Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-03-20
WORKS BOARD TO
\ TAKE ACTION ON
SNOW REMOVAL
Plan to Prevent Repetition of
Trouble With Public Service
in Past Storms.

of snow from the streets during the
heavy storms will be discussed by the
Board of Works Commissioners and
representatives Of the railway COM
pany at the next meeting of the
board. Because the railway company
failed to live ZIP to it's agreement
during the larger storms this winter
Chief Engineer Sherrerd recommended
that the city's men be employed to
clean the snow and charge the cost
to the railway company.
The matter was brought to the at
tention of the board yesterday by
Commissioner Gillen, who suggested
that a more binding contract with the
railway company should be made. He
said the streets where the trolley car
tracks were laid caused the most
trouble during snow storms. He said
1t was also hard to differentiate be-
tween the snow that was thrown
aside by the trolley ploughs and the
snow that was already there.
He pointed out that the railway
company first cleans its tracks and
then clears the streets it has agreed
to keep clean. He declared that the
company ought to be forced to clean
the streets in accordance with the
terms of it's contract with the city.
He suggested that representatives of
the company DC asked to appear at
the meeting next week and discuss
the terms of new contract.
Chief Engineer Sherrerd said that
the contract between the city and
company as 1t now stood was one that
II was physically impossible for the
company to live up to. 1t requires
that the railway company clean it's
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hours. Mr.. Sherrerd pointed out that
the companys first duty is to clear
its tracks for traffic. He suggested
thtat an agreement be reached be-
tween the city and the company
whereby the citys men would b en-
pioyed cleaning snow for the COM
pany and their expense charged to
the company. This is the phase that
will be discussed at the next meeting.
Plans for Water supply.
water supply were made by the
board when two parcels of farm land
were ordered purchased. The prop
erty is in West Milford Township, in
Passaic county. The land will be
used as part of the city's proposed
gravity system of water supply. The
city owns several other farms in this
section.
The largest parcel was purchased
from Samuel e. Cotter. 1t comprises
thirty acres, including the buildings
and q small pond on the property.
a plot containing one-half Of an acre
was purchased from Ebenezer C. AL
lison. This plot Is located in the
same township.
Thirty-one acres of meadow land
were ordered purchased from Chris
tian w. Feigenspan, Anna b. Howe,
fob tho Security Land
and Investment Company.
Arthur Landmesser, n foreman in
the Works Board who was suspend
ed on January /, 1918, was ordered re-
insbated at his former salary of S1,2O0.
He was suspended because of lack
of funds.
A protest signed by eight property
owners along Broad street was re-
ceived by the board. The petitioners
objected to the paving of Broad street
with wood block on the ground that
the Mayor had declared 1t was IL
legal The petitioners warned the
board that they would exercise their
right of refusing to pay the ASSESS
nents.
Would Examine Contract.
! Commissioner Gillen offered a mo-
ton to the effect that the city council
be authorized to examine the wood
block contract further and stated his
reasons in writing to the board why
he believed 1t to be legal instrument.
Mr.. Nugent declared that this would
be anticipating something that might
not happen, and would also be expos
ing the boards side of the case. The
motion was lost by a vote of to z,
Commissioners Gillen and Beirtuemp-
Eel voting for the motion.
M hoard
> empowering r. i. Beatty to inspect
the II. 900 square yards of wood block
TO be used by the city in paving
Broad street. The inspection will be
made at the factory of the Republic
Creosoting Company, in Mobile, Ala.
The price is two cents square yard.
Factory inspection of wood block Is
recommended by Chief Engineer Nor
ris r. Sherrerd.
On motion of the board, April
was named as cleaning up" day. The
board passed q motion asking the
Mayor to issue a proclamation asking
that all citizens cooperate in the
movement. The agitation for clean
ing I'D day was started by the Con-
temporary.
Commissioner Gillen reported that
a. large number of householders were
throwing their garbage and ashes over
fences into vacant lots. the secre-
tary of the board was instructed to
communicate with the Board of
Health calling its attention to the
practise.
The board voted to have new fire
badges made for the members of the
water department who are required
to do service at fires. 1t was pointed
out that fire badges were floating
around the city unfortunately. Be-
cause of the large number out, 1t was
necessary to ignore the badges at the
Baker fire Saturday. 1t was declared
at the meeting that everybody from
office boys to insurance men used the
badges.
The board voted to instruct the
police department to enforce the State
law which prohibits teamsters and
truckers from moving loads weighing
more than twelve and q half tons
through the streets without a permit.
This matter was brought up as a re-
suit of a letter received from Super
intendent of Public Service Railway
Company Bolen. He declared that
traffic on the Kinney line was held up
for thirty-five minutes when a fifteen
ton iron girder got wedged in an al
lev off Washington street. The end
of the girder extended over both car
lines, blocking off all traffic.
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