The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-09-06
BOARDS TO ACT.
The Dumping or Cesspool Matter in
the Township Under Discussion.


The Dumping or Cesspool Matter in
the Township Under Discussion.
on account Of the complaints made.
BY the managers of the Summer Shell
ter and residents Of Collinsyille the
Morris Township Board Of Health con-
Icluded that it was time to take some
action ID the matter Last Tuesday
evening 4 meeting Of the Board was
held at the Office Of Counsel Mills, to
which the Morristown Board Of Health
and Others interested we're invited.
The matter was talked over informal
ly. and it was stated that a resolution
had been introduced in the Board per-
emptorily forbidding the dumping of
matter from the excayator wagons in
the township 1t was also intimated,
that this action would be a retalitory
measure against the town for shutting
| the township children out Of the town
schools, but the Board repudiated any
such action. When the meeting was
| opened, Irving e. Salmon made a
statement for e. L. Foster, showing
the necessity for the work in which be
was engaged, the general satisfaction
with which the business was con-
Quoted, and raised the point whether
| the health of the $4,000 people who
! lived in Morristown continuously was
not Of more Importance than the So
journers who were here for couple of
months.
e. X. Mills, on behalf Of the Sum
nner Shelter presented the other side
of the case and said that the dumping
OF the matter in the vicinity was not
only offensive but detrimental to
health and a nuisance generally. He
said that DR.. Hunt, Of the State
Board Of Health, had recently ex-
amined the premises and reported
that in his opinion an Indictment
would hold. Mr.. Baker, Of Madison,
who owns property in the vicinity,
stated that be had personally looked
| into the matter and considered it a
nuisance and detrimental to health.
Mr.. Foster gave his experience since
| he had engaged in the excavator BUSH
ness, and claimed that he had tried in
every possible way to make it as inof-
| fensiye as possible. He scored good
point In saying that some Of the peo-
pie who had complained, maintained
a nuisance on their own premises,
which was worse than that complained
| Of. He expressed his willingness to
dump in any place provided, citing
the cases of other towns which owned
or provided a dumping ground.
Members of the township board
stated that they had recently visited
the field, complained of and saw moth
ing that to them seemed particularly
Objectionable, but they were tired of
being continually harassed on the Sab
ject and thought that Morristown
should do something.
1. r. Pierson, of the Morristown
Board of Health, said that the Board
had done nothing for the reason that
Mr.. Foster was a resident and tax
payer in the township He came in
Morristown and did lucrative bust
ness carrying the sewage out Of the
town to ground that he owned or
leased and over which the Board had
no control, and they had taken no re-
sponsibility in the matter beyond see
ing that the business was conducted
in a proper manner. He urged the
Township Board not to take drastic
measures as it was Of vital Importance
for the health Of the town as well
as many residents Of the town
ship, that the work Of excavating
should continue. 1t was well known
that there was no place in the cOrpor-
alton limits where sewage could be
disposed of, and if necessary the Nor
ristown authorities would have to se-
cure a dumping place and it would
have to be located in the Township,
where suitable and isolated places
could be secured If properly treated
the matter complained OF could be
rendered innocuous.
DR.. Douglas, the health physician OF
Morristown, said he did not think The
dumping of sewage matter at the place
in question would cause malarial
trouble, yet the constant inhaling Of
the bad odors would naturally weaken
the system Of those exposed to it and
cause low fevers. He believed that if
care was used the matter complained
of could be so handled as to be inof-
fensiye. He also spoke Of the import
ance to the town Of the business in
which Mr.. Foster was engaged, and
the danger to the public health if it
was discontinued even for a short
time.