Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-10
GILLEN ATTACKS
THE METHODS OF
PAVING AGENTS
Signers of Petitions Misled,
He Declares at Board of
Works Meeting.

Commissioner Charles P. Gillen
caused quite a stir at the meeting of
the Board Of Works yesterday after
noon when he attacked the methods
employed by the Standard Bitulithic
Company in securing signatures. Mr..
Gillen last week sent letter of warm
ing to property -owners against the
&c mbine" Commissioner Albert Bier
tncmpfel was the only commissioner
10 answer the attack made by Com
missioner Gillen
The board had received a number
of requests from property owners Of
twelve streets that their names be
Withdrawn from the petition for the
respective streets on which they had
property.
These Withdrawals were he result
of a campaign waged by NJ. Gillen
against bitulithic pavement Along
with slips ready for filing out n case
the recipient wished to withdraw
from a petition, Mr. Gillen had sent
out a letter, stating that litulithic
cost $3.50 a yard. while Brooklyn was
laying asphalt at S1.6O a yard.
Commissioner Biertuempfel took ex-
ception to the concluding paragraphs
of the letter which read as follows:
do not allow yourself to be finn
TANNED and buncoed. Do not let
some fellow in your street who
stands in tell you what kind of pave
ment You want The fellow that
stands in may have a very strong
inducement for interesting himself in
a particular kind of pavement. When
you find one of your neighbors talk
ing for bitulithic take a good look at
him and watch him carefully.
Think this over. try to figure out
in your head who is getting sixty
cents yard over-charge that you
are paying out of your pocket and
act accordingly"
Plans Are Upset.
In speaking of various streets on
the southwestern outskirts of the
city. the commissioner stated that
the board some time ago had de-
cided not to pave streets that were
sparsely settled in order not to bur-
den the property owners unneces-
sarily
Along comes the trust" the COM
missioner said, "and upsets our plans,
but | was in hopes that the board
would wake UP to the fact that the
property owners are entitled to some
kind of consideration. The paving
trust is getting up these petitions
under false pretenses by soaring the
people into the belief that their
streets would be paved anyhow. In
most cases where l have written they
Lave told me that they have pro-
tested and that by some sleight-of
hand trick the petition has changed
into a petition for bitulithic'
In answer to Mr.. Gillen's remarks,
and also taking up the latter's cir
cular letter Commissioner Biertuemp-
Tel remarked:
Il think it is time Mr. Gillen stopped
indulging in generalities and gave US
some concrete facts for his assertions.
Now the people down my way. on
Gotthart and Berlin streets, want
bitulithic and most of them have been
property owners long enough to
know the difference in pavements."
Mr.. Gillen did not reply TO Mr..
fBiertuempfel
on motion of Mr.. Gillen the board
decided 70 have General Superinten-
dent Shipman investigate the pave
rnent in front of car barns main
tanned by the Public Service. Mr..
Gillen charged that the pavement in
front of these barns was in a dis
reputable condition and that some
thing should be done for the benefit
of pedestrians having to cross in
front of such barns.
In conformity with the prescribed
uniform system of accounts for water
utilities as required by the Public
Utilities Commission, Chief Account
ant David Holmes submitted his re-
port for the year ending December
81. 1913 which the board ordered sent
to the Public Utilities Commission.
In addition to the balance sheet and
the income account which Mr.. Holmes
submitted some time ago to the board,
after both accounts had been certi-
fed TO by Price, Waterhouse & Co.
Mr.. Holiness additional report shows
in detail the operations of the vari-
Gus accounts of revenue and dis
bursements.
Income Account Shows Gain.
The income account shows the
profit for the year as $9s.1S2 This
amount includes a gross increase in
revenue of s65,92S.SS over the preced-
ing year and a decrease In the oper
q ting expenses of $73, 1925, while the
fixed charges have increased by $685.,
1885
Attention is called by Mr. Holmes
in his report to the fact the metered
properties using 6,S97 million gallons
yielded over 20 per cent. of the total
revenue, as against 1920 million gal
Ions on unmetered properties, which
JitiQtQ OiAl1 - pei tent VI TIC ApAdA
revenue. The average net revenue
per million gallons from metered
is shown as amounting to
s1315s as against 1926 on assessed
property The general average on all
classes of revenue is SS5.sS per million
gallon
The value and additions to the
water plant Of Newark are shown
along with the additions during the
year 1913. showing the following to-
tails: Plant at the beginning of 1913,
$40 S03, 174.76; additions during the
wear, $439, 1928; deductions during
the year, $40. 155.23; net addition.
s419, S42.05; total gross value of plant
at the end of 1913, $40, 23,016.S1 The
net deprecated cost of the plant is
set down as $18.5S2, 400.75. The re-
port states that the depreciation is
based on the unit rates set up by the
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