Gloucester County Democrat., 1908-04-09

The Mayors reply was yes. At this
Shines said be had been informed that
Moses had subleted the building to some
one and wanted TO know who it was The
Mayor stated il was himself who is the
sub-contractor for some parts OF the gas
plant, and he built the building that bad
commenced to tumble down before the
roof was on.
Shines wanted to know what had become
Of the bonds; the Mayors reply was they
are in she hands Of the printer, and the bill
is $l00 for printing them.
Through instructions from Mayor Adam
son, Senator J. B. Avis presented bill in
the Legislature legalizing loan of SIS, 900
above she amount voted for water works,
This matter was brought up before
Council and they positively, one and all, re-
fused to have anything to do with it and
asked the mayor why he took this on his
shoulders His answer was, he could not
say.
Councilman Young declared himself and
wanted the Mayor to understand that be
was for right and intended to remain so
from now on-and ever more.
Mr.. Trainer stated that he was opposed to
the purchase Of the water works as il would
/ cost too much.
DCDCuQct WdutS tuc a4NAsC III bHC sJUllCI-j
tor in writing, as he is tired Ut having here
say reports.
Councilman STILES wanted to know If the
| figures presented for the water works was
itimized and was informed that the price is
what has been settled on by the committees
in charge
Councilman Trainer then wanted to know
who had the Borough seal and was informed
that it is in the Mayors Office setting on
the table as a paper weight. He then
asked the Clerk ii he, himself, had placed
that seal on any bonds of late, answer yes
At this Councilman Jester moved that
when we adjourn we meet at the call OF the
| Mayor, but no one seconded it, as the coun-
cllmen were only getting warmed up, as
there has been rumored about improvement
| bonds.
Councilman Slime said that he had called
on the Solicitor and been informed that the
certiorari proceedings growing out CT the
| special water-gas election would come mp
for hearing the last Of May, as it was laid
over few weeks ago. and any move made
by this Council would be unlawful until
this proceedings is settled, and all contracts
are unlawful that haye been made with the
Gas and Water Company toward the pur-
the Mayor if the contractor had been paid
SIS, 800 in improvement bonds The reply
was that he was only holding these bonds
as security for his money and was to return
them when he was paid. Is later developed
that Charles Hannold had one of these
bonds in his possession and he had paid
Mayor Adamson the money for il, and as no
report had been made by theCollector there
was nothing to show where the money
went to-
Councilmen Stines wanted to know il the
Mayer could not buy the water works and
gas plants in fact anything on improve
ment bonds, but the Mayor seemed 80 have
enough improvement bonds for one night.
Mr. Stines was appointed a committee Of
one to get petitions signed by property
holders to have she county stone our streets
and let us pay 10 per cent. Of the cost, then
we will have belt line along river front.
Conneiimen Stines wants to see Delaware
| stfeet repaired, but not with coal ashes.
/ EouncIlman Shines gave lecture to the
! A elass on arithmetic and tried to show his
| scholars that il was we'll to let the water
works alone for 8 years as the Borough
would only be paying per cent. to the
Water Company for the money invested in
stead of paying 5 per cent to some one else,
bu5 when your correspondent left he was
still at is with no one ready TO go up head.
/ As it was given out in last weeks DEMO-
Graf that the 4 class would be heard,
many OF our prominent citizens filled the
Council chamber during this interesting
session.