The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-10-15
DISPOSAL BEDS
DISCUSSED
A Conference on the Matter
Of Locating the Disposal
Plant Held.
ENGINEERS FIGURES DIFFER

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A conference of the board of sewer
age and the protestants against the
use of the Whitnall tract as a sewer
age disposal site was held In the rooms
OF the board on Monday afternoon.
The members Of the commission were
all present with Clyde Potts, OF the
engineers.
George G.. Frelinghnysen addressed
the board and reviewed former action.
He read a statement that the estimate
of $4,000 as the additional expense for
going to the Hid farm had been gone
over and his figures were so"a vari-
ance with those of the engineers that
Herring g. Fuller had been engaged to
verify the findings. The letter asked
that the Whitnall tract be abandoned
as site and promised assistance, In
securing the additional right of way
and in getting any legislation which
might be found necessary. The com
munication was signed by G. G. Ere
linghuysen, B. o. Chisolm, II. P.
Phipps, A. L. Revere, P. B. Pierson,
J. HI. B. Coriell, III. M. Smith, Mrs.
Mellon and Mrs. Stone. Another let
ter which was filed was signed by a
number of other persons.
A report on the line as reported by
Williams, Proctor g. Potts was made
by F. v. Pitney, taking up the strict
ures on his former report and answer
ing them and figuring the line as laid
down at S12,650. Herring & Fuller
also submitted report on the cost OF
the proposed extension, and while they
approved Mr. Pitney's estimate ofS15,-
600 as the amount saved on the con-
Struction of the disposal works on the
Hid farm instead of the Whitnall
fixed as more conservative. $40, 900, and
estimated the extra cost of the exten-
sion at Sl4,226.4O.
Messrs Frelinghuysen and Chisolm
addressed the board on the location
and j. o. Fl. Pitney said he had come
there voluntarily to discuss the legal
side and was sorry that the counsel OF
the board was not present. He had
prepared an opinion on the case to the
effect that there are no legal difficult
ties in the way of extension, He was
asked in connection with general talk
about the needed right of way, if con-
demnation could be resorted to. Ad-
miral Cooper did not think it could,
bu5 NJ. Z Iney said there is no ques-
tion but wlaJ it is possible on an ex-
tension as we'll as On the old plan.
Commissioner Cole agreed with Mr..
Pitney in this contention. Mr.. Pitney
further said that in 1902 twenty bills
for the relief of towns in sewerage
matters were passed and the legisla-
ture is liberal in such matters. He
also spoke of the growth of Morris
town during his life and prospects OF
continued growth and urged strongly
against injaring possible growth.
The question of right of way was dis
cussed for some minutes the board
asking the protestants to get options
on the land needed, which the latter
promised to do, but called attention to
the possibility of the need of condem-
nation proceedings. The objections Of
residents near the Hid farm was also
discussed.
Then the offer of the protestants to
give the Hid farm in exchange for the
Whitnall tract came in for lengthy
discussion, in which Admiral Cooper
stated that the board had absolutely
no rights over the Whitnall tract,
simply the offer of Pruden & Bnrke to
sell what was needed at cost. The
price of the part needed was stated by
Mr.. Burke and other commissioners as
subject to price to be set by com.
missioners. 1t was suggested that the
whole tract be taken over, but Ad-
miral Cooper called attention to the
fact that the offer was for the land
needed for disposal purposes alone and
could not be taken for a land deal.
Mr.. Burke was asked if he would
transfer it all, but said he stood for
the original agreement and could not
speak for his partner without consul
tation. Anyway the sewers must pass
through the tract wherever the dis
pOSal site is located.
The protestants were asked, in the
light of these facts, to present another
offer in writing in regard to the Hid
tract. S
1t was further brought out by Com
missioner Hurtzig, In the discussion OF
the tracts, that it is the intention Of
the board to condemn portion OF
the Mcintyre tract adjoining the
Whitnall tract, for the disposal site.
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