The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-11-07
CITY PLEDGED
@ MODEST
FORTUNE
Departments Ask Total Of
Sos, 600. $4,000 for
Street Cleaning.

When the finance committee of the
Common Council got together last nlght
the members found many requests toi
increased appropriations awaiting them
and before they ad. Hurned every re-
quest was granted etfher in full or In
part; usually the former prevailed.
some of the requests were made
personally. and some were made by
letter. When the request wal pre-
scented to the commit tee in Writing
there was usually SOME one in the
committee who was ready and Wiling
to stand sponsor for the request, ana
II usually went through.
Tn all some $65. 900 was appropriated,
and fhe committee when It adjourned
had pledged itself for $4,000 more.
one rea5lest from the Board OF Works'
for 10000, was cut in half. Ihe other
reouesis were usually granted IN full.
schooI commissioner j. Edward Smith,
chairman of the repairs comm ffee OF the
Board OF Education. asked for $4,000 Tor
hie committee. and was armed with a
detaiIed statement showing how the
no,ev world be spent, VIII eh he pro-
ceeded to read to the committee. AFTER
several pages had been read, Alderman
Martin ted that he omit reading the
details. but sta te TO the ee the total
amount which represented necessary eN-
penditures. Mr.. Smith infcrmed the COM
mittee that such items as he Rad anticl-
rated aggregated $7,1O0. After some dis
cus5ion 1t was finally decided TO appropri-
ate $1,000 additional to the repairs commit
tee, and Mr.. Smith was told to come back
ngain Il he needed the other $1,000
All that Commissioner Baader. president
of the Board of Police Commissioners,
asked for was 5000 additional. He ex-
pllined that this anlount would be needed
TO pay the salaries of the additional fifty
policemen who will be added to the po-
lice force December l. w need the po-
licemen, and / suppose we will nave to
nav for tnem," observed Alderman Ryan,
chairman of the committee, as he declared
the motion. ''hi1t 1t looks as II we are go
Ing to have o pretty small balance when
we finish" Motion was carried.
Frank ]. Book, Board of Works commits
sioner. asked for $4,000 for his board, and
secured half Of that amount, $4,000. Mr..
Book told tho Aldermen that the larger
sum was needed to pay the expenses of
street cleaning from November l until the
end of the year. glhe request was dis
cussed at some length and 1t was recalled
that s2lc.C0o had already been appropriated
for that purpose. which, with the addi-
tional $4,000 asked for, would bring the
total up TO a quarter of a million dollars.
MIR. Book was asked if he couldn't cut
down his figures to $4,000, but remained
firm that the work would cost $4,000 for
November and December. He was told to
appear before the committee later il the
Beard Of WoHs couldn't get along with
se0,Ote. and this he promised TO do.
Tax Receiver Robert l.. Ross made n
request for 800 more for incidental ex-
penses, which was promptly granted. Mr..
Ross said that the force of clerks in his
office had heen working day and night for
several weeks past and this amount would
about cover the extra expenses for Incl
dentals.
The next request was a written one, and
asked for $500 for the purpose OF painting
the interior of the nurses home back OF
the City Hospital. Chairman Ryan thought
this might wait. until after the first
Of The year. but Aldermen Holzner and
Martin declared that the painting was BAD
" needed add the money was appro-
pfaied. This was not done, however,
untlI an unsno c~essful attempt to pare
inc appropriation down was made. Alder
man rIolzner declared that nasmuch
ms five coats of paint aud one of enamel
would be put on. the work would last in
definitely. This provoked a fetort from
Alderman Mullen to the effect that it
ought 10 if 1t were two inches thick,
which occasioned A general iaugh.
Inc cOnDlllAeB htauN phif PEhpPA
lions on It's own account, chief among
which was an item of &c., 600 for the main
tenance of the technical school, TO which
the State contributes another 5000. This
is q fixed charge. however, an appropria-
zion being made every November. Sew
eral score additional vouchers were also
passed. bringing the aggregate TO approx
mately $1,000.
A communication from Martin l.. Pfel,
- a r-t.-a. r.u offorod thu ritN S11 =
900 for the property on Frelinghuysen ave
nue., known as the poor farm. About a
wear ago s7,OO0 was offered for the same
porperty and was turned down by the COM
mittee. Since that time several persons
have written the committee from time to.
time with a view TO purchasing it, and
naming the amounts they were willing to
pay. The maximum was $1,5OO, and this
was turned down, as was Mr.. Phel's offer
last night.
school Commissioners Glntzmayer, Dob
bins aud Scattergood. representing the
finance COMMITTEES OF the Board of Educa-
ton. appeared before the aldermanic COM
mittee for the purpose Of obtaining an un-
derstanding upon the insuring of schools
which was resurrected Ia October after the
fight Of three years ago over It. The re-
port Of the Sinking Fund Commissioners,
approved by the City Counsel, was re-
celved and approved, aud inasmuch as the
report suggested that the Board of Educd-
tion place all Insurance on schools after
January !, 1908. It was understood that on
that date all existing policies would be
cancelled and new policies obtained. This
VIII be done, 1t is said, with an eve TO cut
ting down the expense of the insurance,
Mhich rs practicable when Il number of pol
icies are placed with one company.
1t WAS agreed that The chairman of the
Common Council finance committee
should place Insurance on all buildings
where the policies expire previous tC
January T.. Policies on several schools have
already expired and 'tbinders'' or fifteen
day extensions obtained, and most of tn,
Insurance now In force will be renewed
prior to the first OF the year.
This ends what was at one time a long
contested struggle for the right to placl
insurance on school buildings between thu
Council and the School Board and return,
10 the Board OF Education the prerogativ,
It formerly possessed.