Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-01-16
The CITY FATHERS.

i present except MIR. Pancoast-
4 The minutes Of the annual meeting were
read and approved, after which communi-
casion ,fr6sa AR. A. S. Marshall, stating
that ii 0Q1fa not suit him to serve as a
membefzoi 6oard Of Trustees Of Dept
lord Inst sts4es o8as read. The resignation
was a.acsfsgd aud Mr. Pearson nominated
Mr.. ]. ToA-gsend Wiokersham for that
position, .aaa Sfr Kugler, by vote Of Coun-
Gil, was chess9 20 cast the unanimous vote
Of Council tori that gentleman
+ In commglnication sois.ifo' yrancis B.
Davis adviseh the ase=psasce i Mrs.
ETwelIs' deed i Of new stress; ttat = his
Fopinion Mayo Ladd IS bill for (; ;saiug sewer
notes and bonds was not a les ylaim
against the Ieity; asking conference with
the Sewer capmmittee Oh the johnson claim.
Mr.. CLARK Asaid he did not care what the
Solicitors S opinfen was, he wanted to know
what the law Was He felt the Mayor had
some law for haresenting bill, and he
wanted to know abe law. He then moved
that the Solicitor bak reqpested to quote the
law on which he baseSa bis opinion. So or
dered. The other sugeSasions Of the Solicit
tor were adopted. sx<gs
Mr. Burkett, of the Fi1sance committee,
presented the Appropriatihpg ordinance.
This ordinance named the sunr Of 81, 500
for streets. When Mr. Kufgler learned that
only about So, 400 was expended last year,
he moved that the sugx Of So. 500 be sub
ssituted The amegfdment was lost 20 s,
Messrs. coOnlbs, ugler and Clark voting
yes. The ordi9Sanee fixed $1,000 as the
sum for polices salaries, which, on motion
Of Mr.. Kugle3 was raised to $4,000, to pro-
vide for a th &rd policeman it one is deemed
necessary.
The Asse2 e2ssmens ordinance was then pass
ed as preset gnted by the committee.
Tie total Of appropriations was S3S 450.
The total assessments were -. 81, 200.
Mr.. Ma black, Of the Ordinance commit
tee, pTese1N ted an ordinance providing foi
4 Iappointme4hs of Supervisor of Streets and
Sewers. rhe rules were suspended and the
ordinances finally passed.
Mr.. Clad motion to increase the salary
of this ofaeSs to $40 per year was lost By
vote Of 4to4 He then moved to in
crease to $3.50, which was adopted by !
unanimous vot
/ Mr.. Pearson nasoved that the City Clerl
prepare an ordinak nee fixing the lines and
grade of Salem ava !. the City Surveyor tt
give that official ths data. Carried.
BILLS ! Alp.
Pbila Saving Fund sociNety, interest
on Water bonds due Fe4 1....... So A
Scott Smith ........-.. 4...... 2 q
IR D. Wood & CO. 81 7;
! J. Fl. Leppee e............3... = .. 81
The State Water Supply CommNission, in
communication, asked the city 70 fsarnisl
the Commission, every three months wNIitl
the amount of water used BY the city. The
Clerk was directed to furnish the informa-
tion requested,
The trustees of the First Bsptiss Church
requested an enlarged main to their church
so they may have power to run a water
motor for organ purposes. Referred to the
Water committee
On motion of Mr. Burkett, the CLERK
was instructed to report TO the Freeholders
the condition of the pipe across Dickerson
street, and ask them to replace il with one
large enough to carry off the water.
Thos Hutchinson, wiring battery
room -.s..........s..... 80 rs
A. Fl. Lock, carriage ............... 40
~ E Estell, vital statistics ........ Is 86
Mr.. Coombs reported that Mr.. Wick
complained TO him that Council had cut
his walk so that the water was undermine
ing his sidewalk on West Centre street..
Mr. Cattell explained how the work was
done, and asserted it was performed pur-
suant TO law. The matter was referred to.
the Street committee.
Public Service Cor city hall .... 6 l5
j Fl Leppee, sundries. ............ 3 IS
H Fl Thoman, repairs ...,...... | 90
JOS Batherwick- .....s...s-......-.. IL 50
4 The report of the Treasurer was received,
read, filed and ordered printed. The report
Of she Water Department. took she same
course. That of Bureau OF Sewers took
the same course. Report Of Deptford In
lstitute Trustees took the same course
Mayor Ladd presented a numerously
signed petition, praying Council to appoints
another, or third policeman, and recom-
mepded Sam'l Merchant. After portion
Of the names had been read, Mr.. Shivers
moved to refer the petition 30 the Street
committee for examination, as some might
i not be taxpayers The motion was amend
ed TO require q report this evening, and
] adopted
J, 4 communications was received from the