Evening journal., 1916-10-12
council ASKS BOARD
Of HEALTH TO RESIGN
Squabble Between Newark
Town Authorities Over
Some Sewer Connections
TWO MEMBERS OF BOARD
SEND IN RESERVATIONS

Special to THE EVENING JOURNAL:
NEWARK, Oct II. As the result OF
friction between Town Council and the
Board OF Health over the ordering OF
seventy seven properties within the
town limits. 10 connect with the sewer
within thirty days, Council has re-
qucsted members OF the board TO re
sign. Two members OF the board llr.
Raymond G.. Reed and Louis l.. Cur
It's. sent their designations 10 Council
yesterday. Or. IA c. NJ. KollOck pres
ident and DR.. Herbert } Watson. sec
rotary of the board, stated last night
that they. with Sergeant Frazer. the
executive officer, would resign as soon
as some important work they had
started Us completed and that this
may be today. Members of the Board
LOT Health are appointed by Council
The matter has caused much com
ment among the citizens of Newark.
Council took this action asking for the
resignation OF the members at "A spe-
cial meeting held this week. The
Board of Health has been working for
some weeks to eliminate any possible
source of typhoid fever and in this
connection early this month or the
latter part OF September condemned
seventy seven properties and sent the
names to Council. Under the sewer
act and the town ordinances. when the
Board Of Health condemns a property
and sends the name TO Council with
recommendation. as was done in these
cases, that they be ordered to connect
with the sewer, II Is practically COM
pulsOry for Council to order such
connections. The law further pro
vides that when Council orders prop
erty to connect with the sewer il mus.
be connected within thirty days or the
owner is subject to prosecution and to
payment of fine Of so a day for each
day after the thirty days that the con-
nection is not made.
At the meeting Of the Board of
Health, when IL was decided to condemn
the II properties, which are scattered in
all parts of the town, Dr. Reed and Mr..
Curtis were absent. DR. kollock. Dr.
Watson and Sergeant Frazer were at thel
meeting and favored the proposition. rel
is understood that there has been fric-
ton between some Of the board mem
bers themselves for some weeks.
Mayor Joseph II. Hossinger, who is al
member of Council. stated last night
that members of Council took the view
that to order such a large number OF
houses in az one time would not only
be a hardship on some people. but that
It was also a physical impossibility toI
have the work done in such a short
time, there being but two plumbers in
Newark. He also stated that members
of Council understood that II was the
Intention Of the Board of Health 20
order the properties to he connected a
few at u time and get them all in by
the first of the year. He further ex-
planned that Council had asked the
board to rescind its action condemning
the - properties and as this was not
honc ID was decided to ask for their
designations, as Council did not feel JUS
titled in ordering such a large number
of properties TO be connected within sol
days, when the members knew Il was
an impossibility TO get the work done
in that time. Mr.. Hossinger admitted
there have been cases where the Coun-
ell has ordered connections and failed tol
prosecute when the connections were not
made within the prescribed 30 days.
Members Of the Board OF Health
who were responsible for the action
relative to the seyenty-seven houses
contend that the action was taken
for the benefit Of the health OF the
town. They had no intention. they
said. OF working a hardship on
anyone. but there were some OF the
properties which. in their opinion,
were detrimental to the health Of the
town unless connected with the sewer,
and TO order all in would give them
an opportunity to get these proper
ties connected within a short time. II
was their opinion that II il was found
in any partiular case that the ex-
pense OF the work at that time would
work a hardship on the owner and
conditions about that property we're
not particularly bad, then the time
for making the connection might be
extended IL Council so desired. They
also say they realize II would be inn
possible to connect all of the seventy
seven within thirty days. but II Coun
ell had backed them up they could
have gotten the houses that are ac-