The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-07-03
PURE MILK CRUSADE
WEST ORANGE COUNCIL
HOLDS UP THE MATTER.
Scavenger Directed Not to Dump Gar
bage on the Heights in Future.
It's a Great Problem.

DR.. J.. Minor Maghee, of the West Or
ange Health Board. appeared before the
West Orange Town Council last night TO
explain the scope of the new ordinance
regulating. the sale Of milk in the
The health board had asked for an ad-
ditional appropriation of 500 to defray the
expenses. of carrying out the plans, ana
DR.. Maghee was requested to explain how
the money was TO be spent.
There was some discussion by the mem
bers of the board as to the necessity for
the ordinance. and it was decided to lay
the. matter over to the next meeting.
The cleaning of several brooks in the
town also came in for some discussion, but
no actlon was taken. :,
The question of dumping. garbage in
the town was brought up and came in for
ems. speaking of the matter. said:
II do not wish to throw cold water on
the work of our town scavenger, but / do
protest most strenuously to the dumping
OF garbage on the dumping ground on
the heights, and the owners of the prop
erty have ordered it stopped. l think
It Is up to the Board of Health to at
tend to this. Last Wednesday night be-
tween the hours of midnight and 2 O'Clock
l had to close my front windows because
Of the intolerable stencil, and my house Is
800 feet away from the dumping ground.
The smell Of rotten fish and garbage is
awful"
DR.. Maghee reported to the Council
that he had made an exhaustive exun1i-
nation of the various dumping places in the
town, and had found that they were all in
bad condition. He stated that they were.
without exception, nuisances and a menace
to public health, and recommended that
all dumping be stopped in West Orange.
.Dr. Maghee said that private scaveneers
OF Orange, East Orange and south orange
were taking advantage of the fact that the
town scayenger was permitted to dump in
various places. and were ringing TO West
Orange garbage from the various towns,
The time Is coming he SAID, Wnen the
Oranges must take some concerted action
regarding the disposal Of garbage, and this
will mean the establishment of a crema-
tory
On motion of Mr.. Stevens it was de-
ciced TO stop the dumping Of garbage OH
the Heights.
the new frehouse and awards were made
as follows:
Carpenter work. Fleming Brothers.. $5.995;
plumbing; Frank \. O'Connor, I,2W; paint
ing, +. F. Jersenson, $50; iron work, the
Heddon Iron and Construction Company,
81, 000.
Because of a misunderstanding as to the
srccihcations the bids for the mason work
were referred to Architect Schmidt who
will report on them at a special meeting
to be held Friday night.
Chairman Freye. of the roads commit
tee. reported that the committee had gone
over Eagle Rock avenue and Northfield
avenue with the freeholders with the
view of having the county take over these
two streets. He stated that a number of
repairs would haze to be made before
the streets would be accepted. and It was
decided to have them in proper condition
for acceptance.
A petition was received from the resi-
dents of Valley road, south OF Main
street, asking that the roadway be treated
with oil to do away with the dust nui-
sance. but no action was taken.
DR.. ]. Minor Maghee and Judge John b:
Lander. of the West Orange Board OF
Education, were appointed a special COM
mittee last night by that body to appear
before the Town Council Friday night and
ask for an appropriation 10 have the new
milk ordinance put in operation. Tha
board will also ask for an appropriations
In order that the Railway River may be
! properly cleaned. The body also passed 2
rule that hereafter no more dumping is to
be done in the town by scavengers from
the outside. and the present scavenger oil
the town was refused a permit to continue
! the dumping in the limits of West Orange