Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1915-09-03
STREET PAVING
PETITIONS NOT
TO Be ALTERED
City Counsel Frazer Rules
Against Withdrawal of
Names in Future.
WARNS BOARD OF WORKS
ABOUT BAD SIGNATURES
Bonds for Delaney ST. Open
ing ordered-TrolIey Service
Complaint in Northwest.

Property owners who sign petition
addressed to the Board of Works call
ing for patented pavement will not
in the future be allowed to withdraw
their names, as has been the custom in
the past. This order came as surprise
at the meeting of the board yesterday
afternoon, when City Counsel Spauld-
ing Frazer rendered an opinion on the
matter of petitions for pavements.
The opinion was given the board
after Commissioner Charles P. Gillen
challenged the petition received for
the pavement of North Sixth street
with bitulithic. This petition, received
at the Board of Works meeting about
month ago, contained more than the
required frontage prescribed by law
for the patented pavement.
Subsequent meetings saw the with
drawals from the petition favoring
bitulithic. Mr.. Gillen then claimed
that the original petition was invalid
because the Withdrawals reduced the
frontage signed below the number OF
feet. as ruled by law.
Obtained Legally.
Mr.. Frazer also laid stress upon the
board to see that the names on all pc
titions should be legally obtained, he
said that withdrawals cannot be con-
sidered. but the board should see to
1t that names are not fraudulently
obtained.
Ever since Commissioner Gillen oc-
cupied seat in the board he has at
lacked the method of securing sigma
lures to paving petitions and the way
in which Withdrawals are secured
Time and time again he stated at
meetings that the trust" controls
the paving interests in the city ana
employ men to get signatures unoer
misrepresented facts.
Mr.. Gillen yesterday said that ur-
der the ruling of the city counsel OH
patented pavements Withdrawals, the
public hearing given the boardNWould
amount to nothing more than Joke.
To this Mr. Frazer replied that the
hoard would receive protests at TINS
hearing and would give the COM
missioners an opportunity to see just
what views the residents OF the thor
oughfare had on the paving question.
s51, 900 Bonds.
The board yesterday instructed City
Comptroller Tyler Parmly to issue
s51 900 temporary loan bonds for the
opening of Delaney street. This
measure before was passed by the
BOARD of Works and vetoed by the
mayor, but adopted over the mayor
protest.
Since the veto the board decided TO
act upon a resolution passed by the
Common Council and signed by Mayor
Jacob Haussling in 1913. The finance
committee win ask for the issuance
of the bonds at the meeting of the
Common Council tonight. This VIII
not bring the issue again before
Mayor Raymond and the WORK pro-
ceeded with as fast as possible.
Charles T. Day, of the Northwest
ern, Improvement Association, ap-
peared before the board and asked
that the Public Service be compelled
to give through service on Bloomfield
avenue, between Highland avenue and
North Tenth street. The matter was
referred to the, trolley inspector.
Permission was sought from the
board by Donate Fusco to withdraw
his bid for the first section of the
Meadow Brook sewer in the Silver
Lake section of the city. His bid was
the lowest at s5,275. Peter A. Cavic-
CHA, as counsel for the contractor,
contended that the latter had calcu-
lated on different work, and that he
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