Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1894-01-25
COUNCIL n EXITING.

The ordinance Passed First
Reading and Discussed; an
Adjourned Meeting Ordered
tor second Reading.
According to adjournment a special
meeting of City Council was held
Thursday night to consider some rail-
road matters, and for whatever "other
business might come before It,"
There wers present Messrs Matthews,
president; MacFarlanc, Leary, Laning,
Rice, Robbins, Elmer, johnson, Wood.
ruff and Sooy.
Considerable interest seemed to be
manifested in the proceedings of
Council by q large number of
prominent citizens who were In the
chamber to witness thestransaction of
the business.
The minutes of the last regular and
special meetings we're read and
adopted.
Councilman Elmer, of the Commit.
tee to confer with the City Attorney
III relation to the return of license
money paid to the Excise Board for
licenses, reported. He read the opin-
ion of the City Soliciter on the ques.
tion involved. The opinion was to
the effect that the city was not liable,
and decisions we're copiously quoted
in support of the conclusion. He ad.
vised Council not to pay the claims.
On the claim of VIM. M. Martin for
&30S. the Solicitors opinion was pre-
cisely the same, and these opiniens
constituted the report OF the commit
tee.
On motion of Mr.. Sooy the report
was received and filed.
Mr.. Elmer. of the committee to ex-
anime streets on the property known
as the "the Slash" reported favorably
to the acceptance of the streets.
This report was also adopted on mo.
ton of Mr.. Robbins, and the commit
tee discharged.
A bill for 1886 for services of the men,
bers of the Fire Department was or.
dered paid.
The ordinance of the Bridgeton,
Oedarville and Port Norris railroad, as
re.drawn by the ordinance committee,
was taken up on first reading and read
fret time and passed on this reading.
Mr.. Sooy then moved that 1t be
taken up on second reading, and the
roll was ordered on this motion, but
before the roll call proceeded. Mr..
w. H. Bacon desired to address Coun-
Gil on the ordinance, and was given
permission to be heard.
He said, among other things, that
he was so surprised at the action of
Council at the last special meeting on
the ordinance then before it that he,
end the gentlemen associated with
him had questioned whether or not a
mistake had been made in asking for
franchise of additional railroad facili-
ties, and whether or not the people
desired these additional facilities. To
determine this question, petition
had been circulated to ascertain
whether the people of the city
business men-desired the construc.
tions of this railroad. He presented
the following petition urging the
granting of the franchise, which had
been signed by 1856 business men and
tax payers in the city.
To the City Council of the City of Bridge
ton, N. j.
We, the undersigned manufacturers,
merchants and taxpayers of the city
OF Bridgeton hereby respectfully petit
ton your honorable body to promptly
grant to the BRIDGEToN, CEDAR
WILLIE AND PORT NORRIS RAILWAY
COMPANY the franchise petitioned
for by them over South avenue and
Morris avenue In this city.
And believing that the commercial
advantages to be desired by us from
rapid transit between this city and the
villages In the southern part OF the
county, will be greater than those to
be derived from overous restrictions
upon the exercise of the franchise: we
would further urge you to grant the
franchise to said BRIDGEToN, CE.
DARvILLE AND PORT NORRIS RAIL.
WAY COMPANY without further or
other restrictions and limitations than
are contained In the ordinance grant
Ing the franchise to the BRIDGEToN
RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY.
Dated January 15, 1894, (signatures)
Benjamin Hancock, Reeve " Filth
Ian, L. H. Bowen & Co., 8. E. McGear
" Bro, Samuel P. Fithian, Charles
+. Dare s. Co, Wilson l.. silvers,
Pierce & CARL, John M. Laning,
Francis Seeley, F. b. Minch, William