Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17
WATER PLANT TO
Be OPENED SOON
South Orange Village May
Take Day off to Gel
citrate.

In less than three weeks South Or
Rnge village will be getting its water
supply from the $4,000 municipal
plant. The work on the reservoir Is
practically completed and water will
be placed in one of the two compart-
ments of the huge tank on the noun
tainside next Wednesday.
A test will be made Of the reser-
voir by the Dietz Engineering Com
pany, in charge of the work, and the
compartment which is completed will
be given a cleaning.
Though details for the opening OF
the new water works have not been
completed. it is proposed by many
that day be set aside by the Village
Board of Trustees for the formal cell
ebration of the event. The governing
board may take action in this direc-
ton at a meeting Monday night.
Prediction Carried Out.
when Water Superintendent Cor
nelius P. Nolan during a water fam
Inc in South Orange some years ago
asserted that right in the village linn
It's there was ample water to supply
the entire community. many skeptical
residents secuted the idea. The pres
sure of the water then being supplied
by the Commonwealth Water and
Light Company, of Summit, was very
low. and some homes located on the
hilly sections Of the municipality
were entirely without water
The Village Board of Trustees at
the time, of which Ira y. Kip, jr., was
president, fully believed Mr.. Nolans
statement. however, and not long aft
erward the village fathers obtained
an option on land preparatory to tho
building of n municipal water plant.
Tests subsequently made by engi-
neers resulted in the finding of an
abundance of water in the valley of
the village.
It was Engineer John J. Boyd, a
resident of the village, that ex-
amined the possibilities of the water
situation in the village and found
them as superintendent Nolan had |
first stated.
Reservoir on Mountain.
The reservoir is located on the old |
Mayhem property on the north side |
of South Orange avenue, near the top |
of the mountain. 1t is built in solid
rock and heavy lining of rein
forced concrete has been built around
the sides and bottom, and a roof of
supported by steel pillars
covers the top.
The capacity of the reservoir is
10000 gallons, sufficient for four
lays consumption at the present
maximum rate and five days at the
average rate. The interior is divided
INTO two compartments, and either
nay be used separately to permit
cleaning of the other. The elevation of
he reservoir is sufficient to supply
my house now in the village limits.
When residences are built nearer the
op of the mountain small stand pipe
nay be built upon land belonging to
he village above the reservoir, and
n electric pump driven by current !
yenerated at the pumping station,
coated in the valley, will raise the
water for the reservoir to the stand
,ipe. 1t was considered wise to fol-
ow this plan rather than to locate
he reservoir upon the top of the
as that would have in
'olved a continued additional eX-
'ense in pumping all the water to the
'reater elevation, and the increased
PRESSURE resulting from the higher To-
alton Of the reservoir would have put
severe strain upon the mains and
,iumbing of the village. The pres
ure will be normally slightly greater
han that of the present supply, but
lot so much as to cause incon-
yenience at any point. and it will be
adequate to reach all parts in the
village, which Is not the case with
he present supply.
The pumping station and the reser-
roir are connected by a tWelve-inch
main, which is also connected direct
y with the distributing system of the
village. By a combination of valves
The reservoir may be entirely cut off
and water pumped directly into the
mains; or the pump may be cut off
and the mains supplied entirely from
the reservoir. Along the line of the
main is conduit for cleo
tric wires for supplying light at the
reservoir, telephone connections and
power for an auxiliary pump.
The pumping station and wells are
located on what was known as the
bid Fenner farm. The cost of the
plant was lessened by the fact that
he village owns the mains and pres
mt distributing system in the village.
As q result, all that will be necessary
@ make the change of supply will be
% turn off one valve and turn on the
,ther.
When the village trustees meet
Monday night it is expected that the
appointment of a Waterman will be
made, as 1t is calculated by Engineer
Boyd that the new plant will be in
operation by the middle Of next
month.