Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-31

issue Sl00, 00d in 1onds for carrying Of
the meadow development. but Comp
! tIoller Bachelor ia refused to marks
the bonds ON the ground that he can
not place them at the usual rate OF i'll
%terest, and he will not pay Il premium
The boards inability to get this none.
has handicapped them in pushing tn
meadow work and the matter is at
|standstill until the money IS available
1t is expected that the bonds will b.
! converted into money shortly aftor tn
first of the year.
The Pennsylvania railroad has hat
several important matters before tn
board this year. the Market street sta
ton improvement and the Saybrooi
place terminal being, perhaps, the mos
important. The Market street station
project has been held back because thu
city insists upon opening Mechanic
street, while tho company claims tina
such a course would upset its plans
and interfere with the whole improve
ment as originally outlined. The com
pany wants to make n four-passengel
track system and erect a large station
on the site of the present one. Every
thing has been satisfactorily arranged
but the matter of the Mechanic street
opening, and this will probably be set
tied before the first of the year.
The Saybrook place terminal for the
new Park place electric line will be
finished i'll July next and viii offer q
quick route between this city and New
York. Ii will also be arranged so that
Il can readily be made a part of the
suggested subway SYSTEM and the cen
trail underground station at the Centre
Market end Of Military Park.
The completion of the new short line
to New York and the fulhlment OF the
Market street station plans will give
the city the lcng-needed improved serv-
ice that it has been trying to get tor
several years.
The widening OF Mechanic street is
another important undertaking that
promises to be accomplished the cor1-
ing year This is only part Of the plan
to relieve the congestion at Broad and
Market streets, and later on Commerce
street may be handled in the same way.
The Market street paving situation is
i4Uch in the IN shape as il wa q
Tear ago. The Market Street Business
Mems Improvement Association has
stood out Tor wood block paving, Will
the board, backed up hy Mayor Hauss-
ling, has refused to lay this kind OF
pavement and has suggested the new
specification granite block.
The new board will probably take the
matter up shortly after the first OF
the year, as the improvement is de-
sired Immediately. IF proper legislation
can be secured to enable the board to
issue additional street improvement
bonds the matter OF paving Broad
will be taken up. This would
at least $500. 600, but as the
board only has 100000 q year for such
work with the entire city to take care
the Broad street situation will re-
quire d special bond issue. 1t has been
apparent for the last four OF hv years
that the city cannot make the neces-
sary street improvements on $500 900 a
year. It Is the opinion Of the engineer
ing department hat the city should
at least 1000, 900 a year for the
next five years to do all the work that
is absolutely necessary. The board
only recently selected . list Of streets
chat are badly IN need OF improve
and the list involved an expendl-
of over $1,000, Quo.
OF course. less than half the streets
referred 10 can be improved, but il will
be difficult to decide on d definite list
as all the streets are much i'll the same
condition and a lot of taxpayers are
to be disappointed.
This year the street department, un-
der tho direction of William A. Howell,
laid about ten miles OF new pavement,
at an aggregate cost OF 1926 s1. Some
Of these contracts ran over from last
wear and some will not be paid until
next year. About four miles of brick
pavement wag laid and On equal
Of granite block. For the first
in the history of the city Medina
sandstone was laid, about 993 feet of II
being placed in Frelinshuysen avenue.
Asphalt block to the extent OF 55S feet
laid in Treat place, while an ag-
gregate Of 3.3I4 of bitulitiic pave
was laid In Clifton avenue. Goble
and Horatio streets.
The principal streets paved with
were Bloomfield avenue and
Freiinghuysen avenue. while the largest
amount of brick paving was laid in
Hunterdon and North Sixth
Commercial street was also
paved and this .much-needed improve
has been of immense value to
shippers who have to use this street
u reaching the waterfront. The new
,~pecihcation, close-grouted granite.
block. has proved It's superiority V g
he old granite block, and has been
adopted by other cities. This block,
which was developed by the local en-
cheering department, has many, Of the
advantages of a smooth. noiseless pave
nent. while Offering a fine service for
leavy traffic.
II will be used wherever possible n,
improving streets the coming year, and
{ is expected to overcome many of
he objections to the old-style block.
the year the street department
graded and curbed more streets than
ever before in the history of the city,
and this work will be continued just
ar vigorously the coming year.
The sewer department, OF which Ed
ward s. Rankin is engineer. laid about
10, 900 feet OF pipe sewers this year and
900 feet Of concrete sewers, the latter
being used altogether for storm water
purposes. The cost OF this work totaled
se5, 600. the largest contract being the
street storm water sewer, which
cost $4,000 The sewer department
viii also have charge of the dredging of
the Passafc river along the dock 'front.'
age which was recently decided upon