The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-10-27
DR.. ROEDER
TO CIVICS
Addresses Association on "The
Present Civic Awakening
and What It Means. y
MIR. DEBEyoISE'S PROPHECIES

"God Almighty has lifted up the
people to a sense Of their manhood
and the civic association is the local
expression of that idea, !" said the Rev.
Adolph Roeder Tuesday evening in
his address to the Morristown Civic
association on the subject The Pres
emit Civic Awakening and What 1t
Means" People have noticed the
focal reasons for this. awakening,
said the speaker, " and have not no
ticed the great movement along this
line throughout the world" The
practical work Of the civic association
was asserted by DIR. Roeder TO be CO.
operation with municipal govern
ments. The disposal of sewage is a
most difficult problem and if Morris
town succeeds in solving it the speak
er thought it would be doing a service
and helping other cities in the state
and country that are struggling with
the problem the same as Morristown.
The speaker told of the work of the
federation which he represented on
the Passaic lake scheme, the forming
of big lake twenty-five miles long
and three miles wide. which would be
under state control and would supply
this section of the state with a pota-
BILE water supply.
On the ethical side Of the subject
the speaker said that the attitude of
the people toward citizenship had been
that it clustered close to election day
and the obligation to have sufficient
knowledge to pick out the proper bal
lot. Citizenship, however, isan every
day affair to care not only for ones
own house but for the street and the
city as we'll and involves around of civ
ic tasks. A vast spirit ruling man
kind began when we were cave men,"
said DR.. Roeder, "and has gradually
lifted up the race to sense of it's
manhood"
Thomas M. Debevoise, of the Sum-
NIT board Of trade, made some proph-
ecies which seemed to some ia the
audience to be rash. He told how
Summit ten years ago went into the
construction of the trunk sewer to
Staten Island sound and how it was
necessary to continue the use of obso-
lete disposal beds for a section OF the
town and the use of cesspools for an
ouher section. A pump had been in
stalled at a cost of $75, 900 to pump the
sewage from these sections over Ho-
bert mountain. We think that
Summit, Morristown, Madison and
Chatham will become so thickly set
tied in fifteen or twenty years, " said
Mr.. Debevoise, that disposal systems
cannot be used and the towns will Join
together in tunneling Hobart noun
tain and connecting with the joint
sewer"
Mr.. Debevoise told of the work of
the Summit board of trade in keeping
the people conversant with the doings
Of the governing bodies of the town.
He told of the lighting and water sys-
TENS, the construction of storm sew
er system, work on the mosquito pro-
blem and the reduction of the pests by
| fifty per cent, the system Of publish
ling a list of milk dealers and the quail
ity of milk they handle thus keeping
a good grade of milk in the town, and
the disposal Of garbage.
| " Summit and Morristown are bound
TO grow more and more into one
community said Mr.. Debevoise,
"and our board of trade and your
civic association should work together
and to this end / would suggest that
committee from your body come tc
/ Summit every six months and report
on your work and like committee
from the Summit organization report
to you"
DR.. Stephen Pierson was in the
chair part of the evening and Charles
%. M. Cole also presided part Of the
time. The report OF former President
Thomas w. CauIdwell was as follows
TO the Board Of Directors of the CiviC
Association Of Morristown.
GENTLEMEN -
In presenting to you my resignation
as President OF this Association at
date 50 near the end Of the fiscal year