•nrn*—i—i 2 "BO i-c/> rn H 3 O 73 O esffulfr a Serving Wtstficld Since 1890 OUR 100th YEAR SuconJ Class fosuge Paid THURSDAY, SEPTEMI1KR 6,1990 Published a; Wesineld. N.J. Every Thursday 232-4407 FORTY CENTS BIDS ON PROJECT TO BE TAKEN THIS FALL Bridge May Open On Tuttle Parkway By Mid-1992 U.V R. R. FASZCZEWSKI Bids are expected to be awarded In another engineering-related on a repair project for the bridge move, the Council informally this fall and construction work approved assessment of property The Tuttle Parkway bridge, could begin by the spring, Town owners along Westfield Avenue which has been closed to vehicu- Engineer Edward A. Gottko told and Edgar Road for paving of lar traffic for about one year be- the Town Council at Tuesday's those streets. cause it has been deemed unsafe, conference meeting. The total cost of the Westfield SUBURBAN SPLFNDOR...A home at one of the famous turns in Stoneleigh Park stands as a may be back in operation by the He said construction should take Avenue project is $163,000, of reminder of more gentile times. middle of 1992. approximately 260 days. which approximately $52,000will be assessed among property AREA CREATED AS PLANNED COMMUNITY IN 1904 owners on the street, Town Ad- ministrator John F. Malloy, Jr. said. He added the cost of the Edgar Road project is $99,000 of which Stoneleigh Park Neighborhood $44,000 will be assessed among the property owners on that street. On another matter, Town Attor- ney Charles R. Brandt said he will Considered as Historical Area recommend on September 25 that the town set the price of the sale to Scotch Plainsof 1,000,000 gal Ions of rights in town sewerlines which PARK-LIKE SETTING OFTEN POINTED TO run from the Scotch Plains border into Westfield at a cost of $1 AS EXAMPLE OF 'COUNTRY LIVING' million. The sewer right sale is part of They are from "Making Your Own the slower, more peaceful pace of continuing litigation with Scotch Uy It. It. FASZCZEWSKI Plains, Mr. Brandt said. fyfrWIfWiilUKfii, Jlirn'rufirMLrtilrl Neighborhood" from "Country "country living." The attorney also reported he THE STONE GATE ENTRANCE TO STONELEIGH PARK "With the present-day exodus Life in America," which was Twenty-two trains made daily published in 1907. stops in the town by 1889, and in has been discussing with Roselle from the city into the country, the CONTINUED ON PAGE 16 suburban circle is being constantly The article, subtitled "How a CONTINUED ON PAGE 21 widened and the commuter now Man or a Group of Men May Save dwells where once were farms Their Property from Depreciation and back woods. With the con- and Select Their Kindergarten Study veniences which result from the Neighbors:Practical Lessons from opening up of new suburban sec- Stoneleigh Park, Westfield, New tions come inevitably certain Jersey," went on to say, "For a Of Science Expanded disadvantages which it is well to man of sufficient means, or a group foresee. of men with a common purpose, it "Many a man has purchased a is possible at once to obviate this By JEFFREY L.BAUER Dr. Mark C. Smith, superinten- pleasant country site and built a difficulty and to produce a per- SrrriatlvWntlrnfotTltr WtHfirMltaitrt dent of schools, praised the effort villa, only to find the surrounding manently joyous result. The art of Hands-on science activities will and said the donation of monies property shortly passing into the neighborhood building is worthy be the focus of kindergarten stu- and time by teachers supports the hands of real estate operators of study. A case in point is dents this school year because of findings of recent studies showing whose sole object is to make the Stoneleigh Park." the efforts of two Franklin School this to be typical. land productive of the maximum Stoneleigh Park will be the fo- teachers, Mrs. Judy Tretiak and The 57 separate activities are rental." cus of a hearing by the Westfield Mrs. Kathy Stamberger. portioned into life science, These words are not those of a Historic Preservation Commis- Though funded only partially physical science, earth science and modern journalist decrying the sion on Wednesday, September by the school system, the teachers human body studies. The experi- MEMORIES OF GREECE...Thc home at 2 Stoneleigh Park, onslaught of new development. 