The Penn's Grove record., 1905-12-08
BOROUGH COUNCIL
Taxes Taken OF. Telephone Ordin-
ance Turned Down.

The regular meeting of the Borough
Council was held Tuesday evening.
Mayor Elkinton. presided and Council
men Hunt, Hammitt, Denny and Jordan
were present.
The Street committee reported that w.
F. Sailor, Township Committeeman had
engaged two barge loads of shells aud
that the Borough could have one. that a
Philadelphia party would furnish &c, 1000
bushels of shells after the holidays and
shat Capt. w. P. Wright would carry
them, but the Borough would have to
run the risk of cold weather, to gel them
after being bought. The offer If Mr..
Sailor was accepted.
Current bills were ordered paid, among
them being $40 for the Office rem and
$500 for six months street lighting by the
Gas Company, due Dec. 10Th.
The recommendations of the Commits
%sioners of Appeal were acted upof. Dog
taxes of SOC. each We're taken off c. K.
Johnson, Thee. Fish, Frank Baker, w.
H. Smith, III. E. Dolbow. Poll taxes
were taken off Frank Walker, 5. Elwell,
Jr., and Edward Keen, Sr, because
wrongly assessed.
The house assessed to John Douthiety
was changed to Jas. Borden, he having
owned it at assessing time. The house
assessed to Andrew Turnbull was chang
ed to Jas. Sweeten, the present owner.
The Woodstown Bank stock owned by
DR.. n. III. Barnart was reduced IRON $3.50
a share to $175 because Woodstown
Council had done SO. PENIS Grove
Bank and Cashiers residence had been
assessed at book cost price SIS, 900. s., 900
were taken off because other properties
were not assessed at full cost.
John Hare, Jr., Cashier, appeared be-
fore the Council and asked that the lime
to pay tax on bank stock be extended to
July l, 1906. All bank stocks in the
State had been assessed without deduct
ing government bonds owned to secure
bank note circulation as directed by the
State Board of Tax Equalization. Last
winter a law passed statIng that non tax
able securities should not he assessed but
did not specially mention banks, which
get the full value of their bonds back n
bank notes. An up-Jersey bank has
taken a case to court to test the law anC
endeavor to get the amonnt of govern.
ment bonds exempted from taxation.
Because of that, the Borough Council of
Swedesboro extended the time to pay
tax on Bank stock to July LIST mex so
that i'll case the court granted the gov
eminent bond deduction tie holders OF
bank stock will get rid of paying taxes.
Salem City Council extended the tire
because Swedesboro did. On motion
Penn's Grove Council did the same.
John Roddick asked that repairs be
made to a kerosene lamp back of the
railroad round house, as II was badly
needed. On motion the lamp committee
was ordered to make repair
G. ID. Avis, OF Camden, representing
the Bell and Delaware and Atlantic Tele-
phone and Telegraph Companies was pre-
sent and asked that they begiven a new
unlimited franchise for poles and under
ground wires. The franchise ordinance
ordinance had been before The Council
for three months, and was Up for final
passage. Mr.. Avis said the Companies
wished to construct an upo-date under
ground system which would give better
service. The Company adna.franchise
for East Main Street and the delay IL.
passing this ordinance was hindering
their connecting the phones OF a dozen
farmers in Upper PENIS Neck with the
control station in Penn's Grove.
The Mayor and Council expressed a
willingness to pass an ordinance to allow
poles to be erected on East Main Street
so the rural phones could connect with
the central station, but were unwilling to
grant a new unlimited franchise. The
ordinance was rejected by a unanimous
vote.