Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-04-15
PUBLIC SERVICE IS
HOLLY SCORED BY
BOARD OF WORKS
Street Railway Company Or
dered to Attend to Complaints
at Once.

The Board of Works Commissioners
decided yesterday afternoon that they
would not be held accountable any
longer for the shortcomings of the Pub
lie Service Corporation, which, it was
claimed, is making the lives of the
commissioners a burden, owing to the
number of complaints that they re-
ceive.
Among the things charged to the
Public Service that the commissioners
have had to answer for were the tear
ing up of streets without permits, the
failure to sprinkle streets that are used
by the trolley cars, the small cars used
on the Mt. Prospect venue line and
the single trolley car used in Clay
street, which is said to be more orna-
mental than serviceable, as M one
rides in it save the motorman and con
ductor. The Public Service is to be
notified to attend to these matters i'm
mediately.
The board decided to investigate the
number of streets that should be
sprinkled, estimate the cost and then
ask the finance committee of the COM
mon Council for funds to do the work.
An appeal is to be made to the
L 6lIll6N wanna NdliI Ood SoAlBoh5 W
place only one track on the lower part
of the new Centre street bridge SO that
vehicular traffic may be accommodated.
Another appeal on behalf of the
Market Street Business Mems Associa-
ton for wood pavement was made by
Lee Ottolengui, who presented a petit
ton which he said largely favored
wood. No action was taken in the
matter.
An appeal was made for financial aid
by Antonio Petrone for the family of
Antonio Giacobbi, who. while employed
by the city, was killed while working
in a sewer in McWhorter street, as he
said they were in sore distress. The
matter was referred to City Counsel
James r. Nugent. He said that the
board had no funds for that purpose
and therefore could not do anything.
city Counsel Nugent suggested
that the board ask the police
department to detail a policeman in
Springfield avenue to keep the push
carts on the move.
Mr.. Nugent also suggested that the
city add 10 per cent. to the cost of re-
pairing sidewalks, SO as to cover the
expense of sending out notices.
Both suggestions were adopted.
Protests were received from property
owners in the vicinity of Neck lane
against the vacating of that thorough
fare. Among them was a petition
signed by the Rev. Martin Gessner,
president of the Mount Olivet Gene
terry: the B'nai Israel Cemetery Asso-
citation and the owners of the Zeinti
Chossuth Cemetery.
A petition was received from citi-
zens in Roseville asking that the tracks
that are in the middle of Fourth ave-
nue., which is to be opened from Rose
Vile avenue to Seventh street, remain
as they are.
Ordinances were passed on third
reading for the paving of North Sew
enth street from Bloomfield avenue to
Chester avenue with brick; Rose street.
from Bergen street to Eighteenth ave
nue., with brick, and Watson avenue,
from Elizabeth avenue to Bergen
street, with brick.
Tibet following awards were made:
Five thousand dollars to AMI f.
Weaver, for seventy-seven acres and
buildings in Jefferson Township, Nor
ris county; S14, 900 to William H. Cosci,
for 210 acres and buildings in West
Milford Township, Passaic county;
$4,000 to Edward r.. Weiss, for 210
acres n buildings in West Milford.
Passaic county; and $10,0 900 to John e.
Forgerson, for 100 acres and buildings
in Vernon and Hardyston Township,
Sussex county.
These pieces of property were pur-
chased to protect the city's watershed
and reservoirs.
A contract was awarded to Pasquale
Mairiello to build a sewer in South
Fourteenth street for 81, 6S2. so. D'An1ato
and Steffanelli got the contracts to
build a sewer in Warren street from
Wilsey to Newark streets, price 1892.