Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1904-09-22
OF COUNCIL
Public service Corporation with a
Five Years Lighting Contract
in Its safe, shows
Its Teeth

Its Teeth.
All the members Of Council except Mr..
Glover were present at the stated meeting
on Monday evening last.
Mr.. Munyan, Of the Street Committee,
reported the Howell property sidewalk in
bad shape, aud on motion it was ordered
that the owner be notified to repair same
within 80 days
Collector Redield repo ted the receipt of
$50 from Col. Green on account of bis do
nation toward improvement to the Cooper
street Park.
President Reading called Mr.. Davis to
the chair and read communication from
number Of ladies, relative to riding bicycles
on the sidewalks. The Presidents motion
that the committee be instructed to prepare
an amendment at the next meeti e, pre-
venting the riding Of bicycles on the side
walks, was adopted.
Mr.. Davis reported that the recent storm,
which took away the Reeves and Prickett
dams, also took away a large part of the
side of the subsiding reservoir. A plank
bulkhead has been put in to prevent fur
ther damage. As a centrifugal pump
would be needed for cleaning the reservoir,
the committee decided to buy pump, the
price being $3.50, and if it did not suit,
could be returned for mere rental, of
about 500. Mr. Davis thought it would
be we'll to cement the bottom of the reser-
yoir, so that it could be cleaned frequently,
but the cost probably put it out of the ques-
tion at the present.
Permission was granted to the % proper
ty owners now using the Newton sewer
to enter the public sewer.
City Solicitor Avis called the attention
of council to the fact that he had been
served with summons in suit brought
against the city for S., 900 damages insti-
tuted by Harry Genther, for injuries receiv-
ed by being knocked from trolley car on
which he was conductor several weeks ago,
BY city cart left standing beside tlsqssrQlley
tracks IN front of the Good VIII Fire house.
The Street committee was appointed to
confer with the Solicitor in the matter of
the Genther damage suit.
The Solicitor also reported that applica-
tion would be made to Judge Garrison on
September 27, for writ to carry up the
action of Council in the passage Of the
Manly Lot ordinance, for review by the
Supreme Court.
Then plumber Muller was given privilege
of the floor, and asked relief from
ruling of the Public Service Corporation in
refusing to turn gas on new properties
where the piping plans had not been ap-
proved by the said Corporation.
Contractor T. Allen also made protest
against like treatment, and after looking
up the ordinance, which provides that the
company shall furnish gas for public or
private use the company was instructed to
furnish the gas asked for at the houses of C.
F. Geppert, on North Broad street, P E.
Rice and Walter Wooley on Curtis avenue,
and 7. J. Shafer, on Cooper street.
When if was found that the gas plant
here had been put out of service, losing
to the city the tax on S18, 900, motion
prevailed to refer the gas ordinance TO the
City Solicitor, to ascertain if the Public
Service Corporation could not be compelled
under the provisions of the ordinance to
operate the gas plant here.
On the heels of this, further drastic
measures were completed by Mr.. Burkett's
motion to appoint committee to look after
the proper legislation amending the city
charter, allowing the right to build and
operate gas and electric light plants by the
city. This motion was adopted under the
above motion. Messrs. Burkett, Cheno-
weth aud Davis were appointed.
President Reading then named Messrs
Pierson, Kugler and Chenoweth as a COM
mittee to confer with the City Solicitor in
the certiorari proceedings.
BILLS PAID.