The evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1907-1908, 1907-08-20
RECORDS CONFUSED
COMPLAINTS TO SOUTH Or
ANGE VILLAGE TRUSTEES.
System of Indexing Real Estate Trans
fers at Fault-Method of House
Numbering.

Confusion over the records Of the prop
erfy transfers and house numbers IN South
Orange Village can be expected at any
time. according to Tax Collector Joseph
Arnold and Village Assessor Frank zen
ner. who presented communications COM
planning of the condition Of the records 20
the Villnae Board of Trustees ut a meeting
Fast night.
a tsr. Arnold said that there was no record
pc he house numbers and that the card
the OF real estate transfers was not
q tito date. Upon his request, there
zf e System was taken out of the
II Engineer Edmund Il. Halsey and
over to Assessor Fenner.
house numbering system was stolen
yithe Village Hall about eight years
Rand since then the work Of numbering
es has been anything but perfect.
Haoist as the members of the board were
daking Of the manner in which the map
bx,ad index book were taken from the Viii
: age Hall and never afterward seen, Mr..
Halsey interiected that the map had been
found and WIS in the possession of Viii
lage Clerk M. A. Fltzsimmons. But the
book is still missing. A new index will
be prepared from the map.
The pay OF the village Rremen will be
scheduled according to their years Of serv-
Ice, beginning September !. They will re-
ceive for tire first year $50; second year,
$50: third year. $65: fourth year. $40, and
the fifth year, S75. Under this scale OF
years Charles Searles will receive 500;
William Kane, $40; William Colgan, $50,
and Frederick Helmlinger, $50. Fireman
Charles Senrles will receive 81 extra be-
cause OF his maintaining the fire alarm
system in good working order. This will
make his salary Mt $77, which Is well de-
served. When n practical electrician was
doing the same work for the village 1t
cost SIS per month. Searles has picked up
the method of the work to be done In
keeping the system In repair ana does 1t
to the satisfaction of the Village Board.
On motion of Mr.. Rodman votes OF
thanks were extended to the Newark and
Orange fire departments for their assist,
ance at the big fire, Wednesday night. aud
also to Frederick Audrey for sending an
ambulance TO the scene.
The matter of poor water pressure at the
fire was talked of with Fire Chief Harry
J. Becker and an official Of the water com
pany before the meeting. but Just what
was done did not appear. Police Justice
J. Martin Roll and William A. Reeve did
not present the petition asking for Il stand
pipe or n steam fire engine but are getting
numerous signatures to the paper and viii
present It to the village officials at their
next meeting. which will be held III sep
TENDER.
A protest was received from DR.. Will
lam J. Chandler against the cement side
walks being laid In South Orange avenue.
DIR. Chandler believes the bluestone walks
III iRAN VI hhN HAtRtA' - 600t
Tax Collector Arnold that
the drinking fountain in South Orange ave-
nue.. opposite Scotland road, be done away
with and a new one placed at Sloan street,
near the Lackawanna Railroad station.
Former Village President Robert s. Sin
clair In n letter stated that the board had
not exactcd a penalty from Donate Fusco
for falling to conclude his contract for the
Scotland road work on last December l..
Mr.. Wallace, chairman of the street COM
mittee, said the contractor was handi-
capped by lack of materlai,
Albert G.. Borden. of Vose avenue. re-
auested the board to look into the fares
charged to New York from South Orange
on the Lackawanna Railroad. He stated
that 1t was possible to buy an excursion
ticket to Orange from South Orange for
fifteen cents and from Orange to New
York for forty eents. making the fare
ffty-five cents, although sixty cents is
charged for a regular excursion ticket
from South Orange to New York. 1t was
referred to the finance committee.
The president ana clerk were directed to
Joint Trunk Sewer Commission for the
villages share of maintenance. After a
personal inspection of the South Orange
sewer system, Superintendent James e.
Allen reported 1t to be in good running
order.
To enable Antonio Crosse to build a new
saloon on the George Wolf property oppo-
and Trust streets, a transfer of license
was granted hin from 25 Valley street, the
Masl building, to % Valley street. Three
trustees voted, the others being absent.
The Board put the license transfer through
last night because il depended upon it's
action as to whether Crosse should build
or not.