- , S O U T H P L A I N F I E L D _ _ .p, n S u b u r b a n % v i e W ^ ^ /4'frU fo- a*u6 fte e cfo - ............... /~o^uyiAj>u^- -//fa& isy ^ I f c * . Vol. 28, No. 23 l.oond C l... Poit^c* Paid Published Weakly At At South P la W la ld . N. J. TUESDAY, JULY 17, 1962 South Plainfield. N. J. 17 i P lain field Ava,. fla Plataflald 7 Cants Swim Pool Fence Issue 'Drowns' Sewer Connecting Firm’s "Performance” Watched Three Other Ordinonces Adopted By Health Board. May Extend Licenses Efforts to pass an ordinance which would require all swimming pools 18-inches in depth or over to be fenced-in, met stiff opposi­ Board of Health members showed a great deal Plainfield Sewer Connecting Company during their tion at the public meeting of the Mayor and Council last Wednesday of concern over the performance of the South meeting a week ago tonight. night. The matter was tabled pntil the next executive session of On February 28 of this year, South Plainfield Sewer Con­ leaving 132 open contracts as of the governing body. above ground pools and carried the Board met with officers of necting Company, told the Board last Tuesday. Tabling of the proposal, which the same portable ladder re­ the sewer connecting firm and at that time that he felt the Stamile, who along with his had been introduced by Council quirement. Both amendments in view of the many open con­ firm would be able to complete attorney Frank Rubin discussed President Richard J. Kennedy, failed to receive a second. tracts held by the firm, they the 320 open contract which they the firm s’ problems with the w ill mean that Borough pool own­ Objection was also voiced by adopted a system whereby the held by the August 1 deadline. Board last week, said it would ers will be granted another “ year various residents. One resident company would continue op­ be impossible to complete these of grace’’ before a fence re­ said most above ground pools erations but under close super­ However, during the ensuing 132 connections by the August 1 quirement can be enforced. had plastic covers which he vision and scutiny of the Health 4-1/2 months, the company com­ deadline, but that he now thought Should the Council agree to the claimed were safety factors in O fficer. pleted only 140 tie-ins, released completion could be effected in ordinance in its present form or themselves. A number of citi­ Dominic Stamile, president of another 48 to other contractors, two months or by the middle of accept a modified version, it zens claimed a 48-inch fence, September. could not be advertised until late the minimum height stipulated Borough Sanitarian Clyde K il­ July, final reading and passage in the ordinance, would not stop Officials Assured That Roads burn, Jr. said he had been plagued would be accomplished in August a child who wanted to get into a with phone calls from residents but the ordinance would not go pool. who had contracted with the con­ into effect until 45 days after The first reading of an ordi­ In Criiz Contract Will Be Paved necting firm but had been unable final passage. By this time the nance adopting the official map Mayor Robert M. Baldwin told the Suburban Review last week to get the job done due to the 1962 swimming pool season will of Spring Lake Park passed un­ that it now appeared those Borough roads left in disrepair by the backlog. Another obstacle cited have past. animously. Final passage of Cruz Construction Co. would be resurfaced and placed back in was the fact that residents had Councilman Kennedy was irate this ordinance w ill halt further condition. made a 10 per cent deposit when over the delay. "Does a child construction on lands included signing the contract and if other Baldwin said that he and Sewer asked Col. Albertson what steps have to drown before we pass in the park area. Both Mayor connecting firms assumed the Authority Chairman George were being taken now that Cruz this ordinance?” he asked the Robert M. Baldwin and Indus­ obligation, thedeposit would most Linger had called the offices of had failed to appear on the scene other Council men. trial Director Robert N. Bar- likely be forfeited. Bowe-Albertson, the Authority’ s in the seven days alloted him. He said he felt he had given ratt reported initial steps were After lengthy debate, the Board Engineers, early last week and Bowe-Albertson, the Colonel all members of the governing underway to acquire the neces­ decided to consider an extension said, was now in the process of body a copy of the ordinance in sary property. They said that of the company’s license on engaging a contractor to com­ advance and could see no reason progress would be slow and that August 1 and they stressed that