The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-07-09
OF WORKS
PROTESTS BUDGET
cu1BY COMMITTEE
Will Send Formal Letter and
Two Representatives to
Council Tonight.

The action of the Common Council
finance committee in cutting down the
Roard of Works budget is to be Off
cially protested against by the board in
a letter 10 be sent TO the Common
Council at its meeting tonight. The
board yesterday decided that it would
make one more effort to get the amount
Of money originally asked for, and d.
rected President Eggers and Commits
sioner Denman to appear before The
Council to bach up the letter with YER
ba! information.
City Engineer Morris r. Sherrerd de-
clared that unless something were done
In this line the reduction would mean
that some of the departments would be
seriously handicapped in their work
for the coming yea The reduction Of
5000 in The lighting budget would mean
that no new lights could be put in,
while the SIS. 600 allowed for the reno
waiting at the city lighthouses would
not be enough TO carry On the WORK
contemplated there. The board favors
doing away with the piunges in thu
baths and substituting showers, but the
sum granted would not be enough to
cover the expenses. Commissioner
Lambert said that in his opinion the
best thing to do would be to tear down
and rebuild the houses from year 20
year, as fast as the money for new ones
could be obtained.
Can't Tap City's Main.
The official displeasure at the work
OF driving wells that the Hudson Water
Company is doing in Belleville was ex-
pressed by the board when it refused
permission yesterday to allow the con-
tractor handling the construction work
to tap the clty's main for water. Com
missioner Lambert, who moved thai the
request be turned down, aid that he
did not think the board could give any
kind of sanction to the work, which he
regarded as an injury to the State.
The matter of the granting of per-
mission for street stands came up, but
no action was taken. City Counsel
James R. Nugent gave it as his opinion
that neither the city nor the property
owners had n right to allow the use
of the city sidewalks for such purpose.
Application was made by A. W.
Bailey, general agent of the Hudson
and Middlesex Telephone and Telegraph
Company, for a designation of streets
through which his concern might u a
trunk line Under an amendment to
the telegraph act passed by the last
legislature the board must give the des-
ignation. At the time the measure was
up for passage, City Counsel Nugent
and the members of the board fought
it, but were unsuccessful
Resolutions and Ordinances.
The following resolutions were
adopted:
Grading, curbing and tagging of
South Sixteenth street, between Central
and Ninth avenues; for the opening of
Devine street from South Orange ave-
nue. 290 feet south, and for the vacation
of the triangular strip of Devine street
at South Orange avenue.
Ordinances providing for the follow
ing were passed:
For the widening of Clay street and
Carlisle place between Broad street and
the Clay street bridge; opening Hillside
avenue from Meeker avenue 100 feet
north; opening Belmont avenue from
: Meeker street 100 feet north; opening
Badger avenue from Meeker avenue 100
feet north; opening Jelliff avenue from
.Meeker avenue 100 feet north. and flag
sing Rose street between Bergen and
Bremen streets.
The chief engineer was directed to
advertise for bids for the paving of
Nichols street, between Adams and
Jefferson streets, and Rector street. be-
tween Broad and Front streets, with
bithulithic.
The contract for the repairing and
resetting of sidewalks in the city was
awarded to Anthony F. Gerber at $S,126.