Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-10-17
MAYORS VETO ON
PAVING OVERR|DDEN
Works Board Passes Wood
Block for Broad Street Over
HaussIing's Head.

I BY a vote of 4 to / Commissioner
Patrick H. Ryan alone voting in sup
port of the mayor, the Board Of
Works yesterday OVERRIDE Mayor
Haussiing's veto OF the new speeifca-
tions for the paving Of Broad street
with wood block and calling for the
] advertisement for bids. Mayor
! Haussling's letter TO the board caused
| Commissioner Kraemer to question
the mayors right to eriticise the
! boards action. which he said had
been guided by the engineering de-
partment.
1T seems only fair 10 my mind
said Commissioner Kraemer. that
the public should know how We ar
rived at our conclusions in this mat
ter. The Mayor questions Our logic
and calls our attention to the fact
that We are doing something con-
trary TO the best interests of the city
In so doing he challenges our en-
cheering department. In whom we
1 all have implicit confidence. I don't
think il is fair for the Mayor to crifi-
else the boards action on this propo-
sition. Why should we be persuaded
/ to change our views for a layman ~ho
knows no more about il than any
other layman in the United States
why does the Mayor not ask for q
conference with us and match his
scientific advisers against ours since
he sees fit to challenge ours. II wa
are to take the Mayors advise in this
matter then We should discharge our
engineering department"
When the vote was called for Com
missioners Kraemer, Gillen. Bier
tuempfel and Denman all voted aye.
! Commissioner Ryan, who has stead
4 tasty opposed the paving of Brpad
street with wood block, voted nay.
An ordinance submitted to the board
by Superintendent William r
O'Rourke, of the building department.,
relative 10 the placing of projecting
signs and fixing penalties for viola
lions of the same and asking the co.
! operation of the board with the build
| ing department was read At the
suggestion of Chief Engineer Morris
r.. Sherrerd a conference vas ar
ranged for with Mr.. O'Rourke. Tues
! day afternoon was set for the con-
ference.
On motion of DIR. Kraener the
board recommended that the city law
department proceed against James r.
/ Kelly, of the firm of Storms & Co.,
on violations of the city ordinances.
4 for diVerting the city's water supply
at his property at Halle South Four
teenth street and for supplying water
on the premises without the permits
sion of the board. A third violation
was also brought out in the fact that
Mr.. Kelly, who formerly possessed a
plumbers license had not had II re-
newed this year. The penalty for the
three offenses is $35. DIR. Kraemer
charged that Kelly, who owed the
water department bill of $189.94. had
three times turned the water on after
n il had been turned off by employees
of the water department
\ Commissioner Kraemer also recon-
mended that plumbers who had pass
ed a successful examination for
license should be provided free Of
charge with a tin sign similar TO the
licenses furnished to vendors His
motion was concurred in by the other
members of the board
Commissioner Biertuempfel asked
permission of the board for the in
stallation of six new lights on North
Broad and six on South Broad street.
which was granted.
Contracts were awarded to the
/ Standard Bitulithic Company for the
paving of Laurel place from West
End avenue to Vermont avenue for
81. 097.50. and for the paving Of Howell
place between the same streets for
81, 1880 and to the Continental Public
Works Company for Plymouth street
from West End avenue TO Mum ave.
nue. with asphalt block for ss.o5t.5o
Commissioner Gillen in voting to
award the contracts to the STANDARD
s tulithic Company against whom ne
has been waging open war. declared
II he did SO because in these two in
stances there was open competition.