Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-22

state this fact, but ii is q fact
that you don't have stated by our
opponents. They know, or should
know, that what the county ge.ern-
ment demands of us we must pay;
that the city has no more control
over the city's share Of county ek-
penditures than it has over the state
Legislature.
school Cost.
Our opponents know, or should
know that w found the public school
system suffering from neglect. and
that it has been necessary 10 APP
propriate between five and six millions
of dollars for the purchase of lands
and for the construction Of new build
ings alone. They know OF should
know. that the expenses of admin
istration have risen despite the fact
that we have kept the salaries Of the
teaching staff down to a very low
limit. l have not word of apology
TO offer for the Improvement that we
have made In the school system Of
this city. IL is now ranked by COM
petent authorities ct the head. or
equal to the very best Of the large
cities in the country. / say that the
schools should have our most vital
ilIlE
| is too good for the city of Newark.
"Our opponents know, or should
know, that we have been advancing
millions of dollars to the commission
which is constructing the great Pas
sale trunk sewer. This is project
to which the city has been committed
for almost a score of years, and il
could no more be avoided al this time
than a change Of the season. do not
think il Is necessary - defend this
project at all. Every dollar spent to
accomplish the redemption Of the
! Passaic river will be returned to US
manifold, directly or indirectly
Our opponents know, or should
know, that it has been necessary to
| increase very largely the hospital
facilities of the city, and to spend
very much larger sums i'm caring FOR
the sick and injured and in guarding
the general health of the community
| They know or should know, that we
lare conducting new institutions. such
| as the tuberculosis Sanatorium
which, alone, has relieved hundreds
of sufferers from that dreadful
disease.
Fire and Police Cost.
| "Our opponents know or should
! know, that 1t has been necessary very
| largely to increase our police and fire
departments, in order that the lives
! and property of our people should re-
ceive adequate protection. They know
or should know, that we have beer
obliged to establish Fairgrounds for
| the young, to build new lighthouses, Il
build new almshouse and otherwise
| to expend large sums of money fol
| social and charitable objects, which
| We're scarcely considered necessary @
| few years ago.
"Our opponents know, or should
know, that we have started upon the
development of our great tract OF
meadow land which so long has beer
an eyesore, reproach, a menace to
| health and business detriment to the
| city of Newark. The work of recla-
nation and of providing facilities for
! transportation by rail and water has
already progressed so far that an in
spection of the tract will convince
anyone of its utility. In a very shori
| time we will be getting substantial
revenues from the meadows.
| Our opponents know, or should
| know, that IL has been necessary Il
! pave scores of miles of streets viii
modern pavements. This costs money
but the expenditures are necessary
| itself. | doubt whether the citizens
all realize that the city at large has
| to bear a considerable proportion o.
the cost of paving every street, TIL,
city pays the whole cost of paving in
tersections, and where il owns prop
erty on a street it must stand it,
| share, Just as any private nropert,
owner The city's cost of the Broat
street paving alone will be- in tn
neighborhood of $4,000, because 1t no
only looks after the intersections, bu
owns a great deal of property on tina
thoroughfare. on other streets tn
/ eity's share of the paving expens
runs from II per cent. to % per cent.
and sometimes a little higher.
street Correstions.
"Our opponents know, or should
know, that we have begun what l.
known as city planning, in the effor
to correct what mistakes were mad
/ i'm the street layout of the munich
pallty. This Is a feature 80 city gov
eminent that Is assuming inore ant
more Importance every yea, as thu
citizens realize how they arr
hampered in business, how congestion
is created and how growth Is oh
structed by lack of proper highways
| One important Improvement in thii
line Is so far advanced that 1t will
probably be completed before snow
falls. Another one has been adopte,
and will be proceeded with when op
portunity permits. ] would. like to SCI
the citizens generally, study the re
port of the City Plan Commission ant
come to realization of what changes
in this respect are necessary and de
sirable. Understand, these improve
ments pay for themselves in increase,
ratables, in business convenience anC
in many other ways.
81 am not attempting to give yol
more than a partial list OF the projects
or institutions that have been de
manding increased expenditures q
our hands. In general. they have re
ceived the support OF the whole com
munity, in so far as we were able I,
Judge public sentimenH They appea
to me as being emlnently wise, de
sirable and necessary. / do not thinl
that in an ordinary season the vagu'
and unspecific charges which hay,
| been put forward by our opponent
would get a hearing at the hands o
| the citizens | think that they hav'
| taken advantage of the fact that Thu
European situation has retarded Thu
recovery of business in this country
and are trying to persuade persons Il
whom any payment just now. how
ever small, would be difficult that WI
shave wasted their money.
I ~ deny that such Is the fact, and
rely upon the members OF this grea
association to controvert the charg
wherever they may hear it."