Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-12
OFFICIALS BLAMED
! BY SUMMIT BOARD
Street and Police Department
Said to Be Responsible for
Poor Street Conditions.


Especial to the Newark Star.I
SUMMIT, Nov. 12.-Lack OF Co
operation among the various city de-
partments. particularly between the
police and street departments, is
blamed by the Board of Trade Tor
the poor street and lighting condi-
tons.
To support this contention, Allan
3. Wallace brought an instance 10
the notice of the board at It's month
~ meeting last night. He said the
drainage pipes in Woodland avenue
had become clogged after recent
storm, but the street department
paid no attention to a deep gulley
washed out by the overflow even
when a second storm made it deeper.
Following the second heavy rain,
Mr.. wallace said, he called the street
superintendent attention to 1t, and
was informed that he was unaware
Of the fact that the road had been
damaged, because the police had NOS
told him.
Colonel Wallace said some street
lights were out of commission In
woodland avenue for a period of two
or three nights and this condition ne
held the police department was re-
sponsibie for.
ported the matter Of the nights 10 tne
police department, Colonel wallace
said, that the situation was remed ed.
John d. Mills stated that one light,
at the corner or Summit avenue and
tho Norris turnpike, which Is a par
ticularly danger Gus corner for auto
mobiles, bad been out for three
weeks. Mr.. Mills said that he had
permitted the light to remain out OF
service for that period Just to see
how long the condition would exist
before some of the city officials would
discover 1t"
Police Patrol.
Just what sections of the city and
to what extent police patrol IS pro
vided was another matter when
Colonel Wallace said the members
of the board should know about. In
his opinions burglars who have
visited this city twice within Diiel
intervals recently, know more ABOUT
this regulation than the members OF
the Board of Trade "or perhaps the
police" said Colonel Wallace.
Secretary Miles S. Sherwood was
directed to communicate with Com
mon Council requesting that body to
bring about cooperation among the
various city departments and also 70
request that information be furnlsneo
the Board of Trade regarding the
area of the city which is afforded
notice protection IL such information
is deemed not incompatible with tho
public interests.
sI2J,0OO for Hospital.
The report of the boards committee
which attended the conference of cltl-
zens and organization representatives
to discuss the advisability OF having
Overlook Hospital taken over ny the
civic and philanthropic organizations
here merely contained only the ac-
zion taken at the conference which
favored the proposition. As further
meetings of the parent committee,
which Is looking into the scheme, are
TO be held, the Trade Boards COM
mittee. of which Colonel Wallace Is
chairman, was continued, and $l2o,uVu
is the price asked by DR.. William ID.
Lawrence, ir, head of the hospital,
for the buildings and equipment, OF
which amount he offered to contrib
ute Sc, 900 and another unnamed per-
.sun similar sum.
: Z ~ the adoption Of a motion tne
chairmen of the various committees
of the boDrd are to be prodded to
The good of the city is lessened and
the effectiveness of the board weak
ened by the policy followed by the
various committees in taking up only
such matters as are referred to them
BY q vote of the board was the dec
laration of Colonel Wallace.
Praises Newark Board.
Colonel Wallace pointed out that
due to the activity of the committees
OF the Newark Board of Trade that
body is one of the most powerful toI
uond to it's city in this State, and
doubtless In the United States. The
committees of the Newark body are
eyer taking the initiative in investi-
eating matters of interest to Newark,
and consequently the boards intiu-
ence and power for good is felt
The questions of street building and
maintenance and public health should
be subjects of exhaustive investiga-
F., tlon and report by the committee on
such affairs, President William SEQ
field Day and Colonel Wallace be-
iieved, and the chairmen of all com
mittees are TO be requested to get
lltsyv and present reports to the
monthly meeting of the board.
Former City Physician English,
member of the committee on public
health. reported that despite the ex-
tensive work of the County Mosquito
determination Commission and the
local health authorities, malaria is
prevalent in the eastern section of
the city, while there are no cases in
the upper section of the city.
This is a matter upon which the
committee on public health Will re-
port at the next meeting of the board,
as President Day declared that since
there is no malaria in Panama there
should be no cases In this city.
The president announced that an