The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1899-10-31
TRUNK SEWER.
State Sewerage Board Hear
Arguments Against
the Scheme.
MAYOR sEYMOUR's SPEECH
He Thinks the Proposed Plan
Will Injure Bayonne
City.

yesterday afternoon in its Office IN Inc
Fuller Building and heard arguments for
and against the proposed trunk line sewer
which Is to drain the Passaic Valley and
empty into the Kill Won Kuli. Counsel
were present representing the various
towns and villages interested. r. ]. SIN
clair. a member of the Commission, was
on hand to protect the plan for the sewer
c. ]. English. Counsel for Union Town
ship, was the first speaker, Union ne
said embraced all the towns and villages
in Union County north of the Centrat
Railroad tracks from Ell Mora to Gran
ford. This section, he said, was rapidly
growing up and needed a system OF sewer
age. Union wanted the privilege OF con-
Meeting with the proposed trunk sewer
and was willing to pay for It, but he DID
not think it should be assessed as heavily
as the towns In Essex, as 1t lived nearer
to the outlet.
Mr.. C. w. Manahan made a similar plea
for New Roselle and New Orange and Mr..
r. P, Sinclair of the Commission spoke
of the Boards attitude. Among other
things he said
sWhen the question of disposing OF the
sewage wa taken up by our town we
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found such a plan. defective. Col. War
ing. whom I consulted. said: If you can
get to tide water you do not want 70
bother witbzdisposal beds
I'VE knew thatthere were several towns
that were In sthe same position as our
selves, who hadstorgo through the same
territory and use the same valley II
seemed feasible for US to join together
and getsa joint sewer at as small a cost
to each township as possible. I asked the
question of the governing bodies OF the
different townships, If you can join with
us in constructing a joint sewer to tide
water, the cost to be equally distributed.
will you do so?" They all replied in the
affirmative and the present plan is the
result.
"In regard to Union township, no prop
osition has ever been submitted to us.
We have e~ndeayored to max the scheme
as comprehensive as possible. We appre-
ciate that we are all neighbors, despite
township and county lines, and we appre-
ciate the fact that in carrying the sewer
to tide water 1t will be a great benefit to
us and all others who may make use of
1t. There has been no time when we
would not have been willing to take in the
townships of Union county. We are per-
fectly willing that Union Township shall
join with US providing it does as we would
do. pay its proportioaates share of the
costs.
II would suggest tina Union Town
ship engage a competent engineer and
have him submit without delay an
estimate of the ultimate population and
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required to accommodate the sewage. On
this estimate the proportionate cost can
be figured. If any of our towns take
twenty per cent. of the capacity of the
sewer they agree to pay twent per cent.
of the cost The nearer the town is to the
outlet the less will be its share of the ex-
pense."
Commissioner w. T. Hunt here inter
rupted the speaker to say that the Board
had no power to veto plans only to sug-
gest. 1t only had power over the dis
charge of sewage matters, but all felt
as though 1t should take In as much
territory as possible.
Mayor Seymour. of Bayonne. objected
TO the proposed plan for a trunk sewer
on the ground if 1t was allowed to empty
into the kills at the point contemplated in
the plans. the shores of Bayonne would
be covered with sewage and refuse to the
great detriment of the health of the city.
He spoke at some length in this strain
and argued earnestly against the plan.
Among other things he said:-
Our Committee on Streets and Sewers
had a. meeting with the Essex county
people, and t~a}kedJethe matter over the
other EVENING" Ne do not wish to stand
in the way of this great Improvement.
We wish to see it go through. The towns
north of Elizabeth are very much In need
of an outlet. We suggested that Eliza
beth be furnished with an outlet for the
southern portion of the city. Experts are
not at work to find out what part of the
trunk sewer will be needed by Eliza-
beth Elizabeth makes no objection to
the outlet at Bay Way, as the current
there is SO swift that it will carry Off
all sewage which may be emptied there.
The intention of the Council is to run
only the surface water into the Eliza
beth River, and to empty the crude sew
g into the trunk sewer"
President Chase of the New Jersey
Board of Pilots. who lives in South Am
boy, also spoke against the plan. His
argument followed closely the lines OF
an interview with him which was recent
ly printed in 1.-The Jersey City News
The commission adjourned without taxi
ing any action in the matter