12, at 8 p.m. in the Council since last January have developed ments could carry students built in 1905, is noted, in particular, for its semi-round entrance Chambers of Town Hall. The participatory scienceexperiments through two academic years of portico supported by two colossal Ionic order columns. purpose of the hearing will be to that will alter the teaching of sci- hands-on adventures. discuss the proposed designation ence to kindergarten school stu- Though bright and varied, the L.J. Mannino of the area as a town historic dis- dents in Westfield. experimental supply boxes con- trict. Devoting much of their time to sisted mostly of very inexpensive, This pretty little group of homes the project, every kindergarten household products such as cotton Recommended did not just happen. Its story is an teacher will have experimental swabs, baking soda, aluminum interesting look at life during the supplies which give children the foil, potting soil and the other turn of the century in a suburban opportunity to grasp science familiar products. For Board community that was just starting studies in an active manner. Application for the Chapter 2 The appointment of Lawrence to form its identity. The .summer curriculum project and D wight D. Eisenhower Math- J. Mannino, currently an alternate A few years before the turn of on kindergarten science was dis- ematics and Science Federal Grant to the Board of Adjustment, to fill the 20th century Westfield was cussed during Tuesday evening's Funds were initialed at the meet- until December 31,1992 the term being touted as the ideal location meeting of the Westfield Board ot ing with formal action planned of regular board member Robert for busy businessmen who needed Education in the administration for the public business meeting E. Savage will be recommended to work in New York,butpreferred building on Elm Street. CONTINUED ON PAGE 32 by Mayor Raymond W. Slone to the Town Council at its regular meeting on Tuesday. Mr. Savage recently resigned from the board, and Mayor Stone A Sure Sign of Summer's End: made his recommendation for the replacement at this Tuesday's conference session. The Council Leaf Composting Plans Begin gave its informal approval to the TASTE OF SPAlN...The former George I). Heattys home at 5 recommendation. With this week's passing of last year. Final design work is to receive a price on the cost of Stoneleigh Park was constructed in the Spanish Colonial Revival The mayor said he probably Labor Day the summer season being completed by Clinton disposing of the leaves at the Style. Its red tile roof and its paired flathead windows, separated scame to its unofficial close, and, Bogart Associates of Englewood by decorative paneling, were noteworthy. wou Id not name a replacement for county site. Mr. Mannino as first alternate to with the onset of autumn just a Cliffs, which in June, 1989, bid Last year's cost was $3.75 per the zoning board because, he few short weeks away, can the $104,000 to win the county con- cubic yard of leaves for each of noted, that should be done when leaf raking season be far behind? tract to design the conservation the communities using the site, the new mayorand Town Council Town and county officials al- project, accord ing tocounty public and this year the cost is not ex- take office in January. ready have entered into the early works director, Patrick White. pected to increase, Mr. White said. Mr. Mannino's term as an alter- planning stages for the 1990 leaf Westfield's leaf collection op- Westfield collected 12,000 cu- nate to the hoard expires on De- composting season. eration begins at the start of No- bic yards of leaves last year, Mr. cember 31 ofthis year, and Mayor Westfield,like I4othcrof Union vember and continues until the Gottko said, and its collection Stone will end his second four- County's 21 municipalities, middle of December. costs, which include equipment year term as the town's chief ex- transports its leaves to the county According to town engineer rental and manpower costs, ecutive on the same date. Tin1 composting site which is located lid ward A. Gottko, residents are amounted to about $200,000. mayor decided not to seek a third on the 62-acre site of the former asked to rake their leaves to the Municipalities are prevented by term. Mis position will be taken Houdaille Quarry bounded by curb and the town collects the state law from burning leaves or by former Council Richard II. Shunpike Road, Route 78 and leaves using rented frontend disposing of them in landfills. Bagger who is the Republican Mount View Drive in Springfield. loaders and trailers and town- Three communities in Union nominee for mayor and is unop- The site, which includes a one- owned trucks and trailers. County,Summit, Scotch Plains posed in the November general acre filter basin to purify water FOUNDER'S HOME...C.M. Tremaine's construction of this I le said bids will be accepted on and Linden,have their own election for that position. which runs off from the decom- September 10 for the rental composting facilities, while home at 505 Dorian led to the plan for what is now Stoneleigh posing leaves before it enters the Park.