Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-11
LIVELY TILT OVER
! STREET OPENING
Suits Are Threatened and
Fraud Alleged in Discussion
of Ampere Improvement.

Allegations of fraud We're mingled
with questions of veracity between
representatives of land companies at
the East Orange City Council meet
ing last night over the effort to have
Eighteenth street in the Ampere Sec
ton opened. Suits were also threat
ened If the city decided on the i'm
provement, the council deciding to
take the chance by a vote of to 2.
Property from the district
involved said the East Orange and
Ampere Land Company had agreed
TO bear all assessments for five years.
The claim was promptly denied, so
Tar as street assessments are con-
cerned, by Theodore Won der Lippe,
the company's counsel. Ernest
Jacobs, president of another land
company which bought from the
Ampere Company, declared a map
for straight street had been filed
IN Newark. but a different plan was
now claimed by the big company.
Jacobs said he had been sold lots
under Misrepresentation, and while
he had sold to others and received
their money, he did not intend to
leave town.
.'They are trying to win me now, y
he declared.
This and a statement of Council
man Grover that the Ampere Com
pany seemed to have acted unfairly.
and the people should know it, reused
the ire of Won der Lippe. Mr.. Grover
said he wondered whether the COM
pany was trying to stretch the agi-
tation over FIVE years when it would
not have to live up to the agreement
TO pay for assessments.
ut pains me to hear an East Or
ange councilman make assertions
such as these said the attorney.
s'rhe officers OF this company are men
of repute, and we are not fly by
night corporation. We have 1000 lots
in the section which we intend to sell
to the people, and we will live up to
every contract which we have made"
Won der Lippe made the statement
during the meeting about 80 per cent
of the property-owners objected to the
street opening, when only 20 per cent
he and City Engineer Willegerod and
Jacobs had checked UP the property
the engineer brought back the word
that a sufficient number had not OBJ
jected.
Councilman Grover and the attor
ney had warm exchange, during
which the official said there seemed
many strange points had come up
since the work of opening the street
was first decided upon, and there was
a change made in the lines for the
proposed opening. Won der Lippe
said the mind of the councilman did
not seem quite straight on the points
involved. and Grover declared he re-
membered rightly. The property
owners then applauded and Chair
man Saxelby had 10 rap hard for
order.
That the objections were SO close
to 70 per cent. tho city was afraid
to take the chance of going ahead
with the opening was a statement or
Won der Lippe at this point, and
Councilman Cotton made a quick re-
tort "that the council will go ahead
lust the same" Both Cotton and
Grover said their sympathies were
with the property, owners. They
learned from City Counsel Whiting
the city might be sued no matter
what stand was taken by the council,
and after hearing this the body de-
oided to go ahead with the improve
ment. Twenty-three families live in
the section of the street to be opened.