Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-03
AN IMHOFF SEWER
PLANT APPROVED
Orange Council Takes Definite
Action Toward Establishing
Such a System.
COUNCILMAN SMITH IN
VAIN PLEADS FOR DELAY
City viii Advertise Its lnten-
ton TO Join With Montclair
and East Orange.

Ignoring an impassioned plea of
Councilman P. Allen Smith to defer
action until citizens have opportunity
10 at least express their opinion of
the idea, the Orange Common Coun-
ell last night took definite action to-
ward establishing an Imhoff sewer
plant.
With Councilman Smith and Presi-
dent Fineran voting in the negative
the body adopted a resolution in
structing the city clerk to advertise
in an Orange newspaper the inten-
ton of the city to join with, East
Orange and Montclair or both of
them in erecting the plant
How you gentlemen" began Mr..
Smith, "oan conscientiously vote in
favor of this scheme after what you
saw at Atlanta is more than I can
understand. Although did not so
down there to satisfy myself wheth-
sr an odor is detachable, discovered
1t was and 7 was not one bit i'm
pressed by what ] saw"
stetson Presents II.
Councilman Henry t. Stetson faith
cred the resolution. He presented 1t
after a communication was received
from the special sewer committee adj
yising that the city adopt the scheme
President Fineran did not give a
reason for voting against the resolu-
ton. He said after the meeting, how
ever, that he has always opposed an
Imhoff system, and that he will con-
tinue to do so.
Mr.. Smith wanted the council to
ing of citizens could be held, stating
that if the citizens were invited to
attend there Is not place in the city
that could accommodate all who
would assemble.
It. was stipulated in the resolution
that any citizens desiring to protest
against the city adopting. the scheme
must do so within twenty days after
the advertisement appears.
1t was not stated where the city
intends to erect the plant. Mr..
Smith laid great stress on the fact
that he discovered there were three
plants at Atlanta instead of one.
81 went there with the belief" he
said that one plant took charge of
the sewage matter of the entire place.
believe Atlanta adopted the system
principally because they had no other
alternative. Now they claim prop
H. -.
on Mr.. Smith. but I saw house
near the plant that was erected after
the installation OF the tanks. and 1t
has not been occupied since"
Mr.. Smiths Plea.
Mr.. Smith told the couneilmep he
did not believe they were abiding by
the golden rule by intending to have
the plant in Belleville.
He deplored the fact that a sup
posed Imhoff plant at Madisont has
been called failure
Why were we not taken to see
that plant before we went to At
lanta?'' asked Mr.. Smith.
He concluded his plea by urging his
colleagues not to take any definite
action at present, declaring the mat
ter is the biggest that has come be-
fore the city.
Other members of the body ex-
pressed surprise at Mr.. Smiths dec
iaration that he was not aware that
there were three plants at Atlanta
Mr. Stetson, in urging the action,
said the resolution was not binding
and that a public hearing could be
held. He declared there were not
many citizens interested In the
project and that a big crowd would
not turn out il a meeting is held