Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1909-12-08
LACKAWANNA soon
TO IMPROVE LINE
At BLOOMFIELD
Town Council Hears Plans Are
Drawn-"Pay.W Within Cars
.Scored-Other Matters.

Councilman Charles 7. Murray re-
ported to the Bloomfield Town Council
last night that the Lackawanna rail-
road engineers had presented new
plans for the proposed improvements
along the line in Bloomfield. which were
now in the hands of the consulting en-
gineers and architects, and that the
plans and maps would be submitted
to the council at an early date for con-
sideration. 1t IS said that although
the Lackawanna representatives will be
satisfactory to the authorities of the
town, it is believed that the latter and
the new plans will not prove quite
able to get together and remedy the
alleged defects SO that work on the
abolishing of the dangerous grade
crossings and the erection of new sta
lions may be commenced early in the
spring.
Councilman Unangst called the at
tention of the a and other menu
bers of the council to the use Of what
Is known as "pay within" cars on the
Orange and Passaic Valley line. Mr..
Unangst stated that the cars were a
menace to public safety, i%nasmuch as
they were provided with high gates
which penned the passengers in.
I'm case of a collision or a ca being
stalled upon @ railroad track the pas
sengers would be unable to make a
quick exit, and a loss Of life would
undoubtedly result" said he.
At the request Of the councilman
Attorney Kocher will look the question
and see what can be done under
the ordinance and terms of franchise.
The application for the transfer OF
the liquor license now in the name OF
Harry D. Mccain, at 552 Bloomfield
avenue, to Michael William Boyle was
brought up. The application was made
by p. Ballantine & Sons acting under
a power of attorney from Mccain.
The latter's signature did not appear
on the document. Town Attorney
Kocher rendered an opinion that the
application was Illegal, as it was not in
proper form, and he quoted from sec
ton 8 of the town liquor ordinance,
which provides that where it is sought
to transfer a license from n place to
another the application shall be in
writing, signed by the applicant, but
1t is sought to transfer a license
from one person to the other the appli-
cation shall be made by the transferee.
Mr.. Kocher said the application for
the transfer presented to the council
was for the transfer of a license from
one person to another n should,
therefore. be signed by the transferee,
whereas it is signed by the attorney
of the holder of the license. Mayor
Sutphen instructed Town Clerk Davis
to hand back to the applicant the de-
fective document. Mccain has re-
moved from Bloomfield.
Eighty-seven members of the volun-
teer fire department. of Bloomfield. who
attained a fire duty percentage of IS. as
required by q town ordinance, will be-
fore Christmas receive $12 each for
their services. The total amount to be
paid the nremen will be $1,044 as
against 81, 068 the year previous. The
council authorized the payment.
During the past month, according to
the report of Building Inspector George
NJ. Cadmus, permits were granted for
the erection of thirty-fve new build
ings and four alterations. the total cost.
of the same being s1S2,6 $50. The amount
collected in fees was S135.
The report of Police Chief Collins
showed that during November there
We're thirty-seven arrests and 1924 col
lected in fines.