Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1911-05-05
GRANITE PAVING,
MORE INSPECTORS
AND COMPETITION
Among Important
tons of Commissioner Kramer
to Board of Works.
BETTER SCAVENGER
INSPECTION FAVORED
Commissioner Mungle Takes
Exception to Statements;
Action Is Postponed.

More granite and less brick pave
ment, more and permanent paving in
spectors, a larger repair force, the pur-
chase of brick in bulk from the kiln,
more asphalt and less bitulithic are
some of the street paving recon-
m~endations made by Commissioner
Charles f. Kraemer at the meeting of
the Board of Works yesterday after
neon. Another Of the important sug-
should do all it can to encourage COM
petition among bidders. He called at
tention to the fact that although twelve
kinds of brick have met with the city's
requirements not all the manufacturers
or contractors using this brick COM
pete for the city's work.
DR.. Kraemer at the meeting three
weeks ago declared his intention of
making a study of the paving question
before voting for the expenditure of
money. He read a paper yesterday,
which was a partial report OF his in
vestigations some of the other COM
m~issioners found fault with several
statements made by the doctor, and
Commissioner Mungle asked that eacn
of the commissioners be supplied with
a copy of the report so that 1t can be
carefully gone over. He also suggest
ed that DR.. Kraemer go West with one
of the engineers n study street con-
ditions there.
Brick Not Best Pavement.
Commissioner Kraemer though that
brick is not the best kind of pavement
for busy thoroughfares.
Brick is good only for light traffic
and residential sections" he said. III
think that more granite should be
used, and although 1T costs more it
pays in the end. | would also recon-
mend that the best kind of brick be
used and that we buy 1t in bulk from
the kiln. Another important thing is
that We should have competent in
spectors. A great deal depends upon
them, and we ought to see hat they
get permanent employment. We can
not expect men to do their best when
they do not earn a satisfactory wage"
He suggested tha: a permanent class
of inspectors be appointed at a yearly
salary anQ LIdt Tie lllLeen SCdNbliBcI
inspectors be abolished and the work
divided among them, so h a they can
look after the paving as well as the
scavenger jobs.
1.-THE present amount of SIS 900 per
year paid the s~cavenger inspectors
he declared, Twill create a irst-class
paving and scavenger inspection serv-
ice.
Encourage Competition.
"I also suggest that a larger and
more capable maintenance force be es-
tablished, and that streets he repaired
as soon as there is any sign of dis
Indignation and not wait until it be-
comes a larger and more expensive job,
and, let us, by all means. encourage
competition"
In speaking about asphalt streets the
commissioner said that If more care
were taken in repairing these streets
they would prove more satisfactory.
He did not believe that bitulithic has
proved satisfactory in all cases, n
said that this was a patented ave
ment, and on that account the city
was at the mercy of the contractor.
'srhere are many inaccuracies in the
report" said Commissioner Mungle.
ana ! would IKE d copy OF IL. AS 10
the permanent inspection force, I do not
see how We can get n The board
has on more than one occasion talked
of buying brick by the bulk, and we
have also gone into the matter Of
granite as against brick pavement. In
my judgment, the doctor ought to go
to Detroit to inspect the streets there,
and he will find that they are not one,
two. three with those here. 1, too, have
heard much of the ideal conditions in
the other cities, and when I got there I
found that Newark could hold its own"