Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-10-07

Charles Bierman, a real estate oper-
! ator, has issued statement which
| clears of the faint of dishonesty the
| action of anyone in the matter of the
| opening of Jeffrey place. which, it
| was charged by opponents of the pres
ent administration. was done crook
| eddy. Mr.. Bierman first Issued the
statement to the Newark Evening
| News, which refused to print 1t. The
| statement In full Is as follows:
IN its misguided zeal and futile
endeavor to defeat Mayor Haussling
the best Mayor that Newark ever
had-it has remained for the Newark
Evening News to publish in its col
umns a most atroclously, II not ma
liciously, false version OF a perfectly
legitimate and scrupulously honest
real estate transaction.
81 am not now and never have
been identified with politics. / am q
plain business man. interested in the
! advancement of my own affairs and
deeply interested in the welfare of
the city of Newark of which ] am
proud to be a citizen, a. property
owner and a taxpayer.
81 have never sought contro-
versy with any man. but I would be
recreant to the duty | owe myself
as well as to the duty / owe my fell
low citizens IL | allowed the strange
ly garbled tale that the Newark
Evening News published In Mon
days editions and scattered through
out the length and breadth of the
city, the county and the state. to re-
main unanswered. especially as 1T re-
spects transaction in which my
name appears with the inference that
| had done anything savoring of dis
honesty.
Not the First Time.
This is not the first time that the
Newark Evening News has endeav-
ored to besmirch myself and the adj
ministration of the city of Newark
respecting this transaction. Evident
ly there must be dearth OF matter.
n femme of facts upon which to base
a campaign of vituperation and cal
umny in the hope of defeating my
friend. Mayor Haussling. The last
time Mayor Haussling ran. for office
the same story appeared in a differ
ent garb But on Monday, even as
two years ago, the real facts are all
against the story as ''rehashed" in
the Newark Evening News.
1.-THE facts respecting the Bergen
street transaction can stand the light
of publicity, but the light should not
be d1mmeu by ulSlOFtlOH.
1.-THE facts are theses
a / am a dealer in real estate. I
buy realty in the hope and expecta-
ton of making profit. | purchase
carefully and conservatively | have
had always the utmost faith in the
great future of the city.
.'2. With many other real estate
operators, ] purchase what are COM
monty known as tax titles. am
not ashamed of this phase of my
business endeavor 1t is legitimate;
Ii is honest; It is straightforward.
"3. In 1907 ] noticed an advertise
ment of tax sales which appeared in
the columns of the daily newspapers.
Among other properties listed /
noticed many from the Clinton Hill
district. Believing that the annexa-
tion by the city of Newark of the
township OF Clinton would mean the
speedy development of this residen-
tial section, especially in view of the
excellent trolley service given by the
Public Service Corporation, l was
ready to purchase as many tax titles
as possible in that vicinity.
~. When / arrived In the tax office
found the office filled with men who
were also interested in these tax
sales. There was considerable spirited
bidding by real estate operators,
LAWYERS and merchants Of this city
who were gathered there.
"5. / bought several lots Of property
| on Bergen street because outbid my
| competitors and I was awarded the
| lots in the open. Among these lots
were $50, SCI. $50. sS4 90S and 927 Ber-
gen street, for which | paid the city
| several hundreds of dollars.
Received the Deeds.
"6. At the end Of one year and In
strict conformity to the law no one
| having appeared as claimants | per-
| fected my titles and received my
tieeds to these various parcels Of
property.
III The rapid growth and develop
ment of the Clinton Hill section ex-
ceeded my most sanguine expecta-
| tons There was as you will re-
member, a very strong boom in real
estate in this section of our city. Lots
were held by everyone in this par
! ticuiar section at $1,000 each. l found
! | had made good buy
49, In 1910 the development of the
community demanded new streets. |
| owned two lots that would be affected
| il jeffrey street was located where
| the citizens of the immediate conn
munity demanded. These lots l held
at the current market price Of $1,000
| each.
49, Believing that this particular
street opening would prove adj
| vantageous to my other holdings, as
| we'll as to those OF my neighbors. /
| consented to sell these lots to the
| city of Newark for the sum of 81 200
each, or $500 less than the market