Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-06-06
PAVING CONTRACTS TO
Be TAKEN INTO COURT
Continued from First Page,

board. If necessary | will carry the
matter to the highest courts in this
State
Reference was also made by Mr..
Gillen to a report by Chief Engineer
Sherrerd to the convention OF the
American Society of Municipal I'M
provements at Erie, Pa, in October,
1910. In this report Mr.. Sherrerd de-
clared that he was not altogether
pleased with bitulithic, claiming that
it would not stand heavy traffic. He
also pointed out that the company
is not in all cases laying pavements
which are described in its patents.
To this Mr. Sherrerd replied that
he still stood by his report. He said
that in his opinion bftulithic Is not
satisfactory for such thoroughfares as
Market street and declared that he
opposed the laying of it there at the
time the contract was awarded. He
still holds that bitulithic will not
stand heavy traffic. He agreed, also,
with Mr.. Gillen that the price Is too
high, and said that for some time, up
to last year. the company put down
the pavement for S2.10 a square yard
as against from $225 to $3.50, which
is being charged at present.
In answer to a question from Com
missioner Biertuempfel as to whether
the pavements now down had given
satisfaction he replied that on resi-
Dental streets v ere the traffic is
| light no fault could be found with the
pavement The only thoroughfares in
la -
stand up, he said, are Market street,
Clinton avenue and Central avenue.
Kraemer Demands Explanation.
At this point Commissioner Krae-
mer had his innings. With emphatic
gestures he approached Mr.. Gillen and
wanted to know his authority for re-
ferring to him (Kraemer) as a ma
chine Democrat" Mr.. Gillen denied
having made the statement.
II have always been able to hold
my head high in this community,
| continued DR.. Kraemer, and 1 defy
Mr.. Gillen or anyone else to point at
one act of mine. Mr. Gillen has made
voluminous report, but in not one
Instance did he refer to Newark or
even intimate that there was or Is
any crookedness here. Let him take
it to the Grand Jury or anywhere
else. / for one would be delighted
with any kind of an investigation.
! "Mr. Gillen, sitting here as the rep
resentative of the people, has de-
famed the city of Newark. l want
to know If there is anyone who is
receiving tribute from this company
| H.. \,
or they should be shown up"
In referring to the matter Mr.. Bier
| tuempfel declared that his colleague
was not consistent. He wanted tc
know why other patented pavementi
are not attacked. For one he men
toned asphalt block.
To this, however, DR.. Kraemer re-
piled that he was laboring under q
misapprehension, as asphalt block is
not patented pavement.
With Mr.. Gillen alone voting in the
negative a resolution authorizing the
drawing of specifications for bituli-
thic pavement on the following
streets was adopted
Hazelwood avenue, from South Or.
ange avenue to Cliff street; Hindsalt
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Chester avenue; Vermont avenue
from South Orange avenue, to a point
1876 feet south of Laurel place; Alex
ander street, from South Orange ave.
nue. to Bloemecke alley; Nineteenth
avenue, from South Seventeenth
street to city limits; South Sixteenth
street from South Orange avenue to
Sixteenth avenue; Oakland terrace,
from South Orange avenue to 500 feet
south of Cliff street, and South Six
tenth street, from Eighteenth ave-
nue. to Nineteenth avenue.