Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-09-15
MAY invoke LAW
TO REPAIR STREET
Talk of Seeking Indictment of
Freeholders at Meeting of
Dover Council.
Special to the Evening Star.

Special to the Evening Star.
DOVER, Sept. 15.-Because of the
failure of the Board of Freeholders to
fulfill their agreement with the town
IN repairing Blackwell street, a reso-
mtlon was passed at the meeting of
The Common Council last night to
nave the entire council interview
Town Attorney Elmer King and de-
termlne what steps shall be taken to
force the board to complete the work.
with the attorney the members of the
council will consult the road commit
tee, and in case arrangements are not
made to proceed with the work
without further delay, the matter will
be placed before the grand jury with
a view of indicting the members of
the Board of Freeholders
Since last May the road committee
has frequently promised that the
work would be done and the council
men have become disguised with the
apparent neglect to carry out the
plans. The contract for the work was
awarded to Narcotics & Osborne sew
eral months ago, and after consider
able delay work was commenced on
lowering the tracks of the Morris
County Traction Company. At pres
ent, the street is only open on one
side, having been torn up from Ber-
gen to Sussex streets. Promises had
been made by the road committee of
the freeholders to grade the street as
soon as the town had laid 500 feet of
new curbing All of the curbing has
lot oh bax
been lowered, but work of grading the
street has not commenced, causing
the councilmen to lose confidence in
the statements and promises of the
board
When the suggestion was made to
have the board indicted, Alderman
Whitman suggested that efforts be
made to hasten matters by again in
terviewing the road committee as
some of the members of the board
were as anxious to have the street
repaired as the townspeople and 1t
would not be fair to indict the inno-
cent with the guilty.
Councilman Robert Richards stated
that tine freeholders had made the
council look foolish and Councilman
T. F. Rudine was of the opinion that
tho statements and promises of the
,aad co,,p,it+es wore not made in
good faitf.
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failure 10 40 Inc "oih "ouiu NC seiS
costly to the town as new curpihs
had been laid on both sides, of the
street and would be ruined unless the
street was graded before the winter
,4t,. Irr,'s o,,,,,o;l u,iI, arrange a
'iioi Ir.-'s ~
meeting Win Aetoi heS pi'e
ROAD committee WheH oeiiiii'e o'i
derstanding will be reached.
New Gas Rates Submitted.
communication was read from
NJ. .s;da,,t 80 tba I,over0
ADDISON Ely piesiuene u ~
Rockaway ana Fort Orali Nds I'm
pany submitting a revision OF rates
and suggesting changes in the pres
emf contract with the town. Mr.. Ely
maintained that the firm is unable
ia operate under the contract and
asks that an amendment De nlaoe es a.
tablshing MINIMUM enal
FOR consumers anu eha. III horo,,oh
quired Tor seiuns gas IA Iio
Oh w hdItoli NC 1, r. his ooI1aa pues
In lengthy taih ~ nt tbe sras com
Mayor Lynn . sta.1t ',r .ai;es % the firm
pany was eh1llieu ~ ~ nresent fran
could not lVe uhoer tne pi ~ oa,1n-
chlse. SeVeral ~ o,artina the
ell were opposed W .s,,iat;op5 hut
minimum cnaise ,,;,lir,,,rn charge
favored an aVeia n,.i4aa tin,, of the
per annuni anu sise az 80 REQUIRED
addltlonal taA "a 80, a. ctate tax
by the Town asiue hiia,.,nn stated
Alderman a. II. A rs. penn
that inasnucn as c sn onerated
sylVanla rover ,,ao ~ eos com
with MINIMUM ,i on" re sanoe consid-
pany should receive .lie saiio ~, 20
Grafton. Inc uisousaaoi 20 tho fire
ferring the cohnullca az s ti Town
and lamps committee 10 cohs"i' io""
Attorney hlns. ,,+r,otod m adver-
me clerh was ~ aonstruction of
tlse lot pius ~. - pichsrds ave
4oo rect Oh siueMal li,,,, "a NV Roster r.
nue. on properly oMl5ou go ~ no
Birch, who had taileo 10 lieeu an eno o a,e
tice to lay the sluewaih dlu a enr
will be levied against lhe piOpet'''
Sewer Installation Completed.
Tho street committee reported that
a. 1,,orI- of Installing sewer pipe in
~ Stiokle nronertv was completed
~ COST 800 81 AS the traction COM
ai,a md Hoard of Freeholders had
r,cod 10 defrav one-third of the cost,
s.soo+;,,oi,, Tho clerk was authorized
49,, a bili for the amount. Bills
~ also ordered sent to the prop
W. aaso on RIackwell street for
eleS sattjne IF the curb. the agree
ene So;na +ha+ the town nav one
lileHt ~, DStti te,.,tni cot ~ the work was
~ ia lno 81 h;I, from 7 7 Vreeland,
S,,ytc. sor corr 90 was laid on the