The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1908-08-04
QUORUM
PUSHES THROUGH
ROUTINE MATTERS
tfot Weather Keeps Six Mem
bers Away, Including All
from Second Ward.
JULY WAS BAD MONTH
FOR STRAY ORANGE DOGS
P0undmaster Killed i6l--0rdi.
nance introduced to Ii.
cense NewsbOys.

There was barely a quorum of mem
bers at last nights meeting of the Or
ange Common Council, only nine of
the fifteen men answering roll-call.
President Coleman F.. Nissan n his
colleagues from the Second Ward all
were away, and the ware had no rep
resentation. Councilman John C. Fine
ran did the honors as presiding officer
on motion of Majority Leader Joseph
A. Birkholz.
If an ordinance presented by Coun-
Gilman Charles w. Romine, head of
the police committee, passes, newsboys
Will be licensed hereafter at fifty cents
a year., and the lads between 8 n IA
years of g must stay off the streets
during public school hours. The lads
are to wear metal badges and So penal
ties are provided for violations of any
provisions of the measure. 1t will come
up next month for second reading.
Rule IA of the Council was changed
to provide in future that any five
members can be placed on the sub
committees. Formerly one mar from
each ward a specified, but as there
are two Democrats from the Fourth
Ward n no Republicans the minority
would be given additional power were
they named to fill the vacancies caused
by Councilman s. J. Shaw's recent re-
tirement. Mr.. Shaw came from the
Fourth Ward and was a Republican.
Killed 1863 Dogs in July.
According to the dog-catcher's re-
port, July was d bad month for ca
mines, as Isl ANIMAL were impounded
and all but II redeemed beasts were
killed. The police during the month
arrested 81 persons and $780, 10 was col
lected in fines and costs. The Fire
Commission reported expenditures for
July of 25,07S.22 for salaries and
81, 404.54 for repairs to apparatus. The
Fidelity Trust Company asked hat a
sidewalk assessment upon property
bought by Claude b. Fuller in Berkeley
venue be Cancelled, as Tax Collector
Frank G. Coughtry's predecessor ound
no record of the lien against the prop
erty, and on the strength of his a
clear title was given. The request
went to the assessment committee.
A request from the health board to
have the cost branch of the Railway
river cleaned was referred to the sewer
committee Residents of Berkeley ave-
nue complained that the roadway had
not been resurfaced in three years at
least and was in bad shape. The
street committee will look after the
Fourth Ward ~thoroughfare. Residents
of Waverly place complain that the
NNafar nipo In th1t ctroGt oiXoc nnp,
service, especially on wash days, and
asked that a bigger pipe and a fire
hydrsnt be placed there. The water
committee was given power in the
premises.
Oblige the Contractors.
The finance committee has not had a
chance to go over the bills totaling ST.
for the Forest street f1re-house,
and to get the money to contractors
without waiting a month longer the
payment of the money was authorized
subject to approval of the bills of con-
by the committee. The city
will pay $24.92 for the Forest street
playground as take to West Orange.
The cost of paving and repaving Essex
venue, from Park venue to White
street, was $3.50 IS; resetting curb, $243,
and tagging and reflagging, $26S.40. The
commissioner of assessment will fix the
cost on the several properties on the
street on August 81.
An ordinance passed on first reading
provides for tagging the south side of
White street from Ridge street to the
West Orange line. The contracts for
the poor and aims department supplies
for the year were given out as follows:
Groceries, c. NJ. Decker & Brother;
bread, Columbia bakery; meats. A.
Varndell & Co. City Clerk Gano was
directed to advertise for bids for a
storm sewer in Jefferson street from
Main street to Madison street. A one
story coal shed of brick with weighing
scales is to be erected at the Chestnut
street water pumping station. n bids
for these were also advertised for.
Bids for improving Munroe street,
Elliott place and fremont avenue, from
Berkeley avenue to the East Orange
line. were referred to the street commit
tee. The township of Millburn was
given permission to lower the Orange
water main across Glen avenue. Mill
burn, 10 indemnify Orange against
damage. A telephone was ordered
placed In the house of Engineer Henry
Berg. who Is head of the Chestnut
street pumping station. the water de-
partment to stand the expense.