Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-24
ASPHALT REPAIRS ].
/ COST TOO MUCH .
SAYS DR.. KRAEMER
President of Works Board
Makes Attack on Policy of
Street Department.

j
DR. Charles F. Kraemer, president
Of the Board of Works, yesterday at
tackled the policy of the street depart
ment in spending so much money for
asphalt repairs. The attack was made
at the finance. committee meeting of
the board. DR. Kraemer said the
street department ignores streets
paved with materials other than as
phalt to allow the asphalt work to
continue. naaa zNl4
Commissioner Kraemer stated that
from 1906 % 1918 $4,000 had been
spent on asphalt repairing, while the
amount spent on other streets fell far
behind that amount.
In reply Commissioner Gillen stated
his colleague should consider that the
asphalt repair work was only running
1 so high, while the contract for that
2 eork was in the hands of the
Standard Bitulithic Company Dur
ing that time the city had to spend
$4,000 to $4,000 a year, while getting
less repairs done than since the es-
adjustment, of the. az citys repair
plant, which did more work on
asphalt repairing at a cost Of only
$4,000. W "a 81, as...sese + 5 a-..ss =
The topic of the repair department
also led to an argument over the
question Of authority when the re-
pairing of Warren street was
brought up. Commissioned Kraemer
referred to. a resolution bv the board
that Warren street should be re-
paired at once. Chief Engineer Nor
ris R. Sherrerd complained. that this
Would have to be carried out had not
Commissioner Gillen countermanded
the order of the engineer to start the
work. eh. 4 .i atrssai4,8 fsf
Commissioner 4Gillen said that be-
fore the passing of the resolution
there had been some dispute, which
of the three departments, figuring IN
the break in Warren street, should
lpay for. the repairing, and further
Imore, that there had been some
sstreets in far worse condition than
fWarren street. He promised that it
fwould befrepaired within q week,
The five trolley franchise petition
of the Public Service Company, in.
cluding Rosevillee avenue and the
circle around Military Park was laid
over for one week, and SO. was the
Z glighting contract of the Public Service
Electric Light Company amea go
I !. Among other objectors at the con-
Atinued Roseyille avenue trolley hear
ing, CityeComptrollers Tyler Parmiy
again appeared. and this time added
tofahisf arguments against the grant,
one concerning the half-nlile extern
siont act. s. fas.saa .sah. * JaHaI
He expressed the fear that under
thft act the company, n@.it'h We're
granted - franchise 7 for Rosevllle
avenue from Orange streetato BloQm-
field avenue, could alspago through
10. Warren street.aThis,, he said, would
avfn line mast two
churches and public cnools II
there is any law in the State, the
company willnetdbe permitted to do
it," he added with emphaslsnst .,sls.
Protest against the vacating or
Kossuth street, aass demanded By the
cellulpids works. who. also have a ipetl-
etion for Komorn street pending, was
added to by Henry Bedenschatz, OF
Kossuths street. SIS .asiI 80 asE'lexa
From the Central Railroad. q. pro-
test was received against the opening
OF Haynes avenue as proposed az
pueseHf As a reason the company 5
'4ettef states that the present line or
the street would create a, second grade
crossing over their tracks, "A fsketeh
was attached proposing al change OF
line to- avoid the difficulty. fgd eaa98
:. More. territory in. thes meadows, was
ordered condemned by the commis-
sionera, and ssuehdowners and gothers
asuare known, are offered the follow
ing prices for tbein land IN the gem
epalgdevelopment zone;g5 iiaasaH
eCommunipawH h Central Land Conn
pany. 6s68 acres, s2,672;5 Central Rail-
road 222e acres, 81 tde7s FLORENCE r.
Cahill. 2.59' acres, S9O6.5O;s John sSerrg'l
2,san'acres.. secs, 80; ;as Edward F, Con-
I noIlv All acres. s1,5O8. so; Stewart
Isfndsley. $3.50, acres, s1,225; William
IT Walsh. IA, acres, ;, 1915; Isaac, n.
Paul, s2.s6 acres, 81, ,04S;s Security Land
and Improvement Company two
acres 1910 sff et ,as55a. a3.
For the next two weeks the Sum
rnersline cars going west will change
route owing TO. the laying of q sewer
in Slate street. They, will run through
Rroad street to Belleville avenue to
Bloomfield avenue to the city line. -