Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-07-22
EAST ORANGE MAY
GET TRUNK SEWER
Mayors of Seven Cities Write
Opinion on Suburbs Status
Regarding Pact.
HAUSSLING'S MISSTVE
is READ BEFORE COUNCIL
Newark Executive Tells condi.
tons on Which Suburb
Might Be Admitted.

Requested to give their views re-
gsrdinR the prevailing belief among
Last Orange officials that the city Is
now barred from entering the trunk
sewer. mayors of seven of the NUM-
CAPABILITIES which contemplate adopting
that system declare in letters that
this impression Is not correct.
These letters are in the possession
OF Councilman Warren J. Stoddard, OF
the suburban city. Mr.. Stoddaro
produced the missives at a conference
last night of the City Council tho
citizens advisory committee and CITY
Counsel Borden D. Whiting, called to
obtain expression from the officials as
TO whether the city should take
further steps toward establishing an
Imhoff plant Jointly with Orange and
aIontclair. But one of the eommuni-
cations was read Mr.. Stoddard stat
ing that the other executives had eA-
pressed their opinions in confidence
Mayor HaussIing's Letter Read.
This one was from Mayor Hauss-
ling, of this city, who stated he nao
M objections to the contents being
made public Last night was the first
time the entire council discussed the
problem at length, the meetings mere
tofore being those held by commit
tees.
The letter OF Mayor Haussllng,
which was under date of July H. FOL
lows in part:
"In my Judgment it would be i'm
possible to secure the consent OF tne
other contracting municipalities TO al
nit East Orange into the trunk sewer
project.
willing TO Admit East Orange
II would be personally wiling 10
use my influence to admit East OF
ange provided some circumstances, OF
which ] am not aware does not eA-
list to change my attitude
"The establishing of the rate charge
on any other basis than that OF rata
bles would reopen the whole question
of how the cost of construction shouiu
be met. and would probably disrupt
the agreement which has now Deeh
executed by almost all of the cities
and towns in the district.
eve have felt here in Newark that
from the very start we were conceo-
ing far more to the other towns III
the district than justice dernahueo.
1t was only because we believed tnat
somethine. more than mere justice
was necessary that we consented 10
assume a share of costs far greater III
proportion than that of any other
community in the district
at do not know what legislation
might be necessary If East Orange
were to make a proposition IN goou
faith to enter the trunk sewer anu
should obtain the consent OF the other
municipalities. That is proposition
for lawyers to determine.
Mr. Stoddard ventured the opinion
that IL greater efforts were mace the
city might possibly be able to get in'o
the trunk sewer and pay its snare az
cording. to ratables and not FOR the
amount OF refuse to be cared for
Bearer Than Sewer System.
THE ultimate result of this lmhoh
system agitation" declared Mr.. oloo-
dard. "will be that the city Will ne
compelled to pay more than WIN De
required to get into the trunk sewer.
Reiterating their previous asser-
lions the members of the citizens
committee urged that the city take
Immediate steps to join with orange
and Montclair Nicholas HILL IT.
who was recently added to the COM
mittee. refrained from committing
himself. explaining he had not
studied the local situation carefully
as yet. Mr.. Hill is an engineer or
no little repute. and he told the
Council that he is familiar with
sewage matters in New York, adding
he favors municipalities emptying
their refuse into tide-water. the
next step the city will take depends
on the recommendation of Mr.. Hill,
which he will submit after he has OPP
portunity TO study the local prob
lens. This will probably be on oc-
tober 10. If he suggests the city en-
tering the lmhoff scheme public
hearing of citizens will be held i'm
mediately after the October date,