The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-02-08
TINE TO GET TOGETHER,
some Very Important Problems to be
Solved This Year.

some Very Important Problems to be
Solved This Year.
The citizens of Morristown are face
TO face with some very serious prob
lens this year and it is time to get to-
gether and decide upon definite pro-
gram for the years work. For years
we have dozed along in SNUG compla-
cency, pointing with pride to WASH
ington's headquarters, the ruins Of
the Speedwell iron works, our forty
year old high school building and
other evidences o. push and progress
fifty or a hundred years ago and i'm
agined that we were the people. But
progress aud improvement all about
us caught US in the swirl and we had
to move in spite Of ourselves.
Among other things we have in
stalled sewer system and trolley
system, both of which are practically
but the beginning of things. 1t is
hoped the parties who have their
money Invested in the trolley will fol-
low the instinct of representation
and extend heirplant TO save them
selves and thereby benefit the town.
The sewer matter. however, is on a
different footing. 1t is our own enter,
prise, our money is invested in it,. and
unless it is pushed to completion in a
short time and connections made, a
good per centage of our.property own
ners will be hailed into court and
mulcted for damages for poluting the
streams. 1t is claimed by competent
judges that more work will be required
| to put in the sewer laterals and house
connections than has already been
done on the sewers themselves, and
this work must be safeguarded to "a
| greater extent than the main sewer
because of the smaller pipes used and
the fact that it is of the utmost i'm
portance that these house connections
shall be made so as to prevent the en-
trance Of sewer gas into the houses.
The late DR.. Barker objected to the
| sewer system on the ground that un-
less the utmost care was used the in
fection OF one house might be commu-
Gated TO another in distant part Of
the town.
When this work is taken up there
will be found scores Of persons seeking
| to do it. The local plumbers. con
/ tracing firms and private indiyiduaA
lare soliciting contracts ard in some
instances are claiming to be able tC
4 do The work much cheaper than other
fcap. More than in any other w0fi
cheapness is to be avoided IN sewer
connections, both from a public anr
4 private standpoint, as the main seweI
! would be injured by defective work oi
the laterals and the health Of th,
town is jeopardized by leakage o
sewer gas. The state iaws and tht
I local health code make it obligatory
4 upon the board Of health to see thai
all sewer connections are made in {
kst b ttntal and safe manner AS 1
means to this end it is required thai
application shall be made to the health
board for a permit to make a eonnec
tion and when the pipes are laid The
same are inspected to see that they
are laid to a. proper grade, with tight
joints and properly bedded to prevent
breaking when covered with earth. A
fee OF 81 is charged to cover the cost
OF recording the permit and report ol
the Inspector as we'll as the inspection
If everybody was strictly honest anc
reliable there would be little trouble
but experience has shown that it is
necessary for the inspector to see
every joint made and see that the pipe
is proper quality, etc. The result is
that it requires an inspector to remain
on job for several days and in one OF
two instances for over a week. In fact
the secretary of the board and chair.
man of the sewer committee have
during the summer been compelled
to act as inspectors to avoid delay
Now when lateral work is commenced
in all parts of the town it can be seer
that inspectors will be required ir
several parts of the town at the same
time and it is simply absurd to tall
about the fee of 81 paying the expense
of inspections. Some plan should bt
devised by which all the work on {
street should be done at the same
time. This would save Inconvenience
and money, and now is the time tt
make these arrangements so that tht
work will proceed as soon as spring
opens.