Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-04
TWO BILLS VETOED
BY ORANGE MAYOR
Finds Fault With Water Cost
as Well as Street
Sprinkling.

Two bills passed by the Orange
Common Council were vetoed by
Mayor Frank j. Murray last night.
The bills We're returned to the coun-
ell. The executive objected to fur
nlshing water to municipal depart
ments at a rate that means loss to
the city The other bill provided for
sprinkling the streets with oil.
The municipal lighting plant was
charged with 2,666,OOS gallons of water
in month. This amounted to $13S. 80.
! Mayor Murray in his vetoe of the
water bill said he has been informed
that the lowest water rate in the city
is that charged TO some large fac
tories and that the city is suffering
a loss thereby
He said the rate of five cents
1000 gallons. which is the sum
charged the lighting plant, is equiva-
lent to rate of 371a cents a 1000
cubic feet. This, he said, undoubted-
ly means a loss. The rate charged to
private consumers for water is 81. S75
cents 1000 cubic feet, which is
equivalent to twenty-five cents
1000 gallons. or five times the rate
charged the lighting plant The rate
charged most of the factories is sew
enty-five cents "A 1000 cubic feet,
which is equivalent to ten cents a
LOCO gallons or twice the rate charged
by the other bill.
Mayor Murray thought that the
10000 gallons of oil for sprinkling
the streets would cost more than the
city can afford to pay and that no
better results are obtained from apply
ing oil instead of water. He figures
the oil will cost about 10000 and as
most Of IT would be applied on Main
street the only benefit derived would
be to allay the dust and the same
results could be obtained by system
attic sprinlIling of water Both vetoes
were referred to committees.
Stetson and Quinn Differ.
An effort of Councilman Stetson to
have passed a resolution prohibiting
departments expanding money on
Improvements without the approval
of the entire council, angered Coun-
Gilman Quinn, chairman of the build
ing committee, and his objection re-
suited in the resolution being referr-
ed to city Counsel Seymour for him
to draft a similar one, but with a
different wording Mr. Quinn con-
tended the real object of ii was not
contained in the resolution.
Plans for the converting of the Day
Street School into a city hall were
received. but as the speclfica tions did
not accompany them action was de-
ferred until a special meeting tomor-
row night. Bids We're TO have been
advertised for. but the Council could
not act without first viewing the
plans and specifications
With Councilman Smith protesting
vigorously the Council instructed the
water committee to consult with an
engineer on figures regarding the cost
of discovering the big waste Of water
at the city's plant.
From the Home and School Asso-
citation a letter was received request
ing the appointment of a moving pic
ture commission and higher license
fee for motion picture houses. IT was
asserted in the letter that the condi-
tions in number of the houses in
Main street are a menace to the
health of the patrons
Protest was entered against the re-
Gently established law of the Essex
County Park Commission excluding
business wagons from Park avenue.
Councilman Smith declared the com
mission did not say it intended to
have the thoroughfare for a drive
way exclusively when it requested to
make the recent Improvement.