Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-09
DECREASE IN RATE
FOR CITY WATER
Board of Works Decides Upon
Reduction of Six Cents, Be-
ginning November 1.

So that the taxpayers of Newark
might reap the benefit of the bust
nesslike administration of the Board
of Works, 1t has Deen decided that
the water rate will be lowered six
cents on and after November 1. At
the present time the rate is $1.06 per
1000 cubic feet. 1t will be cut to 81.
/ Dr. Charles F. Kraemer, president
of the board, who is seeking another
term, announced the change. DR..
Kraemer showed that the water de-
partment has earned $125,0OO net dur
| ing the past year. This enabled the
commissioners to reduce the rate.
| DR. Kraemer said that this reduce
ton and saving to the people was not
sign of extravaganza, but honest,
careful, businesslike administration"
when the water department was
turned over to me, on January l, 1912,
there was a deficit of $17,500' said DR..
Kraemer AT once we threw out all
the deadwood in the department, re-
organized the system, and now it is
one of tht best paying departments in
the city"
To Pay Portion of Cost.
Through the efforts Of Mrs. Her
man Horn, of 532 South Thirteenth
street, who appeared before the
board, the property owners on South
Thirteenth street, between Sixteenth
and Seventeenth avenues, will have
to pay but a nominal portion of the
reconstruction of the sewer in that
locality. The sewer has become de-
fective through settling. The ground
known as "Kehoe's Hole is swampy,
and the engineers concluded that the
only way to effect a permanent i'm
provement would be to relay the
sewer in hat part on piles. Mrs.
Horn, on behalf of property owners,
made a vigorous protest week ago
against assessing the property own
ers for something that the city had
failed to properly do in the past.
Engineer Rankin was authorized to
come to an understanding with the
property owners. Mr.. Rankins re-
port yesterday was to the effect that
the property owners should pay the
additional cost of the new work over
the original work. This would
amount to $500, he stated instead of
5000 that the whole work will re-
quire He estimated that there were
twenty-six lots, so that the cost to
tlib Pippti ~ OWiltIS WOulu DC less
than twenty dollars. Mrs. Horn,
however, showed that there were
fiftysiX lots, SO that the owners have
to be assessed less than ten dollars.
The work will be started at once
and repaving of the street will be
done at the latest in spring,
In order to enable a proper super
vision G. water taps where irreguiari-
ties have been discovered resulting
in serious financial losses to the city
the board made permanent the tenn
porary appointment of five plumbers.
A request was received from the
Ironbound improvement Association
to have lighted signs placed at the
junction of Hamburg place and Ferry
street, indicating the direction to New
York. 1t was explained that many
drivers made mistakes and thereby
held up traffic. The street junction
was placed on the inspection list.
New Combination Poles.
New combination trolley and cleo
trio light poles will be placed along
Springfield avenue from Market street
to South Tenth street, doing away
with forty poles. An ordinance for
the relocation of poles was submitted
to the board for action by John L.
O'Toole, director of the publicity de-
partment of the Public Service Cor
poration.
The leather firm of NJ Straus & Co.
asked permission to run spur across
Meeker street to connect the plant
with the Pennsylvania Railroad. The
street Is a so-called "paper'' street
The request will be acted on next
week
A hearing on the paving of Miller
street from Broad street to Avenue
l. was set down for next Thursday.
The following contracts were award
ed: Paving Seymour avenue from
Book to Renner avenue, with btu
lithic. to the Standard Bitulithic
Company, under the Jersey City paw
ing act; Amsterdam street from Nj
agara to Magazine street, and Frank
fort street between the same points,
grading, curbing and tagging to Will
liam Ballard, for $2,432.93 and 3d.
020.32, respectively; Clifford street
from Jefferson to Van Buren, street
curbing. grading and tagging, $3,-
31716; St Charles street from Berlin
street to Avenue l.. curbing, grading
and tagging and paving with granite
block. Newark Paving Company,
awarded under the Jersey City paving
act.
Trolley Inspector Joseph Crawford
was delegated by the board to at
tend the American Steet Railway
Convention at Atlantic City on Oc-
tober IL.
In accordance with the traffic or
dinance adopted by the Police Board,
signs will be placed at the Four Cor
ners, prohibiting the parking of We
hicles at a distance less than seven
ty-five feet from the corners in any
direction.