Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1897-06-09
A Letter FROM THE
CITY BY THE SEA.
City Hall Commissioners and
Council Still at Odds.
TIE PEOPLE ARE DISGUISED BY The DELAY.
SOME BARNACLEs-CAPT. DENNIS LITTLE
BILL-THE COUNTY BUILDINGS AND
FREEHOLDERs-COUN POLITICS,

The continued "hitch" between the
City Hall Commissioners and the Council
this time concerning the plans-is be-
| ginning to have it's effect upon the peo-
pie who are about tired of the perpetual
wrangle over SO important matter. 1t
is said that the plan favored by Council
| provides for a four-story structure
instead of a three-story one which the
commissioners insist is just the thing.
Again it is said the four-stOry edifce is a
much more imposing building, besides
being more elaborate and better ar
ranged for the public convenience. /
have not seen any of the plans myself,
| but get my information from those who
have, and in whose judgement l have
| confidence. In their opinion thu archi-
lecture of this class of buildings is, after
all, largely q matter OF taste. What the
people want is one that is comfortable,
cOmmOdius, convenient and in every way
adapted to the purpose for which it is
designed, and worth the money it costs
to build it. They are entitled to this as
soon as possible, and only the most i'm
perative reasons will justify further de-
lay.
DIR. Southern insists upon seraping of
some of the barnacles that have fastened
themselves upon the city aud for this he
deserves credit: but fail to see what he
expects to gain by getting rid of the
Assistant City Solicitor who, | am in
formed, gets pay only as he may be con-
suited from time to time and that can
only be done when authorized by Council.
Hence it looks to me as it does to Coun-
Gilman Lee when he remarked that some
body was "gunning" for game. The DR..
is usually pretty level-headed man, but
it looks as if he was looking for game up
the wrong tree this time.
So Captain Dennis got his cash, did he9
Well, he will be lucky fellow if he isn't
sorry he got it before the affair blows
over. There are lot of people after his
scalp and he will have use for all his
usual good luck if he keeps it on his
Uranium for another year. As to bis
claim, if the city received his services he
should be paid, and if it did not he has
no valid claim. Harry Leeds certainly
to him we may look for what is just and
and paid? There is some mystery about
strange case.
ing the removal of the County Buildings
even at this "off' season of the year, and
especially from the lawyers and Others
who are compelled to make the pilgrim
age to Mays Landing. For this and
many other similar fayors. however, we
can thank those good and true men who
run" the County Board of Freeholders.
They can be depended upon to compel us
to go there as long as the taxpayers of
the County will consent to let them
waste all the money they please in trying
to put into inhabitable shape the old
structures of previous generation
designated as the County Buildings. The
Freeholders Combine" ought to be
supremely happy now, for they have
discovered another avenue of expenditure
in the shape of building turnpike roads
through the huckleberry swamps for the
accommodation of the perambulating
land-turtle. 1t is to be hoped they will
be content with what they have already
wasted in this line, and not go further in
the same direction. Sometime the people
will take time to look over the long list
of dollars wasted in useless expenditures
by the Combine" and when they do
they will be very apt to change the
personnel of that august body of Free
holders or at least part of it that most
needs changing. 1t may not always
happen that the Board of Freeholders,
with "our Joe" at its head, will be able
to keep all the organs quiet even with
the little bit of soothing syrup in the
shape of the county printing.
| notice that the PRESS figures that
several hundred dollars are being saved
in the care of the County y sane.
have looked them over carefully and
cannot arrive at the same conclusion as
yourself in making comparison between
the years named; but it may be | have
become SO muddled and mixed over the
quarrels on the seaward side of the
Thoroughfare that my mathematics are
not to be relied upon. [Our correspond
ent should note that the expenses in
Cured for the support of the Insane in
the year alluded to do not all appear
in the Asylum report. A part of them
were chargeable to the State Asylum,
before the new County Asylum was com
pleted. Ed. PRESS
The latest news from the political seat
of war in Atlantic County and City is to
the effect that both armies of the party
in power are gathering for a final
struggle to capture the lOaves and
fishes. The Dumpmasters' Brigade has
been reinforced tn the Bread and Butter
Brigade which dbnsist of those worthy
patriots who are ever ready to plead
the bread and butter act whenever their
sacred places are likely to be invaded.
Fearing that some calamity like this
mighty result from the candidacy of
Capt. Walter Fifield, and fearing also
that their own candidate might be de-
feated for the Craftsmanship of the
Executive Committee, the B. and B.
Brigade have concluded-like the un-
speakable Turk-tO hold on to what
| they already haye and grab for every
thing else in sight. Hence they have
| issued a ukase to the effect that they are
ready to join hands with the Dump
masters Brigade to battle for their un-
deniable right to hold office forever.
This action was expected, and the old
veterans who have so valiantly stood at
the public crib without flincning were
received with smiles and significant
winks and blinks. Opposed to them,
their claims, and their ambitions is a
steadily ly-increasing army that is gather
ing at the street-corners and crossroads
throughout the County and they have
inscribed upon their battle-fag the
motto 'sDown with the fellows who
have held Office ever since they could
hold anything" No engagement oi
consequence has yet taken place, but
there has been considerable picket.
firing, and / suppose Congressman
Gardner will eventually arbitrate the
whole matter from Washington. The
genial Congressman is 30 worried oveI
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