Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-07
IMPROVERS WANT
MORE HIGHWAYS
Large Estates Limit the Streets,
Madison Board De-
cIares.
Especial to the Evening start

MADISON, April MANY matters
of Importance were brought up at
the regular monthly meeting of the
Board of Public Improvement last
evening in the home OF Frederick T.
Bulmer. of Hillside avenue.
One of the most important was
discussion of a systematic plan for the
Madison of the future lie was the
sense of the board that there are too
many large tracts of property here
that are not intersected by public
streets. They called to attention a
number of defects in the plan of
Madison. Now is the time" said
DR.. e. L. carp, "to get busy on this
proposition. The railroad is about to
make its entrance through here on
a higher grade and II we don't get
what streets we want across the
tracks now there will never be an
other chance" II was thought that
the distance between Ridgedale ave-
nue. and Elm street is too great not
to be crossed by street.
Suggests Borough Map.
Mr.. carp suggested that city plan
be drawn up. His-contention was
that even II it did cost a good sum of
in educational value. 1t would show
the people just what they would get
In the future. Such plan would cost
between $500 and $1,000. 1t was sug-
gested that Vinton road ought to be
continued through Green avenue,
Maple avenue and Prospect street to
meet Belmont avenue. Other pro-
spective changes were spoken of. This
matter was referred to the park and
public roads committee of which H.
s. Buttenheim is chairman.
The question of a new cemetery
has 'ong been harassing the minds
of Madisons leading men. President
W. o. Ludlow, who is chairman OF
special committee on cemeteries, re-
ported that the committee has now
reached a point in its Investigations
where 1t is able to say that Madison
can have a new cemetery and that
the committee will tell the town how
to secure 1t. He said that a flu, er
report will be made at q later date.
For some time past the problem of
where to bury it's dead has been con-
fronting Madison Hillside Cemetery
has now exceede d its capacity and
many who have died in the last few
years had to be inferred in other
towns.
A communication was received
Civic Association. in answer to
query whether or not 1t is possible
to use q school building for motion
pictures and forms of outside educa-
ton His reply was that the school
buildings are now being used gener-
ally for other than strictly school
purposes, and that the State permits
their use for such.
Secretary G. B. eMrritt was ap
lnxryu V-A
e. Barrett alternate to the People 9.
Legislative Bureau of New Jersey,
OF which the board is a member. The
next meeting of the bureau will be
held on April H.
Attention was called to the e"'s
ence of the RUE calling for a MEM
Der of the executive comm ttee being
hoped after he has failed at three
consecutive meetings to make his APP
pearance or present and excuse The
enforcement of this rule was recon-
d meadded.-
1t was decided, as a board, to re-
quest the building committee of the
Board of Education to take such ac-
4ion on the matter on fire prevention
referred to them as will achieve a
desirable result. There was consider
able discussion on this subject All
thought that the present conditions
need a remedy.
w. r. Baker reported for the mem
bership committee that they had
thought it best to make card index
system of prospective members of the
board. Each of these will receive
small paper. printed under the su-
perry sion of Mr.. Merritt, telling OF
the work of the board since its organe
lzation. The following names were
recommended for membership by the
committee: E. G. Partridge, c. p.
breckenridge, Joseph N. futile, w.
K. Briege and H. S. Kinney. vote
of thanks was extended to Mr.. Mer-
rift for his work on the paper.
The publ city comittee expects TO
begin a campaign of advertising next
week. This will be mostly news
paper campaign.
It was on motion passed that this
board suggest to the Common Council
the purchase of an electric sign to
be erected near the pumping station.
This sign would simply state that the
adjacent buildings were Madison's
municipal water and light plant. 1t
was thought that this would do
much to advertise the town.
Vsx,o,,ra GiUoc lin Effort