Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-05-11
OFFICIALS
MAKE TOUR Of
WATER SYSTEM
Twenty-Five Automobiles Start
for Inspection of Sheds, Cover
ing 62 Square Miles.

A tour of inspection of the Newark
water supply system is being made to-
day under the auspices of the mem
bers of the Common Council and sew
eral members of the Board of Works,
Included among the guests are q num-
Der of present and former city Off
Gals.
The trip is being made in twenty
five automobiles, some of which were
loaned for the occasion, while others
were the property of individuals. Each
man, however, was taxed SO to defray
the expenses for dinner, etc.
The committee of arrangements was
composed of Aldermen Charles L.
Ingraham, chairman; Elmer A. Day,
treasurer; Jerome T. Congleton, j.
William Huegel, Charles w. Baum,
Cornelius j.. Harrington and Frederick
j. Fischer. Street and Water Com
missioner Augustus F. Eggers and
Chief Engineer Morris r. Sherrerd
acted as guides at the watershed.
In the party were Aldermen oliver
w. Cairns, Horace c.. Goice, William
Pennington, Louis Demel, Emil Wohl-
farth, Elmer Z. Mount. Louis Schwartz,
Michael j.. MCGOWAN, jr., Seth B.
Smith, Philip A.. MCGUIRE, Daniel Hopper,
Charles L. Whitfield, w. Frank Hop
ping, Louis C. Vossmeyer, Louis
Pfeiffer, George w. Taylor, Albert H.
Biertuempfel, John F.. Fitzsimmons,
Francis j. Reynolds, Anthony G.
Kroehl, James A. Bray, Joseph
Schmitt, James Shape, William K.
Seeker.
Comptroller J. Henry Bachelor,
Treasurer Albert T. Guenther, Tax
Receiver Robert L. Ross. Tax Com
missioner John Howe, Custodian
James Wiseinan, Assistant City Clerk
Martin Bross, Market Clerk Thomas
F. Rowe, Inspector of Combustibles c..
Albert Gasser. former Alderman John
f. Sinnott, former Freebooter John
j. Gaynor, former Police Commissioner
Fred w. Kroeger, Fred Hurd, William
Blanchard, Joseph A. Wolber, Patrick
Cunning, Charles Riker, c.. w. Little
field, Otto Dietz, John Slokett, Valen-
tine Braun, George c. Courier, Bruce
Kitchell, William P. O'Rourke,
Charles Rosther, William Roebling.
Henry Wolff, Joseph O'Brien, William
II. Heely, p. j. O'Toole, Charles Schnei-
der, Christopher Lutz, Jacob Schaeffer,
John Boyer, Charles Week, Ernest
Fredericks, Joseph O'Brien, John
Gengro, Frank Krebs. Charles Wool
ston, Joseph Crane, John Stanton,
Thomas j. Boyle, John Hyatt and
John Boyer.
The party started from the City Hall
about 9 o'clock. The first stop was the
Montclair Hotel, then the Cedar Grove
Reservoir at Great Notch. the dam at
the Wanaque Reservoir, the Macopin
intake. reservoir. then Charlottesburg,
Echo Lake, New Foundland, Clinton
Reservoir, Stockholm. AT Kincaid's
Hotel. at Stockholm. the party had
Inner
After dinner the Canistear Reservoir
was inspected, after which they pro-
ceeded to the head of the Oak Ridge
Reservoir. The trip home will be
through Longwood Valley to Berkshire
Valley. to Dover, to Rockaway, to
Denville, to Fox Hill, to Parsipany, to
Boonton, where the Jersey City reser-
voirs will be inspected, then to Pine
Brook to Caldwell. to Verona, Mont
clair and Newark.
The Newark watershed embraces 621a
square miles. The Oak Ridge Reser-
voir covers 1888 acres; Clinton, 423 acres.
Canistear. $50 acres; Echo Lake, 300
acres; Macopin, 12.1 acres and the
Cedar Grove Reservoir 100 acres, max
ing a total capacity of $40, 900, 900 gall
Ions.
The watershed today is capable of
yielding $4,000, 900 gallons of water a
day. The proposed reservoir at Wan
aque will cover about 1.4o0 acres, and
will store 11,0oo,o 900 gallons of water,
increasing the area of the watershed to
SIS square miles. /.