Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-11
S25O,OOO BOND
ISSUE FOR PARKS
AGAIN HELD Up
Freeholders' Committee Delays
Action Because Funds Use
Is Not Stated.

The finance committee Of the Board
f Freeholders for the second time
esterday deferred action on the re-
4uest of the Park Commission for an
ssue Of bonds amounting to s2500}0.
The matter was laid over at the last
meeting of the finance com mittee be-
cause the Park Commission had
failed to state what improvements it
desired to use the money for. IEwas
recalled that a bond issue of s275,000
had been authorized last year for park
purposes, but the freeholders were not
aware that the money had been
spent.
In q communication TO the finance
committee yesterday Alonzo Church,
secretary of the park board, reminded
the freeholders of q joint conference
held on April "a 1913, between his
board and the finance committee in
regard to proposed bond issue of
$4,000 This was to provide funds
fer the completion of the parking in
Park avenue, the Watsessing avenue,
Irvington Park and WeequahiC Park
additions and Yanticaw Park. Also
to purchase land to complete the
South Mountain Reservation. IT was
agreed, Mr.. Church pointed out, that
s275, 900 should be raised then for these
purposes and that the freeholders
should issue the balance, $3.50, 900 this
year.
Some years ago. the eommunica-
ton stated, the Legislature author
lied an addition to West Side Park
and the establishing of a park in
Belleville. The Legislature fixed the
interest on the bonds at four per
cent. They could not be sold for that
amount, therefore the last Legisla-
| turs repealed the acts and passed an
other act providing for these eXnend-
lures, i. e., 100000 for the park in
| Belleville and $250,000 for the addition
to West Side Park, also $500 900 for
Verona and 100000 for a new admin
! istration building and an addition 70
the stables The Park Commission
did not desire to have so large an
amount of bonds issued and figured
| that if $500, 900 were given it this year
| it could purchase the land at West
/ Side and Belleville, build the admin
/ istration building and leave the i'm
/ proVements at West Side and Belle
| Vile to be taken care of next year by
another issue of bonds. The commits
sion has not consented to ask the
! freeholders for the 100000 for We
roma.
The freeholders could not recall the
circumstances referred to by Mr.
| Church, and on motion of Mr. Malta
| the subject was laid over for further
consideration at the next meeting.
| The appointments of a probation
| officer and a court interpreter of
Polish and Russian language, both
of which had been recommended some
time ago by Judges Martin and Os-
borne, were not concurred in. Neither
were they turned down. County Coun-
sci Benjamin F. Jones, who was ap-
pealed to for an opinion as to whether
the appointment of another probation
officer would not be exceeding the
! legal limit, there being already five in
4 this county, stated that it was per-
missible under an act of the Legisla-
| ture 10 employ any number up ia
| ten. He stated that the appointment
could be made by the judges without
the consent of the freeholders and
that 1t was not necessary to have
their concurrence.
Freebooter Malta moved that the
| appointment be concurred in, but
none seconded it and the subject was
| dropped. The appointment of an in
| terpreter, which was made by Judge
Martin on May q, with salary of
81 500 year, met a similar fate.
The legal department was author
lied to settle for 800 a claim of $500
made by Joseph Suyeta. of 153 Ferry
street, under the employees liability
| act. for injury 10 one of his legs while
working at the Soho Isolation Hos
pital, when a cake of ice fell upon
| him. The compromise was made
upon the recommendation of County
| Counsel Jones.
| Chief Prosecutors Detective Fred
erick Weimer was allowed $125 to pay
| his expenses to the annual convention
of the International Police Chiefs, of
which he is a member, to be held at
Grand Rapids. Mich, starting June l6,