Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-02-11
BOROUGH COUNCIL.


evening were read and approved. At
that meeting the contract was award
ed to Ex-Mayor Gill M. Hannold for
supplying the gas plant with coke at
$4.25 per ton and coal at $3.40. VIM.
H. Flowers, Jr., was awarded the con-
tract for gas oil at 81 cents per gal.
A motion was made to rent Cow
gilIs Hall, and the Mayor stated that
if Council would rent his hall he
would see that Esq Cowgirl did not
present any claim on the borough for
his hall, but Council did not see it in
that light, and returned to the Cow
gill.
Mayor Adamson offered the bor-
ough $4,000 for the gas plant and
had certified check for $4,000 which
he would put up as a forfeit. The
check was not accepted.
Mr.. Shines, of the Light committee,
reported that the price of gas had
been fixed at $1.25 per thousand.
Mr. Doolittle reported a price on
pipe from three different firms which
were received and ordered filed.
The Mayor appointed committees
as follows:
Finance, Doolittle; Highway Shines;
Public Property, Pounds; Vice and
immortality, Jester.
A communication from j. Boyd Avis
was read, in which he stated that it
was up to the borough to pay for the
lamps but did not give any decision
on the renting of the Mayors hall, but
promised to later.
A letter from Engineer Boardman
was read in which he stated that
Moses had more than done his part
as he even did not have to make the
connections to the posts, but he did
it. What a good man Moses is. He
certainly took pity on our councilmen
who gave a contract for 100 lamp
posts and left it to this good, noble
Moses to either leave them on the
gas works or laying in the streets.
Where was our engineer, another
noble man, who has worked hand in
hand with this great Moses, who did
things to suit himself, regardless of
his contract with this borough. Our
tank was to be double riveted, was it
not? the foundation was to be differ
ent, was it not? Certainly not and
in all our engineer, who got several
hundred dollars, says it is all right.
because it is only an oversight. Oh,
well! come back to Council meeting
again.
BILLS PAID.
Samuel Cole, police duty. ...$ 900
G. M. Civilians Clerk, printing. 7.50
w. G. Turner, Overseer of High
ways J.UU
Gill M. Hannold, coal. .......... 51.21
Freight bills were presented for
those nice $500 glass globes, that are
on those posts, that were put up
only by the courtesy of that noble
Moses, of Trenton.
Lodge: I move these bills be laid
over until next meeting night.
The reason | make that motion is
would like to see the Solicitor in
seems plain to me that we do not
with him first.
Mr.. Shines: These freight bills have
been paid by the Mayor, and he should
be reimbursed.
Mayor: l would like to say for the
benefit Of Council, l have ascertained
that Moses has not got anything to
do with these bills.
Mr.. Lodge: Mr.. Mayor, it is a mat
ter of opinion, yours and mine, we
differ great deal.
Mr.. Shines: I would like to say one
word. was up to see the Solicitor,
and I find that Moses did not have to
furnish the globes and even did not
have to put the lamp posts in, if he
did not want to; in fact, he has built
the gas plant and did not have to do
that unless he wanted to. Of course,
it was up to the engineer, he had it
in charge, because he was given full
power to act.
Mayor: Clerk, take vote on the
motion to pay those bills, or lay it
over. The R. Roo. is in no hurry,
Lost, and ordered laid over.
Bill of VIM. H. Flowers for oil, for
$276.15 was ordered paid.
Mr.. Doolittle: I would like to make
a statement, as | was only appointed
emergency buyer. I personally am
only acquainted with one item on that
Flowers bill, but hereafter will not
approve any such bills
Mr.. Lodge: saw the oil at the
station. 1t is marked for VIM H.
Flowers, Jr. How do we know it
belongs to US, how do we know it is
ours?
Mayor: Clerk take the vote. Car
ried.
Mr.. Doolittle: / have here a form
for coal and gasoline which is to be
signed by the superintendent, and
brought to me for my consideration.
l have instructed the superintendent
to come to me whenever he is in
need of supplies in a hurry.
Clerk: Mr.. Mayor, here is bill of
1906, of David w. Hickman & Son, for
$3.50 for cement walk of Isaac Van
nemann.
Mayor: I believe that bill was laid
over because it was side street that
was not ordered paved.
Mr.. Lodge: 1 move it. be laid over
Carried.
A communication from the West
Jersey & Seashore R. R. was received,