Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-14
SOON
TO SIGN TRUNK
SEWER CONTRACT
Little Doubt About Attitude OF
Town Council Toward
Project.

Judging from the sentiment of men,
bers of the Bloomfield Town Council
last night a contract will be entere1
into with the Pa.saic Valley Sewerage
Commission for Bloomfield's share in
the cost of constructing the trunk
sewer. A conference will 9e held soon
and action will be probably taken at
the folle ing meeting.
Proper acknowledgement will be
made of resolutions presented last night
from the township committee, Board
of Health and Board of Trade, all Of
Belleville and the Town Improvement
Association and Board of Health, both
of Bloomfield, protesting against the
proposed location of a sewage disposal
plant in Bloomfield and Belleville. The
council has already passed resolutions
against the scheme.
william Gavan Taylor, of the COM
mission, addressed the council al
length, explaining the workings of the
proposed system as advocated by the
commission.
He said the project had been largely
clarified by the publicity given it and
declared that 1t was the cheapest, best
and most efficient plan that could be
entered into. He also told Of the I'M
hoff plan and its origin.
Mr.. Taylor was asked a number OF
questions by Mayor Hauser and the
members of the council and he an
swered them all to their satisfaction.
He stated that there was no time limit
as to when Bloomfield might join the
scheme. Mr.. Taylor said that Bloom
fields proportion of the cost would be
based on the towns ratables. He also
stated that Bloomfield's first payment,
il it entered into the project, would be
made October / mex.
Councilman Chabot wanted to know
IL the Imhoff system was a good one
as we'll as without odor, why Mont
clair did not place the plant within It's
own territory. He declared he vas
tired of further delay and that 1t was
time something was done Mr.. Cha
bot said he was heartily in favor of
the Passaic Valley plan as did Council
men Hummel, sadler and Unangst.
Councilman Sadler declared the peo-
pie of the town wanted some deoisive
action taken at once.
I'VE have assembled here tonight"
he said. for the sole purpose of dis
cussing his matter, and yet we are
delaying IT," s
Hinck Raped In BelleviIIe.
Mayor Ernest c.. Hinck. of Montclair,
who proposes to locate the Imhoff plant
in part of Belleville and Bloomfield,
was raped at the joint meeting held
last night by the Bellevilie Town coun-
oil and Board of Trade. James Gibson.
OF the rad board, was discussing some
land In the Soho section for park pur-
poses, and alluded to that place where
Montclair is going to put the disposal
plant" j
Chairman Denison quickly took ex-
ception to the allusion and said:
Yes, but understand, Mr.. Gibson,
that this disposal plant Is not going to
be. erected there"
And the chairman put much empha-
sis on the mot"
Mr.. Gibson looked at Mr.. Denison
with an approving glance and said
smilingly:
"oh. thank you for the Correction
Mr.. Chairman, / quite agree with
you"
Another reference to the pet and
much condemned scheme of Mayor
Hinck was made by DR.. Yarrow when
he was talking about his proposed site.
when he said:
lone good thing in favor of this
proposition 10 that It would be a good
distance away from this much-talked
of sewage disposal refinery proposed
| by Montclair."
MontcIair Not Worried.
officials OF Montclair today showed
d disposition to regard as a joke the
suggestion Of c.. Lyman Denison, chair
man of the Belleville Township Com
mittee, that Montcl-ir locate the pro-
posed disposal plant in Montclair and
not in Belleville. They characterize
Mr.. Denison's rather long statement
as bluffs" and say that he is not to
be taken seriously in the matter, be-
cause of the fact hat the property he
has named Is not suitable. They assert
that the owners Of this land are anx-
ious to sell II and that the ground 10
inadequate to care for the sewage for
the five municipalities me would not
in the least be considered.
To show that they are not in the
lease feazed by Mr.. Denison, officials of
Montclair declare that they will go
right ahead unless prevented by the
State Board of Health. and will pay ne
attention to anything that emanatso
from Belleville.
1t was further said that II Montciair
decides to erect a plant for its own use
exclusively a local site will be selected.
However, East Orange. appears to be