The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1900-07-25
FAVOR TRUNK SEWER.
Summit Withdrawn It's OBJ
jeetions Made to State
Commission.

A determined and exciting contest was
expected yesterday at the meeting of the
State Sewerage Commission, held in the
RULER Building, between those who were
regarded as the advocates of the joint
sewer system for Summit and those who
were looked upon as opponents of that
plan. The latter have claimed persist
emily that they were not actually oppos-
ing the scheme, but desired to be GER
tain that it was the very best plan for
Summit and not liable to result, as the
present system has, in a failure within
few years of the completion.
The advocates of the Joint sewer were
represented by Mayor Wilcox and Frank
L. Crawford, both New York lawyers, and
those who appeared for the co-called op-
ponents were w. z. Larned, also a New
York lawyer. and DIR. William H Risk,
two of the wealthiest residents and the
largest property owners in the city. The
entire question is to be finally settled by a
special election next Tuesday, at which
proposition to issue bonds for the payment
of SUBMITS share of the cost of the joint
system will be decided.
The meeting with the State Commission
wa Saranged at the request of those who
desired further information and all the
members of the commission were present
except Mayor Hinchliffe. Mr. Larned
presented a number of questions which
he had prepared in advance in reference
to the proposed system, and also In re-
gard to the adyisability of substituting
for it the septic treatment of sewage
Concerning the former, the commission
refused to consider the problem of possible
interference in the future with the outlet
OF the joint system at tidewater. Presi-
dent Hunt declared that the board could
not consider such a possibility. With re-
gard to septic treatment, he declared that
everything in that line thus far was in the
nature of an experiment, and it was i'm
possible to say whether it would ever
prove entirely successful.
Mr.. Larned started to discuss the ques-
tion of financial loss to Summit in the
abandonment of its president disposal
grounds, but President Hunt replied that
it was perfectly clear that Summit would
be obliged to expend a large sum of
money, either for the joint system or al
tering and enlarging its present method.
DR.. Risk requested from the commission
a specific official answer as to whether it
indorsed the joint system, and when the
president expressed reluctance about 60
ing into that question Or. Risk retorted:
IN other words, you wont indorse it,"
| The president was evidently under the
| impression that an attempt was being
| made to place the commission in a false
position. and he replied that it was evi-
| IDENTIFY the intention of some of those
present to put the commission in corner,
and he did not propose to allow it.
| ''The commission" he continued, Twill
not reply to that specific question, be-
cause it is outside of our province, and we
| do not want to do anything that would in
fuence the result of your special election y
| In reply to various other questions and
| in the general discussion of the scheme,
| it was clear that the commission favored
| the oint plan, and the president told all
| present very plainly that SUBMITS pres
| ent system would, in a short time, be
| condemned
| AS q result of the meeting, Messrs.
| Larned mad Risk aftedward expressed
| general satisfaction with the views of the
commission and intimated very positive
| ly that no further objection to the plan
! or to thep roDostion for a bond issue
| would be made by them.