The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-02-13
THE CIVIC
ASSOCIATION
Holds Another Meeting on Fri
day, and Discuss Troll
ley, Autos and Dust.
ALSO SEWAGE DISPOSITION.

present. President Caldwell said
the association was but two months
old and this was the first meeting
He thanked the members for electing
him president Of the association. The
committees have not had time to
make reports, but he gave a resume OF
the work already done by them.
The law committee has examined
into the question of changing the
town government from the present
town form to a second class city and
finds that for the present at least, in
order to obtain the benefits Of the
sewer act it is better to remain under
the present charter.
The committee on streets and lights
has had plan of the town made,
showing the location Of street lights
and also the location and variety Of the
shade trees, as a guide to future im-
proyements The committee has also
made twenty complaints about lamps,
all of which have been attended to.
John NJ. Forbes for the railroad COM
mittee said the town is now face to
face with the trolley problem. He
supposed all were in favor of the troll
ley, but it remains the function OF the
association to secure the best terms
possible for the town from thecompany.
Mr.. Cauldwell continued that the
water committee had had a repre-
sentative of the national board Of fire
underwriters go over the town and in
yestigate the conditions. He will re-
port later.
The membership at last report was
ITO, but the membership committee
has sent out circulars within the last
few days asking others to join and the
applications show a present member
ship of 1853.
The association has joined the State
Civic Federation and has already re-
ceived help from that body. Mr..
Cauldwell also referred to the muni-
cipal building which has been voted
down by the board of aldermen. The
association expects to get out a book
in the near future containing lists ol
members, constitution and in addition
lofiieers, committees and members O
the board of aldermen and facts con
cerning the town finances, lighting
contracts, water, road debt, ETC., mo-
ususually known by the citizens.
w. w. Cutler for the sanitation
committee presented a report recon-
mending that the association proceed
at once under the provisions Of The
sewer law to obtain sewers. The re
port told of the procedure required by
the statute and Judge Cutler supple
mented the written report by telling
of the sewer agitations Of the past.
DR.. Pierson was asked to speak as tx
the necessity Of sewers. He said thai
there is a vast amount of sewage dis
posed of each day in some way
Hitherto the cesspool has been il
vogue and has done fairly well in some
sections of the town. 1t is becoming
more and more inadequate every yea
and in some parts of the town thu
cesspool is an impossibility, with th'
result that some OF the streams run
ming through town have become opel
sewers. Where access cannot be haC
to brooks, cellars are full of cesSpooI
and the leakage seeps through intt
cellars on a lower level. The cost o
maintaining and cleaning the cesspool
is enough to pay the interest on ;
large fiotation of bonds. But DIR
Pierson cautioned it is possible to gel
a system of sewers that may be inf
nitely worse than the present cess
pools.
Mr.. Cauldwell said it seemed th'
| quickest way to make progress is un
der the provisions or the sewer act.
e. S. Burke said it is the most i'm
portant question before the town anC
he offered a resolution receiving anC
concurring in the report Of the com
mittee and requesting the COMMITTEES
to prepare a petition and have il
signed under the act, and authorizing
the retention of counsel If necessary
Harold Griswold seconded the reso
Tuition, stating that he thought some
thing necessary. There are thret
methods Of disposal by trunk sewer t.
tide water, by filtration and by incin
Grafton. He thought the last named
the future method.
The resolution was adopted without
dissenting voice.
w. r. Day in behalf of the Ital;ar
Mission called attention to the sani
tary conditions of Race street, telling
how the old race is used as Sewel
and in warm weather is offensive.
DIR. Pierson said that the president
of the board of health is accused o,
maintaining a nuisance. He has {
dam and a pond, but it is the citizen!
Of the town who empty matter ints
the pond and brook that causes it tC
be an offence.
w. r. Day said the same thing il
true in the section about Elm anC
Pine streets, the sewage from there
running through brook and coming
into an open ditch beyond MoxriE
street. He said that the Race street