New-York tribune., 1901-11-24

huadredrhs below the constitutional limit He said
the improvements OF roads and streets had been
nads with Z hand so lavish that little more could
BE- ACCOMPLISHED in -hat direction He declared that
the extravagance CT the Town Council was scandal
ous, and referred 70 the recent smallpox scare,
which cost the town s7eo, although the disease ex
sd IN only two families He asserted that the dis
position Of sewage would soon become a serious
consideration as the State Board Of Health is ex-
peced az almost any tine prohibit drainage into
TIE Passaic River. already polluted TO a degree
which deprives II OF all lis charms as a waterway
He said Newark would have 70 meet the problem or
sewage sisposirfon and that II would be 20 the ad-
Esntsse o. the small towns adjoining 70 share in
whatever plan Newark might adopt and not TO De
compelled 10 shift for themselves without the rlght
u drain into Newark territory He said the out4y-
ng and less densely populated portions OF the to"n
EoEld not. perhaps. be benefited as quickly ana
thoroughly as The old village. but that even Brook
cals and Chestnut Hill would probably welcome
's5s. from their present burdens and the prospect
immunity from others 70 come sooner or later
= oppressed z belief that the manufacturers OF
5s'nteld and the business men were practically
MT il favor of consolidation but said the poiti-
azns Of the town were generally opposed 10 II
S1alar views were expressed by half dozen other
rsn
The PROTOCATION TO ANNEXATION
The immediate provocatior TO the annexationists
rssa os TIE ratables from 100000 $40 1000 and
G the tax rate from s. 81 20 So 25 each 500 OF
assessed valuation. Local pride and the desire to
retain the local name are causes OF opposition An
other IS the motive retain the local Offices
Within the area which could comprise single
compact city is every form OF municipal control
villages boroughs towns. townships and cities
With all their separate and expensive machinery,
1neir separate municipal buildings or Offices paying
rent and their clashings Of interests In Newark
broader sentiment prevails The conviction is felt
eAet sooner or later the municipal limits VIII
ss.escn IRON the bay the MatcnUnE Mountains
TI9 r. rom the Psssaic 70 the Jnion county INES
Of re E Willingness TO assume All the oohgatiohs
- ne territories 70 be annexed
e-E 5ezro Of Trade. enlarged upon the great ac-
sSslltsees 10 city ana townships q anneNatlon and
scFocateo the munctpaiizstion OF the entire coun-
sLo thirty square miles just the size or Phla-
oelphia- He showed that the new county park
latlties into closer relations make the future
tb sbr5ssT city New parkways are 70 De conStEuc,ed
ioagncut the counties TO connect the large PARKS
ele when the river Is cieansed The Park ComInls-
Saoh vii build a boulevard from Woocsloe TO tne
Park system. This improvement is strongly de-
sS s.,ea oy Belvidere and Fraslkiin- and II VIII oe
: the greater weight that Newark with all OF its
si'aller neshbors annexed would have in state al
CTS ana IN legislation at Trenton.
g,vs- eAsoIls tor opposing corlseiIla .oII +s
rsSh 70 the reporters by Bloomfield Fesloents'
reen shaded Il ded yiGs By rare ef es is IS
e 1t nSnorec years old and the desceeno e g.
: exeep. The Common A white haired OLD
nc. nj loio the reporter that he unauallnedly
Mon IF are annexed 70 newark = said he
rsoul the flrt thing viii be the passing Of the oc
se official reports ard other proceedings it will be
izeo az park and be the sacred
+ only on sh. condition that the act authorizing
e1-i1ne Il positive terms that the old green