Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-22
WOOD BLOCK HIT
ONCE MORE BY
CITY EXECUTIVE
Mayor Haussling Returns I'M
signed Contract to Board
of Works.
CONSCIENCE APPEAL
WITH HIS MESSAGE
Declares That Pavement Is Un-
fit for Broad Street-En-
gineer Also Condemns.

Citing a dozen reasons, some Of
them new and some Of which he has
set forth in several previous vetoes
on the question. Mayor Jacob Hauss-
ling today returned unsigned to the
Board Of Works the resolution pro-
viding for the final award of the
contract for the pavement of Broad
street with wood block.
The contract has been awarded to
the Newark Paving Company and is
due to be passed over the mayors
veto this afternoon by vote Of 4
to l.
In ending his communication the
mayor says:
Il prefer to call your attention to
the fact that the cities all over the
land are adopting new and fairer
methods, are inviting the closest scru-
tiny of administration acts. are pro-
Niding for the fullest and freest COM
petition in public work and are seek
ing by every means possible to check
wasteful expenditure of public money
Let me urge you that by your action
in this matter you do your part to
place Newark among such communi-
ties. rather than TO have her regarded
with reproach and scorn by her sister
cities.
Nc Clash of Judgment
Gentlemen, the case is before YOU.
am the keeper of no mans con-
science but my own. but | have failed
indeed if | have not raised for YOU
questions which each should settle in
the light which conscience affords.
For here is no mere clash of judg-
ia ar
of opinion. Proceed in your present
course. take the final and irretrieya-
bic STEP and you must answer to
conscience and to the community for
placing in our great highway of trade
and travel a pavement that is un-
suitable there, constructed of mate
r1als that are controlled, are inferior
In quality and excessive in price, when
the samples submitted do not conform
TO your specifications and when those
specifications do not sufficiently guard
the public INTEREST,"
In connection with the Haussling
statement there was made public a
report submitted by Engineer ]. w.
Howard. Mr.. Howard condemns the
use of wood block for Broad street
It'~fs not suitable FOR this sort OF
thoroughfare, he SAYS.
The reasons given by Mayor Hauss-
ing Tor not signing the wood block
contract resolution are as follows:
l. Because wood block is an un-
suitable material for the paving of
Broad street. and because its use
would not only be dangerous to GER
tain classes of traffic, but 1t would
also be expensive to keep clean. costly
to maintain and unhygienic or coadu-
Give to conditions Threatening the pub
lie health.
Largest Propertyholder.
-. Because the city is the largest
property in Broad street and
from this fact, as we'll as the fact that
a main thoroughfare used by the en-
tire community Is in question, is bound
to protect the interest of the whole as
against the wish of any class of pri-
vate owners on the street
'3. Because the sentiment of the
property-owners in that portion of the
street in which are the heaviest grades
is against wood block, and their wish
should prevail in that section, If the
demand of certain property-owners in
the other section is to be granted.
a. Because the cost of any kind of
wood block pavement. as compared
with the cost of the better pavement
which could be constructed by utiliz-
ing the material now i'm the street,
shows the extravagant expenditure of
an enormous sum.
"5. Because the quality of the wood
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