Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-22

o. BECAUSE Ine cldTdCJer OIL WOOu-
block prescribed by the specifications
requires the use of patented processes
in the production of preservative
oils, thus actually making this
patented pavement and rendering ex-
trenely doubtful the collection of as
sessments because of the failure to
comply with the legal requirements
to patented pavements
az. Because the price which it is
proposed to pay is excessive for any
Kind of wood-block pavement and if
paid would constitute great waste
of public and private funds.
"S. Because the character OF wood
block called for by the specifications
is experimental in that none of the
claims made in it's behalf can be sub
stantiated by experience, no pave
ment of this character having been
down for a period longer than five
years or thereabouts; on the con-
of such pavements breaking, up or
falling into serious disrepair within
very short periods of time.
80. Because the process for pro-
ducing the preservative oils used In
treatment of the blocks being con-
trolled, there has been and can be
no real competition among bidders,
and because blocks meeting specif1ca-
tons cannot be secured except from
the controlling source.
Samples Are Lacking.
10. Because the samples submit
ted by and on behalf of the success
full bidder do not, in fact, meet the
specificatio and therefore assess
ments levied for such a pavement,
under such contract, could be sue
cessfuI1y resisted in the courts.
I'll. Because in particulars. other
than those already noted, the specifi-
cations are unsatisfactory, incongru-
Gus, misleading and do not sufficiently
protect the city's interest.
"12. Because the particular circum.
stances attached to this project and
the general tendency of the times de-
mand the rejection of all that savors
of monopoly and the throwing open
of the doors to the freest competi-
ton"
After citing the various objections
the mayor in his message declares
that in a. previous message OF August
II, 1913, disappearing of resolution
similar to the one now under con-
sideration, he gave at some length his
reasons for opposing wood block OF
any kind on Broad street. and In
sisting that the interest of the people
of the whole city should outweigh
the desire of certain persons owning
property along the street. These rea-
sens he will not repeat at this time,
the mayor declares, but will content
himself with referring to the message
mentioned and with calling attention
to the fact that his opinions are re-
enforced by the report of the expert
engineer.
Regarding the third objection the
message sets forth that the sole ex-
cuse for the proceedings for laying
wood block on Broad street is that
the material is desired by certain
property-owners. The mayors mes
sage calls attention to the fact that
there are petitions from residents OF
certain sections of the street showing
that the sentiment in these particular
sections is strongly against wood
block.
The mayor also calls attention TO
the fact that Commissioner Patrick
II Ryan voted to sustain his veto on
u previous occasion for that very rea-
son.
Might Use Old Blocks.
The granite blocks now on Broad
street could be taken UP, recut in .
number of ways and reset in accord
ance with modern standards upon Q
substantial foundation at saving
of from $4,000 to $4,000, it is still
further set forth in the Veto
With respect to the fifth and sixth
objections the mayor reiterates his
statement that the heavy oil called
for in the Specifications produces an
inferior quality of wood block, and
declares that he will give reasons
for believing that this quality of oil
can be secured in merchantable guam
titles from but one source, and that
it is produced by patented processes
He adds:
THE price of the pavement is ex-
cessive and would involve an ex-
travagant and wasteful expenditure
of public money and impose an un.
necessarily heavy burden upon priv
ate property owners, the mayor AYERS
and calls attention to the figures ex-
hibited by his consulting engineer
from other cities where wood block
pavements have lately been laid
Making allowance for all reasonable
differences in conditions the price
which it is proposed to pay exceeds
by at least $4,000 the sum at which
it could be laid.
An Unknown Quantity.
None of this sort of pavement has
pbtn uSGu dHy NIEIS I'LL illOl6 lhsti
five years and no one knows therefore
what it will do in the sixth or seventh
year or at any subsequent time. the
mayor states. Right in the vicinity
of Newark there are miles of this
heavy oil pavement which have been
down for short periods and have
shown marked deterioration, in some
cases amounting almost to disintegra-
ton, the mayor contends, and cites
the Plank road as an instance In
point.
sample Materials.
THE sample materials submitted
by the lowest bidder come from a
source which, we may assume, has
never been identified with the com
panies controlling the production of
this heavy gravity oil. But these
samples do not meet your specifica-
lions in one important particular, as
the report of your own chemist
shows, and in other important par
ticulars, as independent analyses
prove. The samples submitted by the
source controlling this oil on behalf
of, but not at the request, as / I'M
derstand 1t, of the lowest bidder, de-
viate also from the specifications,
but in such way as to indicate that
the devia ton was an oversight. Let
us not be deceived, gentlemen 1t the
Republic Creosoting Company is to
furnish blocks in accordance with
specifications in Broad street, New
ark, it will have to go to the Ameri-
can Creosoting Company, or some
other connection of the Barrett
Manufacturing Company. Small won
der, indeed, that the president
of the American Creosoting. Com
pany announces in a newspaper of
this city his expectation that his con-
Germ will furnish half the blocks for
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