Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1915-11-01
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uILLLTI nLTLIL0
TO DR.. KRAEMER
AND GILL|GAN
Claims Option on Wawayanda
Had Been Held at One
Time.

In signed statement issued this
sioner Charles P. Gillen replies TO
the letter made public by DR.. Charles
h. Kraemer. denying that anyone
holds an option to purchase Lake
Wawayanda for s1o5. 900. Mr.. Gillen
declares that no one claims an option
| Is held now, but he reiterates that
such an option was held about the
time the property was offered to
Newark for $4,000 Mr. Gillen also
pays his respects to Hugh Gilligan,
of the Newark Paving Company. His
statement is as follows:
At the last moment DIR. Kraemer
publishes q letter regarding the Lake
Wawayanda deaI' which is intended
to deceive the people. Mr.. Lamb, a
Philadelphia real estate agent repIa-
senting Mr.. Graves, the owner of
Lake Wawayanda, evidently replies
to letter written TO him by Kraemer
Mr.. Lamb states that there is no
option now on Lake Wawayanda, but
he does not say that there was not
an option within the past year at
| $105, 600. Nobody claims that there Is
an option now at s105,000, but the
Warwick Dispatch, issue of October
20 last, telling that Lake Wawa yanda
was about to be sold at public auction
November u. stated that within the
year John w. Sanford, of Warwick
held an option on Lake Wawayanda
at S105, 900. This option was held about
the time that certain gentlemen we're
trying to sell 1t tn Newark at Si42. 900.
Kraemer like Blertuempfel, fails to
state who was going to get the $37. 900.
how 1t was going to be split and how
many friends were going to divide it.
One week ago ! published a statement
in the Sunday Call giving the name OF
John Sanford, of Warwick, as the.
man who held the option at s105.0 on
Wawayanda within the year, Why
doesn't kraemer or Mr.. Lamb con-
tradict this statement?
They also have Mr.. Biertuempfel,
Mr., Dennlan and Mr.. Gilligan, con-
tractor. attempting to misrepresent
the public records of the Board of
Works, Biertuempfel UP to date
does not tell us who was going to
get the rake-off of $s7, 900 on the
Wawayanda deal Denman makes
false statements in broad generali-
ties, but, being a | awyer, he acts like
a lawyer who is engaged In a bad
case, and falls to particulHrize
DpIlffftLif WdS OitE VI 4tift lOIStiiO5i
advocates of every suspicious deal
that has come before the board in
my time.
Hot Shot for Gilligan.
''Mr. Gilligan, the side partner of
the bfthulithic trust that robbed
the people of Newark and Essex
county out of millions OF dollars in
the past ten years: Gilligan, the
contractor that tried to get $4,000
worth of blocks away from the city
for $1,000: Gilligan, who had his stone
crusher in the city yard crushing up
the stone that belonged to the city
and using Ii for his own private use,
This is the Gilligan who injects
himself into this campaign | had
no intention of attacking him or
mentioning his name, but he has
used a false statement prepared by
Mr.. Hanley, of 772 Broad street, in
which he deliberately misrepresents
facts and figures, wi.,,s the idea of
confusing the public, and unfortun-
ately am forced to show Mr.. Gill
Iigan up in his tr,tA colors I make
this statement for fear that few
people might think there was some
grain of truth in the stuff Mr.. Ham
ley, of 772 Broad street, is writing"
Gillen Chaiiengers Drilled.
Challengers for Commissioner Gillen
were drilled in their duties at a meet
ing yesterday afternoon in Oraton
Hall, Bridge and Broad streets. To-
gether with other workers in the Gill
len cause the attendance was almost
500 by actual count.
Previous to the meeting about fif-
teen of Mr.. Gillen's friends held
conference with him and pledged the
necessary funds to have recount If
the vote tomorrow should go against
him, and if indications of mistakes
or frauds were found.
In addressing the meeting Mr.. Gill
len declared that there was no use of
getting the votes into the boxes II
they were not counted. While he had
heard reports of possible Irregularities
In certain districts, he declared that
he had confidence in the integrity of
most election officials.
The districts of which he was sus-
picious would be watched with double
care, he said, and every precaution
taken against a dishonest count
Michael j. Tansey addressed the
meeting upon the duties and rights of
challengers. That they should keep
Track Oh tHc IdliltS was iIApACSSCu
upon them.
Besides addressing series of meet
ings Saturday night, Commissioner
Gillen attended the ball held by the
Albert II. Biertuempfel Association In
Hensier,s Auditorium, Hamburg
place. He had received an invitation,
and was marched about the hall by
members of the committee while the
Gillen campaign song was sung by
the crowd. Commissioner Biertuemp-
fel, who issued one of the principal
attacks upon Mr.. Gillen's candidacy.
was present.
The following resolutions, intro
duced by w. j. Morgan, were adopted:
whereas, Charles P. Gillen is again
the popular choice for the officer OF
commissioner of Board of Street and
Water Commissioners, and
Whereas, The Nero of the Essex
county Democratic machine has de-
cided that Charles p Gillen shall not
again serve the peoples best interests,
be II
Resolved, That the Charles P. Gill
len challengers and watchers assem-
bled in the interests of honest civic
administration and in support of in
dependent citizenship and right. here
by
Resolved. That in victory or defeat
we pledge our every support To the
splend d achievements of Charles P.
Gillen, and will hght all machine in
terests that may oppose him for all