Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-05-18
FINAL DECISION
REACHED To PAVE
50. ORANGE AVE.
Road Committee of Freeholders
Confers With Newark and
East Orange.

South Orange avenue, from Twen-
tieth street TO the city line at
Montrose street, the dividing line be-
tween Newark and South Orange, in
the Vailsburg section is to be paved
After many delays, final decision in
the matter was reached yesterday
afternoon at conference between tho
| road committee of the Board of Free
holders and the representatives of
Newark and East Orange.
The Public Service Railway Com
pany also was represented. but John
O'Toole, publicity manager, who said
he was authorized to act for the com
pany, said he could not give any def
mite figures as to how much of the
cost of repairs the company would
assume on South Orange avenue until
he learned the kind of paving that
! the municipalities interested and the
county would agree upon.
Freeholder William Cardwell pre-
sided at the meeting, and City Engi-
neer Morris r. Sherrerd, of Newark;
City Engineer Willigerod, of East Or
ange, and County Engineer Reimer,
of Essex county, were present to offer
| their advice and suggestions.
The first matter to be taken up was
| the matter of repaving South Orange
avenue from Twentieth street to the
| city line, although the matter of
paving Central avenue also came up
for discussion. In reference to paw
ing matters in general, County Coun-
sci Dalrymple read the law and ex-
| planned that, as the law now stands,
| the municipalities may adopt resolu-
| finnc aa a aat. vi fAfa In
streets and present them to the Board
OF Freeholders, but that it is up to
the county authorities to finally de-
| eide upon the kind of paving to be
| used and to arrange all financial de-
tails.
It was announced that resolutions
had already been drawn up by tine
city councils of both Newark and
East Orange, calling for the paving of
South Orange avenue. so that nothing
now stands in the way of the inn
provement except that some time
may be consumed in perfecting ar
rangements for the work and coming
to an agreement with the Public Ser
vice Railway Company as to the
| proportion of cost 1t shall assume.
| Under the arrangement decided
upon the freeholders will pay for
| paving twenty feet of the highway
and the two municipalities will pay
| the rest dedueting what is assessed
upon the Public Service Railway
| Company
AS near as can be determined at
present, the payment for the work
will be divided in such a way that
the county will pay for paving twenty
| feet of the f1ftyfoot road the cities
| interested eighteen feet and the Pub
| Ite SarUiea ai1waU COO1naOU fWalVa
| feet. George Grover, chairman of the
East Orange delegation at the meet
| ing, asked who would pay for paving
the intersections of the road. County
! Engineer Reimer informed him that
| the municipalities pay for the inter
sections, while the county will pay
| for the twenty-foot strip of road, and
nothing more. Asphalt block will be
used for paving the highway.
Relaying Car Tracks.
/ One of the plans which the Free
| holders have considered in connec-
| tion with the repaving of South Or
| ange avenue is the reiaying Of the
street car tracks in East Orange. At
present the tracks are on either side
of the thoroughfare, and the free
! holders want them torn up and
| placed in the centre of the highway.
All this costs money, and the ques-
tion, which will have to be threshed
out, is just how much of the ex-
pense must be borne by the Public
| Service Railway Company.
Yesterdays meeting was consider
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