Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-04-08
ALDERMEN ARE
AGAINST FIXING
Up OLD MARKET
Finance Committee Passes Up
Mayors Request of $780,
600 for Work.
MATTER IS REFERRED TO
COUNCIL FOR ITS ACTION
Appropriation for Police Chiefs
Auto Has String
TO It.

The finance committee of the Com
fused to take upon themselves the
appropriation Of $4,000 for the re-
pairing of the Centre Market. ac-
cording to the plans outlined by
Mayor Thomas L. Raymond. De-
claring it a waste of money, Alder
men Thomas ]. Lee, jr., and Ma
jority Leader Mark F. Phillips talked
against the project. After a discus
sion it was decided that the PROPOSE
ton was such large one that the
proper place to thrash out the argu-
ments was on the floor of the Com
mon Council.
Consequently the council at its
meeting tomorrow night win again
take the matter under advisement.
That the mayors demand for $780,
600 for repairing the building would
cause trouble in the committee was
Star following the announcement by
Mayor Raymond that the Hiariks..
would be repaired.
Alderman John F. Fitzsimmons,
chairman of the market committee.
asked for an appropriation. I'VE need
at least $4,000 to put the market
into a sanitary condition. New roofs
and new walks will be added and the
building will be painted both inside
and on the outside" said Mr.. Fitz-
simmons
Alderman Lee, as soon as this re-
quest was made, said that he for one
would oppose the giving Of this
money.
Il have made up my mind that the
$50,000 asked for at the present time
| Is but Zee bite to the amount that
win be required once the work Is am
dertaken." said he. IT have received
estimates from reputable citizens
who are contractors, and the lowest
figures show at least an expenditure
of s150,000 for this work.
Declares Work Would Be Botch.
1T seems to me that this is a
proposition too great for the finance
committee to handle" Alderman Lee
continued. 1T is one that has stirred
up the people of the city. I think ii
Is a mistake. a needless waste of
money. would lust as soon see the
market abandoned as to try and
patch it up"
"I certainly agree with Alderman
Lee," said Alderman Phillips. 'T am
against this expenditure of money for
botch work and think the Common
Council should so decide"
After vote was taken 1t was de-
cided to postpone action until tomor-
row nights session of the council.
Minority Leader E. Garfield Clifford
and Alderman Charles W. Littlefield,
Republican, voted with the Demo-
Gratis to postpone action on the may
or's plan.
A request from the Police Board for
SIS, 900 brought to eight that sixteen
new motorcycles. a new $4,000 car for
the chief and Ford car for someone
else were to be purchased.
Police Board Asks for Money.
Commissioner Donnelly said that
the board needed this money. He
declared that the extra expense of
the training school, the installation
of a call system in the Eighth pre-
cinct and other details made it neces-
sary for this sum.
James ]. Kearney, secretary of the
Police Board, at this juncture arose
to talk on the subject. He no sooner
commenced when Chairman Phillips
pounded the gavel and asked: Why,
who may this gentleman be?" Some
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