Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-04-07
MANY IRONBOUND
TENEMENTS HAVE
NOT A WAsHTUB
Bathtubs Are Out of the Cues
tion, Says Bathhouse Com
mittee, Appealing to Board.

The residents in the Ironbound dis
trict are today hoping that the Board
of Works will heed the request of the
East Side Public Bath Association
made at the meeting yesterday after
noon, to give that section of the city a
new public bath. A delegation OF the
association, headed by Thomas j. Smith,
the president, appeared before the
board and made known its reasons for
asking for the bathhouse, Miss A. e.
Lauder, of the Newark Social Settle
ment House, was the chief speaker and
gave figures concerning the lack of
bathing facilities in the east side.
she said that in visiting fifty-eight
houses, in which lived 1,o41 persons,
there were no bath tubs and no sta
tionary tubs. Former Alderman Anton
Steines, Franklin Murphy, jr., Henry
G. Atha and Ernest o. Easton agreed
with the remarks made by Miss Lauder
and urged the board to consider the re-
quest. No action was taken, but Com
missioner Ryan, who is a resident of
that district, went on record as favor
ing the project.
As yet the board has reached no de-
cSion concerning the plans for soma
phones at the -Four Corners" submit
ted by the Public Service Company as
a remedy for the congestion of trolley
traffic at that point. The commission
ers will talk the matter over within the
next few days, and after receiving the
report of the Prudential Insurance
Company, which is investigating the
effect the tower will nave on its prop
erty, the board will make known it's
verdict. In talking the matter over
yesterday, none of the commissioners
expressed himself as being in favor of
the plan.
Truck Weight Regulations.
An effort will be made by City Coun-
sci Nugent and Chief Engineer Sher-
rerd to regulate the weight of trucks by
ordinance. This follows a motion made
at the request of Commissioner Mungle,
who said that the heavy trucks are in
furious to the streets.
The municipal corporations committee |
of the Assembly will visit the city next
Monday to look over the traffic situa-
ton. Mr.. Mungle made this report and
said that the committee would go over
the route traVersed by the utility
board recently, to determine the need
for half-mile trolley connections be-
tween existing tracks rs a relief for
the congestion of cars at the -Four
Corners" A bill to this effect, similar
to the Lee bill of last year, is now in
the Legislature.
Ordinances TO pave the following
streets with brick were passed on third
reading: Whitney street, South Or
ange venue to Dassing avenue; Bren-
ner street, South Tenth to Rose; Alpine
street, Frelinghuysen avenue to Eliza
beth avenue; Winthrop street, Summer
to Lincoln avenue; Belmont avenue,
Watson to Hawthorne avenues; Skin
kle street, South Tenth to Kent and
Hunter street from Frslinghuysen to
Elizabeth avenue.
The paving of Third avenue will not
be commenced until a public hearing is
held. Plum Point lane and Bony-
hamper avenue will be paved with
granite.
Dltulithic on Grafton Avenuc.
Grafton avenue will be paved with
bitulithic. An ordinance to open Ger
mar street from Blum to Fourteenth
street was passed despite the protest
of Mrs. Minnie Horn, who objected be-
cause of the assessment she would be
obliged to pay.
A resolution was passed asking the
Common Council for $4,000 for the pur-
chase OF ninety-eight acres of land and
buildings from Wesley Chamberlain in
the watershed section. Another reso-
luton for $4,000 to open Grafton i've
nue. from Washington avenue to Sum
mer avenue was also passed.
The following paving contracts were
awarded: Coeyman street. Summer
avenue to Mount Prospect avenue,
brick, Philip Ganarone, $4,474; South.
Nineteenth street, Clinton avenue to
Springfield venue Newark Paving
Company, brick. $40, 103.5 so.
The Jersey Paving Company received
the following contracts: Alyea street,
Ferry to Hensler, SILL 49, granite; Ave-
nue. b, Emmett to Miller. granite,
1898. IS; Ardsley court, Walnut street,
176 feet south, $911.
j. r. Stanley & Co. received these
contracts: Hay alley, Exchange alley
to Ward street, $685. so; Exchange al
ley, Hay alley, to Mechanic street,
SOL so, and Kirk alley, Lawrence to
Ward street, 50, 165. 80, all with granite.