The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-12-17

GOODBYE MEETING
PRESENT ORANGE COUNCIL
ENDS BUSINESS.
Perry and Davis Withdraw at End of
Year-Rap at the As
SCISSORS.

Several Interesting addresses we're made
Mt last lights meeting of the Orange.
common Council, which was the final
meeting of the body before the assemblase
meets on New Years Day to adjourn sine
die Councilman Davis was not satisned
with explanation offered ny Chairman
Coleman e. Nissan. of the finance COM
| mittee, who only offered a progress re-
port as to investigation of taxing assess
ment methods in the city. There was a
statement attributed to the city assessors
that did not seem to jibe with other state
ments made as to the assessments on prop
critics, and when no explanation was
youchsafed that was satisfactory Mr.
Davis recited the inequalities which his
ward, the Second. had suffered, and after
the -speech-making stopped the minority
leader offered and had passed a resolution
providing that the assessors hereafter
shall keep the assessments within the
spirit and letter of the law.
With fiattering compliments for the
members of the body whose term
wound up the business OF the year
aside from Il few committee meetings,
and will next assemble on January l TO go
through the closing exercises and step
aside for their successors, who take ofica
at the beginning of 1905. n remem-
brances of the good work accomplished nv
Majority Leader Edward ;. Perry. wno re-,
linquishes the difficult task OF bossing
the Council after twelve years and eight
months of faithful service. with rev
mistakes in the long career; the closing OF
the Aldermanic career of Thomas A. Davis,
the brilliant leader of the minority; the
ending of the political careers OF Council
men Daniel G.. Bury and Adolph Hoffman,,
heads of the fire and sewer commissions,
| respectively, all were referred to In a reso-
luton offered by Councilman Edward
Cheetham, the colleague of Mr.. Perry,
and happy speeches were made by all the
| recipients of fattering encomiums.
Mr.. Perry, for about the hrSf time IN
| his career, was clustered, and admitted his
ability to fight q man. but his weakness
when called upon to answer the warm
compliments offered himself and col.
| leagues. Mr.. Davis spoke at length OF
his happy associations of three years
standing, and pointed out the needs of the
/ future. Messrs. Bury and norman or
fered grateful and appreciative thanks.
Councilman Davis made a rather strong
finish. In addition to his ordinance ,orer..
ing $500 for the arrest and conviction or
ferred to the finance committee, he secured
the passage of a rebuke to the tax as
SCISSORS who lacked up the assessments on
properties in his bailiwick, and directed
them in future to keep the assessments
within the law. and introduced a resolu-
ton calling for a special meeting next
week to name a small school board OF
nine men to act in place OF the present
/ Udl III Nv 10
was smothered by the Councilmen after
exchanges of oratory.
A trolley employee, who declared his
ability to WELD a wrench in better fashion
han he could handle a. PEN told the
Council the Public Service Corporation
was downing expense and much rafting
of car gears was a result. He did moi
want to see the car attachments COLLAPSE
and dc damage to passengers and told the
Council to look out for the manner IN
which the cars were fixed up.
A resolution was passed-4ofStfe~ex
penditure of 1900 for. mRps. plans, 81
for the proposed new Passaic sewer,
tingent upon the appropriation of 81
each by Montclair, Bloomfield and GEs
Ridge. A eulogy on the death of fornle
Fire Chief Thomas Harrop was adopted.
Payments to members OF the Council for
their years salaries were voted. The
highest salary of my member, exclusive
of the water committee. the chairman OF
which gets $50 and each member $50, In
addition to the salaries for attendance al
meetings, was s64. for thirty.,two meetings
of the various departments will be paid
on the Monday before Christmas.