Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1898-03-03
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Next Tuesday four members of Cit,
Council will be elected, almost majority
of that body. AT least two of the retiring
members have served full terms and are
candidates for re-elt ction. In our opinion
if The people take account of their stew
ardship, neither will be thus honored
This is business question from skin to
core, and from core back to skin again"
/ The conduct of the City's financial
bu'iness is not open handed and above
suspicion, even so soon after disgraceful
exposure. We base this statement on two
facts:-The Chairman of the Finance COM
mittee has not kept faith with the people,
and the Treasurer has not obeyed the plain
mandate of the Charter in publishing a
statement of the Ciiy's financial condition.
The Chairman of the Finance committee,
10 presenting Accountant Dells report of
findings. said emphatically that it was not
to be consdess4 inal, because there were
further subjects of investigation which
belonged win the report. Has anybody
heard of supplementary report The only
information we I've on the subject is that
back taxes TO the amount of So 900 have
been RENTED.
All that the people know of the City's
financial condition is what the press gathers
from the hurried proceedings is not
:, doIlar -, tho Nitu Troosurv
We must not be understood as intimating
that these two officials have prcfited, per
sonally, by such methods; we do not
believe they have, but they ignore the
people, and they ignore the law, and no
official who does that should be further
honored, nor should colleagues who permit
it without protest.
The GLOUCESTER COUNTY DEMOCRAT
makes the above plain statement because
it believes the people expect us to deal
with the jet plainly, clearly and with
absolute fairness.
Opinions from the Court of Errors.
Monday was Opinion Day in the Court
of Errors and Appeals, and out of a long
list two opinions are of especial interest in
this county.
The first, and most important, is that of
the Woodbury. Heights Land Company vs.
Congressman e. G. Loudenslager, on an
appeal taken by him from a decision
rendered by the Court of Chancery.
The Court of Errors has affirmed the
Chancery decree and rnder the decision
Loudenslager must pay to the land COM
pany upwards of $2l 900
This case has been before the courts for
about two years. Loudenslager, with DR.
Roe. some years ago formed the Wood
bury Heights Land Company Louden-
slayer, at the time, was county clerk, and
together with DIR. RE he doomed the new
company along in great shape. The object
of the formation of the company was to
unload some of Dr. Roe's land 10 advantage
When the company was formed, Louden-
slayer aud Roe secured options on some
lands adjoining those of the last named
gentlemen, which were sold to the company
at greatly advanced figure. The company
does not seem to have been a success, and
when it was discovered that Loudenslager
had made some enormous profits at the ex-
pense of mis- fellow members, the case soon
got into court. Attorney General S. H
Grey appeared for Loudenslager, and
Judge Pancoast and Howard M. Cooper
for the company.
The case of George Taylor ct al. VS., Jos
A. Shute ct al, brought up from this cir
cult on action 1on book account for
goods sold and delivered by the plaintiffs
The judgment below is affirmed. The
opinion is by Justice Dixon.
1t was held on the point raised that ''the
rule " hen two persons contract as principal
Debtors but by arrangement inter sese one
of them is or subsequently becomes, surety
for the other, the creditor, if informed of
this relationship, is bound to treat the
surety with regard to that contract in the
same manner as if he had contracted &c
surety is not enforceable against the cred
itors, when suing on the contract, in the
courts of law of this State, the surety's
remedy is in Chancery." R s. Clymer for
Taylor Bros Scmmerill and Crandall for
Shute.
Stone Road Contract Awarded.
The special meeting of the Board of
Chosen Freeholders last Saturday awarded
the contract to build the stone road from
Paulsboro to Swedesboro, distance of
seven and half miles, to Fl. j. Mullen,
the lowest bidder, for $50 ,109 IL.
The special committee to open bids re
ported eight bidders, whose figures were
as follows -Kaighn & Allen, of Trenton,
80 cents per square yard, $35.5OO; J. K
Stanley, 81 cents per square yard, $31 800;
G. Barefoot, Lambertville. 81 cents per
square yard, $3l, 500; R. A. Montgomery
SO cents per square yard, $685. 900 P. Neary
IS cents per square yard, 3O,536.45; Dennis
Roe, n cents per square yard, $35, 164; Fl.
J. Mullen, of Long Island, "a cents per
square yard, $4,000 70; J.R. Fell, u
cents per square yard, $35 ,449.75.
A motion to award the contract to Mr.
Mullen, the lowest bidder, was interrupted
by Lawyer Moore, representing one of the
bidders, who protested that information as
to excavations had not been general to all
bidders, and favored new proposals. Di-
rector Starr replied that the Board had
agreed that no extra excavations would be
necessary on the road, and County Engi-
neer Carter added that the bidders had
been notified to that effect, as the town
ships through which the new road will
pass had agreed to make special appro
priation to cover the expenses, if any, OF
extra exca. ations. The motion to award
the contract was then adopted.
The specifications for the new gravel
road from Clayton to Newfield were pre-
scented by Nr. Jones and adopted, and are
now in the hands of Road Commissioner
Budd.
Woodbury. School District.
The annual meeting of the Woodbury.
Board OF Elelection was held in the Acad-
envy on Tuesday evening. The financial