Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-02-06
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JOB IS AWARDED
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SANFORD Ross, Of Jersey CITY, 1f.Oo
cents per cubic yard.
The Public Service trolley terminal
and rerouting agreement was passed
on first and second reading
yesterday The agreement will
be advertised according 10 the legal
requirements and returned to the
/ board at the meeting next week for
final action.
The vote on the bill was to 1.
Commissioner Gillen voted against
accepting the agreement in its pres
ent form on both readings. He de-
clared that the city had won sew.
eral points and could win more If it
held out.
81 win oppose this bill in its present
form to the limit of my ability the
commissioner declared yesterday.
81 will go before the Board of Pub
! lie Utility Commissioners and, II
necessary, before Governor Fielder, 10
fight the agreement"
Gnlen objects.
The commissioner lodged objections
| particularly against a clause which
he said made it possible for the Pub
lie Service Railway Company to re-
fuse to issue transfers for parallel
| lines. He also said the city was los
| ing 100000 By the present method
| of computing the per cent. tax
levied against the company. This
represents TO the city an income of
about s16S,000. The commissioner de-
clared it should be s26s.O00 at least.
An ordinance was passed on third
reading providing for the grading of
Peddie street from the Pennsylvania
Railroad tracks westerly to Avenue
A. The proposed street is now mere
! ly ditch.
| A motion was also passed directing
the execution of the contractSto re-
pave Broad street from Belleville
avenue to South street. The contract
has already been awarded. but has
! been held up by the Mayors opposi-
| ton to wood block
Edward Redler, who led detach-
ment of unemployed men to the City
Hall on Tuesday to ask Mayor Hauss-
| ling to find work for them. appeared
before the Board of Works yesterday
to renew his plea
Redler, who, lives in Fairmount ave-
nue., gave a recital Of hardships which
he said are being suffered by the
families of unemployed men in this
/ city. He was informed that Commits
sioner Biertuempfel. chairman of the
| committee on bay front development
and meadow reclamation, had been
empowered to employ 100 men to
work on the grading of Peddie street
The work will be begun next Monday
Commissioner Kraemer suggested
| that the board give to Mr.. Biertuemp-
fel permission to increase the number
of men who will be put to work to 200.
Mr. Bierteumpfel said it would be inn
possible to employ so many men at
the present stage of the work. 1t was
/ 70, fle1~ Of
4 men who will be employed to the dis
erection of Mr. Bierteumpfel and City
| Engineer Sherrerd.
Hits At Railroads.
The board passed a resolution or
| dering the Pennsylvania, Lehigh Val
| ley and New Jersey Central railroads
| to send representatives to the next
| meeting of the board to show by what
right they had laid tracks at Avenue
| r. City Counsel Nugent told the
| commissioners in his opinion the
| tracks had been laid there illegally,
and he recommended that the city en-
| gineer establish a grade at Avenue r
| and that the thoroughfare be graded.
| John B.. Brasser, representing the
| West Side Improvement Association,
appeared before the board to complain
/ of the poor street lighting on South
] Fifteenth street, between Eighteenth
| and Nineteenth avenues, and on
| Skinkle street, between Kent and
South Tenth street.
| Mr.. Brasser also said owners of
property in Thirteenth street, be-
| tween Sixteenth and Eighteenth ave-
nues, were dissatisfied with the street
| pavement there.
what kind of pavement would you
like there?" asked President Kraemer.
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commissioners smiled
Mr.. Brasser also asked that Wood
land avenue be opened, and COM
planned ofTthe poor pavement in parts
of Sixteenth avenue.
The places of which he complained
were ordered put on the inspection
| list.
A conference will be held next Mon
day morning by the commissioners
| to consider the suggestion to place
| the sewer employees on a weekly sal
airy basis. Paving matters will also
be discussed then.
| A resolution was passed providing
| for the purchase from William
| Scheerer of tract of meadow land.
The tract comprises AGA acres. Chief
| Engineer Sherrerd was instructed to
advertise for bids for the erection of
| a stone crusher at Concord street and
Il
/ Sherman avenue.
Two of the city employees suspend
ed on January 1, 1913. because of the
lack of funds, were reinstated today
| by the board. Andrew j. Woonton,
| inspector of streets and highways,
was reinstated at his former salary
of $500 a week. Alphonso Filipino.
a foremen, was also reinstated at his
former annual salary of $1,000. The
reinstatements take effect Febru-
airy 9.
The Berry Realty Corporation sent
communication to the board recon-
mending the pavement of South Or
ange avenue. between South Twelfth
and South Fifteenth streets, and also
on South Twelfth street north of
| South Orange avenue. The corpora
/ ton has large real estate holdings
along these tracts.
Paving Protest
A protest was received from prop
erty owners along Court street be-
| tween Washington and Shipman
streets, opposing the proposed paving
of the thoroughfare in that section.
The petition was signed by fourteen
property holders. They declared 1t
would be a useless expenditure as the
present pavement is in good eondl-
ton. They pointed out also that the
vehicular traffic in this section was
very light.
A communication was received
from the Board of Freeholders signi-
fying their willingness to meet the
expense of the extra six lamps which