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First Annual Message of Archibald Johnston, 1918 [continued]
this outfall tributary sub-mains will be connected. This important subject should receive the same consideration as our water supply; that is, a Lehigh Valley Metropolitan Sewage Disposal System.
Recommendation. Just as Allentown's sewage disposal project is bound to protect the communities below her (especially her near neighbor — Bethlehem) so Bethlehem is morally bound to play a similar part in protecting the people who live in close proximity to Bethlehem.
It would appear to be in the line of economy and efficiency and there seems to be no reason why the cities of Allentown and Bethlehem should not at once enter into negotiations for the consummation of a joint intercepting and outfall sewer and sewage disposal project.
Recommendation. I THEREFORE RECOMMEND FOR YOUR SERIOUS CONSIDERATION THE TAKING OF SUCH IMMEDIATE STEPS AS MAY BE NECESSARY, WITH OUR SISTER CITY, TO CAUSE AN ABANDONMENT OF THE GEISINGER FARM DISPOSAL OF ALLENTOWN'S SEWAGE AND THE SUBSTITUTION THEREFOR OF THE JOINT PROJECT ABOVE OUTLINED, AND THE PREPARATION, WITHOUT DELAY, OF A COMPREHENSIVE SEWERAGE PLAN FOR OUR OWN MUNICIPALITY AND ADJACENT TERRITORY, AND TO REQUEST THE CITY OF ALLENTOWN TO CONSIDER AND ACT JOINTLY WITH US IN HIS IMPORTANT MATTER.
Stream Control and Utilization. Since the main sewers will in all probability follow closely along the creeks and river banks, where locations and rights of way must be permanently chosen, the question of flood control and industrial water supply regulation of the streams becomes pertinent. Channel improvements should be planned and the establishment of permanent shore lines of all said streams should be undertaken. Such a course will tend to prevent flood conditions and assure the
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