Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-01-13
Expect Orange viii Fall
in Line Before
Niehtfall.
COMMISSION MEETS IN
NEWARK THIS AFTERNOON
Expect Gigantic $l2,z5O,OOO
Undertaking to Be Under
Way by April. Z
Especial to the Newark st.r.l

PATTERSON, Jan. 1S.-That work on
the s12,500000 trunk sewer will be start
by April / was the confident declara-
ton made by William S. AclSerman.
engineer, and FNassaic county member
of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Com
mission, today.
Now that Paterson has fallen into
line with Newark and the other mu-
inequalities, with but one exception.r
he added, there is nothing to hinder
our work, and bids will be advertised
for at once" Mr. Ackerman also said
that a meeting of the commission win
be held this afternoon in the Pruden-
tial building. Newark.
President William Berdan. of the
finance board, earlier in the day had
explained the action of the board in
passing its resolution yesterday with a
prov1so that the commission should
not start actual work until bona -fide
bids are received.
What we meant" said Mr. Berdan,
was that work should not be started.
say. for instance, on mile of the sewer
and then later for another mile, and by
the time the balance of the work is to
be done, the commission should say
that 1t will cost a few million dollars
more. We want the whole job done at
once, with the assurance that we won't
be held up for any more money"
Il don't want to go down to Tren-
ton,' was Commissioner Ackerman's
comment when his attention was called
to Mr.. Berdan's statement.
DO you mean for malfeasance OF Of
flce?" was asked.
why, yes. II you viii put il that
way, exactly so. You can be sure that
II we enter into a contract with twenty
or more municipalities that the sewer
shall not cost more thgn s125O0 900 the
terms will be met. AS State officers,
how can we later spend several million
dollars more of the peoples money
without their consent?
Whatever Betide, Sewer Is Certainty.
THE contract is as binding under the
law as any other legal document. You
may say, though, that we will puild
that sewer and within the limits as set
forth in the contracts"
Mr., Ackermar stated that Orange has
not rs yet fallen in line, but that her
consent Will be probably received at this
afternoons meeting. The plans of the
commission are completed, but they
must be Autographed to book size for
the convenience of contractors. The
specifications are all printed and bids
will soon be advertised for.
Mayor Mcbride and President Ber-
dan, of the Finance Board, affixed their
signatures to the resolution early this
afternoon They will appear before the
committee at Newark and there sign
10 oft had
to the contract
Paterson Citizens Pleased.
Citizens of this city are pleased over
the sudden right -about-face of the city
officials and their determination to
hurry along the trunk sewer
The matter has been source of con
teDtion for over fourteen years, and
now that the plans have met with frui-
tion, Paterson is awaiting the word
that will start the mammoth sewer.
1t is generally agreed that the under
taking will mean plenty of work and
an inpouring of money all along the
line of the sewer and do away with
the pollution of the Passaic river
II Is agreed on all sides that had this
proposition of the sewerage commits
sion been accepted when $7000.000 to
600, as now, Paterson would have saved
the proportion which it would have
been asked TO make good and would
not have been forced TO pay $150,0o0 In
fees and penalties.
All officials Favored Project.
Present at the meeting We're Mayor
Mcbride and Finance Commissioners
William Berdan. Buckley and Meyer
Public Works Commissioners Charles
r. Cooke and Thomas Morgan DR.. r.
NJ, Curtis. chairman of the special COM
mittee appointed by the Mayor to in
yestigate the sewer proposition: City
Counsel Edward f. Mercy and city
Attorney Thomas f. McCran. The vari
Gus members of the city boards filed
their opinions on the answers sub
mitted to the Mayors questions by the
sewerage commission relative TO the
cost of the sewer. All were in favor
of immediate action by the Board of
Finance. As soon as this became
known President Berdan introduced
the following resolution. which was
adopted:
Resolved, That the Mayor be au-
and directed on behalf of the
city to sign the sewer contract sub
lnitted by him at this meeting and as
proposed by the Passaic Valley Sewer
age Commission, with the addition OF
the following clause
'And it is further provided that the
actual work contemplated in this con
tract shall not be commenced nor shall
the commission be obligated to any
for any part of said work
until such time as the commission
shall have received actual bona iids
offers from reputable and responsible
contractor or contractors to coinplete
said work within the sum Of sl2, 250.0o0
the rights of way and other