Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-06-26
ASK FREEHOLDERS
TO ACT ON BRIDGE
Erie Structure Over Passaic at
North Newark Called a
Menace.

The Board of Freeholders yester.
day received a communication from
the public welfare committee ask
ing whether the board could not dc
something in regard to an alleged
dangerous condition of the Erie Rail
road bridge over the Passaic river at
North Newark
The communication stated that the
bridge was condemned five years ago
nut had not been rebuilt owing to
a dispute between the Erie Railroad
and the county officials as e foot
bridge. and that the bridge had been
& menace daily to citizens
Director Evans. of the board. re-
called the fact that about eighteen
months ago d petition had been re-
ceived by the board asking the free
holders to request the Erie TO build
a foot path. but as the freeholders
had no connection with the bridge
they had simply asked the Erie to
take c0gnizance of the petition.
A. H. Ross Co. Of 10 Bridge street,
was awarded the contract for sup
plying coal to the Essex County Hos
pitaI at Cedar Grove for the year
ending May 10. 1915. He will receive
$3.50 a ton for coal delivered. The
contracts calls for the delivery of
about 1000 tons annually
Assemblyman W. Give Crosby ap-
peared before the board to ask its
cooperation with citizens of East
Orange in inducing the Essex Park
Commission to improve the lighting
OF Park avenue in that city. He was
aware, he said, that the freeholders
had no control over the Park Board.
But l hope you have more influence
with Secretary Alonzo Church than
! have" he added. There doesn't
seem to be anyone in East Orange
WHO has that influence
There have been numerous acct
dents and death since the enormous
increase in traffic in the avenue and
the increase was county traffic, he
said The parkway in the middle Of
the thoroughfare made the danger at
the crossings greater. The city Of
East Orange, which is now paying for
the lighting, had improved the con-
ditions some by installing WelSbaeh
lights, but it had been suggested that
there should be an arc light at each
crossing. Freebooter Malta said he
realized that the board had no juris-
diction in the matter, but thought
something might be done in the way
of influence and his motion that SD
pervisor Schickhaus and Director
Evans confer with the park authori-
ties was adopted.
=. Hs-.rn a a
Board of Health stated that the re-
port of an investigation of the sewer
at the Caldwell penitentiary showed
certain defects which should be at
tended to in order to put the system
in satisfactory condition The mat
ter was referred to the building conf
mittee
Communications were received from
the Arlington Board of Trade and the
Kearny Town Council expressing
satisfaction with the consideration
given by the freeholders to the plan
to bridge the Passaic at kearny.
An inquiry from the Public " eltaro
Committee as to what had been done
regarding its report and question
naire. submitted ritter its investi-
gators had made an inspection Of the
county road was referred to the old
after Chairman Cardwell
OF the road board. had stated that NJ
such report had ever reached him.
Director Evans stated that Mr.. Card
well was right about not having re-
ceived the report; that the documeut
had reached the freehOlders' Offices
only after it had been in several
other hands first.
The contract for installing go auto
matte fire escapes at the OVERLOOK
asylum was granted to the Moore
Automatic Fire Escape Apparatus
Company. which bid s2,500