the common council to urge the establishment of a high-pressure service, valuable as it would be to city to be used for putting out fires. It was the idea of the committee that an additional main could be laid from the South Orange avenue reservoir, down South Orange avenue to Market street to a point eastward of the Pennsylvania railroad, with connections north and south in Broad street, so that sufficient pressure could be secured to reach the tops of the tall buildings in Broad street. Engineer Morris R. Sherrcrd, of the water department of the Board of Works, appeared as a champion of the improvement, which he said would cost the city about $100,000, but would be of incalculable benefit in the future. He said that the recent destructive fire in Hugh Smith’s tannery, at Central avenue and Hoyt street, was an instance where an increased water mains in the recently annexed district, where water pressure would have saved thousands of dollars’ loss. Fire Commissioner T. E. Burke said his department was heartily in favor of anv plan which would provide more water for firefighting purposes. Nevertheless, there was a more crying need for at a fire not long ago the department was forced to stand round and watch a house burn, because there was no water within a mile. If any money were to be spent, he was of the opinion that it should be put where there was now no supply, rather than in the centre of the city, where the supply was adequate to present needs. In reply Engineer Sherrcrd stated that the city has already spent three times as much for water mains in newly opened districts as the revenue obtained warranted, as compared with the centre of the city. It was not fair to the old city, and was not a oaytng proposition. In his opinion the outlying districts should not he taken care of at the expense of the central section. The twenty-four-inch main in Broad street, and the eight-inch and sixinch mains in Market streets are fed from the Clifton avenue reservoir, which gives only a pressure of no pounds. The South Orange avenue reservoir gets a pressure of 300 pounds direct from the watershed, but, as it is not connected ordinarily with the mains in the centre of the city, that 200-pounds extra pressure is virtually being lost. By the laying of an additional main to Rroad and Market streets, the fire department will get a pressure sufficient to throw a stream over the Prudential building. A main sufficient to protect the center of the city could be laid for $60,000, and a complete system for $100,000. The only cost would he for interest and sinking fund charges, as the maintenance would he paid for by the property owners benefited. The additional pressure could be borne by the existing plumbing in the building. No action was taken, the members of the committee agreeing with Mr. Burke that the needs of unprotected districts should be considered first, before incurring large expense for a high-pressure water supply in the centre of the property interests.
董事会的一个委员会的贸易的纽瓦克。, recently appeared before the finance committee of the common council to urge the establishment of a high-pressure service, valuable as it would be to city to be used for putting out fires. It was the idea of the committee that an additional main could be laid from the South Orange avenue reservoir, down South Orange avenue to Market street to a point eastward of the Pennsylvania railroad, with connections north and south in Broad street, so that sufficient pressure could be secured to reach the tops of the tall buildings in Broad street. Engineer Morris R. Sherrcrd, of the water department of the Board of Works, appeared as a champion of the improvement, which he said would cost the city about $100,000, but would be of incalculable benefit in the future. He said that the recent destructive fire in Hugh Smith’s tannery, at Central avenue and Hoyt street, was an instance where an increased water mains in the recently annexed district, where water pressure would have saved thousands of dollars’ loss. Fire Commissioner T. E. Burke said his department was heartily in favor of anv plan which would provide more water for firefighting purposes. Nevertheless, there was a more crying need for at a fire not long ago the department was forced to stand round and watch a house burn, because there was no water within a mile. If any money were to be spent, he was of the opinion that it should be put where there was now no supply, rather than in the centre of the city, where the supply was adequate to present needs. In reply Engineer Sherrcrd stated that the city has already spent three times as much for water mains in newly opened districts as the revenue obtained warranted, as compared with the centre of the city. It was not fair to the old city, and was not a oaytng proposition. In his opinion the outlying districts should not he taken care of at the expense of the central section. The twenty-four-inch main in Broad street, and the eight-inch and sixinch mains in Market streets are fed from the Clifton avenue reservoir, which gives only a pressure of no pounds. The South Orange avenue reservoir gets a pressure of 300 pounds direct from the watershed, but, as it is not connected ordinarily with the mains in the centre of the city, that 200-pounds extra pressure is virtually being lost. By the laying of an additional main to Rroad and Market streets, the fire department will get a pressure sufficient to throw a stream over the Prudential building. A main sufficient to protect the center of the city could be laid for $60,000, and a complete system for $100,000. The only cost would he for interest and sinking fund charges, as the maintenance would he paid for by the property owners benefited. The additional pressure could be borne by the existing plumbing in the building. No action was taken, the members of the committee agreeing with Mr. Burke that the needs of unprotected districts should be considered first, before incurring large expense for a high-pressure water supply in the centre of the property interests.
