The Newark star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1909, 1909-04-30
READY now
FOR BIG LIGHTS IN
MARKET STREET
Board of Works Approves Con-
tract of Business Men with
Public Service.

The contract providing for the light
ing of Market street from the Court
to the Pennsylvania railroad sta
ton with flaming arc lamps was APP
proved by the Board OF Works at It's
meeting yesterday afternoon. Accord
ing to the agreement with, the Public
Service Corporation work Is to begin
as soon as the signatures of the city
officials have been affixed. The con-
tract for similar lights in North Broad
street which came up for approval. was
laid over until the bonds are received.
Among the ordinances for street OPEN
ings passed by the board yesterday was
one for Clifton avenue, between Second
and Abingdon avenues. Samuel W. Bel
don appeared to protest against the
passage of the ordinance which will
allow the street to run through the
grounds of several large property
owners whose residences face Mt.
Prospect avenue, but whose lane ex-
tends back to the proposed street.
street a Necessity.
He represented Frederick w. Egner,
one of the large land owners in the Sec
ton. Michael t. Barrett and John w.
Weseman spoke for the opening. They
said that under present conditions It.
was necessary to make a detour Of
more than a quarter of a mile in order
to get from one end of the block to the
other, and that a street connecting the
two n was a necessity.
City Engineer Morris r. Sherrerd re-
ceived the assurance of the Public Serv-
ice Corporation that within a short time
the company will be ready to make
known the results of it's investigation
of the effect of the elctrolysis on the
water pipes in streets where electric
wires were installed. Mr.. Sherrerd has
been endeavoring to get this report for
some time, IN the contention hat the
company should reimburse the city for
the injury domestic the pipes.
He said that the damage had been
great in the vicinity of the power sta
ton at Fourteenth street and Central
venue, and refused to approve the
plans for a similar station on WASH
luStoH dNtuut uiitii lit hilcW WIldI Ine
company intended to do concerning the
guarding of the pipes. He was given
power by the board to do whatever he
saw, fiji about the plans.
Richard c.. Jenkinson sent a protest
to the board against the opening of
Vassar, Goldsmith and Pomona
and Bergen street in the Fairview Park
tract. He said that he was the owner
of most of the property that the streets
would affect and that there was no
need for such streets.
sewers and street Paving.
Bids for the laying of sewers in South
Thirteenth street, Nevada street and
New York avenue were awarded to
D'Amato & %Stefanelli, at $46S. 40, 81, 1853. so
and 1851. respectively. The engineer
was directed to advertise for bids for
the paving and repaving of several
streets in different sections of the CITY.
They are Parker street. from Bloom
field avenue to Second avenue; Pierce
street, Springfield avenue to South
Fourteenth street; Camfield street, from
Halsey to Washington street; Comes
alley, from Bank street to Academy
streets; Jelliff avenue, from Runyon
street to Watson avenue, and the re-
paving of Nevada street, from Court
street to 1850 feet south of Marshall
street. n