, 1903-09-30
Borough Council.
The Sewer System to be Extended
and Additional Streets to be
Graded and Graveled. Nearly
So, 900 worth of Bills Ordered
Paid.

$4,000 worth OF Bills Ordered
Paid.
The regular monthly meeting of the
Anglesea Borough Council was held on
JThursday evening, September oath, in
the borough hall and considerable inn
portant business was transacted.
Mayor Hilton presided and Coancil-
men Ent, Hewitt, Hoffman and Young
were present, as were also Borough
Clerk Shivers and Solicitor Voorhees,.
Frank B. Sweeten, the sewer contract
or. and Engineers VIM. H.. Boardman
and L. NJ. Rice were present, as Were
also a number of interested spectators
and large property owners, the latter
Including Henry +. Ottens and n. r.
s.. Yewdall. The minutes of the meet
ing of September q were aprrov-
ed. During the reading o. the bills one
one for S1,679.5S from Contractor
Sweeten provoked a great deal of dis
cussion. This bill was for ten per cent
of the contract price of the sewers re-
CURED to be retained by law. The bill
itself was not objected to but because a
release of liens did not accompany it
as required by the contract. Mr.. Sweet
en- said that this demand by Council
was an unheard of thing in work of
this kind. The matter was finally dis
posed of by a motion authorizing the
Clerk to draw an order for the amount
when Mr.. Sweeten shall have filed a
proper release of all claims which may
be brought in connection with the
building of the sewer system. Other
bills were ordered paid as follows:
HI. H. Voorhees,, six months salary as
solicitor, 1925; w. b. Godfrey, $44;
Daniel Let's, SIS. rs; j. Hartman, $10.40;
I'll. Stiles, $3.50; James Chadwick,
1885, VIM. H. Boardman, engineers
fees, $97. 43; Thomas Corson, assessors
salary, $125; George Firth, $50; James
W. Thornton, 1913. 80; B. f. Sweeten q
Son, account sewer contract, 81 ,558. SO;
w. e. Young, collector, S67.S6 Mr..
SWeeten presented a release satisfactory
to Council and his bill of 81, 679.5S was
ordered to be included in the list as
ordered paid above, making a total of
$,827.5 3. The bill of the West Jersey
Electric Company for lighting the
streets for the month of August was
referred to the Lamp committee for
correction. The Street committee
made a report through engineer Rice
OF the necessary work required for the
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nlending that wooden trunks be used.
The report was accepted and the clerk
Instructed to advertise for bids in ac-
cordance with the report, to be handed
m to the clerk not later than Thursday,
October |, at eight p. m. The Lamp
committee reported that they would
have the winter arrangement for light
ing the streets ready at the next meet
ing of Council. Councilman Young
brought up the question of the condi-
tion of the streets i'll the upper part of
the borough where same had been dug
up for the sewer pipes. Contractor
Sweeten said thatthe rounding mounds
of gravel of which Mr.. Young spoke
would gradually sink to the natural
level of the street and suggested that
tney be allowed to remain in this con-
clifton until about next May. A COM
munlcation from the State riparian
commission was presented and after
being read vas referred to the solicitor.
IN a letter to Council, Engineer Rice
asked permission to use one of the
rooms of the borough hall as the office
Of the borough engineer and for a real
estate office. The letter was referred to
The Public Buildings committee with
power to act. An offer was also made
by Edward Tice to rent one of the
rooms in the borough hall for a barber
shop and pool room. The Council
seemed to be opposed to renting a room
Tor this purpose and the matter was
referred to the same committee. A
quit claim deed from the Borough of
Anglesea to Henry III. Ottens for lots
~ and 2l4, Fifteenth avenue, and lot
Zl3, Sixteenth avenue, was laid before
Council and the Mayor and Clerk were
authorized to sign it. collector Young's
monthly report was read and accepted,
showing S401 .05 on hand in the general
lund and 81 lab on hand in the sewer
lund. Sewer certificates to the amount
OF $4,000 were ordered disposed of to
The Marine National Bank of Wild
wood, the proceeds to be used in pay
ments to Contractor Sweeten. A note
lor 1000 due at the same bank on
september Both, was ordered renewed
Tor three months. Solicitor Voorhees,
reported that he had been unable to
meet lawyer Leverett Newcomb for the
purpose of arranging for the collection
OF delinquent taXes due the borough
from h latter. y petition was pre-
Sented signed by t.enry I'll. Ottens,
John Bright, George w. Dougherty
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that certain streets il the lower part of
Ihe borough be graoed and gravelled
by the assessment plan. The petition
was accepted and referred to the solic-
ltor with instructions to draw an ordin-
ahce authorizing the Improvements.
An application in writing was read
from Henry H. Ottens asking for per-
mission to extend the sewer system to
mIWenty-third, Twenty-fourth, and
l~Wenty-fifth streets, from New Jersey
were also read from VIM. e. Gibson
and E. NJ. Fenton, stating that they
Intended to build in that vicinity, and
urging that permission be granted to
extend the sewers The communica-
IONS were referred to the Sewer COM
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