Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-05-27
PAULSBOR0 BOR0. COUNCIL.
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trying to have these streets put in
shape and each year it has been put
Off, now the people want the streets
repaired.
Shines; Then, Mayor, you really are
afraid to put 1t to the vote of the peo-
pie. You are afraid they would vote
it down.
Mayor: Oh, I don't know
Shines: believe you are afraid to
hold the election ami find out.
Mayor: / want Chestnut street re-
paired, because every one coming to
this place comes up Chestnut street
to that alley, and then are disappoint-
ed, and | want that alley cut through
to Broad street No, not to Wood St.,
only Broad st.
Shines: I certainly like to hear you
speak SO nice, Mr.. Mayor. In the
first place, could we raise the money
to pay Cox Bros. for their buildings
and re-emburse them for their land
You know you could not Just say,
go ahead Bill, tear down that build
ing, move that stone building over,
cellar and all" You would find that
Cox Bros. would quickly apply through
lawyer Holmes or Rogers, or some
other attorney, for an injunction to
have you stop, and then law you till
dooms day. Why, even Folly would
not give you any rest in those darn
papers, and in the end the people
would pay for it, just as they did
with the water company suit. At our
last meeting even Boyd Avis got fifty
for going to Trenton a couple of times
and maybe was going up anyway. Now
Mr.. Mayor, remember when you touch
a mans pocket book, you touch his
heart.
Mayor: Oh, no such thing, Cox Bros.
would just say, go ahead" they are
in for improving the borough.
Shines: Yes, but on some one else's
property.
Mayor: Oh, Clerk, go on call the
roll.
Jester: Mr. Mayor, may I hear that
ordinance read again. You know l
came in a little late.
Mayor: Ye S, Clerk, read it.
Jester: Now, Mayor, hardly know
what this kind of pavement is, what
is it called, and what is it, anyway?
Mayor: Why, it is 6-inches of small
stone put in edgewise.
Jester: l guess it will be a good
thing to have, go ahead, am willing
to risk it on Delaware street, but not
Chestnut street, at this time, as I am
not in favor of doing it at this time.
Mayor: Now, we have to give man
enough to do to get him to come here,
and for one am going to make my
promise good.
Dr. Pounds: I. will make an amend
ment which was lost, then the Clerk
took the vote on the original motion.
Stiles voted yes; Shines, Pounds,
Lodge and Jester voted no.
Mayor: | declare it lost, now for
new business.
Lodge: Mr.. Mayor, can | make sug
gestion?
Mayor: Yes.
Lodge: We put off this work, and
Delaware street should be done. /
money, and we need additional gas
money, why not have the proper COM
mittee hold special election and let
the people vote on it, say $500 for
gas; $4,000 for Delaware street; ST.
500 for Chestnut street, and $4,000 for
Monroe street. Let the people come
out and vote for one or all of them,
then if they vote to do it, get at it and
do it. We want the people to author
ize us to finish the gas plant / be-
'lieve it is the most feasible way to
raise this money and do the work.
Pounds: Do I understand that Mr..
Lodges remark is a motion?
Mayor: Oh, my, no.
Lodge: I only want the other Coun-
cilmen to think this over, that is all.
Mayor: Now let's have the bills, and
those who dug in the borough treas
ury were:
Flick Bros, pipe. ...........$ OIL
Vance & Co., locks. ......... 1926
Vance C Co., hasps. ...... 420
Thompson's express, hauling. $50
]. ]. Or fifth Co., meters. .374 40
E. G. Miller, 2 Yale locks. $780,. ESQ
F. D. Moses, making taps. 800. $40 AZ
w. H. Flowers, tel. and stamps. 1870
Samuel Cole, police duty. ..... 800
VIM. Mann Co., 2 order books. 1850
VIM. Rile, horse hire. ...-..,... 1000
Mayor: You heard the reading of
the bills, what is your pleasure?
Lodge: Oh, hold on Mayor, what is
the matter with you people, are you
going to order that batch of bills paid,
and see that not one of the Finance
committee have signed them, and may
be never saw them, for all | know.
Mayor: Oh, that is all right, some
body knows where they came from;
have you Finance committee looked
at these bills?
Jester: AS one of that committee,
did not sign them. because ! do not
11ndarsf and fhpp1 T did NOT Crdnr. tF q
goods, so know nothing about them.
| suppose the chairman looked at them
Here, did you examine them, Stiles !?
Stiles: No, have not looked at
them.
Mayor: Well you better both get
busy, here it is 8 o'clock and you fool
ing over them bills; pay them and
look over them tomorrow when you
have more time. Then the Finance
committee took recess of 80 seconds
and handed them to the Clerk.
Jester: Mr. Mayor, move they be
roaaivod on5 t,aid