Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-08-25
sG5,150 BID GETS
MARKET STREET
PAVING CONTRACT
Unless Majority of Owners OBJ
ject Bitulithic Pavement
Will Be Adopted.

Unless the owners of more than halt
Of the property along Market street
from the Court House to the
Pennsylvania railroad enter objections
at a public hearing to be held by the
Board of Works in the near future, the
Market street paving controversy is
settled at last. for ten years at least
The contract for paving the street with
bitulithic pavement was tentatively
awarded TO the Standard Bitulithlc
Company at an estimated cost Oh
s65,15 Commissioners Denman, while
he did net We against the pavement,
said he wished to be placed on RECORD
against bitulithic, as he has always IA
vored wood block.
In my uplnlun,' said Mr.. Denman,
1.-The board is making { mistake by put
ting down bitulithic pavement on Mar
ket street. My opinion is based upon
the recommendations of the chief en-
ginser in favor of wood block and on
account of the experiences of the board
with bitulithic pavement in Clinton
and Central avenues and other thor
oughfares IN the busy part of the city
II do not approve of this resolution,
but in view of the fact that a majority
of the board favors his pavement.
as 1eW pavement 10 oOiOiS SN
will not vote against the resolution, but
wish to be recorded as being unfavor-
able to it." concluded the commissioner.
Commissioned Ryan Acquiesces.
Commissioner Ryan said he a
always been in favor of granite, out
fnding himself unable to get what ne
wanted he was willing to take seccnd
best.
Commissioner O'Connell said he had
prepared the bitulithic resolution after
he had found it impossible to get
either wood or granite block.
The Vailsburg storm sewer contract
between this city and East Orange
was signed by the board. East Orange
is to pay 81 per cent. of the cost OF
the improvement, except the cost OF
constructing the laterals and of ad-
vertising. The drain will cost s245, 900,
Of which East Orange will pay s51,40o.
Board Gets Petition.
A petition was received by the board,
asking for the vacating of Stanton
street, between Frelinghuysen n
Pennsylvania The reason
given for this request is that the street
was never physically opened and has
been of use to no n but the Vreeland-
Kearny Lumber Company. Jacob Peters
and the Lehigh Valley Railroad Com
pany. The petitioners agreed to a
the cost of advertising notice of inten-
ton to vacate. Property owners rep
resenting S25 feet of land On Custer
avenue, petitioned for the paving of
that street from Peshine to Seymour
avenues, with bitulithic. The petitions
were filed. as were several protests
against the opening of Delaney street
between Wheeler's Point road and
Newark Ray. and against the paving
Of Tichcnor lane. The reasons given in
the latter cases were that the improve
ments were not needed.
Contracts for grading, curbing and
Tagging several streets we're awarded
to William Ballard, his bids for the
work having been the lowest received.
They we're Devine street, from Four
tenth avenue to South Orange avenue
SO, 100, 10; Fourth street, from Bloom
field avenue to Abingdon venue 81
1926, and Fourth street, from Bloom
field venue to Third avenue, &,216.
Prior to the meeting of the board the
finance committee held a meeting. at
which City Counsel James r. Nugent
reported tina on the question of re-
paving West Kinney street, between
Washington and High streets, with
granite block property owners repre-
senting s9S feet out of a total of 1923
had gone on record as opposed to the
improvement. 1t was said that the
Improvement will be taken up next
year, under the so-called Newark paw
ing act. which does not make it neces-
sary to secure the approval of the
property owners.
Lyman c. Bodeman, a clerk in the
water department, was appointed a
bookkkeeper to succeed the late
Charles Madison.