Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-06-06
EAST ORANGE IS
COMMITTED To
SEWAGE DISPOSAL
Rejects Sewer Plan, Claiming
u. S. May Prohibit Use of
New York Bay.

East Orange Joined hands with hel
neighbor, Montclair, last night, in tht
sewage disposal controversy. At a
meeting of the East Orange City Coun'
ell the cost of entering the Passait
Valley trunk sewer project, aborr
1000, 900. was declared p~rohibitive, ant
a resolution was passed to pave the
way for contracts with Montclair and
any other municipality caring to en-
ter the disposal proposition which
Montclair planned.
Councilman Edward S. Pierson
chairman of the councils special com,
mittee on sewage disposal, declared
that there is no justice to East Or
anse in the plan offered by the Passais
Valley Sewage Commission. He spoke
of the bills W, Itch have been intro.
duced in the Legislature to provide fol
a reapportionment of the cost of tho
trunk sewer, so hat it would be pos
sible for East Orange and Montclail
to enter, but all to no purpose. He
added that the government might
| SNSuLudliy pIOIllDil II uioNAidi sc "a
sewa ge into New York harbor, and
that it would then be necessary &c
construct a disposal plant on the
meadows.
The special committees report stated
that although 1t would be unwise &c
become committed TO any special sys-
tenn Of disposal, the two municipalities
ought to secure a site for the plant
Immediately. An ordinance will oe in
troduced to this end. making East CT
ange md Montclair Joint governing
bodies for the purpose Of settling the
sewage question. The ordinance, when
passed. will be advertised for twenty
days, when 1t will be possible for the
two governments to sign the necessary
contracts with each other.
The committee stated that an effori
had been made to secure land for the
new plant within the borders of the
municipality before going to Belleville
Secure Options on Land.
Certain options on land in Belle
vile have been secured" the report
stated on this point, land we're turned
over to the committee, and we advise
the purchase of such property as Ii
suitably situated for the purpose il
question. In the early stages of the
consideration of this matter, the com
mittee endeavored to secure land for 9
site situated within our WI borders
and low enough not to require pump
ing of the sewage but found it i'm.
possible to secure a suitable site. Ii
Joining with Montclair the Bellevillt
SIRE is best adapted to the purpose
and we believe there is no reason Other
than a sentimental one why Belleville
should object to the selection.
we consider that the period oil
years that the federal government ma,
permit semi-crude sewage to be emp
tied into New York harbor altogether
too uncertain, and should the govern
ment deny this right at any time Il
would then become necessary to estab'
lish publication works on the Newarl
meadows or thereabouts and the costly
tunnel from the Newark meadows run
ming out under New York bay would
be of practically no value.
After investigating the various sys-
TENS of publication, including the I'm
hoff system, the members Of the COM
mittee are convinced that the purifica-
ton of our sewage can be accomplished
at a. nearby point in a way not often
sive or a menace to health, and that
while it would be unwise to become
committed to any system at the pres
ent time, still we believe that land for
q site should be secured at once, and
we recommend that this be dom The
interests of East Orange and Montclair
are identical, and WI therefore recon-
mend that immediate action be taken
to join with the town of Montclair un-
| der the act known as chapter ia OF
the laws of 1910"
Bloomfield Files Protest.
The Bloomfield Council also net last
night and took a decided stand against
the location of any plant within its
borders. II was brought out that
Bloomfield had not been represented in
| the conference at which the site fer
the Imhoff plant had been selected.
The sentiment of the meeting was ex-
pressed by Councilman Unangst, who
said, Bloomfield is not going to be a
cesspool for Montclair."
The Bloomfield authorities will prob
ably decide once for all next Tuesday
night whether or not to join the trunk
sewer project, This was so moved by
Councilman Hummell. who recon-
mended thai the adjourned meeting be
held at that time, and the question of
signing contracts be decided then.
MontcIaIr Resolution Similar.
The Montclair Town Council held a
special meeting last night and passed
similar resolutions to those passed in
East Orange. Mayor Hinck said today
that the resolutions passed by both
bodies were exactly the same and the
two municipalities were going ahead
with the disposal plans, independent
of whether any other municipalities
Joined or not.
Engineers will be employed jointly by
both municipalities, who will submit
plans and cost of installing the Imhoff
system. on the land purchased by
Mayor Hinck, in Bloomfield and Belle
vile. Mayor Hinck said he yet has
hopes that Bloomfield, Glen Ridge and
Orange will also join in with them.