The sun., 1908-08-13
A TOWN that NEEDS A LIFT
WHO'LL HELP WEST NEW YORK
OUT OF ITS POVERTY

Troubled alton Coming
II you have O nickel or even q dime In
your portemonnaie or your pocket this
morning that you can separate yourself
from without too much agony put 1t In a
little envelope and address It to "The Hon.
Ord Darling, Mayor Of West New York.
n j." Or II you happen to have any little
thing around the house that New Jersey
policeman could use or that would come
in handy for school teacher In hard luck
send it right along TO West New York In
care of his Honor the Mayor.
Understanding that you care to 20
the limit-will neither make you nor break
YOU nor set you up In business but IL will
help alleviate the mental suffering that
Mayor Darling Is enduring these days as
the boss Of town which while not exactly
broke is pretty badly bent. II West New
York through Ord Darling can cadge
enough dimes from philanthropio persons
who may hate TO see q fine young town
which has great future both before and
behind 1t 30 badly stuck for cash that II
has to stand o.. its principal hay and feed
merchant for oats enough to supply the fire
horses it may be able to stall along until
the West Shore railroad sends a check
for taxes.
OF course 1t all depends on how you feel
about it, but West New York is certainly
in the bread line through no fault Of its
own really. And here is the annual picnic
OF the Ord Darling Association to be pulled
of next Monday at Donnollys Grovel
Unless Mayor Ord gets help from some
place pretty swiftly the picnic OF the Oar
hngs is going to be gloomy, downright
depressing, and that sort OF thing doesn't
holp man IN politics. Ord and his brother
o, j.. the towns civil engineer and Billy
Bauer owner OF Billy Bauer's cafe at Bergen
line avenue and Seventeenth street. and
Fred sorg and Rudifer b. seible and all
the rest OF the boys who have the towns
welfare at heart were in Billy Bauers
mize.
~ III .-,.,o A.
net al nave oIlnk, saio y. d. the
c'vii engineer ana whatii the young man
Well. Bill Bauer set Just three bottles
Of beer on the bar for six persons 40 that
y. w ~ s'o .'1l 10 ~. - p .,ul .Hn' ua'
TWO patiio's couio sph. po'tle' 'herepy
9avng the pr1ce OF whole bottle. All OF
yS,o have the interests of their town really
", haar,
u hear~
fresentiy the mayor, occasionally
prompted by o. j. or Billy Bauer. explained
10 the visitor who was there to ACQUIRE in
formation vhv West New york is ,o sbv
~ y
oi money tna' inc scnooi 'eacne,s haVeht
been PAID Tor goodnees knows now long,
and why the. the eighteen s police policemen n,, haven't
self n k;ndbearted nub,,can vas so much
~ " - s
moved oy tne taie tnat ne removed q Few
shingles from the roof to hearten up the
last November West New York decided
:. n,,,.. W.. a rs,v .,hooIho ors. a.,
~ nu0s 80 Nv" so"ooouso' 81 ~, MISSY
new echooihouse Win all modern I'M
provements, including janitor. SO the
Board Of Education, which is a self-act ing
hody odta indenendent of ths town
oouyy,,;, thad sios m wortb ~ edmca t;onaI
honds anrTayed IN ooid iettering WITH n
feH f3onrishes of rad 10 add Sayeev to the
securities. Then It sold the bonds to a bond
frm ~ Cieveland Ohio
Most neonie who seli honda like In orab
the cash With the left hand WhiIe thew are
handinc over the naners with the rioht
but the West New York Board of Educa,
ton wasn't moved NV auch sortid irnnuisea
Tba a CiavaanS % bond dealer took The sennr;.
ties. promisine to deliver the money in
sa5 oo6 inatalmenfs a. the nav aoRool-
house went up. When the State Board OF
Education got after the local board and
wanted TO know peremptoriIy why it didn't
get ali the bond proceeds At once and in
a mmp the local hoard went after the
Cleveland bond man. hut there WAS nothing
doing. The bond dealer eaid he would
abide bv his contract IN West New York
sbided by its Agreement. In to date
the town hasn,t rot a dollar 10 sh6w for
the bonds. thoueR IL has tried to make
trouble for the Bond dealer without much
snooess.
The result Of this altr,,sm-or whatever
4 wasEon the mart Of the School Board
nut the town in n deem hole. There was
no cash to build the sohoolbouse with:
bankers and bond brokers wouldn't lend
West New YORK anv more money while IL
was tangled nm with the Cleveland concern.
and 10 make thin gs worse the To.-n Treas.
urer naid some bills out of the sacred i'm
nroyement fund and was informed promptly
that he would have to SQUARE up the i'm
proyement fund with cash from ali the
rest Of the funds that he had on hand.
Therefore the improyement SInd waxed
fat hut the other f,,nds went lean indeed.
There's going to be an Investigation Of
the towns financial Affairs NV authorizatjon
maybe thereIl be something for the Grand