Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-11-14
PAVING CONTRACT
AWARD POSTPONED
Board of Works Lays Off Broad
Street and Oakland Ter
race Work.

The Board of Works postponed
action for one week at its meeting
yesterday in the matter Of the award
of the contract for the paving OF
Broad street with wood block Bids
were submitted to the board several
weeks ago, the Newark Paving Com
! pany being the lowest bidder.
The cause of the postponement was
the absence from the meeting of
Commissioners Charles F. Kraemer
and Charles P. Gillen, who were at
tending the hearing on the new post
office site. For the same reason the
board tabled the communication of
Mayor Haussling in which he re-
turned to the board, without his APP
prevail, the final award of the con-
tract for the paving of Oakland ter
race with asphalt block to the Hast
ings Paving Company.
Should Inspect Paving.
It was declared that the board
should inspect the pavement on
| Bowery street this morning at Ii
o'clock Work on this thoroughfare
WAS stopped yesterday morning by
Commissioner Gillen, chairman of the
street committee of the board, fol-
| lowing complaints from residents In
that vicinity in regard to the quality
of the sand that is being spread over
the concrete. The complaint, accord
ing to William A. Howell, engineer of
the street department, was made by
| former Alderman Patrick III. Corisn.
Mr.. Howell declared that he did not
| think conditions were now as bad as
when Mr.. Corish made his complaint
several days ago, and the board
agreed to an inspection.
David Holmes, chief accountant to
the water department, appeared be-
fore the board and explained that an
investigation showed that property at
! 80, 312 and 314 Plane street was not
| being charged for water, despite the
fact that 1t was being supplied by the
city. The property is part of tract
| for which Louis Schlesinger Is the
agent, and also contains property at
| 1851 Market street, which is being as
sessed. The lowness of the charge
of the entire property led Mr.. Schles-
niger to ask the water department
| to investigate the matter, Mr..
Holmes said, with the above men
toned result. A search made by the
department on January 20 last failed
| to reveal the fact that the Plane
| street property was not being es-
sessed, the accountant said, and he
asked the board for instructions as
to when the charges should begin.
| The board decided upon January 90
as the day en- which the search was
made and the water bills for the
premises Will be dated from that
time.
On motion of Commissioner Arthur
4 ts.fxr Ava tahnrnr0
/ In the sewer department who were
laid off three weeks ago because of
| lack of funds were continued on the
suspended list, and the Civil Service
| Commission notified to place them
upon the preferred list. 1t was rep
resented that $4,000 would be required
| To keep the men working, and Prest-
| dent Ryan informed the members
that he had only been able to obtain
| 81 900 from the finance committee or
| the Common Council. This 1t was
found would be needed to maintain
the pumping st..tion till the first or
the wear. and 1t was accordingly
found necessary to keep the men on
the Suspended list.
Unique situation.
A unique situation in regard to ths
property of Charlotte Heick, of Salem
street, which was recently cut
| through by the city to Rockland ter
race. was revealed. The cutting
| through of the street by the city left
a triangular plot which Is owned by
| Oscar Frahnert, adjoining the prop
| erty of Mrs Heick. The assessment
| on this tract is more than the land IS
worth. Frahnert thinks, and he does
not feel inclined to pay 1t. Mean
| while Mrs. Heick has been compelled
! to build a retaining wall between her
properly and that of Frahnert to pro-
| tect her dwelling, which Is on high
ground, from tumbling down. LII
! Frahnert refuses to pay the assess
| ment his property will revert to the
CITY and in case Of the Heick dwell
ing falling down she would have a
case against the city for damages.
The city is powerless to act In the
matter until Frahnert decides upon
what course he will pursue
The board received communication
from the Board of Fire Commission
ers complaining about the hardness
In the pavement of Randolph place
and South Fifteenth street. The mat
ter was referred to Mr.. G'llen as
chairman of the street committee.
Carl G. Bannwart, secretary of the
Shade Tree Commission, wrote the
board that the commission is inves-
tigating the complaint made by Com
missioner Biertuempfel a couple of
weeks ago that the foliage on trees
was interfering with the lighting sys-
| tenn OF the city.
Alderman Charles w. Littlefield, of
the Sixteenth Ward, appeared before
the board with a petition signed by
several property owners on Leslie
street. between Clinton avenue and
Hawthorne avenue. asking that the
street be repaired The alderman
also declared that the paving on
Fabyan place was also in need of re-
pairs. His complaints were referred
to the street committee chairman for
action as was the complaint of the
Progressive Investment against the
delay in finishing the curbing and
tagging on Boylan street.