The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-07-10
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The Board of Sewerage of this
city, appointed by the Common
Council, have made exhaustive in
quiries into the matter put in their
charge and have failed to agree
upon any sewerage system which
they can recommend for adoption.
They have filed, their maps, plans
and estimates. with the Common
Council, but have done nothing in
the way of providing plan for the
disposal of the sewage of the
town. This isa matter which must
be met soon and all difficulties in
the way must be swept aside, SO
that even at this time the Common
Council cannot let tie matter drop
Much of the material gathered by
the present board will be of use to
its successors, .and successors they
must have, else the residents of the
town will be compelled in the
ordinary course If things to pay
we'll in money in discomfort and in
loss of health for the failure to
establish system of sewerage
which will meet the necessities of
the town.
The Board however has done its
work we'll and has given much care
and attention to everything which
has been brought to its notice.
They have investigated disposal
plants all the way from Pasadena,
California, to Egypt, Massachu-
sets. They have caused plans to
be prepared for sewer system
within the town and have had an
estimate of its probable cost made.
which they filed with the Board of
Aldermen. The plan which seemed
in greatest favor in the public mind
was to join the trunk-sewer project
which Summit and other places
along the line proposed to have
built. This raised the question as
to whether the flow of water in
Arthur Kill would be sufficient to
dispose of the amount of sewage
which would pass daily through
the joint trunk sewer, including the
amount that would be added by this
city, as we'll as by Madison and
Morris Plains in case those places
should join with this city. This
question was satisfactorily answered
in the affirmative by the expert en-
gagged for that purpose, but this did
not dispose of the question. 1t
merely laid aside strong objection
to being a part of the trunk sewer
combine. Other matters of moment
had to be considered, such as the
probable cost and as to whether
Madison and Morris Plains would
in conjunction with this city enter
into the partnership and pay just
proportion of the cost. The Board
in its report AYERS that it had no
satisfactory assurance that either
Morris Plains or Madison would
look with great favor on that plan.
1t is also said by those in a position
to know, though the report has
nothing to say on the subject, that
there was some objection urged
against permitting this city to
empty into the trunk sewer under
any conditions. What that was
has not been made known, and of
course it is impossible to judge as
to just how serious matter it may
have been, or is.
There is another question which
has not yet been settled and this
affects the outlet at Arthur Kill.
The right of municipal bodies to
deposit sewage in or near the city
of New York has not been settled.
In fact it is soon to be brought be-
the Courts and if left for the Courts
to decide some years may elapse be-
fore the right can be established
There is probability that the New
York and New Jersey authorities
may come to some agreement in the
matter, but even that is for the
future to settle. So that under the
circumstances 1t would seem the
part Of wisdom to abandon that
particular plan for the present.
According to Mr.. Herring, the
engineer, the cost Of system Of
sewers for the town itself would be
about $I65, 5000. 1t would cost
about $375, 900 more to connect with