. The Oranges and their points of interest, embracing Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange and Orange valley. diatelythe capital of $300,000 was paidin, the majority of the stockbeing taken by citizens of EastOrange. The company was immediately organized, and steps were taken to provide a water supply forEast Orange. The first Board of Directors consisted of Frederick M. Shepard, John M. Randall, JosephA. Minott, John T. Rockwell, Jos-eph L. Munn, William Pierson, , and Vernon L. Davey. TheDirectors organized by electingFrederick M. Shepard, President ;John M. Randall, Vice-Presi
. The Oranges and their points of interest, embracing Orange, East Orange, West Orange, South Orange and Orange valley. diatelythe capital of $300,000 was paidin, the majority of the stockbeing taken by citizens of EastOrange. The company was immediately organized, and steps were taken to provide a water supply forEast Orange. The first Board of Directors consisted of Frederick M. Shepard, John M. Randall, JosephA. Minott, John T. Rockwell, Jos-eph L. Munn, William Pierson, , and Vernon L. Davey. TheDirectors organized by electingFrederick M. Shepard, President ;John M. Randall, Vice-President ;Frederick M. Shepard, Jr., Secre-tary ; Joseph A. Minott, Tieas-urer, and Joseph L. Munn, Coun-sel. The company acquired bypurchase and condemnation a tractof about seventy-five acres of land,at a point where the townships ofOrange and East Orange, Bloom-field and the city of Newark cametogether. This tract contains alarge number of springs of remark-ably pure water. One of them,known as the great boiling spring,has been noted for its fine waterfrom the earliest history of Es- A Residence on Prospect Prospect Street, near Pm> Street. 40 EA. OR,... GE AND ITS POINTS OF INTERESI sex County. In developing these springs the water company has constructed a series of three wells. Thelargest of these is fifty feet in diameter, and is excavated to the depth of about fifteen feet below the sur-face of the nid, nine feet of which depth was blasted through a bed of red sandstone rock. It was in-tended to make the excavation much deeper, but the flow of water was so great as to render it practiiPossible. The water from these wells has been several times subjected to chemical analysis, and foundrel) tree from all organic impurities. In fact, East Orange is conceded by all expertson thejectofwater supply to have the finest water of air) place in the State of New Jersey. The pumtion is located on the same trad as the wells, and distribution is made through the mains bj d pum
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