Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-09
BOARD OF WORKS
PASSES SIDE WALK
ORDINANCE INTACT
Disregards Requests OF Mer-
chants and Bread-Makers
to Modify Measure.

After listening to objections to the
proposed new sidewalk obstruction
ordinance, the Board of Works yester-
day passed the measure on final reac-
ing without amendment or comment,
and IL Mayor Haussling signs the ord1-
nance 1t will become Immediately oper-
alive.
Spaulding Frazer, representing the
Market street business people, urged
the board to modify the ordinance in
SO far as 1t applies to showcases, con-
tending that they were q necessity and
q public benefit.
He pointed out other violations which
he sold seemed to be protected by
the new measure, and concluded his
remarks by asking that the business
people be considered before the sweep
ing regulations were adopted.
John ]. Hill, of the Hill Bread Com
pam also asked that the measur&be
modified in respect TO bread boxes In
front OF stores and pointed out that for
sanitary reasons and In order to COM
ply with the rules of the Board of
Health the boxes were necessary and
no good substitute for them had been
discovered.
He said Newark produced 40 per
cent. more bread than any other city
in the country in proportion to size,
and hat IL the new ordinance was
passed 1t would block the baking COM
pantes' business.
The board evidently preferred to
adopt the ordinance without alteration,
as it was passed unanimously in it's
original form when 1t came up for
consideration.
Would Utilize Water.
Another matter tina is likely to de-
velope into an important municipal
project was the suggestion of Chief
Engineer Sherrerd hat the water
power In the watershed section be
utilized for lighting some of the city
buildings.
Mr.. Sherrerd said he was Of the opin-
Ion hat the transmission of this power
was practical, and he and Commits
sioner Mungle were appointed to In
vestigate the matter more fully and
report to the board.
The subject was introduced when the
engineer spoke of the present unsatis>
factory lighting service in many sec
lions OF the city, and If the power re-
ferred to in the watershed section can
be transmitted at a reasonable cost it
will doubtless be utilized.
A new plan for the widening OF
Mechanic street was submitted by John
B. Oelkers, who suggested using the
property on the south side of the street,
instead of the north. The plan has
some advantages that the board will
consider, and a careful investigation Of
the relative cost and work involved in
the plan will be made at ar early date.
The board voted to close the public
lighthouses on December Is until fur
Their notice, it being contended that
they were not used enough at this sea-
son to justify the expense of keeping
them open. All the employees of the
lighthouses will be retained on the
city employment list without pay until
the houses are r%eopened.
City Counsel Nugent reported that
under the existing avs the city could
not collect q license fee for street a
advertising, even though the business
was handled by foreign corporations.
Gustave Reed was dismissed from the
department Of the general superintend-
ent for ineff1ciency, and Jules Bonnet
was suspended for the rest of the
month.
The property of Louis Post, in West
Newton, consisting Of seventy acres,
was bought for 81, 100, as an addition
to the watershed holdings.