Palisadian., 1925-07-17
STREET IMPROVEMENT
ACTED ON BY COUNCIL
IN CLIFFSlDE PARK
Three Contracts Let, One More
Ordinance Passed, Two Re-
jected and Seven Continued
on First Reading.

Street improvements and borough
traffic conditions consumed the en-.
tire time of the Mayor and Council of
Cliffside Park in one of the longest
sessions of the year on last Monday
night.
Three contracts were defender
place improvement, Main street i'm
provement and Oakwood avenue i'm
provement. Frank Battaglia & Son
were low bidders on the Bender place
job with price of S3,725. Coppo-
letta Bros. secured the Main street
job with a bid of $4,42S1O. Vadella
& Lanardi got the Oakwood avenue
job with a bid of $3.50.
Ten street improvements ordi-
nances were taken up after public
hearings. One was passed, two were
rejected and seven continued on first
reading until the next meeting.
Engineer McClave reported that 60
per cent of the property owners along
Hudson terrace had petitioned against
the improvement, and as a result the
Council voted against it. This same
thing happened in the case of the
Grant avenue improvement.
A. H. Lueders, who at the previous
meeting had been accused of misstat-
ing costs to influence Affirmative opin-
ions on improvements, was present
and stated while it was not true he
had understated costs those opposed
to improvements had overstated them
as being about $500 per lot.
John C. Vosberg felt that Mr.. Lue-
der's remark was meant for him and
said he had circulated a petition
against one of the improvements, but
had never intimated the cost per lot
would exceed $500.
Erich Lehsten in reply to an inquiry
was told that the cost of street i'm
provements where the curb and gut
ters are already in would be about $50
per lot.
Seymour N. Sears inquired if the
trees would be mutilated or destroyed
by the various improvements, and Mr..
Thomas Fox of McClave & McClave's S
office said they had only found it nee.
essary to remove one tree when max
ing the Lawton avenue improvement.
No objection had been filed against
the improvement of Nelson avenue
west of Anderson, so the ordinance
for this improvement was passed, and
bids for the work will be received at
the meeting on July 27.
Clerk Abrams reported that no OBJ.
jections had been filed to the improve
ment of Washington avenue, and the
ordinance was taken up for final pas
sage. John O'Hare was present and
said he had filed a petition of pro-
test several meetings previous. Mr..
Abrams said he had no record of any
such petition. 1t was decided to lay
the Washington avenue ordinances
over until the next meeting. Mr..
Abrams will search his records for
the petition in the meantime.
The ordinances for the Hudson ter
race sidewalk, Lincoln avenue side
walks and road improvement and Mel
son avenue sidewalk and road i'm
provement were laid over until the
meeting of July 27.
Reports of the assessments on the
Cliff street, Dewey avenue and Green
mount avenue improvements were
read, and there were no objections
except on the Cliff street improve
ment, and they were but minor objec-
tions.
In complaining of traffic conditions
on Palisade avenue Mr.. Lehsten said
that despite his complaint at the pre-
vious meeting conditions on Sunday
night were just as bad.
Chief of Police Woodcock said that
a good bit of the congestion resulted
from parked cars within the limits of
Fort Lee borough and that the Fort
Lee traffic men had their hands full
at Palisade avenue and Route No. TO-
Mayor Marini added that the Cliffside
patrolmen were very busy, too, han
ding moving traffic at the Park en-
trance. Mr.. Lehsten's offer to serve
in the capacity of an officer without
pay on Sunday evenings was referred
to the Police Committee.
The Cliffside Business Mems Asso-
citation asked that traffic officer be
placed at Cliff street and Palisade
avenue because of the large number
of cars detouring from Anderson ave-
nue., which is being repaired. This
was referred to the Police Committee.
The request of the Business Mems
Association to hold block dance on
Palisade avenue September s was
laid on the table, as the permit will
depend upon the condition Of Ander-
SON avenue at that time.
The Mayor called attention to COM
plants from residents on Lafayette
avenue who are kept from sleeping by
the noise of people walking from the
park through to Anderson avenue to
the buses. 1t was decided to ask the
Palisade Amusement Park to put a
man there in the late evening.