Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-02-16
ORANGE TO HAVE
MUNICIPAL LIGHT
TOMORROW NIGHT
Council Committee Gets
Final Report on Condition
of New System. {

orange will be lighted by its own
municipal plant tomorrow night. The
trunk line and circuit No. 6 are al
most ready for acceptance, according
to a report made to the street ane
lighting committee of the Orange Com
mon Council last night by the consult
ing engineers. The other six circuits
are in working condition. Tonight will
be the last time for the Public Serv-
Ice to light the city.
When the city is lighted by its own
plant the maintenance of the power
station will be assumed by the city,
While all outside work will be takeh
care OF by the contractors. The cont
inittee last night took no action on the
communication received at tho last
meeting from Storms g. Co, contractors
for the work, as the unanimous opin.
ion of h members vas that the city
should assume no maintenance risks OF
the outside work until the plant q
been finally accepted. The communi-
cation from the contractors asks thai
the city take yer the plant as each
circuit is recommended by the consult
ing engineer, but, as there is consider
able work that cannot be finished until
spring, the committee felt that the city
could not reasonably be expected to ss-
sumo the cost of any repairs until the
plant was finally accepted.
The street committee and William
MacBard, representing the New York
Telephone Company, reached a definite
agreement, whereby the city is to re-
ceive certain privileges. consisting OF
an added number of free phones, In re-
turn for permits to the telephone com
pany to extend its conduits in many
of the city's streets. Four new phones
were GRANTEE by the company. They
are to be placed in the poor farm al
Livingston. Day Street Public School,
Office of building inspector and the
home of Robert c. C~rozier. lineman for
the city's lighting plant.
The phone at the poor farm will
have a radius of fifteen miles. This is
an extra concession obtained from the
company by the committee. In addition
TO the free phones, the company Is TO
agree to the changing of five phones
now having a radius of fifteen miles to
local phones only. and TRANSFERRING
the added mileage to the office of the
city clerk, clerk OF the water depart
llciitf tdA OiitCCt IIibh RSAoVi NiiN
Board of Health.
The transfers are to be made from
the residences of the chiefs of the fire
and police departments. engine houses
Nos. I and 8 and from the police phone
at the Highland avenue station of the
I.acka wanna railroad.
a delegation OF citizens from the
Fourth ward owning property In Ire
mont place called upon the committee
and requested that some action be
taken towards the improving of h
street. When the ordinance was intro
duced in the Council some time ago 1t
met with the ~disapproval of Mayor
Arthur y. Seymour, who vetoed the
ordinance because of the width of the
street. The committee felt last night
that, inasmuch as the street was not
a public thoroughfare, and would never
be Used for extensive travelling, 1t
should be improved. Mayor Seymou
was communicated with by phone, ana
as q result the committee will recon-
mend the adoption of the ordinanc
when it comes up in the Council, 10
do this the Mayors veto will have to
be passed over.