Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-07-17
Remove CHARGES
ON METER FIXING
Board of Works Decides to Re-
move This Cost from Shout
ders of Taxpayers.

Z Following the excellent financial
showing of the water department, the
Board of Works yesterday decided to
eliminate the charges for liking
meters President Charles +. krae-
mer stated that the amount of money
gained from this method was hard
ship to taxpayers and voted to have
it eliminated The exceptions where a
charge will be made will be in the
following four instances; Where
water meters have been in service for
len years; in cases of wilful damage
TO the meter; thirdly, where meters
have been thawed or damaged other
wise by hot water and. finally, IN
unusual instances in which the re-
sponsibility for payment Will be de-
termined by the engineer
the board received the bid for the
lighting from the Public Service Cor
poration yesterday. The award was
laid over for one week. The con-
tract provides for 1894 or more stand
ard 1000 candle power lamps, lob or
more 25 and 2s-32 eandle-power lamps.
1t is TO run for five years, and VIII
permit the city to build its own light.
ing plant, provided the number Of
lights specified is not reduced.
The present lights will as fast as
possible be replaced by 500 candle
power lamps of the Mazda type,
should the first instalment of 300
prove satisfactory. For the new type
Ii is claimed that il will increase the
efficiency of lighting very largely,
The schedules for the new Mazda
lamps per year will run as follows
For the first $50 installed for 400
candle power, S6S: 800 candle power,
sS4 and LOCO candle power, Sl04. The
scale of prices gradually decreases as
the quantity increases until the price
minimum is reached at quantities
above $50 lamps. For such quantities
the scale viii be as follows 400 candle
power. SOL: 500 candle power, $685.
1000 candle power. SIS.
George W. W. Porter appeared on
behalf of the Celuloid Company
which for some time has been petit
fleming the Board of Works to vacate
some streets which the company
wants to use for building purposes.
Originally the concern wanted por-
lions of four streets vacated, namely
MeGregor avenue Komorn, Kossuth
ana Emma streets Because of pro-
tests on the part of the citizens in
that section and the attitude of the
board. the company first dropped Nc
tiregor avenue Yesterday Mr.. Por-
Ter told the board that his con-
Germ had also abandoned Komorn
street and would ask only for Kos
srtll and Emma streets.
Commissioner Biertuempfel served
notice on the board that he had re-
eeived protest which had been sent
u his house by mistake. and that he
would want TO see first what the
protest amounted to before he would
discuss the matter The board, there
fore, laid it over for another week
petition from residents along
Dover street was received asking to
have the poplar trees planted on that
thoroughfare removed. as the roots
of these trees damaged the sewer
pipes laid at the expense of the prop
erty owners. The matter was referred
10 the engineers.
John Spangenberger. Charles Eich-
enlaub and Frank Schwartz. all of
Berlin street, as signers, handed in a
. letter protesting against insinuations
made by Commissioner Gillen on the
way In which the petitions for btu
Iithic pavement for Berlin street was
gotten up. George w. Hallgring, OF
IS Darcy street likewise said that the
commissioners recent letter had
stirred up property owners of Berlin
street. and that the petitions were
gotten up In the regular manner. He
WIS asked by Commissioner Gillen
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licltation of Ernst Bogenhart, agent
of the Standard Bitulithic Company.
He said that while he was a lawyer
he had not been retained by anybody
and received no fee so far. Later Mr..
Hallgring said that he had come vol
unfairly. actuated by his interest in
the doings of the district he lived in.
Mr. Bogenhart denied to a represen-
dative of The Star that he had asked
anybody to appear before the board.
The board decided to condemn a
number of pieces of meadow land, of
which the owner of only portion was
known. The offer of the city will be
as follows: To Henry P. Osborn and
unknown persons, $34S2: to Alfred
J. DeRaismee and others unknown,
s4.s12, for two tracts totaling eleven
acres, and S6,192 for two tracts of
altogether fifteen and a half acres.
special conference was called by
the board for Monday on general adj
illustrative matters.