The star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1908-1909, 1909-02-06
DOLAN HELPS IN
REELECT|NG ROSS
AND GUENTHER
City Treasurer and Receiver of
Taxes Are Again Given
$500 PIums.
BACKSLlDING DEMOCRATS
ARRAlGNED- IN BALLOTS
Dubbed Carey DoIan" and 81
Want-a-Job Dolans- Routine
Council Business.

Taking advantage of the backsliding
of Alderman Dolan, of the Twelfth
ward. from the Democratic ranks. tho
Republican Common Council last night
reelected Albert T. Guenther city
treasurer and Robert L. Ross receiver
of taxes, each for term of three years,
dating from January 1, 1909. at a salary
of s3,500 per year.
Severe, but anonymous structures on
Dolan We're found among the ballots
cast by the Councilmen for each office
In the vote for city treasurer there
were twenty-four for Gunther, six
blank and one marked for Carey
Dolan, In the vote for collector of
taxes there were twenty-three ballots
for Ross six blank. one for Carey
Dolan' and one for "Iwant-a- job
DoIan..
The result of each vote was an
nounced by Clerk John Schweickhardt
in a loud voice. and the cheering seemed
to. be more in derision of Dolan than in
applause for the chosen men. s
Speculation was rife about the. City
Hail. latter the meeting. as to who cast
the, ballots that elecosd the, two Re-
The solid Republican wing
of, sixteen votes was conceded to Chen
ther~ While it was said there was
single DETECTION from Ross in this side
of the house. 1t was rumored that in
addition to- the Republicans those Dem
ocrats who have been following. Alder
man Sinnott's standard were voting
for the appointments. They are: Sin
mott, Dolan. Smith. Fischer, Harring-
ton, Gaffncy and Bray. 1t was said
that they had agreed to stick togethsi.
on this. before entering the Council
chamber. Dolan sat on the. Republican
side. as
$4,000 for Sewer.
:. The request of the Board of Works
that the Common Council appropriate
$4,000 for the Passaic Valley Sewerage
Commission for the purpose. of giving
that body stfficient funds to carry OH
their ipyestiga ti2n of the work of at
tacliing the city system to the proposed
trunk sewer was referred to the finance,
committee. Tic communication was
first read by the finance committee at
their meeting on Wednesday night, and
at that time 1t was decided that the
Council should hear Of it before the
committee took action The request of
The Board IF Works that the. Council
issue 100000 of bonds for the purchase
Of additional watershed property was
also referred to the same committee.
Appropriations for paying interest on
city bonds We're made amounting TO
s5e.00o. This is routine transfer that
is made in anticipation Of taxes. The
sum CT $1,000 was transferred to the
centennial account for the pnr-
pose OF properly celebrating the one
nundredth anniversary of the emanci-
pator's BIRTH
The building committee offered a
authorizing the raaing of
brick building at the corner of William
md Piano streets on the land orig
nally purchased for a fire 1icadquer-
.erS site. It was adopted. The land
will be used for a playground Alder
nan Sirrott then asked Chairman
Seeker. of the committee, il he could
ell when the new City Hall annex
would be completed and turned over to
he committee The chairman said he
'ould not tell. but thought probably in
,bout six weeks. II was then sug
rested that the voting machines, which
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