Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-04
HAUSSL|NG HITS
BOARD CRITICS

them to verify remarks attributed to
them. Commissioner Kraemer re-
piled, stating, In effect. that his posi-
ton on the wood block question was
so well known that further discus
sion was futile. Commissioner GIL
len has not seen fit to reply.
Commissioner Kraemer, at this
meeting, insinuated that 1 was ac-
tuated in my attitude on wood block
not so much by the desire to serve
the people as to advance my mayor
atty ambitions at the coming election.
If were thinking of the coming cleo
ton 1 might well be persuaded that
fighting wood block in Broad street
would aid any ambition l might cher
ish, for it has certainly contributed
to my success at the polls ever since
the question came up In Newark.
las to whether my motive has been
honest, Commissioner Kraemer, i'm
plying to the contrary, I do not feel
called upon to say q word in answer.
Commissioner Glen insinuated by
means of a question and demand for
an answer that some concern that
might be interested, was paying my
bills for the services of an expert en-
gineer in this matter. / will not dig
Nifty this slanderous intimation by
reply, quoting it only as affording
an index to the character of the per-
son making 1t. AS to Commissioner
Gillen's structures on my approval of
bitulithic pavements, 1t Is enough to
say that this material, or process, is
openly acknowledged to be patented,
and that the heavy oil required for
the treatment of blocks to be laid in
Broad street is, in my belief, secretly
controlled. As to the market con-
tract, that is scarcely a matter for
which l have to answer to the COM
missioner. I am willing to answer to
the public.
ut remains to be said that in none
of my veto messages on wood block
did | reflect upon the honesty of the
members of the Board of Works, the
officers of that body or the contract
ors bidding under the specifications.
There is no need of any analysis or
explanation of the language of my
most recent veto message, for it
stands as it was written and contains
no such imputation. Moreover, would
add that had II been my purpose to
make such a reflection, my language
would have been unmistakable.
~ suspect that those members of
the board who so extensively attacked
me did not read and assimilate my
message when it was presented or
when they spoke. I did reflect severe
ly on the judgment of the board and
its attitude in this question. For that
have not the slightest apology to
make.
1.-THE demand that I go to the grand
jury is absurd, for, as I pointed out,
by implication, in my message, even
tie working for or paying of con-
til gent promotion fees, however OBJ
iectionable, is not indictable in this
jurisdiction.
"In conclusion, would say that I
have taken my position in this matter
after most careful investigation and
mature elaboration. / am not to be
frightened from my notion of my duty
by any amount of abuse"
The statement of Engineer Howard
says in part:
"I comment briefly on the chief en-
gineers memorandum of January 29,
as follows:
"First-There has been no confu-
sion or misunderstanding by me of
the two sets of specifications.
"Second-I based my report upon
averages, and inserted individual
blocks only as examples of excessive
variation of individual blocks. That
I reported on averages is shown in
my report uIluer SuDulNiSiol "a, SCI
ton A. and subdivision b. para
graphs 8. 4, g. where the word aver
age each time repeatedly appears.
call your attention also to the fact
that the insert, or paster, requires
that the blocks shall not vary more
than one half pound when tested
and that the chief engineer has mis-
quoted his specifications by using the
words when treated instead of the
words when tested. Testing means
laboratory analyses and tests, not es-
Inmates at wood preserving pltnt.
"Third-The chief engineer seems to
indicate that because stated in sub
division A, section 8, that standard
genuine creosote oils of gravity LOB
to 1.07 are not permitted that such
oils could be permitted If my report
did not contain at one place typo
graphical error indicating the lowest
specific gravity to be LOS instead of
1.07"