Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1909-01-28
pAULSBORO COUNCIL.

S01 dIQ .lOAuCili4tA 0tldCS, ot1ASc,
Jester, Lodge and Doolittle present.
After the minutes had been approved,
Mayor AdamsOn, under the head OF
new business, again appointed DR..
VIM H. Pounds to fill the Office of
Councilman, subject to the confirma-
ton of Council
Doolittle: Mayor, think you have
made a mistake, as you placed the
name of Albert L. Brown before this
Council and it was laid over until this
meeting night; now we have got TO
take him up again.
Mayor: Since making that appoint
ment ! have been consulted by var
ious citizens and on their solicitation
| have decided it would be unwise to
mention him SO | will appoint DR..
Pounds.
Doolittle: | think since we had it
placed on the table we will have to
take it up and vote on it.,
Mayor: Oh, no; leave it on the
table, you voted to place it on the
table.
Lodge: Is not this contrary to
law?
Stiles: | move he be confirmed.
Jester: I second it.
Mayor: Clerk, take the vote.
Aye-Jester, Stiles, Doolittle,Stine
NO-LOdge.
Mayor: 1 declare DR.. VIM. H.
Pounds appointed, and ask j. Paul
Miller to go and bring DR.. Pounds te-
fore Council and while we are get
ting the doctor we will take up the
bills which were ordered paid.
Samuel Cole, police duty $1,000
Chas. NJ Civilians, printing. ~ 90
Jester: What are these bills of the
railroad | see, there is storage here
on these bills, how is this?
Mayor: The borough had no place
to put them so I had them left there
and that is the storage bill.
Doolittle: Do l understand that the
railroad company has received their
money?
Mayor: No,they have not, they were
released on my credit. You see the
borough has no credit, and / have, SO
if they want credit they will have to
write and ask for it as | did.
Jester: How much on the bills?
Clerk: One for $1.59 and one for
$3.71
Jester: | move they be paid.
Lodge: / move that these bills be
laid over.
Lodge: The reason am asking
these bills to be laid over is, we have
that very QUESTION before our Solicitor.
If these. lamps are to be paid for by
Moses, he will have to pay the freight.
Doolittle. 1t seems to me if we pay
these bills it may place US in a differ
ent light, as we do not know whether
we owe this money or not.
Mayor: It is a question of sreuit,
now if you do not | will have to, as
they were released on my credit.
Lodge: Well, Mr.. Mayor, if yon pay
it we can take up a camp-town and
reimburse you, and this will lot pu.
the borough in a bad light.
Shines: If | understand it, you paid
some freight bills before amounting
to several dollars and you was re-iT-
bursed; now why not do the same
thing now, and then you can he re-
imburseed again if want it. Carried.
Dr. Pounds having arrived, was in
formed by the Mayor that he had
been elected as member of Council,
and asked if he was ready to take his
seat The doctor said he was and the
Mayor took from his inside pocket the
proper credentials, all filled out with
the doctors name, and dated nicely.
After swearing him in, he presented
him with chair at his right hand.
Doolittle: | move that the Clerk be
instructed to rent box in the vault
of the bank, to keep valuable papers.
Carried
Lodge: The sinking commission of
the gas fund should file a bond.
DR.. Pounds: AS member of that
body, | would just say we handle no
money before December list, there is
plenty of time yet.
The coal bids we're then opened as
follows: w. P. McTurk & Co., E1ehigh,
per ton, 1910, freight, $1.90.
Gill M. Hannold, $40, long ton;
Otto coke, $4.35.
Jesse H. Murray, 1920 and $3.75.
VIM. H. Flowers, Jr:, oil sac, cy-
Under oil, 80 to 37c., engine oil, 70
to Use.
The Mayor appointed Messrs. Shines
Lodge and Doolittle to examine lids.
Lodge: How about the price Of gas,
what will it cost the consumer?
Mayor: That is hard to tell; / will
appoint a committee to set the price.
Lodge, Shines and Powers were nam
ed.
On motion of Mr. Doolittle, the
Clerk was instructed to get an order
blank for gas supplies.
Lodge: What about meters and
pipe?
Mayor: On the question of pufchas-
ing pipe and meters, | will appoint
Doolittle. Jester and Stiles.
Shines You gave Moses the con-
tract for putting in the pipe and max
ing the taps.
Lodge: That's the first knew of
any such doings, when was it, before
the gas plant was built, or lately?
Mayor: Oh, yes, we contracted it
by the foot.
Doolittle: How long does Moses
contract last / understood that the
superintendent was to make these
taps, and do all the work.
Lodge: Do ! understand that Moses
is to have this at another extra cost.
Mayor: Yes.