Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1914-07-03
WORKS BOARD ACT
AROUSES GILLEN
Threatens to Quit as Street
Committee Head When Over
ridden on Appointment.

| Charles P. Gillen, chairman Of the
street committee Of the Board Of
| Works, after heated discussion yes
| terday, threatened to resign the
chairmanship of that committee. This
threat followed the naming of an as
sistant timekeeper over Mr.. Gillen's
head.
IF things are being done without
my knowledge and consent" Mr.. Gil
len said, Il shall resign as chairman
of the street committee The com.
mittee is very important one. anC
/ am responsible to the board and the
| taxpayers. / therefore have a Ger.
| tain 5prerbgative and certainly pro.
test against having it taken away
from me. was never consulted about
| this proposed appointment. l have
never seen the man, and courtesy, II
no other consideration, should prompt
this body not to make an appoint
ment over my head"
This temporary employment ap-
pears to me. a very strange PROPOSE
ton. I know that a short time age
while was away man was rein
stated without my knowledge. AS
was not present will not discuss the
matter any further. But here / am
present and notwithstanding that. fact
whom / know nothing and for whose
employment I have not asked"
Mr.. Kraemer stated that .Superin-
tendent Shipman had asked for the
employment of the time keeper. The
appointee is John E. Chenoweth and
the salary is $1750 per week.
The appointment is Temporary
until an eligible list can be
secured from the Civil Service
Commission. With the exception ol
Commissioner Gillen the commission.
ers voted in favor of the appointment
The commissioner still protested,
this time against the cut in the budget
Of the streets and highways by the
aldermanic finance committee. The
board unanimously resolved to go be-
fore that body today at the usual con-
ference preceding the Common Coun-
Gil meeting. Mr.. Gillian explained
that by reason of the raising of the
pay of the men and putting the street
sweeperS on a weekly basis and also
by reason of the increased mileage Of
streets the net increase of the run
ming cost amounted to $4,000.
After sending many delegations
harrassing the Board of Works COM
missioners and protesting against the
closing of Kossuth, Kornorn and
EMMA StIeelS dS QeI1dnQeu Dy LHe
Celluloid Works, F. G. Breidenbach,
the president Of the Ironbound I'M
provement Association, appeared be-
fore the board yesterday and reported
change of front. The association,
he declared, will now be satisfied to
let the board do whatever the COM
missioners may think is best.
The Pacific and Atlantic Dredging
Company was authorized to extend
it's dredging work in the bay to the
bulkhead line of the piers to be built
in the reclamation zone
Mr. Gillen brought the matter Of
noiselesS pavements in school zones
up again and it was decided to confer
with school authorities whether they
would share the cost in such cases
where it was too late to make
changes that would invalidate the as
sessments against abutting property.
The following paving contracts
were awarded.
Finlay place, from Sanford ave-
nue. to the city line, with asphalt,
Hastings Paving Company, $S,S43;
Newark Paving Company, granite
block for st. Charles street, from
George to Berlin streets, $19,203, and