Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-10
ASKS BETTER OFFER
FROM LACKAWANNA
Mayor Ready TO Veto Proposed
Grade Crossing Removal
. Measure.
ORANGE COUNCIL SUBMITS
PROPOSITION TO RAILROAD
Party Lines Disregarded, Mo-
ton Being Carried by
Bare Majority.

~ Unless the Lackawanna railroad
offers better terms than were stipu-
lated in a proposition adopted by the
Orange Common Council last night
Mayor Frank J. Murray will veto
s1he ordinance. To pass the measure
aver his veto would require at least
len votes. The proposition adopted
last night had only seven votes IN
favor of 1t, while six members op-
posed It, ,.-.
The eitys proposition is as follows;
- The city to pay the cost Of remoV-
.fns and relocating sewer and water
pipes and for necessary street
changes ESTIMATED by City Engineer
FRED T. Crane to cost s24,50o); the
city to pay 33 1-3 per cent. OF tte
property damages assessed peca use
Of the changes, the railroad 10 40
tniIrne &c % per cent; the railroad 70
dedicate to the city that portion OF
scotland street which is TO be cleared
~ tracks when the elevation Is moved
west of the present line; the fal,Ioau
10 keep Nassau street open TO HehiCu-
Tar traffic, and to change its plans l"l
the southerly section of the city So
as not to disturb the present graae u
Argyle avenue. r,.-
The motion WAS lttNbAS w
niIrnen Charles r. Coyne Danlel
Z Gallagher, Frank ]. Houston, /; D.
leonard. Leo A. Minahan, +, A!eh
sroitb and owen p. Casey. Mr.. snitIl
ts chairman of the railroad commit
tee and Mr.. Casey president ol tHS
council. The six votes in the neg
4ive were those of Councilman Joilh
+ condron. William F Dalton; Chris
1opher Freeman. John heasteI,
Charles A. lie Master ana 'oS'% 70
Wright. Party lines were cast 10
4he winds in the division, three Dem
ocrats voting against the propositloIl,
~vhich is tentative in character ana
.,oa Renublican ioinine the SIX Demo
: Gratis. Councilmen Patrick a. Qulhn
and Edward Cheethan were absent
The latter is an Invalid. e,....;, loot
e IN a message to the CoalelI las,
night Mayor Murray said he favored
ave exnenditure by the city of but
COZ oo0. AS that sum is the cost OF
y she street changes alone, Whlcn the
citv would have to bear under tile
Trielder act not counting properly
damages, IL Is certain the mayor VIII
disapprove of any measure calling TOT
the larger expenditure, =,
5 His message In part was as ioi-
lows: -...-...4 81 |
y .oTo show how conditions cannot al
yvays be anticipated and to show now
changes NAV he necessary Wnicn are |
NOT now foreSeen in the plans OF SO |
. great a, work and to illustrate my |
point, | call attention to the laet lllat
j. aimee making his estimate OF Sl6ooo
mi, s16. 0O0-the city engineer has founu |
G. necessary bv reason of new plans |
W revise II. and that his present es- |
tirnate for the work for which orange
would have to pay is $4,000. VINO |
can safely say that tins rev sea lig-
! slre will not be increased waterway !
before the work is completed II may !
be that this work would cost US
BIS 900, or $40 900, or perhaps more
and as | have stated and as II mas
already been shown (even before the
work is begun, we should go INTO |
This matter with our eyes open as 20 |
fhe ultimate possible cost ana pc |
Guided by the light of experience. III |
our maximum share of the property |
/. damages is limited to S24 900. we must |
= be ready to meet that maximum ng-
IRE, for we cannot avoid paying 1t, II
{ II is reached, after we enter into con- |
tract so to do. Can we enter the pro- |
( posed agreement and feel at all GER
3 tain that the possible expense 10
] Orange will not run to $b0O0O, OF
7 $40. 900? Are we ready to obligate the
4 city to such an amount?
while life and limb and its loss
y cannot DeIntdSulGu III N'iiI'i0 'e'+N
: cents, and while every effort along
! Just and reasonable lines should be
enade by city officials to remove these
s1ea tn traps as speedily as possible,
;he"e is. nevertheless, a limit beyond
! Nh oh the city cannot go in the mat
8 ter OF expense which would be in
Z volvau upon the taxpayers. 1t is for
y US 20 decide the maximum amount
I. VIII ch this city can pay for remedy
Y ing Il Is condition"
" Former Judge Urges Action.
A. a conference on Friday last Pres
ioent william H. Truesdale, fer the
Lackawanna officials, said Orange
should appear with some definite
proposition. and last nights informal
session was the result. Several citi-
zens attended the gathering, and for
1ner Judge Thomas A. Davis gave
talk as a member of the municipal
committee of the Orange Board OF
Z Trade. urging the council to make the
(. best terms possible with the railroad.
& He said the citizens generally want