Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1908-09-17

hnOWS Tile Gi6ttlOu Was MOI legal.
Mayor was compelled to call order,
as everyone wanted to tell why they
are not legal.
Shines. 81 do not see where they
are not legal, the question seems to be
whether or not the election was legal.
Bordman Downing then took the
floor and says, Il read the decision OF
Grey and if I am correct it cost $500
and he says unfortunately you have
gone illegally
Mayor asked the Clerk to read it
but the Clerk had left it home.
Downing want to say again
that you did hold the election illegally,
but Grey stated that he was sorry
by having both the water and gas to-
gether, as they won't mix, one makes
the other Illegal. He says it was I'M
fortunate, but he thought the courts
could sustain it, but he was sorry"
Mayor: Now, as Mr.. Shines has
informed you, the two were together,
but we decided TO give up the water
question because it would make our
taxes come too high, and we ignored
the water question and the legality Of
the bonds
Downing: Now another certiorari
is needed AS you have no deed for
the lot, have given contract and
partly built a gas plant on some one
else's property, and you are selling
bonds You certainly have no right to
float lot of bonds on the market
with no provisions made for their pay
ment, not even the interest on them
which is now due in some cases-you
have no right to put out one bond UNI
til this is settled. You have no right
going into court to prevent you from
continuing on this illegal way"
Mayor: Now, if anyone else has
anything to say we would be pleased
to hear them. as we want no old sores
after tonight"
Cox Mayor, if anyone can say
that these bonds are legal I would
like to hear them"
Mayor: you allow me to tell
them the real reason that we cannot
sell the bonds?"
Cox:-.Yes, go ahead"
Mayor:-"When we first issued
these bonds we advertised them in
New York and Chicago and some
brokers wrote here for information al
to the legality of the bonds, and man
who is in this room at this very mo-
ment wrote and told him the bonds
were illegal, and I can name that man,
do you want me to do it, shall name
him?"
Everybody said yes in the same
voice, and looked back of the door
for the man and the Mayor declined
to name him.
Mr.. Cox Name him, go on and
name him, you dare not do it for he
is the man who is keeping us out OF
trouble. Now, Mayor, if John Brown
should sit down there and write out
bond at 6 per. cent. it would be taken
before morning and here is this Dor
ough that does not owe a cent, and
cannot raise thirty-five thousand at
five per cent; in my mind it is ridicu-
lous'
Mayor: Anyone else?''
Cox: Have you written opinion
from Mr. Avis as to these bonds, Il
you have produce it,"
Mayor: IF we have, we have mis-
laid it,"
Downing: Now, Mayor, l unfor-
tunately have been here night after
night and l heard you say the deed
was all right | would like to see that
deed. 1 will say l believe Philadel-
pbia never had such bunco deed.
and / heard you say it was all right;
YOU had searched and it was all right.
Mr.. Cox:-'.S Shines you promised to
let us see that old deed, now produce
it,
stines:-sMayor, you haven't got
that old deed with you, have you? No,
/ thought not. Mr.. Cox the Mayor
hasn't got it with him."
Mr.. Cox:-SI am sorry. | never saw
bogus deed. and would like to have
seen one"
i Mr.. Brown: -''Now, Mayor, had
made up my mind not to talk to you
/ in the room with a reporter at hand,
as he puts everything I say in the
Democrat"
Jester .-"Then put him OUT
Stines:-'sYes, get him out-he is a
sticker.'
+. Brown gave a history of the gas
plant from its infancy, and called at
tention to several meetings that were
never entered on the Clerks minutes,
and finished up by saying that this IS
one of the worst mlx-ups tnal eVei
was. but he hoped the people would
not censure the Council as they had
not built a gas plant before and did
not of course know how to do 1t. he
said, 81 do not see how you can get out
of this deed you took from man who
does not own the property. This KIND
of business must stop, as now your
( credit is gone; the County Clerk Will
not trust you for a search; now you
have made this mistake and the PEG
pie won't censure you if you start
fresh and go straight. Oh, the Mayor
says the bonds will be sold in two or
three days-yes 1 have heard that be-
fore"
stines:-'I regards to the ground
that the gas plant is on believe there
can be gotten legal deed for TINS
property in time l have been IN
4 formed by two lawyers that the Donds
are legal"
M Cox. -ssyVha+ two LAWYERS 2"