The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-10-19
FORT HAS RIGHT
TO CURB WATER
OCTOPUS, He SAYS
Will Call Special Session il
Necessary, Governor Declares
After Conference.
NUGENT AGAIN FIRES HOT
SHOT INTO MONOPOLY
Newark and Jersey City Offi-
cials Join in Urging Action
to End Evil.
[From a stan Correspondent, ,

[From stafr correspondent.)
TRENTON, Oct. 19.-That a specia.
session of the Legislature will be called,
If necessary, to put a stop to the piping
of water from this State by the East
Jersey Water Company. was announced
today by Governor Fort, who was in
conference with Mayor Jacob Haussling,
Board of Works, Commissioner Angus
tus F. Eggers and City Counsel James
r. Nugent. all of Newark, today.
The Governor insists that, as a mem-
ber of the Riparian Commission and as
Governor, he has the power to prevent
pipes being laid not only under the
Kill Won kull, but also under the
Hackensack and Passaic rivers as web.
The police power of the Water suppsS
Commission may be involved, the Gov
ernor said. City Engineer Morris r..
Sherrerd, Congressman r. Wayne Par
ker and several other prominent men
were called into the conference In the
Governors office before the meeting
broke up.
Soon after the conference was over
Governor Fort dictated this statement
referring to the determination sof the
conferences:
II was ;nsisted bv ,,onoress,,an i.
PARKER ard others tbat tbar. r,.s
abundant noyvar in the ctato 20
stav tho ,aving of n,nes ,,nl,or tta
navipabIa streams ,yitbip t,,a state
or which we've ho,,nda,.,, ,,,,as -
the state The whole o,,estion ~
th. urd,on f,ount,, wa,a,. f-o,n-
many ,yae oons,darad ava ,b, oo,,rsa
which tho city of 13avonna 4. mr..
suinp in ner,oitting them to use one
of its straats to cross the YIN Won
Ix,1, ga a,s, +,o ,,,a..;,,, 80 .ha
,oy,,,a 80 s,,r,bar ,,,,,as 81. ,.,at co,,-
nany ,,ndsr ,ha aaors,sacl and
paasaio r,yere
poth Mayor xvittna,n ana M.,,o~
tJ.uss,ang saia .that tha,,f ,,-,,,1d M,
.,,, f,r Lass,,,, ~ ti,e fas,,el t,,,.,, ,,,
v;daa ,,,a ,T.o,,,.r,,or afta, ,t,oror,,j,
,nvestisatinn found he had the no,ye,.
Il, tha name. ~ thoY stata 70 nrevent tl,a
lavinp of the mines In question
1,he Governor is In nerfect st,v
with any method which would prevent
either tho having of mines M. Tho trane-
mission of water II the mines were IN
be used for tho convevinq of vvater out
of tho State and Thai IL neeessarv In
bis tudyment afrer a Conference win
the attornav-eeneral 10 can a session
Of the Legislature to nass laws to meet
tho e,tuation bo would not basitata
IN do 90
citv counso, Nuoapt told c,overnor,
Eor, tbaro ,,,as hut ono .,o,, effactual1,,
10 h,oo,, tbo East Iarsay water Con
nanv,s attamnts to divert this state :
notahle waters IN staten island and
Rrool,,yn ard that ia to call n sneeial
.ess,o, of Tho I.egisiat,,re to atrenrthen
,,,, ,,.aso,,t a,,,i-di,,ars,on law
This Stand was SUMMARIZED nv Mevor
uonss,ing c,ommiseionar Eppers and
o,hor Newarlse,s who Game to Trenton
to asl, covernoy Fort to aid them in
tbo h.ttla aoaipst ,he water octonns
Erron, Iereev citv came Mavor ri or,
yVittnenn cornoration Counsel Warren
Divon and members of the BOARD of
c,traot ana water Conmission. all
standing sboulder IN shoulder with the
ronresontativae of thtir sister city in
,,re,;py tbat No tine be lost by the
ctato oxaout;yo
No.. 1x,,ttnann +bori,ed the Cow
o,.,,ar for his, nror,,,t sten IN supnort
Ia,sa,, Ci,y o,d Newarlx in extendiry
,,is i,9,,,tat,or fo, todav,s conferences
w., ss,,,,.o MOO that vo,, will do
o,,,thirg IN vour mower Ia help lis out
hns i,oa,, a great encourapenent.p said
,,a
~ ,,,,,. oh+ai,,od conv of Attor-
~ ca,a.o, vvi,so,,,s onioio,, bearina
~, ,,o sitnation under discussion. He
n'a ,.aosanod thns after n had been read:
iV' .1. w. la tl,,t tbero must be an
-. 20 +ha rart of those who are
ovelr M az al a,,,omt or tha water before wa
sot,e o,,o +o hloclt them TT we wait
i,,a' .,'1 so,,,,,,itt;ng Of This overt act
LOT tie ooli,,,'s ,,,, -, -, ,,,,aa, tbs Kili
'ne ptpen rl'9n ao ~ we Win have a very
Vol, Nun, ailu wv. hanas
sentous i,,',, ns va 80, @ tt,iras We might
lne.e 'i.In,,t al1 Nv leeisIation. We
attei.pt "i'i.pus .o,,a tbat tbe state
mient ,aAe 'ne rt sr'u u,au sr~ ,nder Xii
owns the iailu pa.' ., o;,,t car he
Won hull' oul 'nen ''S ~ ra,.ted win
raised that view 'eIeos i,as ,,a,Siaas Tha
much OF lts rlpdiiai, ,ys