The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-17

$4,000 FOR
SEWER WORK
PaSsaic Commission Gets
Sum to Push PIanS-- DonbIe
What Trade Board Asked.

An appropriation of $40, 900 was made
last night at a special meeting of the
finance committee of Common Council
to help pay the expense of preliminary
surveys and soundings and the drawing
of plans for a trunk sewer to abate the
pollution of the Passaic River. This
money will go to the Passaic Valley
Sewerage Commission, which has
charge of the work. The Board of
Trade had asked for an appropriation
of $4,000, and the committee from that
body was delighted when the sum was
doubled. n they were told that the
city will vote more money when 1t
shall be needed.
Secretary James M. Reilly, of the
Board of Trade; George w. Tomkins,
chairman of the river pollution COM
mittee of that body; former Mayor
julius Lebkuecher, president OF the
Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission,
and Arthur r. Denman, president of
the Board of Works, were at the meet
ing.
George w. Tomkins and Secretary
Reilly gave the reasons why an appro-
priation should be made.
Mr.. Lebkuecher followed them, and,
after prefacing his remarks with the
statement that 1t was not within the
duties of the commission to request APP
preparations for the work. said he
wished to point u the advisa-
bility of making a further APP
preparation now, so that the pre-
liminary work should not be fur
Their delayed. He said the smaller
towns who were parties to the plan OF
building the sewer had held back n
their appropriations principally because
they thought that Newark SHOULD con-
tribute more than they should. The
original plan, he said, provided that
Newark, Belleville. Passaic and Pater-
son should each contribute $4,000;
Kearny, Harrison and East Newark
were expected to make contributions
ag%gregating $1,000 for the three munich
palities; Montclair, Orange and Glen
Ridge formed the last group, a total
of $4,000 being expected from The three
, towns.
The president of the Board of Works
made a brief argument favoring the
granting of the request, in which
he said that, in his opinion, no
limit should be placed upon the
amount, DuI InaL an apprOprihtlOH
to cover any deficiency now existing in
the fund should be voted. This plan,
while meeting with the favor of the
committee, was thought to be unlawful,
as an unlimited appropriation was held
to be in violation of the statute.
In reply to a query from Chairman
Ryan, Mr. Lebkuacher said that he
thought $4,000 would be sufficient for
present needs, if the money appropri-
ated by other municipalities would soon
be forwarded to the commission. How
ever. to anticipate any further requests
and afford the commission a margin to
work Upon, it was agreed that an APP
preparation to cover the needs of the
commission should be voted, the max
imum limit being $4,000. This resolu-
ton was passed unanimously.
After the meeting Mr.. Reilly proposed
a vote of thanks to the finance commit
tee, was interrupted by Alderman
Ryan, who objected on the grounds
that the committee had only done what
it, should have done, n required no
thanks. He added that he hoped some-
thing would be- don to start work at
once, and was assured by Mr.. Leb-
kuecher that no further delay would
be encountered.