The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-01-14
PAVEMENT
IS fROWNED upon
BY TRADE BOARD
Despite Commissioner Lambert's
Objections, Disapproval Is
Emphasized.

The Board Of Trade went on record
last night as being against h srecl-
dcations drawn by the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners for the pav-
ing of Market street, from the Court
House to the Market street station,
with wooden blocks, In which the
choice of material Is limited TO that
produced by a single process. The
resolution of the committee on streets
and pavements, setting forth these OBJ
jections, was adopted against tie pro-
test of Board of Works Commissioners
George H. Lambert. The portion that
Mr.. Lambert objected to was that
stating that the majority of the prop
erty-holders between the Court House
and the Pennsylvania depot were
against the proposed pavement because
it was not adapted to the needs of the
traffic along that section.
Lambert Opposed.
The commissioner contended that 1t
was not yet certain that the greater
number of owners were in reality OPP
posed to the plan. There was some
question as to the legality of the sigma
lures attached to the protest against
the adoption of the wooden block pave
ment. Coult & Smith. counsel for John
F. Stanley, who had been awarded the
contract for the work, and City Counsel
James r. Nugent, he said. were in
vestigating the signatures.
"It makes no difference to me" de-
clared Mr.. Lambert, whether or not
h1ort-ar efraot will he noya1 with y-ond
The contract has been given out, and
if there is no majority of property
owners opposed to the work, it will
proceed"
This attitude on the part of the COM
missioner did not meet with the ap-
prevail of r. C. J%enkinson. He said
that if it made no difference to the
members of the Board of Works, who
had been elected to look after the well
fare of the people, they had better get
Out of office.
Mr.. Lambert refused to be won over,
however, and that part of the resolu-
ton, which was being taken up by Sec
tons, was adopted against his vote.
The clause as accepted read as follows:
The Resolution.
"Whereas, This committee finds that action
has been taken for paving Market and
South Fourteenth streets with wood block
pavement according to certain specifca-
tions, and that the specifications limit the
pavement to a single process. to the ex-
clusion of several equally as good and
longer in general use, such as regular creo-
soting, Bechtel, Kerr, Creodone, also Karri
and Jarrah woods, none Of which are
patented, but compete with ench other; also
that the said specifications would cause a
possible infringement against patent 6s1 ,032
and inyalidate the assessment for this pave
ment. because the statutes require a petition
of Sc per cent. of property owners In the
case of patented pavements."
Colonel James w. Howard, chairman
of the committee or streets m pave
ments, led the fight for the resolution
as it stood and for immediate action.
THE committee has studied this ques-
ton carefully for the last six months"
said Colonel Howard. TT even went
so far as to wait until after election
with this resolution, so as not to harm
any commissioner who had shown him
self in favor of wood block pavement.
Some of the ~pavements the members of
the Board of Works have inspected
are not the pavements the s%pecifca-
tions of the board call for. They call
for creocote-resinate wood block, which
is controlled by the United States
Wood Preserving Company
The resolution. presented by the same
committee, that better curbstones
should be set by the board, was
adopted. Another recommending that
old granite paving blocks be recut for
future use and the work given to men
In need of it also went through.
Short reports We're read by delegates
sent by the Board of Trade to the sew
eral conventions held recently.