The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-09-20
SUBURBAN PAGE
EYESORES TO GO
NEW BLOOMFIELD STREET
WILL WIPE 'EM OUT.
Council Passes Lackawanna Avenue
Ordinance on First
Reading.

At last nights meeting of the Bloomteid
Town Council an ordinance providing for
the opening of a new street to be known as
L~aekawanna avenue passed its first read
ing The thoroughfare will run from Glen
wood avenue to Washington street, on the
north side of the Lackawanna Railroad
tracks, and will obliterate the old build
lngs which have long been an eyesore as
well as a menace to the welfare OF the
town.
The opening of the street will be done
in anticipation of many Improvements to
be made by the railroad at that point.
such as the doing away of the grade cross
ings at Glenwood avenue and Washington
street and the erection of a new depot.
The matter of opening the street was
originally brought up by Councilman
Unangst, of the Third Ward, but last night
when Councilman Murray submitted an
amended report of the Board of Assessors
and Town Council showing the assessments
and damages awarded the property owners
alleged to be benefited or damaged by the
change Councilman Unangst voted against
the report. His reasons were that he be-
lieYed that a number of the assessments,
particularly those on property In Washing
ton street west of the railroad track, were
much too high, and that inasmuch as the
whole town would be benefited by the pro-
posed improvements the cost of the same
should be borne largely by the town at
large Councilman UHangst, however, is
heartily in favor of the Improvement
Councilman Murray submitted an ex-
haustive report of the condition or the
water department. He said that in a short
time it would be on a good paying basis,
which at present 1t was not. Mr.. Murray
said that the department was handicapped
by a law which prevented any municipality
from issuing bonds for more than 5000 In
any one year for Improvements, such as
the extension of the water system. An
effort will be made to have the. law re-
pealed this winter. It was ordered TO nave
n s~ynonsis of the report published for pub
lie inspection.
A large number of house connections
were made during the year, and the system
extended at many points. Councilman
Murray was congratulated upon the fine
showing made by this particular depart
ment.
Charles A. Woodruff, a lawyer, appeared
before the Council and said that according
to the newspapers he had been charged
with purloining a paper from the police
station in the case Of the town of Bloom
field VS.. B. Giblln. of Montclair, the latter
having been fined 800 by Recorder Cadmus
for violating the town liquor license. Mr.;
Woodruff declared that the paper had
never been in his hands. and Town At
torney Halfpenny bore him out in his
statement Mr.. Woodruff said that 1t was
a grave charge for Recorder Cadmus, TO
to pass unnotieed.
Recorder Cadmus said he had never made
the charge TINT Mr.. Woodruff had taken
he had. He also thought that Mr.. Wood
ruff had taken the complaint with a num-
Der of slips belonging to the defendant
which were in an envelope. Recorder Cad
mus said he had no intention of impugning
the honesty of Mr.. Woodruff.
Mayor Sutphen said that 1t was an I'M
fortunate thing that the complaint had
been lost, but that no blame was attached
to Mr.. Woodruff whatever. Everybody
seemed satisfied with the explanations
by both Sides. and the affair closed
without 'bloodshed."
The soft coal smoke nuisance at the
plant of the American Malleables Com
pany was talked over, and evidence will
be secured by Councilman Unangst and
Inspector Cadmus and the company prose-
cuted.