Civil Service Sets plete the Cruz contract. why differences could not have the park would not be completed their action would depend on the It w ill be difficult to deter­ been ironed out earlier. for at least 2 to 3 years. Test For Saaitariaii, firm's performance during the mine exactly when these roads C hief opposition from the Two other ordinances were next two weeks. w ill be completed, the Mayor Council came from Kennedy’s acted upon by the council. Ordi­ Telephone Operator Another consideration now be­ said, but the end is^ finally in fellow Republican, Joseph Zaz- nance No. 360, amending the fore the Board is the realization July 31 has been set as the sight. zara, who introduced two amend­ zoning code to include self-ser­ that all the sewer mains w ill deadline for filing applications Late last month, the Sewerage ments to the ordinance: the first vice laundromats in the B -l and not be installed by the August 1 for Civil Service examinations Authority met with a represen­ omitting above ground pools that B-2 commercial zones, passed target date. Kilburn said the for twomunicipalpositions: sani­ tative of the Hanover Insurance are 42 inches high or over but without debate, and a resolution Sewerage Authority had told him tary inspector and telephone Co. (Cruz's bonding company), stipulating the pool must have to advertise a $13,000 bond ordi­ the final main would laid during operator. and it was at this meeting that a portable ladder which would be nance for the surfacing of various the first week of August. If The sanitary inspector’ s job, it was decided to give Cruz removed whenever the pool was streets, including Morton and this is the case, the board w ill currently held by Clyde M. Kil- seven days to begin repair of not in use. The second would Dumas Aves. was also accepted be forced to extend the sewer bum, is open to citizens with 12 the streets torn up during sewer have omitted fences from all by the Council. connecting licenses of ten other months residence anywhere in the construction.. Should he fail to contractors who have unfulfilled State of New Jersey. The salary appear, Cruz was told he would contracts. Before sewer work has been set at $5,100 to $6,480 be held in default of his contract. began in the Borough, the Board Questions, Complaints Heard By per year. According to the C ivil established a special license spe­ Service, appointment to the post Professional "Buffer cifically for sewer connectors. will be made from the resulting Plumbers, who are performing list of eligible persons. M&C At Spirited Public Meeting Zone" Proposal tie-in work, are not affected by The examination for telephone the special license. „A spirited audience greeted the Mayor and Council with a bar­ operator, now held on a tem­ Passed To Planners David Levowirz. of the New rage of questions and complaints at the regular meeting of the porary basis by Mrs. Barbara Jersey Dairy Laboratories, New governing body last Wednesday night. Darge, is open to all citizens of The creation of a “ buffer Brunswick, explained his firms’ Carl Brady of 400 Ritter Ave, the Borough who have lived here zone’ ’ around the civic center or this would be done and thanked method of testing restaurant requested that a large culvert for one year. The salary for the Municipal Building on Plainfield him for bringing the matter to utensils for the level of bacteria. being installed in his neighbor­ position is $3,120 per year. Ave. was discussed at the ex­ the Council’ s attention. Levowitz went into all aspects of hood have a grilled covering Applications and further infor- ecutive meeting of the Mayor and Saverio Russo and Angelo die operation and explained to on the open end to keep small nation concerning duties and Council last week. Zarra joined in denouncing the the Board the cost should they children from entering the long minimum qualifications may be The “ buffer zone’ ’ which would deplorable manner in which some decide to use the facilities in this passage. Public Safety Chairman obtained by contacting Civil Ser­ require rezoning of the area, Borough. Richard Kennedy assured Brady (Continued on Page 3) vice, State House, Trenton.______ would be in the form of a pro­ fessional section separating the Kilburn said this testing pro­ civic center from the nearby cedure would be in conjunction commercial zones. with the physical inspections now A previous version for the made by the department and he establishment of this pro­ explained that the samples needed fessional zone was turned down for the tests could be taken either by the Planning Board because by himself or by a member of they felt it did not meet all the the firm .