Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-13
GLEN RIDGE FOR
DISPOSAL PLANT,
OPPONENTS FEAR
Borough Council Expected to
Side With Montclair and East
Orange in Sewerage Plan.

Glen Ridge, it is expected, will act
with Montclair and East Orange in
the matter of establishing a sewage
disposal plant in Belleville and part OIL
Bloomfield. This was made evident at
the meeting of the Borough Councli
last night, when protests from the
Township Committee, the Board or
Health and the Board of Trade or
Belleville were received, together with
a communication from the Passaic VAL
ley Sewerage Commission 1t was SAID
L. .er that when the council meets OIL
June 90 1t will decide to act with Mont
clair and East Orange.
Acting Mayor Levi Best was author
lied to name a committee to draft re-
plies to the communications from the
Belleville bodies. The tenor of tho
replies was not determined on last
night, although those who profess to
know say there Is 10 doubt but that
Belleyille and the sewerage commission
will be turned down. No action was
taken on the letter from the COM
mission.
Herring Talks In Orange.
Engineer Rudolph Herring, of Mont
clair, gave an illustrated talk to about
three dozen men from Orange East
Orange, West OrangS and
last night in the New England Societys
rooms, Orange, in which he exploited
the advantages claimed for the Imhor
system of sewage disposal. Maya
Arthur b. Seymour, of Orange, intro
duced the speaker II announced h
as Orange was likely to pay $i5O,0Oo
for a share in the Passaic Sewer Com
missions scheme it behooved the city
to seek out some other and cheaper
plan. The Imhoff plan, he declared
appeared very attractive, and he said
the sewage question was getting 50
pressing Orange would nave to speedily
decide to go in with the Passaic sewer
group or select some other plan. He
complimented Professor Herring. who,
he said, was giving attention to the
Imhoff arrangement simply as a good
citizen of Montclair.
Mr.. Herring protested that he had no
financial interest in the Imhoff plan
and was simply favoring it on purely
professional grounds as the best plan
known for solving sewag disposal
problems. He outlined the history Je
the Imhoff scheme and declared the
solution of disposal was accidentally
stumbled upon. The speaker said
thirty Imhoff stations in Europe gave
satisfaction and that tests in this
country resulted in demonstrations Of
the merits of the Imhoff LAM.
How Newark. Could Treat Sewage
The speaker insisted Newark could
treat its sewage with the tanks. dis
charge the water from them into HI
Kill Won Kull without -oxygenizing and
that the suburban towns could salts
factorily dispose of sewage, utilizing
an acre OF ground for each 5000 inhab-
itants.
His statements had to be ampliied
frequently after questioning, but he
failed to communicate generally his
own faith In the scheme. william A.
Calhoun, of Orange. asked if the plant
established in Bloomfield would be con-
Quoted without nuisance. Mr. Herring
said it could and that the sludge from
the solids would be useful in filling
low nds. Oxydizing would be re-
CURED for liquids and the speaker ia
vored the Birmingham, England, plan
of sending the liquid through beds of
stone. and after three vibrations the
eiiiueHI Woulu De as cleaf as any water
and free from odor.
Engineer Fred T. Crane. of Orange,
old of his study of the Reading, Pa,
system, and after answering a host OF
questions the talk ended, and votes of
thanks were given the speaker, the
New England Society n the Orange
Camera Club for the ~stereopticon. No
action was taken by the sewer COM
mittee of the Orange Council and the
citizens advisory body. who were pres
ent at the talk.
Resolutions of the Beileville Board
OF Trade protesting against the action
of Montciair and East Orange having
q disposal plant for sewage in Belle
vile were received last night by the
East Orange City Council but did not
occasion any comment.