Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-30
MANY OBJECTIONS
TO STREET WORK
Protests of Property-O Owners
Occupy Attention of irving
ton Commissioners.

Protests against proposed street
improvements by property owners
featured the meeting of the Irving
ton Town Commission last night. The
residents of Sanford avenue, by let
ter and in person, declared that a
contemplated assessment for subsur-
facing grading violated a previous
agreement with the town. The OBJ
jections killed the proposition.
Property owners from fremont
avenue objected to the construction
of a storm water sewer through that
street because they commended that
the county had diverted the water
into their street and consequently the
county and not the town should take
care of the nuisance. Another objec-
tion came from the property owners
on Eighteenth avenue when a reso-
luton was introduced to relay the
sidewalks on that street. Their con-
tention Is that the relaying is neces-
STATED by an error on part of the
sewer contractor in digging too deep.
They insist that the town and not
the property owners should stand the
expense. This protest was overruled.
A flow of water down fremont ave-
nue. has been a subject of discussion
in the council chamber for two years.
A brook which formerly flowed down
where the street now runs was di-
verted by real estate operator and
practically filled up. a spring of
water rising above Sanford avenue,
which is a county road, formerly
emptied into the brook. The free
holders, when they found Sanford
avenue flooded through the destruc-
ton of the brook, built a culyert
across the avenue and turned the
water into it's original course. This
action of the county engineer the
property owners on fremont avenue
object to as high-handed.
1.-THE water comes from county
road through a county eulvert," de-
clared one of the protesters, "and 1t
is unfair to make the property own
ers pay for a nuisance created by
the county"
"The object of this resolution" in
terposed Commissioner Harry j.
Stanley. ais simply to make some
preparation to relieve the condition
on fremont street. l am convinced
that the property owners do not want
this flow to continue. The assessment
will be levied on the property bene-
fitted and not exclusively on those liv-
ing on this block"
what will be the cost per lot?"
inquired another protester.
I'm order to have that question an
swered accurately" replied Commits
sioner Stanley. IT will change the
resolution and request the town en-
gineer to prepare plans so that the
cost may be known" The motion
was assented to by the other COM
missioners.
An assessment for a sub-surface
grade on Sanford avenue, which is
a county road. evoked similar vol
ley of objections. G. A. Gasser,
who represented Mrs. Regina Gasser,
of 149 Sanford avenue, acted as
spokesman for the DIRECTORS.
Property in Irvington is now sub
jected to enough taxes without add
ing any unnecessary Ones" argued
Mr.. Gasser. THE agreement with the
Board of Freeholders was that only
10 per cent assessment should be
made to take care of the repaving OF
the street Now you violate that
agreement by asking us to submit to
an additional assessment. You say it
will only cost IS per lot. 1t is not the
expense but the principle TO which
objects
The discussion ended in compro-
mise by the terms of which the COM
misisoners agreed to waive the extra
assessment and have it included in
the assessment of 10 per cent to be
levied by the freeholders.
In reply to the objections made by
those living on Twentieth avenue,
Town Engineer Isaac J. Casey, jr.,
explained that private company had
established the grade on that street
and that this grade had never been
accepted by the town.