Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-11-20
FORGERY CHARGED
IN The BITUL|THIC
PAVING PETITION
.GiIIen Fights Award-Works
Board Decides TO Pave
Four Streets.

| Works Commissioner Charles p. Gil
| len the board yesterday afternoon de-
| cided to pave four streets with btu
| lithic pavement. The streets are
| Hunterdon street, Conklin avenue,
] Eckert avenue and Smith street. The
| contract for the paving of Smith
| street was awarded to the Northern
/ Construction Company. Engineer
Morris r. Sherrerd will prepare no.
/ tees of intention for the other
streets.
When 1t was reported by City
| Counsel James r. Nugent that the
signatures on the Smith street petit
ton had been approved Mr.. Gillen
stated that he had several withdraw
/ ais and that there was at least one
| forgery to the petition. The frontage
signed for was more than required by
| Jaw, and, by a vote Of four to one, the
resolution was passed.
Mr.. Gillen declared that the name
of A. Giovannelli, of 1873 Smith street.
was forged to the petition. He asked
| time to investigate, stating that IF
there is one there may be more for
geries." He made q motion to lay the
| matter over. 1t was lost, as 1t was
not seconded.
Commissioner Gillen also criticised
the intention to rush through other
bitulithic paving contracts before the
new year, thus compelling the in
coming board to live up to obligations
incurred by the old board, a matter
almost unprecedented, he added.
In substantiation of his objection
that there was no need for hurrying
the several proposed bitulithic paw
ing jobs, Mr.. Gillen cited Hunterdon
street. Several weeks ago, he said,
there was q petition to pave that
thoroughfare with asphalt. When he
moved at that time to advertise for
the work City Engineer Sherrerd
stated there was no hurry to award
contract, inasmuch as the work
could not be done during the winter
months. Now the intention, Mr.. GIL
| len continued. was to suddenly go
ahead with paving the street with
| 5itulithic, a petition for that pave
ment having been gotten up in the
| meantime. Mr.. Gillen declared that
| this haste appeared strange in view
| of the fact that the season had still
/ further advanced and that there were
no possibilities TO go any further
| than awarding the contract
| The board, by a vote of to 1, de-
| eided to advertise for bids on the
| following streets, to be paved with
| bitulithic pavement: Hunterdon
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/ nue. and Smith street.
| That contractors who bought stone
/ from the city were dilatory in their
| payments and that about S12, 900 were
| still due TO city was made known tc
| the board by Commissioner Gillen as
| chairman of the street committee,
| The board thereupon resolved that a
| list OF contractors who owe the city
| money should be compiled and turned
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| Their steps.
Accepts Believiile Proposition.
The board decided to accept a
proposition made by Beileville in re-
gard to an old debt of about $11 900
due this city for water mains and
unpaid water bills. Under this
agreement, Belleville will continue to
pay the four per cent. interest and
will refund toward the principal $3.50
year for five years. The contract
also agrees that Newark shall fur
nish Belleville water at $50 per mil
lion gallons, instead of $50.
1 Meadow properties We're ordered
purchased by the board from the fol-
lowing owners: Elizabeth Gardner,
FIVE acres, S1,750; George F.
Reeve, five and a half acres, 5000:
Stuart Lindsey, so acres, $3.50,
and Franklin Liebhauser, seven acf es,
$3.50.
An added revenue to the city be-
| came q possibility yesterday when
Samuel J. Goldsmith, of New York,
as counsel for the Newark Motor Bus
! Company, made the offer to the
Board of Works Commissioners that
| the concern he represented would
| have no objection to pay for the
operating privilege, per cent. Of the
| gross receipts Such payment
| would be similar to the 8 per cent
trolley ordinance. whereby the city
| annually receives a large sum from
| the Public Service Cooperation. APP
| ication to operate was made by the
! company a week ago.
| The bus lines would run from Gin
/ ton Hill to Forest Hill and such other
streets as the board would permit,
the fare to be 10 cents, Mr.. Cold
| smith explained. To give an idea of
revenue, Mr.. Goldsmith quoted from
a report of the Fifth avenue bus line
| in New York, the gross receipts Of
which in one year had been S1,1I6,-
| $50. SO.
On motion of Commissioner Den
man, the matter was referred to the
law department to ascertain just
| what the powers of the board to reg
ulate bus lines are.
A public hearing was given by the
board on the three traffic ordinances
recommended last week by Commits
sioner Gillen. After some discussion
of the measures by State Commits
| sioner of Motor Vehicles Job II.
Lippincott and President Augustus
v. Hamburg who is the chairman of
the traffic commission appointed by
Governor Fielder to formulate traffic
| laws for the whole State, the matter
| was referred to the commission.
The ordinances proposed provided
for the passage to the left of over
taken vehicles except trolley cars;
that a trolley car must only De
passed ten feet away from the run
ming board, and that lights on auto
mobiles must be so regulated as not
to blind pedestrians passing In front.
1t was pointed out that the latter
ordinance was not valid because Of
an existing State law. All three were
pronounced as being excellent meas
ures by both Mr.. Lippincott and Mr..
Hamburg, and It was the latter who
suggested that the measures may be
referred to the traffic commission
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