Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-08
MAY ROB SUMMIT
OF ITS PLAYFIELD
Council Votes to Improve 1t for
Park-No Other Site
in View.


now up to the Town Improvement
Association to find another site.
Since the requirement of the two
+ tracts of land on the southerly side oil
+ the Lackawanna railroad station, the
easterly plot bounded by Summit,
F Park and Railroad avenues and Elm
street, has been utilized as play
Z ground each summer because of the
Z lack of funds necessary to transform
the land into park.
The proposition to improve the land
E at this time was carried by only one
vote last night, councilman-at-lar
+ Clarence *. Corbin and Councilman
James T. Adams being opposed to
carrying out the work this year, while
Councilmen Edward G. Pringle, John
d. knight and Walter S. Topping
voted in favor of the plan.
i President Corbin and Councilman
Adams, the latter being chairman of
the finance committee, both explained
that they favored deferring the i'm
provement of the site for another
; year because of the necessity for q
bond issue in the near future and the
4 lack of building operations in the city
which will necessarily mean a small
increase in this years tax collection.
Councilman Pringle declared that
he realized fully the present and
future financial obligations of the
city, but he felt that the city could no
longer afford to defer the develop
i1nent of the land, the acquisition of
which was for park purposes.
In a communication Mrs. Anna G..
Adams, chairman of the playground
committee of the Town Improvement
& Association, requested Council to per-
nit the use of the park site for
!. playground again this year. Mrs.
Adams wrote that to relocate the
! playground equipment this year
would be at prohibitlve cost Fol
lowing the vote of Council, City Clerk
+ Frederick G. KentZ was directed to
advise Mrs. Adams of the Councils
/ action. The playground was equipped
and has been maintained with funds
secured by popular subscription by
! the members of the T. |. A.
Ask Refund of License Fee
The Murphy Sisters, who conduct
an employment agency, in a commun-
ication, requested the remittance of
/. about $50, which they wrote they paid
TO former City Clerk j. Edward Rowe
and Chief of Police George w. Brown.
prior to 1911, in license fees. They
had been advised there was no law
requiring the payment of fees preyi-
Gus to 1911.
Councilman Pringle, chairman Of
I tn law and ordinance committee eX-
planned that prior to 1911 the licensing
I paWer was vested in the Mayor or
Chief of Police. Since 1911 the lcens-
ing pawer has been vested in Common
Council, and Mr.. Pringle declared that
IL the agency proprietors have been
operating since that time without
license they have been guilty of a
misdemeanor, and he suggested that
1t might be the wiser plan for the
Misses Murphy to drop the matter.
y City. Clerk Kurtz was directed TO in
form her so.
Being the only bidder, the Common
wealth Quarry Company was awarded
the contract for road work this year.
The prices submitted were: IL inch,
$1.35 per net ton; special ~ inch, 1.30
per ton; q inch, $145 per ton; 21s inch,
S1.20 per ton; dustless sreeings, $3.50
per ton; grit, So per ton; dust, $1.10
per ton, and filler IS per net ton with
out bags.
No New Roads This Year.
For the street committee Council
man Knight Informed his colleagues
that it is planned to make moderate
repairs OF the streets this year rather
than to reconstruct or build new
roads, and to this end the committee
WIS empowered W luIttdSt al supply
of tarvia at q cost not to exceed 81 900.
Among the thoroughfares the re-
paving of which have been requested
thus fare ar Beekman road, Wood
land avenue, Baltusrol road, Hobart
avenue and New England avenue.
There are several other streets which
have been listed for repair by Street
Superintendent William III. Swain.
The street committee was also
authorized to eNpend about $50 in
laying crosswalks on Passaic avenue,
Norwood and Morris avenues.
City Solicitor Cora N. Williams
was directed to prepare an ordinance
for first reading at the next meeting
of council, which will require the
construction of a sidewalk firm the
building line to the curb line in front
OF all business building or structures
used as places of amusement by the
owners. There will also be a pro-
vision in the ordinance authorizing
such construction by council under
direction of the street committee and
city engineer when the owner or
owners shall have failed to comply
with the requirements of the ordi-
nance after the expiration of thirty
days from the date of the passage
of the measure or of notice from the
city clerk.
Fire Chief Timothy ?. Scott, in his
annual report, recommended the pur
chase OF a new auto apparatus for
Hose Company No. 2. The machine,
which was formerly used by the
Chemical Engine Company, and
which was remodeled for the hose
company, Chief Scott reported, Is I'M
reliable and causes frequent delays In
the response of the company to an
alarm. The chief also pointed out
that the machine has been and will
continue 10 be a large expense to the
city by reason of Its frequent repair
Recommends More Hydrants.
Chief Scott also recommended that
Jospeh MCGUIRE, driver of Union Hose
Company, be given an increase in
salary; that additional hydrants be
located in certain sections of the city;
larger water mains and the instal'a-
tion of separate fire alarms in Over
brook Hospital and the Fresh Air and
Convalescent Home, The report
showed that there had been forty-siX
fires here during the year.
Constable Elmer Day notified Coun-
ell TO withhold a payment of $3.50 due
Charles Matola in settlement of a
sewer construction contract until a
Judgment, which the constable holds
In favor of eX-Policeman William j.
George against Matola, in the amount
of 1915, is satisfied. Two hundred
and fifty dollars was ordered paid to
the Joint Trunk Sewer Commission
as this citys share of the first quar-
terly assessment for 1914, and on APP
preparation of 5000 was made to the
Free Public Library.