State v. Board of Street & Water Commissioners

The opinion of the court was delivered by

Gummere, J.

The prosecutor was appointed by the defendant in August, 1892, as one of its firemen at its Belle-ville pumping-station. At the time of his appointment-the *110whole of the water-supply of Jersey City was taken from the Passaic river, the intake being located at Belleville, where the defendant’s pumping-station was erected. In August, 1895, the defendant entered into a contract with the East Jersey- Water Company by the terms of which Jersey City was to obtain a certain portion of its water-supply by gravity. The delivery of the water by gravity…