The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-03

MAY BE SUED
BY STATE
Commission Adopts ResOlu-
lions on Diversion of Water
and Unsanitary Conditions.
Especial to the Evening start

TRENTON, Sept. 3.-The State Potable
Water Supply Commission met at the State
House this morning, the president, former
Governor Foster NJ. Voorhees,, presiding,
and all the members present. namely,
Richard Morrell. of Passaic, George P.
Wright. of Paterson; Harry r. HUMPHREYS,
OF Camden. and J. Harry Bachelor, of
Newark, with Chief Engineer Morris r.
Sherrerd, Of Newark, engineer for the
commission.
A set of rules. a form of circular to be
sent to water companies and others owning
or operating water works, and this, resolu-
ton, presented by Mr.. Bachelor, were
adopted:
Whereas, 1t is commonly reported that
certain corporations are Illegally dlverting
water from streams in this State, and
Whereas, due to the recent extreme dry
season, the abstraction of water from the
low flow of some of the streams, notably
the Passalc River and Its tributaries, has
resulted In unsanitary condition; therefore,
be 1t
Resolved. That the Acknowledgement he
requested on behalf of the State to in
yestigate the status of the several corpora
tons diyerting water from streams In this
State where such diversion depletes the low
flow of said streams and thereby con-
duces or tends to increase the unsanltary
conditions along said streams below the
point of such diversion, and IL such inves-
t~igation reveals n questionable right on the
part of any corporation causing or tendlng
to cause these unsanitary conditions, me
Acknowledgement Is hereby requested to
bring suit on behalf of the State to cause
such illegal diversion to cease.
The circular. which engineers of the
commission will send to all municipalities,
corporations or individuals owning or OPP
Grating a water supply plant, requires
that, under oath, they shall give the COM
..s--.,.. -.skko- ENFa~r,aFt4~ ahA,tt cottrno
of water supply and names of places sup
piled with water, he name and location
of rivers. lakes, ponds, ETC., from which
the water is drawn
Also the estimated yearly yield, total
consumption of water by each municipal
ity for 1906, and estimate for year ending
June 800, 1907, net average number of
gallons used daily. cost per million gallons,
method of furnishing supply, by gravity,
pumping, or both, population and municip-
ality, and maximum and minimum flow
of water in each watershed and river or
other stream from which a supply of
water is drawn, and other data. including
cost of reservoirs or plants. This circular
will be sent out every year, and the COM
mission can require quarterly reports, IF
1t sees fit.
The rules provide that the commission
shall meet at the State House the first and
third Tuesday of each month at 1890 n. m,
and the president may call special meet
ings. Branch offices will be located at
Newark and Jersey City. All complaints
must be made in writing and sworn to,
and all applications for n new water
supply, or an addition, must state the
population of the place, the need of a
supply, cost of plant and yield of water
yearly.
The location and cost and capacity of
reservoirs must also be given, with the
name of the river, lake, ETC., from which
the water is to be taken, information
on other points. and DC cher l of each
year the commission will make public
what applications 1t has approved or re
iected