Evening journal., 1913-05-14
PLANS OF
TOWN SEWER
AREEXPLAINED
Engineer HattOn Describes
Proposed Improvement
for Newark Voters
VOTE ON QUESTION
THERE ON MAY 81
Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL

NEWARK. May 14.-Opponents Of
the proposed system of sewers and
disposal plant for Newark are getting
busy, but few of those who are fight
ing the proposition have come out in
the open as yet. The opinion is that
II will be carried by large majority
when submitted to a vote of the tax
payers on May 81 The special cleo
tion was originally set for May "a, but
has been changed to the former date.
Few property owners know just what
the plans and specifications approved
by the Sewer Commission and Town
Council and prepared by T. Chalkley
Hatton, engineer, provide For this
reason Mr.. Hatton has prepared for
the commission a report summarizing
the plans and showing exactly where
the sewers and disposal plant will go,
details as to the building of same with
estimates of cost of the work. There
has been a request for this informa
ton by the taxpayers before they cast
their vote on the proposition. The es-
timated cost of the system of sewers
is S37 900, the disposal plant $4,000,
making the total estimate SOL 600. The
plans are so arranged that most of
the sewage will be collected and
taken to the disposal plant by gravity.
At the election only taxpayers will
have a vote. They will have one vote
for each 81 of tax that they pay.
Mr. Hatton in his report, says: "The
logical location of a sewage disposal
plant is along the banks Of White
Clay creek, so far removed from the
town as to avoid any nuisance
arising during the operation of the
plant, and to have the effuent dis
charged with a sufficient volume Of
water as to avoid any nuisance
through subsequent decomposition
which is always possible with the best
regulated disposal plant. A modern
disposal plant to be successfully oper-
ated, must be located where a fall Of
from 10 to Is feet is available. All
of these conditions can be obtained by
locating the disposal plant near the
lower end of McKee's lake, where an
ideal site at small cost can be Sc
cured For these reasons have
picked out this location and recon-
mend II for your approval"
After describing the three water
sheds upon which Newark is located
I'm connection with locating the main
collecting sewer. the engineer in his
report says. "As the topography Of
the town exists Il is far cheaper to
build the main sewer in Main street
from McKee's lane to Chapel street,
thence in Chapel street, west to Della
ware avenue, thence in Delaware ave-
nue. TO Elkton road, thence in Elkton
road back to Main street This will
collect all the sewage generated in
b this district by building branch sew
ers S-inch in diameter in Main street
from Chapel street to the north town
line each of which would be carried
down the intersecting streets to the
west to the Delaware avenue main
sewer. A main sewer would also be
built in Cleveland avenue from its
northern summit to East Chapel street
and thence in Chapel street to Main
street.
"All of this sewage could thus be
collected by gravity at the disposal
plant. It leaves out two small dis
tricts within the town limits which
cannot be collected by gravity. One
small district in the northeastern
limits of the town and about 500 fee
of West Chapel street"
Mr. Hatton says the First district
can be provided for by building sew
ers in Corbitt street and New LondoT
road, leading them to small puml
well at the intersection Of these two
streets at the foot of the hill, anC
installing in this pump well four
inch sewage pump operated by al
electric motor, and pumping the sew
age up the hill to the summit in New
London road. where 1t would dis
charge into the manhole connected
with the main sewerage system
through which II would flow by grav
ity to the disposal plant. The othe'
section could be provided for abou
the same way, but the engineer salt
that IL would be unnecessary to buil'
the latter collecting we'll and pump
ing station at this time, as there Il
now but one building within the tow
limits below Delaware avenue tina
would be connected with this station
The arrangements OF these littl
pumping stations is entirely auto
matte. They need no attention excep
an occasional oiling Of motor and tn
motor operates only when the we'll !
full OF sewage. In laying the sewer
after the PLAN designed. Mr. Hattol
says there are few places where exces
sive cuts are necessary. In the busl
ness section OF Main street the cut
are made from to 10 feet for the pur
pose OF affording business houses am
pie facilities for draining deep cellar
should the necessity arise.
Continuing the report says: 9TH
nain sewer from the disposal plan
TO east Chapel street is IL inches
diameter and has sufficient capacity
carry off the sewage from a popula
tion five times the present populatio
OF Newark. AT Main and Chaps
streets the main sewer divides. A Il
inch sewer running east on Chap'
street TO Cleveland avenue and mort
or Cleveland avenue TO the wall pape
works. and a 10-inch sewer runnin
west on Chapel street 10 Delawar
avenue 10 Elkton road and Mai
street. All other sewers are designe
10 be inches in diameter.
"As each sewer 10 laid there is 70
inserted in it opposite TO every bull,
ine and opposite vacant lots.
branch TO which the present and II
ture buildings may be connected wit
the sewer without breaking inso H."
Provision is made wnefc .he dept
o. the scwer except IN Main stree
exceeds feet for a T branch 80 TIM
when connection Is desired TO be mac
WITH the sewers the branch from ii
buildings will not have 90 be dug moi
than Q feet Provisions have ali
been made in tho plans for automat
flush tanks 90 be built az the dead en-,
OF all sewers
These aro brtet tanks contafnfr