The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-05
MONEY TO ENGINEER
FOR w O R TO COST
$81,500 THIS YEAR.
Asks $4,000 for Meadow Surveyors,
Parker Assessment-12th Ward Truck.
Raise for Morris.

Considerable business was transacted
at the session of Common Councils
finance committee last night. City En-
gineer Morris R. Sherrerd made re-
quests that were granted by the COM
mittee. He asked for $1,000 for sewer
construction, saying there is $S1 500
worth of work to be done this year;
that property owners have not paid as
sessments promptly for sewers finished,
and the sewer department now owes
$1,000. Sewers are being constructed in
unpaved streets, so that when the
streets are paved the pavements will
not be opened.
The engineer said that in. surveying
for the proposed ship canal across the
swamp meadows he was working with
the federal government engineers and
surveyors, who are working OH a plan
to reclaim the meadows by drainage
and filling in. He asked that the $10.-
200 voted to his department for the
work be rescinded, and that $4,000 be
granted for payment of surveyors. He
also asked that $4,000, which was
granted the Board of Works for re-
paving Sussex avenue be transferred to
the street repairs account.
Cortlandt Parker. son of the late Cort-
landt Parker, appeared with a petit
ton in regard to the assessment on
the property owned by his father and
Anthony @. Keasbey Oh what used
to be known as Willett street for the
paving of Avenue c. He said that
when the property was bought by
Parker ano Keasbey it fronted on
Willett street. Later Avenue G was laid
10 wing the old INES, the west side of the
new street, the side nearest the property
was east of the centre line of the old one.
That was in 1870. In 1903 IN ordin lnce to
pave Avenue c was passed and the work
was done. The next year., when the assess
ment had been figured, the joint owners
had received a bill for $1,16l as their
share. But the petitioners claime that
Willett street had never been closed ana
therefore as Avenue G was on the other
side of the centre line, 1.-THE Parker
Keasbey property-did not abut on 1T
and should not be, assessed. The, petition
was referred to the law department. MOI
long ago when an attempt was made TO
heve the courts settle the 1uestion3it was
thrown out on the ground that the mat
ter had been brought up too late.
An appropriation for a site for a fire
truck house in the Twelfth Ward was
again asked for by Alderman Patrick II.
Corish. The Twelfth, he said, was a mass
Of factories, and no truck was near
enough to render efficient service should a
big FIRE break out. He thought that the
iunction of Ferry and Bowery streets
would make the best location. Alderman
William P. Martin said he was willing 10
vote for such an appropriation II MI
Corish would give the some
idea as to how much would be neeoeu,
but that the member from the Twelfth
admitted he was unable to do. On Alder
man Martins motion it was decided 10
appropriate $4,000 for the purpose as soon
as 1t was available In the contingent Iupu.
George A. simmons, superintendent or
the Rescue Home, 81 Clay street, asked for
remission of taxes on the Home. 1t appears
Thar when the home moved from its OLD
ouarters in Spring street last spring. the
CLAW street house was fought In Mr.. SIN
mons's name. It was the Intention, the su-
nerintendent said. of himsel and the Rev.
Iouis Shreve Osborne, who is interested
in the place. to incorporate this rail- wheh
the minister CANT back from his vacation
but in the meantime the place had been
assessed as II was not held in the name
of any charitable society. Mr., Simmons
Said thai if the tax was insisted upon II
meant that the home would have to cease,
as there was no money in the treasury TO
meet the expense. The matter was left
to the law department.
For the subcommittee to investigate the
work of the gas and meters department.
Chairman Joseph c.. Froehlich advocated
the reduction of the S1.50 fee for gas
meter inspection to 81; the adoption OF a
seal for the meters that would have to De
broken before the meter could be used
again, after being once sealed; the y
ment of the new assistant inspector W
the gas company through the city, ana TIE
empowering of the inspector to look at al
meters in the gas company's office. HIS
motion to this effect was passed.
Daniel Maloney, the smoke inspector, re-
that he had visited several Of the
plants. among them the Pubic
Service Corporation. which he said in
tended remedying the smoke nuisance as
far as il was concerned as soon as possl-
bile. Mr.. Roberts and Mr.. Whittlesey.
with whom he had spoken, were perfecting
n nlan which they intended 70 bring be-
fore President McCarter in the very near
fyture. The New York Edison Company
had also agreed to do ali In its power TO
reduce the amount Of smoke at its plant.
an motion of Alderman Martin, a sub
COMMITTEES Of three was appointed to in
the work of the smoke Inspector.
Patrick H Ryan Of the finance
was appointed chairman. The