Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-09
FINAL AWARD FOR
WOOD BLOCK MADE
BY WORKS BOARD
Commissioners End Long Con.
trOyersy Over Pavement
for Broad Street.

With only Commissioner Patrick
Fl. Ryan opposing, the Board OF
Works yesterday made final award
Broad street with wood block. Mr.
Ryan adhered to the policy he has
steadfastly maintained throughout
the wood block controversy, declar-
ing that wood block pavements had
been a failure wherever they. had
been laid.
Commissioner Charles p. Gillen
took except on to Mr.. Ryan's argu-
ments in urging the adoption of the
wood block contract. The chief OBJ
lection to wood block, especially on
the part of Mayor Haussling, Mr..
Gillen declared, was that there is no
competition. An investigation had
convinced the commissioners that
there was competition, Mr.. Gillen
said.
Majority Want Wood Block.
while 1t may not be the best
pavement for Broad street, so per
cent. of the property owners on that
thoroughfare, the people who bear
the brunt of the taxes, want It,"
should vote for it."
Joshua Brierley and Rev. John s.
Miller, rector of the House of Prayer,
were the only DIRECTORS at the pubic
meeting of the board for the consid-
GRAFTON of the assessments as levied
by the Board of Assessment Commits
sioners for the paving of Broad street
with wood blocks.
President Charles r. Kraemer ex-
planned at the outset that the hearing
was merely to consider protests on
the assessments themselves, but Mr.,
Brierley insisted on drawing the quail.
tiles of the pavement in the discus
sion.
Mr.. Brierley wanted to know what
had become Of the petitions of prop
erty owners on North Broad street
protesting against wood blocks, and
when told that they had been re-
ceived and given due consideration
did not seem satisfied.
Wood block is a dirty and unDani-
Sary pavement" said Mr.. Brierley
land by far inferior to granite block
If the members of the board would
act and speak as they feel they would
be against wood block. One commits
sioner told me that he voted for wood
block because he had given the bust
ness men of the city his promise to
do So"
Rev. Mr.. Miller started to object to
the assessments, being of the opinion
that the assessments were the same
all along Broad street. Dr. Kraemer,
however, explained that the assess
ments were divided into three classes
according to the width of the street,
the rate of which Is 1915, 1926 and SITE
| for a twenty hve-foot lot
Chief Engineer Morris r. Sherrerd
and Chairman Albert H. Biertuemp-
/ fel, of the new meadow committee
reported on the work being done IN
| the way of meadow reclamation and
! bay front development. Mr.. Sher-
rerd said arrangements had been
made by Mr.. Biertuempfel and HIM
self for the purchase Of motorboat
for 1926 to be used In the meadow
work.
The question as to whether Peddie
street or Bay avenue should he cut
through first was left to the chair
man and chief engineer to report back
to the commissioners next Thursday.
President Kraemer declared that II
was very important that the work on
these two streets and the dredging be
started at once
| Appoints Two Clerks.
Commissioner Ryan. chairman OF
| the water committee recommended
| the appointment of two meter ledger
| clerks from the civil service list for
| the position. His recommendation
| was concurred in, and Charles Stew
| art and Raymond A. Smith were ap-
pointed at a salary Of s1.1OO year.
Commissioner Gillen recommended
the purchase Of stone crusher to be