Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1915-08-19
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Executive of the City, he desired to
give Council his views and in order
that he could not be misrepresented
or misquoted he had placed his views
in writing and asked the City Clerk
to read his message. This was done.
The message appears elsewhere in
full.
F. W. Cox said that he heartily
agreed with the message of the Mayor.
Personally Mr.. Cox did not think paw
ing as proposed was advisable. He
felt the needs of the city should be
cared for before paving which he felt
was more of luxury He made a
strong plea for better fire protection,
urging that increase in insurance rates
affected every property holder seri-
ously. He felt that paving demands
should be done upon the pay-as-you-go
system. AS to material, Mr.. Cox was
very much opposed to concrete, declar-
ing it noisy, and extremely dirty, and
judging from present street cleaning
methods, there would be failure to
care for all of the increased
paving proposed. Mr.. Cox urged that
absolute necessities be provided before
paving.
DR.. John H. Moore, a taxpayer and
property owner, opposed the
paving plan on the ground that schools
should be taken care of first. He took
issue with Mr.. Hettinger when he said
City Council had nothing to do with
the school matter. He stated that two
years ago the Board of Education pro-
posed to Council to furnish adequate
school accommodations and no action
had ever been taken by any Council.
Mr.. Moore felt that paving
of the steep hills would be very dan
gerous.
President Platt represented Hope
Grange, and protested against paving
all of the hills west of the city, it be-
ing Impossible for teams to use the
approach to Bridgeton. He urged that
at least one of the hills should be left
open for the farmers. Mr.. Platt fur
ther said that Shiloh Grange had en-
dorsed the same view.
William c. Mulford said that he was
generally favorable to permanent i'm
provements to highways, but was not
certain that at this time bond issue
was desirable. Mr.. Milford was very
much opposed to concrete as a ma
terial.
had no objection to paving if Council
wanted to. He did not live on a street
proposed to be paved and it would not
cost him anything. He did, however,
object to paving unless all of the un-
derground work was first done.
T. H. Bowen said that he thought
Council should pay him damages if
paving was put in front of his prop
erty. Mr.. Bowen said that the people
on East Commerce Street on his side
of the street, did not want paving.
John NJ. Howell was in favor of the
paving.
John Cheesman said he was inter-
ested in remarks of his friend Hettin-
ger, who talks about 100000 being
spent for water, and the supply was
such that one-third of the people
would not drink It. He asked if Mr..
Hettinger knew how many tons of
lime and chemicals went in the water.
Mr.. Hettinger replied that none Of
this chemical went into the service
pipes. Mr.. Cheesman asked where the
the filters took it out Mr.. Cheesman
remarked that some people may be-
lieve that but he could not Mr.. Chees-
man then argued for we'll builtsgravel
roads and said they were superior to
our paved streets. Mr.. Cheesman said
he thought the $4,000. if spent, should
be spent for pure water.
David H. Johnson opposed the paw
ing bond ISSUED and urged that schools
were far more important. Education
was better than paved streets. 7raa
DR.. 1. E. Charlesworth said that he
was very much in favor of the paved
street plan.
Thomas Hustled asked some question
concerning Atlantic Street. grade, but
expressed no opinion ON the paving.
Chas. E. Kump said that he was
much opposed to the paving scheme
and felt that the school question and
other necessities should come before
paving. 3e1
q Charles R. Corey said that he was