Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-12-05

receipts from November quarter in
order to do so.
IT am not surprised that the chair
man of the sewer committee finds
the situation very embarrassing, and
when he believes to have found the
slightest provocation to illuminate
his views-they are pervaded from
beginning to the end with the same
spirit that is found through the en-
tire departments-from the very
heads of same down, viz, to do as
little as possible to cooperate with
the majority OF this board, but rather
70 obstruct their everv effort.
This boards program to econo-
mize and retrench has only begun,
notwithstanding that many of the
heads of departments, for apparently
no other reasons than political an
tipathy to the political complexion of
this years board are not working in
harmony nor lending any assistance
to carry out the boards program; the
work of wedding out the useless, I'M
At and incompetents will continue.
THAT we have made no mistake in
our cut In the budget of 100000 was
foregone conclusion, and had the
same spirit of cooperation prevailed
during the year between the engin-
eering departments and the commits
sioners as has been so marked during
the Republican regime, not the
slightest discrepancy would have
been heard of at the hands of the
sewer committee chairman"
In answer to DR.. Kraemer Mr.. Dem
man declared that he had listened
with considerable interest to the
pyrotechnics of his colleague, and
that he was more than pleased that
the matter had been brought UP in
the way 1t was.
1.-THE gentleman speaks like a
novice" continued Mr.. Denman.
For man who poses as the leader
If the majority, he seems to have had
very little knowledge. from his own
statements. If he had no knowledge
of the expenditures In the sewer de-
partment, how does he Justify him.
self in having audited the bills of
that department. He refers to the
lighting department having been I'M
loaded with a portion of the preced-
ing years expense. He and all the
rest of the members were familiar
with the terms of that contract.
"There Is no reason for his being
astounded or astonished He cannot
get away from the matter by any
display Of pyrotechnical oratory, In
view of the fact that he has been a
party to the auditing of the bills"
ST have no detailed speech prepared
by myself or by someone else at my
request" continued Mr. Denman.
k'The commissioner has charged that
I have spoken for political effect. This
I deny.
"The Democrats have seen At to un-
reasonably slash the budgets. / do
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in that way. In conclusion / want to
renew my request for an appropria-
ton of $4,000 to carry on the work Of
my department for the year"
Commissioner Gillen was on his feet
in an instant, declaring that while
Mr.. Denman was cont 'nually trying
to impress upon the members the fact
that he was not playing politics" he
saw fit to make statements which
were false and misrepresented and
could not have been made for other
than political reasons.
Mr.. Gillen went on to explain that
the unreasonable slashing of the
budgets, as Mr.. Denman had termed
1t, had only been put into effect after
many conferences. He then went on
to explain the work being done In the
street department since he has been
it's chairman, and declared that, al
though 1t had been cut nearly 100000
IN it's appropriation, It would come
out at the end of the year without
deficit.
1.-THE streets of this city have never
been kept as clean as they are now,
and the sweepers, instead OF getting
SO and 81 week, as they did under
the Republican regime, are now get
ting &c." said Mr.. Gillen. I'VE were
placed in power on a platform of
economy and we have been standing
on 1t ever since. The trouble with
Commissioner Denman is that he Is
so saturated with the old conditions
that he cannot understand why they
are not the same today.
HE held office under an extrava-
CANT regime" said Mr.. Gillen, in con-
clusion "There never was a public
body In this city that squandered the
city's funds like the Board of Street
and Water Commissioners of which
he was a member"
In reply Mr.. Denman declared that
both his colleagues were trying to
obscure the issue of the conditions in
the sewer department by referring to
their own department and asked that
his motion be voted on. Before the
motion was put Chief Engineer Nor
ris R. Sherrerd, referring to DR..
Kraemers remark that the engineers
had not co-operated with the board,
said that 1t was the first time he had
been apprised of the fact and that IS
head of that department his instruc-
lions had been to his men to CO.
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