The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-09-25

most OF the traffic, the present struc-
ture, which then would have but lit
tie traffic to handle, should be allow
ed to stand with fourteen-foot clear
ance as the draw on 1t could be open
ed as frequently as needed without
delay to navigation. The present
bridge will be turned over to the
county when the new bridge is built
An agreement was reached with a
delegation from Clayton, Gloucester
county, for the paving of Route 20
through the borough from curb to
curb, a distance of forty feet. The
borough will pay the proportionate
cost.
Board Has Plant Jurisdiction
1t remains for the Passaic Valley
Sewerage Commission, rather than
the State Board OF Health, to approve
plans by the borough Of Ridgewood
for the construction of a sewage dis
posal plant for the discharge of its
effiuent into Saddle river, a tributary
of the Passaic river.
An opinion to this effect was given
to the State Board of Health by At
torney General Katzenbach, with the
result that the plans filed with the
state board were ordered returned to
Ridgewood without action, together
with copy of the opinion to the bor-
ough and the sewerage commits
sioners.
In it's request for an opinion the De-
partment of Health stated that the
time limit after which municipalities,
corporations and. individuals are pro-
hibited and forbidden to discharge
sewage and other polluting matter in
to the Passaic river, between Great
Falls, Paterson and the mouth of the
river at Newark Bay, or into any trib-
utaries of the Passaic river, which
empty into the Passaic between the
two points, is set out in Chapter 81,
laws OF 1922, as December 81, 1928.
After the latter date the sewerage
commissioners, it was pointed out by
the board, may enforce the provisions
of the 1923 legislation.
Undoubtedly" Mr.. Katzenbach
stated. "the Legislature, in laying out
the district, conferred upon the Pas
sale Valley sewerage commissioners
exclusive Jurisdiction over such mat
tiers within the limits of the district,
and while you may perhaps approve
plans submitted for proposed sew
age system, nevertheless your approx
al would not be final nor binding upon
the Passaic Valley sewerage commits
sioners."
During the discussion of the sub
ject DR.. Thomas B. Lee, president Of
the boards, said it would be a bad
practice to place supervision of sew
age disposal plants in the hands Of
any commission and that such action
was an interference with the police
powers of the board. He suggested
that the matter be again taken up
with the attorney general. With Leg
islative aid, he argued, any county
could take upon itself the supervision
of its own sewerage works.
Morris Plains Hospital Contracts
Subject to approval by the State
Board of Control and subsequently by
the State House Commission the
board of managers of the State Hos
pital at Morris Plains has agreed up
on the construction of four buildings
at the institution and the award of
the contract to the C. ]. Smith Con-
struction Company of this city, which
submitted the low base bid on the
six buildings originally proposed.
The approximate cost of the four
buildings is $1,4O0,O00. These consist
OF a reception building, dining hall
and kitchen and two buildings for
housing employees. In explanation OF
buildings State Architect Alan B.
Mills said the managers concluded
1t would be best to await completed
returns from Essex and Hudson coun-
ties. showing exactly how much
money may be anticipated from the
half mill tax for the purpose. If the
amount is sufficiently large the man
ayers may recommend adding to the
buildings"
Jersey Crops 5ountifuI
New Jerseys apple crop is esti-
mated at 2,390,000 bushels, an in
crease of nearly 100000 bushels over
last year, in a bulletin issued today
by the State Department of Agricul-
ture. The commercial crop is figured
at $4,000 barrels as compared with
100000 barrels in 1928 and $4,000
barrels in 1922.
The peach crop is expected to show
a yield of $4,000 bushels. Last year
the production was $4,000 bushels.
Indications are, it is further stated
by the report, that the potato crop
will be 81 per cent of normal, total
production of 9,946,OOO bushels being
anticipated. This is a marked gain
over the 1923 crop, which was 7,6O0,-
600 bushels, but is under the average
of 10,940,O0o bushels for the last ten
years.
The condition of the sweet potato
crop September 1 was SO per cent of
normal. indicating a yield OF 1928
bushels per acre and a total produc-
tion of 100000 bushels. For nearby