The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-26
Merchants Form 0roanization
ard Will Move at Once
to Interest Public.
LATHROP ANDERSON IS
CHOSEN AS CHAIRMAN
First Thing to Be Done Viii Be
to Arrange for Big Arc
Lamps-City May Help.

Business men of Broad street from
who met in the Continental Hotel last
night and organized to take action
| toward Illuminating that section with
large are lights like those the South
Broad street merchants have erected,
will go to work at once with their
permanent chairman; Gustav Mayer.
secretary, and Joshua Brierley, treas
urer
J Mr. Anderson said the arc lamps
should first be procured. and other
needs improvements could besconsid-
cred later. He said rot gonly mer-
chants and property-owners. but avery
man having an office-in North Broad
! street, and who, takes an interest in
the city ought to contribute to a fund
to make their section of Broad street a
white way"
I A committee of seven was selected
to urge every merchant and property
owner in North Broad street to take
an active interest in the lighting
project. 1t was said merchants in Or
ange street for a block from Broad
street should be seen also. as they
would be benefited by general illu-
mination. Mr.. Anderson was selected
to ask the Common Councils finance
committee if the city would substitute
big arc lamps along the east side of
Washington Park for the old lamps
now there.
Next Monday night another meeting
viii be held, reports of the cost of the
lighting will be made, and a perma-
nent organization effected.
Among those who discussed the
lighting plan last night were Julius
Gleason, Robert A. Stuhre, William
Mayer, Gustav Mayer, Richard Born
stei.l, E. j. Thompson, Valentino &
Co., Rising & Thorne, by William
Tries, jr.: Laughlin K Co., Frederick
Sheenberg, G. j. Schrieber. G. A.
Frank G. Son, James Moore, Charles
Mueller, Benjamin Myer 6 Co, by
George w. Davis; T. o. Sanford, Will
lam M Smith, Joshua Brierley, by
George Abr. and Keay & Clark.
The business men on Broad street
from Market street to Central avenue
do not talk of forming lighting asso-
citation yet, but meeting will soon be
held to make arrangements for INSTALL
ing the flaming arc lamps in that Sec
tion.
The West Market street merchants
are enthusiastic for Illuminating their
section. William H. T. Fielder said to-
day that there will be large number
of business men of the street at the
meeting in Eisner's Hall. in Market
street, opposite Washington street, to-
morrow night, when a temporary or
ganization will be effected and COM
mittees appointed. The Board of Free
holders will be asked to illuminate the
white marble Court House with a few
arc lamps, so it's beauty can be well
seen at night from east of Broad street.
The meeting of East Market street
and property owners for
Thursday afternoon may be postponed
until next week, as some merchants
want to wait until they see what is
done on West Market street and North
Broad street
The fiarir,g arc lamps on South Broad
street were put up by the Public Serv-
ice, which owns the lamps. The South
Broad Street Improvement Association
made a contract with the Board of
Works for three years for the lamps
and the lighting, and the board made
the arrangements with the Public Serv-
Ice. Each lamp costs the merchants
association s27O year for lighting 1t.
about $5 a foot front for each merchant
in the section Business men subscribed
to the associations fund the amount
each .aought the Illumination would
benefit him