The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-13
A HOT SESSION
ORANGE COUNCIL DOESN'T
WASTE TIME.
Important Matters Considered in Rapid
Fire Order and solons Then Adjourn
for Refreshments.

Sitting in a temperature so warm that
one of the two citizens present at the
meeting drowsed to sleep when he got in
the radius of a cool breeze from a window
In the southeasterly end of the Council
chamber, the members of the Orange Conn
mon Council last night passed on varions
important questions, and after one of the
shortest sessions on record adjourned TO
ice cream parlors.
The water situation IL getting along
nicely and last night plans and specihca-
lions for the proposed reservoir on the old
Freeman farm and for pipe line ana cast
ings, were formally approved. Bids were
ordered advertised for 12-ineh, N-inch ana
24-inch water pipe and castings. and the
reservoir work to be in on september D.
The water commuters recommendation
that the route of the water pipe line in
South Orange Township be changed from
the original line through a section OF land
owned by Marcus Sayre to a new right
of way in Lenox and Ridgewood venues,
fixed upon by the South Orange township
Committee at q recent i5 meeti s9so was a apa
right of way, the same amount the con-
domination commissioners fixed upon as
compensation for use OF a right OF way In
MIR. Sayre's property. The Council in
serted the proviso that Mr., Sayre agree
to the abandonment of condemnation pro-
ceedings. Mr.. Sayre had refused to take
the amount awarded him., and it is not
expected there will be any further trouble.
Chairman Perry, of the water committee,
explained III utldll Tie SltudlNOn CduSGQ
by the difficulty with Mr.. Sayre.
The little sqiabble over the purchase of
a fire truck has been patched up, and
at a conference between Mayor Shoenthal
and the fire committee of the Council next
wee the Kind of truck TO be purchased
will be decided upon. At last nights
meeting the resolution for the truck pur-
chase vetoed by Mayor Shoenthal was laid
over to September 8.
The delayed ordinance for sewering
Kenilworth place, lvanhoe terrace, and
an aXtpnSlnn of MCElnlpV. aVpnIlq was
finally passed after an agreement to in
demnify the city against any future cost
was sent by the realty company that Is
improving the property in the section
there.
The same attempt at haste that has
eharasterlzed the e9srse OF pr9 zee in
rnent of preliminary details and which
has really postponed final action on the
contamination Of plans for three months
was again shown when a resolution call
ing for bids for The sewer work to be
done was passed with but two votes in
the negative. 1t was stated that Mayor
Shoenthal has to pass on the ordnance
before bids can be advertised for, but
President Shaw and Mr.. Davis, minority
leader. alone voted no on the resolution.
The pairing of Mr.. Shaw with the Demo-
cratic leader called from Councilman
| Cheetham. who has been working over.
time to keep up to his title of .humorist
another Democrat" MI. Hoffman, who
introduced the resolution for sewer bids,
answered the remarks made concerning
the passage of the ordinance and resolu-
ton at the same meeting by saying the
Mayor could veto the resolution With the
ordinance If he was to oppose the action
OF Council.
John F. Driscoll got the contract to
place Il storm sewer in Bell street. Mrs:
Emma Jones, of South Main street, got
permission to build a wooden addition to
her home, the material to be covered with
wire cloth and cement. Engineer Crane
sent a formal communication calling for
a fuller statement concerning the per-
mission granted Colt Brothers to connect
several houses near the Orange city line
with the lakewood avenue sewer. and this
went to. the sewer committee after Mr..
Cheetham had remarked he thought Mr..
Crane knew all about the matter as ne
discussed.