Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-14
ORANGE LIKELY TO
WITHDRAW FROM
|MHOFF SCHEME
Advocates for Independent Sew
age Disposal Plant Muster
Only Seven Votes.

Unless the advocates for the I'm
hon sewage disposal plan in the Or
ange Common Council can muster
more votes Orange will withdraw
from the pripartite agreement. In
that event. It is believed. Orange.
East Orange and Montclair will either
have to seek admission into the Pas
sale valley trunk sewer scheme or
evolve some other method of sewage
disposal.
When the ordinance committing Or
ange to the scheme of building sew
age disposal plant in the Soho section
OF Belleville came up for second read
ing last night Councilman Stetson,
leader of the forces, could only swing
six votes besides his own. One more
vote was necessary as there were six
votes recorded against the scheme.
The vote was on the preamble and
section one of the ordinance, which Is
a copy of the measure passed by the
Montclair Town Council. East Or
ange has not as yet taken any action
on the matter.
six Oppose Scheme.
President John C. Fineran. Council
men P. Allen Smith and Josiah
Wright, First Ward; Councilman
Charles Coyne, Second Ward; Coun-
cilmen Owen p. Casey and John J.
Condron, Fourth Ward, were the six
who opposed the plan to enter the
Joint scheme, while the seven who
favored the ordinance included Coun-
cilmen Stetson, Charles A. lie Master,
Second Ward; Councilman John Keas-
ter, Third Ward Councilman Owen c.
Dolan, Fourth Ward. and the entire
Fifth Ward group, Councilmen Chris
T Hnhar-
ling and Daniel Gallagher. The abb
sentees were Third Ward members,
Edward Cheetham, who has been con-
fined to his home with serious ILL
ness for several months, and Council
man Patrick A. Quinn. When the
leader of the joint scheme. Council
man Stetson, found he was unable to
put the measure through, he promptly
CHANGED his vote from aye to no, with
Councilman LIE Master, and their mo-
ton to reconsider the vote was passed
and the ordinance went back to the
committee. AS the council has fifteen
members eight votes will be required
to pass the measure.
Lively arguments prevailed before
the vote was taken. Councilman Stet-
son led the speechmak,ng for the Joint
plan, reciting familiar arguments,
while Councilmen Smith and Wright
vigorously opposed the Imhoff tank
system. planned for Belleville. Per-
sonalities were INDUCED in, and Smith
was criticized for attempting what
his opponents limited, were political
speeches.
He retorted with the insinuation
that Stetson was concerned over
property he purchased for the site
near the Soho Hospital. and the Sec
ond Ward man denied having any
such financial interests in the location
of the plant. stating he had bought
some ground for Orange and East
Orange men. but did not have penny
of his own money in the deal.
VIII Not Purify Efiuent.
Councilman Stetson, in replying to
questions. made 1t plain that the in
dependent plant will not entirely pu-
rify the effiuent that is to go into
the Passaic from the proposed Soho
station. but he assured his colleagues
that as the Passaic publication will
not be accomplished for some time
the effiuent will not be out of place in
the river.
Councilman Smith insisted the only
"God-given" plan was to use the Pas
sale Valley trunk sewer. He called
the Imhoff tank a bunk" scheme.