Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-10-28
WILSON ATTACKS
DEMOCRATS ON
PAVEMENT WORK
"AsphaIt Block" Democrats,
Not Jeffersonian, What First
Ward Alderman Calls "Ene-
my" at Meeting Last Night.

Alderman William c. Wilson caus-
ed stir at the first ward meeting
of Republicans In Martins hall last
night with his talk on doings in the
Board of Aldermen. He deplored the
conditions brought about by Demo-
cratic members of the council favor
ing asphalt block pavements. He
asked repeatedly where the differ
ence in prices between those charged
by the Hastings Pavement Company,
makers of asphalt block pavements,
and local contractors went to and
he caused laughter in stating that
a new kind Of Democrats had sprung
up and those he named as asphalt
block Democrats" He claimed to
be an admirer of the old Jeffersonian
type of Democrat, but he claimed
there was as much difference be-
tween the old and the new types as
there is between day and night. For
comparison and to endeayor to show
how the Hastings Pavement Com
pany charged exorbitant prices for
city work, Mr. Wilson quoted some
figures from recent estimates. He
stated that bids of Liddle & Pfeiffer
and the East Jersey Contracting
Company, local contractors, on city
work were as follows; Excavation,
fifty-two cents each O cubic yard |;
concrete, $40 and s4.45 a cubic
yard; resetting old curb, nineteen
cents and twenty-five cents a lineal
foot; setting new curb, ffty-eight
and fifty cents a lineal foot. The
latest Hastings figures he secured to
compare with those were as follows;
Excavation, sixty-eight cents; con-
crete, $5.76 and Sc; old curb, fifty
cents; new curb, eighty cents. He
deplored the fact that the Hastings
ting old curb as a local company
wanted for installing new curb.
The first ward alderman is a cam
didate for reelection and he en-
phasized to his audience last night
that his main reason for endeavoring
to return was because of the great
opposition in the council He was
fully aware of the fact that strenu-
Gus efforts were made to defeat him
in his fight for reelection, just as he
was meeting with opposition in the
council almost continually. The big
issue of the campaign, in his opinfon,
was the question of pavementS Qnd
assessments and the holding up of
paving work. He referred to the
New Brunswick avenue contract
which, it is understood, Democrats
are holding up until after election.
Mr.. Wilson quoted some prices to
show where local contractors bid far
l.
he caused smiles when he asked,
Gentlemen, where does the differ
ence go to?"
The first ward alderman held that
when assessments for street improve
ments came in there would come the
opening of some eyes and he felt con-
fldent that the result would bring in
many Republican votes at the next
election.
Candidates in South Plainfield.
w. Burtis Havens, the Republican
candidate for election in the third
district, together with other G. o.
P. candidates impressed an audience
of about 800 men at the volunteer
fire house in South Plainfield last
night William H. Hamilton presid-
ed. Mr.. Havens informed the voters
there that he realized the need of
waterway improvement and would
work for the great issue If elected.
He declared that he would lend his
efforts to get sufficient confidence re-.
stored to enable improvem ents to be
made to such an extent that deeper
waterways would become an immedi
ate necessity
Mr.. Wilson also ref rred to the
manner in which Democrats had pre-
ceeded to have the city books au-
dited. He stated it reminded him of
the way in which a business man
would call in his stenographer to
take notes.
w. Burtis Havens, Republican
candidate for congress promised to
lend his efforts to waterway legisla-
tion, realizing its importance to Mid
dlesex county and promised he would
endeavor to aid in restoring conf
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