Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1909-12-11
MAYOR SOOY SAYS EVERY
BODY SHOULD READ THE PRESS

This month will be busy one for the
Borounh's Coumcilmen tle assessor, the
clerk and tax collector, for it is the
grand winding up of all business in the
several departments.
The Councilmcn held their regular
session on Monday evening, and VIII
sit again ON December 20th, to clear up
the calendar and receive the Water
Company's report regarding the street
work done by the force Of men At work
lowering service pipes, etc.
Following the portion of the session
set aside for Water Company vs.. Bor-
ounh troubles. number OF bills were
taken up and passed upon.
A pctition was read by Clerk Andrews
from lawyer 5. Cameron Hinkle, in
which the latter prayed that his client,
Capt. George Bartlett. be relieved of the
liens resting upon several lots he has
purchased from Jesse l.. Risley and
others. Authority was given tax col
lector Adams to comply with the con
tents of the petition.
Councilman Harry Conover was in Il
most caustic mood. lie began on tour
of Shore Road, but the particular sec
tion to interest him was III the neigh
borhood where contractor Reilley is en-
ploying laborers to eNcavatc IN advance
of curbing delinquent property owners
sidewalks. Mr.. Conovcr took exception
to Mr. Reillcy's manner OF tearing things
up so far in advance of setting the curb>
and then directed his remarks to the
absence of red ligths at night on and
near the work. but he was silent when
Mr. Reilley's representative stated thar
it is impossible to keep up the supply
OF lanterns i'll proportion to the demands
made by dishonest persons. The warn
ing lamps on this Job as well as OF
every other one for several years are
simply stolen. much to the annoyance
OF contractors. who are without protcc-
ton or redress. therefore. Mr.. Conover>
failure to offer solution.
In shooting around this curve, MIR
Conover bumped into Borough engineer
Clark's jurisdiction; or. to be correct
the latter's absence of range of power
In the opinion of the councilman Mr.
Clark should see that the red lights are
placed. There may be others of the
SAINT Ullltu dS III. NOuONtI- Dul INV
should remember that civil engineers
time is valuable. more so than that Of
men fully competent to act as constant
inspectors of contractor RcillcN's work.
Mr.. Clark i'll the beginning informed the
Mayor and Councimem OF this fact and
he advised the employment of such Il
person. for if he were to devote more
time to inspecting the Shore Road job
be would naturally render bills Of good
proportions. which would occasion
another form of criticism.
AIr. Conqvcr flung another complaint.
lie said that some property owners
were tardly notified to have their side
walks curbed. Mr.. Clark retortcd that
he had caused a notice to he inserted in
a most conspicuous space in The Weekly
Press. which conveyed the Importance Of
immediate compliance with the curb ord
nance. 1t was here that Mr.. Conovcr
entirely overstepped the bounds of pro
priety. He replied to Mr. Clark's eX-
PLANTATION thus: We'll it amt every
body that takes this good paper down
here. and some of them didn't see your
notice
Now, Mr.. Conover has always been
held III high esteem by The Press and
this outbreak is unaccoumtable. At any
rate. his explosion Of something pent up
brought from Mayor !Sooy Il most Chart
able remark and one quite in keeping
with cool well balanced conservative
brain they don't take The Press
they ought to, especially so for the last
two or three years"
Councilman Samuel Price brought to
his colleagues attention the Importance
of taking action regarding the removal
of the old maple shade trees in front Of
the Lake homestead. Some time ago en-
gnecr Clark was Informed by Solicitor
IIigbee that the Borough has the right
to tear the trees from the ground, but
for the sake of peace the solicitor ad-
vised softer measures. Members Of the
Lake family who are interested in the
old property. are not at all harmonious
about the removal Of the shade trees.
Mr. Ezra A. Lake was present to cor