Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-23
Dilatory Tactics, Often Ques-
tionable, Give Rise to
Storm of Protests.
STANDARD OIL ALONE
GAINS CONCESSIONS
Market Street Association Is
Snubbed When 1t Sought to
Expedite Paving Ordinance.

The action of the Board of Works in
the matter of the meadow reclamation
plans, as presented in Mayor Hauss-
ling's message yesterday. and also in
regard to the per cent. ordinance, has
aroused much adverse criticism.
During the past six months or SO
the board has had under consideration
"a number of matters that are. of vital
importance to the city, and time and
again these matters have been brought
UP at the meetings of he board, only
to be referred back and forth from one
department to another. Now they are
almost threadbare from the repeated
but apparently purposeless handling.
Resolutions affecting these matters
have been introduced at almost every
meeting, but they have invariably been
subjected to so many revisions, altera-
tions and amendments that they have
finally assumed an entirely different
character and have BECOME hopelessly
distorted in the juggling process.
Paving Delay Hopeless.
naps .ne inosl Staring eAanipie
=. ei'is ueiss, iiiser ana wait pohcy
VI Tue poeIo mas oeen IN the case OIL
tne Marhet street paving proposilion'
winch mas peen hanging hre since
spring. ana Whlcn To-Day Is seemlnsly
as lar from settlement as II was SIX
months ago, and, If anything, the situ-
auon is more complicated ana more
hopeless now thanFlt was When IL nrst
came up Tor consideration.
eIhe history OF this particular case
is probably better known to the gen
eral public than some of the other
matters that have received their ehief
consideration at private conferences.
The efforts Of tbs Market ,Stl;es lssi7
ness Mems Improvement Association to
secure first, wood block paving, then
-. 70 80 .. .il.'y 10y -. r.
aat oonditinns, is ,r,attar ~ t,,stor,,
ana tna aaoii1J ti,e ~ na,icu - t,,a hoara
=, t,is ,,,a.tar i,es DJ ,,,o,,oht ,,no,, lie g
,,,a,,,,ar. a. orit,a,s,,, 90, ~ thosa
,nho 4, tbe nast had - haen inclirad 70 t, be
a,,a,;,a,'Ia +f,.,a,ds ,,,e hoard fo,. who :
n b.a. not done
wes,. o,ter wool, largo de,epations
f.oro tho aasocio. .ton annaared before
.,,s hoa,.s a,,a ,,Iaoaad e.. dacisIor
l., ,ha ,,a+ta, g., ,ghic,, oil tba won
ar+,,-o,y,,ars ~, Ma-kat street yero GO
5aa,,,, irtarosted rbe.a dalagations
,.,a.s ..aat.d,,, an,,rad - ,,,ait co.,
,,s,,,.s ,,,t,iIa tLs f,a,,ca -,o,,,,,ttto. ,ua
l's,ss,aa.;,,a. ,,,i,,,,, ton;os -, ~, ;n,,ar
,.s',,,s, pa'o,,i,,sr t;roa 80 +his tha ,,,on1-
,ss.l. 80 tho assooiat;o,, s+onnad ,roIr
,,,ss;,. s .aI,, .ta >lsoard oaasea e. oo,,.
~ nta.l,ot ,t,,aa+ Y,a1,I,,er ,1r,,iect
soai,o +hat Nothing ,vas uiralv ~ ha
doro nithout moro nrodding tho Mar
~. ..raa, ossaciati tio,, ves,ardav " xyrotA
- ~ hoa,d aslri,ry .bat so,,a aata ha
- - 49,, thS ,,a,,,hors ~ tba +yo
,,ad;ss could oct togethar ana taIl, over
t,.s Doss 80, .,;t,,a tia,,
ASSOCIATION ignofeu'
No one seems to understand why the
Board OF works should have ignored
the requests OF about 10 per cent. or
the merchants or Market street IN this
paving matter. ana why' II wood plock
was not considered suitable Tor that
thoroughfare. some other pavement
was not agreed upon ana the work
startee
In tne matter Oh the per cent orol-
nance the same p"ilcy mas neen adopt
cd ms ine'sure IS plooaoiy one oL
,ne mos lnos .nn,,o", ILL, ' ar,,toa ~ that tas a@ ouar
bear under consideration bv the city.
yet tbis resolution has been iuggled
about SO much that It is doubtful If any
,,,ar,her of the board knows lust what
shane II is in today. So complicated
baa This particular situation become
that Commissioner Mungle. at yester-
dav,s board meeting suggested. that
the whole thing be turned over to the
common Council for settlement.
II Is extremely doubtful if the matter
belongs there or IL the Common Coun-
oil would care to take hold of it after
the mauling Ii received at the hands
~ The Board OF Works. The ordinance
has been IN for consideration at almost
evarv meeting for the past four
months. and every clause in it has
been dissected, reworded and rebuilt
.o ofsen and the measure has been