Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-05
MANY TOWNS TO
FOLLOW NEWARK
IN SEWAGE PACT
Harrison Now Examining Con
tract for Flnme That Will In
sure Passaic Rivers Purity.

The sewer committee of the Harri-
town surveyors, Borrie and Kreincr,
and Town Counsel Michael T.. Ba .rett,
are busily engaged looking INTO the
provisions of the contract that the
town is expected to make with the
Passaic valley sewerage commission
ers, in conjunction with other munici-
palities. for the building of the pro-
posed trunk sewer, which will take the
sewage that now flows into the Passaic
River, thu bringing about the puri-
f1cation of that stream.
Now that Newark mas entered the
pact, 1t is more than likely that. not
only Harrison, but the other West
Hudson municipalities, will hurry
along the matter. North Arlington. 1t
is expected, will also shortly act. The
total cost of the building of the pro-
posed flume is to be $12, 250, 900.
A revised copy of the provisions of
the contract, and the proposed routes
of the duct in the different municipaii-
ties, was received by an official of
Harrison today. Just where the pipes
will enter, run through n leave the
towns is shown In the following para
graphs, which were taken from the
revised copy:
Harrison Branch.
Commencing at a point within the
city of Newark at the junction of
Front and Centre streets and running
in an easterly direction through Centre
street across private property and
beneath the Passalc river to the town
of Harrison; thence running easterly
through private property to First
street; thence running in a northerly
direction through First street to War
rem street; thence running in a west
erly direction through Warren street
to Dey street; thence running in a
northerly direction through Dey street
to Harrison avenue; thence running in
a westerly direction through Harrison
avenue to Passaic avenue. and thence
in a northerly direction through Pas
sale avenue to a point near the bound
airy, line between the town Of Harri-
son and the borough of East Newark.
The sewer within these limits having
a diameter at the outlet of SO inches
and a capacity of 4.M million gallons
daily.
Commencing at a point within the
III VI ct III III Va L doE
sale street and Fourth avenue, and
running in an easterly direction through
Fourth avenue, beneath the Passaiu
river and across private property in
the town of Kearny to Passaic ave.
nue.; hence by two branches. the frst
running In northerly direction
through Passa1c avenue to Marin ayes
nue., and the second in a southerlY
direction through the sal Passaic ave.
nue. to the boundary line between the
town of Kearny and the borough OF
East Newark, and thence running in "
southerly direction through Passaio
avenue In the borough of East New
ark to Central avenue. The sewers
within these limits having a diameter
at the outlet of twenty-seven inches
and a capacity of s.s7 million ggallona
daily.
Kearny Branch
The Kearny branch will run through
private property In Harrison; 1t runA
notherly through Sanford avenue
Dukes street and Schuyler ven to
Ivy street. The commencing point ia
at the junction of Ferry and Van
Buren,, streets. Newark. The diameter
at the outlet will be 4 feet 6 inches.
and the sewer will have a capacity of
21.7S million gallons daily.
North Arlington Branch.
North Arlington's branch commences
at Main and Academy streets, Belle
vile, and takes an easterly course II
the Bergen county borough. This
diameter of the sewer will be twenty
inches and the daily capacity 1853 MILL
ion gallons.