The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-05
MERCHANTS MAY
ADOPT LIGHTING
PLAN NEXT WEEK
North Broad Assn Expects to
Map Out Definite Course of
Action on Thursday.
WANTS STYLE OF LAMP
FIFTH AVENUE HAS
President Plant Likes Kind Used
in New York-Some Opposi=
tion to Be Overcome.

A meeting of the Broad Street I'M
provemeHt Association, which was or
Esnized in the Board of Trade rooms
ON Wednesday o illuminate Broad
street from the Four Corners north to
Central avenue, wifi be held at, 5
O'Clock on Thursday night, February
II, at the same place, and all business
men in that section of Broad street are
invited to attend or send a representa-
tive. The executive committee and the
committee on bylaws will report, and
the promoters of the street lighting
plan hope that a definite scheme may
be adopted at the meeting.
The executive committee, which will
report on the style of lamp, the kind of
flaming light and the cost per year of
each light, is composed of Joseph NJ
Byrne, chairman; Frederick T. Ward.
Julius d. Straus, Richard Hahne, Peter
E. Campbell, Albert II. Peal r. A.
Osborne, Frank Holt. Charles Hartde-
gen, with Secretary James NJ. Reilly.
Moses Plaut. president of the asso-
citation, said today that he favored an
ornamental lamppost such as are in
Fifth avenue, New York city. with two
lamps to a pole. the latter to be tall
and have an ornamental goose-neck on
each side at the top to hold tho lamp.
He said he had a letter from the Scott
Company. which supplied the lamps
for South Broad street. and that the
company could make an ornamental
style of pole with one or two lamps, if
desired.
Would Not Argue About the Cost.
"Of course, one lamp to a pole would
make our section uniform with the
South Broad street section Mr.. Plaut
said, "but the association will decide as
to the style of pole and lamp that is
considered best for our section. After
we decide this the poles and lamps will
soon be installed, for the business men
in our section are all prosperous and
will not argue about cost if we get the
right kind of lights. If the poles are
set 100 feet apart as in South Broad
street it is estimated that we will need
forty-two. We hope the Board of
Works will substitute along the west
side of Military Park the poles and
maintains there now. We want to
make our section the best illuminated
business SECTION ever seem
The proposition to illuminate North
Broad street from Central avenue up
to Belleville avenue and west on the
latter to Bloomfield is making poor
headway among the several merchants
in that locality. The first meeting of
the merchants and other business men,
when the North Broad Street Business
Mems Association was organized with
temporary officers. was enthusiastic,
and so was the second meeting, but the
enthusiasm began to wane. it is is al
legged by Lathrop Anderson and others,
when it was stated that it would cost
S2S,000 to illuminate the entire section
like South Broad street is.
Oppose Lighting Plan.
An officer of the association said to-
day that only eight or nine merchants
were at the meeting last night, and
that it was stated the merchants on the
east side of the street from Peddie
Church north to Bridge street would
not go into the lighting scheme.
"A business man from Belleville ave-
nue. said he had the names OF mer-
chants there who would pay an aver
age of $40 a year each. or total
of about $500. and that he would
pay 5000 TO make a total of $500. l
that five men in the section
from Bridge street to above the Lacka-
wanna railroad bridge had pledged Si09
a year each, and the total promised
was, therefore. only $1,000, and asked
where the $4,000 necessary could be
raised