The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-04-30

Itown, he declared. Newcomers in.
quire what kind of lot can be Sc.
Toured, then ask as to the water They
| have a sand spit to build the ceSSpOOl
upon, and have little trouble except
| in parts of the town where they are
| down to the ground water. Nobody
levery became in i'll health because OF
the cesspOolS, but when they fillup it
becomes incOnvenent. There is an
exhllation Of gases which sometimes
are smelled in the houses. He thought
that the tax now paid to E. L. Foster
and John Denman is more than the
proposed system would entail He
also described his visit to the Paris
sewer disposal works some years ago.
John r. Brinley wanted the work
all done in one year and was told that
| it is only question of men. 1t was
suggested that the matter be let out
to several contractors in sections to
facilitate rapid construction.
f. L, DobDins then introduced the
following resolution, which was
adopted:
l. Resolved that this meeting is
heartily in favor of the sewering of
Morristown at the earliest practicable
date.
2. Resolved that all the members
OF the Business Mems Association and
OF the Civic Association are requested
to support the proposition at the
polls, and to get their friends to do
the same.
g.. Resolved that the officers of
both associations be requested TO APP
point certain OF their members as a
joint committee to make an active
personal canvas of the town on or be-
fore April Both, in order to get out the
full vote on the sewer question.
Nobody voted in the negative, but
G. G. F'relinghuysen Immediately took
the floor and said that he could not
let his silence give the impression
that ne favored the plans for the loca-
tion of the disposal works within five
hundred feet of his house. but thought
the plant should be located half.mile
further down the river. Mr.. Burke'S
charity for residents of Hudson and
oUher counties should be brought to
apply to neighbors near home. There
might be no smell to the plant, but
smell is not necessary for the dissent
nation of poisonous gases, which the
books all admit arise from such plants
and spread for a half-mile The in
terestS of the Morristown School are
also affected, as it is not probable that
parents will send their sons to aschool
Known to be near disposal works.
Commissioner Hurting c0ntended
that Mr.. Frelinghuysen's remarks
were misleading, as his own residence
heldeclared to be 1900 feet from the
plant.
For few minutes there was live
ly interchange of remarks, ending in a
general laugh. Mr.. Frelinghuysen
stating that the house in question
had been standing for over hundred
years, the place being purchased by
him to get rid of the nuisance of
dumping from wagons.
Mr.. Brinley suggested that the
plant might be located later, and Mr..
Cauldwell stated that he understood
that the matter is not entirely set
tied; that the site suggested is the
best so far according to the commits
sion. He thought the town is to be
congratulated on the work accom-
plished.
Grinnell Willis spoke for the Nor
ristown School against the plant as
present located, stating that parties
are willing to donate other land Access
sible but more remote from the places
near the proposed site if the commits
SionerS will build to the lot. 1t is a
serious matter for the school. All
the people entitled to a hearing should
be considered