Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-16
ORANGE STREET
PAVING PROTEST
TO WORKS BOARD
Large Property-holders TO Pre-
sent Petition Against New
Work.

Owners of property in Orange street
between High and Fourteenth streets
met in Kurz's Hall. 319 Orange street
last night, to protest against the pro-
| posed repaving of the thoroughfare
The result of the meeting was the cir
culation of a petition asking the
Board of Works to defer making the
| Improvement. This will be presented
to the Board of Works this afternoon.
Henry a. Guensher, who presided,
said there is about L, 300 feet frontage
between High and Fourteenth streets,
and that owners of about $500 feet
had signed the petition. Today Mr..
Guenther announced owners of more
than 5000 feet will have signed the
petition before 1t is taken to the
Board Of Works.
Henry Hill stated that he had
visited the City Hall yesterday and
had aseertained that the contract to
repave Orange street, from Broad TO
High streets, had been awarded May
IS, last, for Sf2, 900.s0. The contract
to repave Orange street, from Four
tenth street to the city line, was
awarded June 4. last, for ss3350, and
the bids for repaving Orange street,
from High street TO Fourteenth street,
we're received on June Is. This in
formation surprised most of those
present, as they did not know that
the contracts had been awarded
Mr. Guenther said he had only
learned of this yesterday. but Com
missioner Biertuempfel had told him
there might be chance TO at least
delay the Improvement.
Protest too Lates W
Z. J. Bien said he had been told by,
aaEN4 H.
Board of Works, that they were too
late, but thought the protest should
be made nevertheless. He stated
that he had purchased a property at
205 Orange street tWenty-six years
ago, when the street was paved with
eobble stones, and at that time he
thought that there would be no more
assessments to be paid for paving.
In 1896, however. the street was
paved with granite block, with six
inch concrete base. Since that time
the street has been torn up he did
not know how many times. The Pub
lie Service Railway Company had re
laid its tracks, he said, from Broad
TO Nesbitt streets, and had repaved
between its tracks and eighteen
inches on each side, and had done the
work Well He stated, further that
the telephone company was now tear
ing up the street east of Boyden
street to put in conduits, and that
the street in spots was in need OF
but was in better condi-
tor now than many other streets in
the city.
The condition of business, Mr.. Beip
declared is such that many property
owners find it hard TO pay their taxes,
let alone pay for an improvement
that is not really necessary.
Charles Schneider thought that the
property owners should better get on
the job, and at least they might have
the work laid over for year or two.
Charles Schott said that he had
made a canvass of some of the prop
erty owners along the street, and all
ne had seen had promptly signed the
petition protesting against the i'm
provement.
Max Stakeholder thought that II
would be best TO get property owners
along the entire street from Broad to
the city line TO sign the protest, and
at his suggestion it was decided to
make a canvass of the entire street
and more petitions were prepared and
were at once put in circulation. He
stated that the property of the st.
Rose of Lima parish in Orange street,
as we'll as that or the Roseyille Meth
odist Church, would be signed for on
the protest. Henry Hill said that the
official board of the North Baptist
Church, Orange and High streets,
would also sign.