Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-09-03
Mr.. Biertuempfers Report.

final action on the entire municipal
lighting proposition.
MI. Biertuempfers Report.
The report submitted last night was
in part as follows:
At the last meeting of the Common Coun-
ell of the city of Newark the question was
raised by some member of this body that
there was not enough Information at hand
of the work done by the committee of
municipal lighting TO warrant going ahead
with this work and hire expert engineers
to make plans and specifications.
Therefore !, as a member of the mu-
nicipal lighting committee. feel ii my duty
to give a report In condensed form for the
benefit of those who are not familiar with
the work done in the past four years in
municipal lighting plant and the extension
thereof. | hope that it will meet. with
as much approval of this board as 1t has
made work for those who studied the prob
lem. its merits and practicabilitY.
There Is no regulation. In the city Of
Newark whereby rates of electric current
are governed, neither are there any testing
systems in use by the city department. in
charge whereby the city's interest is
guarded. IL it receives its candlepower or
not for the price paid for the many thous-
ands of arc and other lights which the
city uses.
Therefore no regulation exists. and there
is no competition, but one powerful COM
panY which may raise Its rates at will 20
unlimited prices for the time being. ! cor
slider this a very dangerous proposition to
our city from a financial standpoint and
hope that those who have the good and
welfare of this city at heart will agree
with me en- this question of ov%ercharge,
which has been going on for years: 1t has
robbed this city of more than what two
of those up-to-date plants would cost to
build. and l hope that you will not leave
this city at their mercy.
In 1907 the people expressed their desire
through a referendum vote, when by a
large majority the people voted in favor
of q municipal plant. and | cannot see
any reason why a small body of men
fhe nance committee) can claim that
they are not familiar enough as yet with
the work of the municipal lighting com
mittee. with all the facts and figures at
hand since. If the honorable finance com
truth of these facts and figures. | am
afraid that they. never Will be. as com
nittees usually change from year 70 year
| consider it a discourtesy TO refuse MS
the appropriation which is needed 70 go
ahead with our work and herewith l. hand
in my resignation as a member of THIS
committee. which | trust will be received
in the spirit In which ! tender 1t.
l.. sapiro, Cupid's Interpreter.
City Clerk Connolly reported that
after a very thorough and exacting eX-
animation for interpreter in the mar
riage license bureau, in which sixteen
candidates participated. it was found
that Isadore Sapiro had qualified with
a percentage of 921a in the various lam
uages used in the test and his APP
polntment, TO date from September Is,
was recommended. The Council voted
to adopt the clerks recommendation.
The salary was fixed at 81, 100 a year.
Sapiro's nearest rival received S212 per
cent.
Mi. Connolly also reported hat he
desired to withdraw his suspension of
C. Joseph burning, n of the clerks in
his department, and asked the Council
to reinstate the man in his former
position. The Council voted affirma-
lively in the matter, and through the
finance committee 1t went on record
that the reinstatement of Burning was
made possible only through the indul-
gence of Mr. Connolly and the willing
ness of the Council to sustain the heads
of departments in such matters.
Mayor Haussling returned a bill for
$95 which had been submitted "for talk
ing down summer curtains and ~valances
from Mayors room and storing same"
The Mayor said that inasmuch as the
curtains had originally cost only $3.50
the charge of $95 for merely taking
llltIu uONh ~ ClOIlHS liitIl SCtillCO
extraordinary, and he consequently re-
turned the bill The Council sustained
the Mayors veto.
100000 waterway improvements.
The Council voted in favor OF the
$780, 600 bond issue for watershed ex-
tension purposes and also 800. 600 for
the acquisition of additional property
in the proposed snip canal zone on the
meadows.
Ii was decided to exchange Cos feet
of property owned by the city on John
street. Bellevilie. for 544 feet of land
owned by the Greater Newark Home
Security Company on Columbus ave-
nue., in the same town.
The Council also ratified the action
of the police committee in awarding
the contract for the removal of dead
animals to Henry Forbel for 81, 900.
This saves the city 81, 500 a yea and
lha committee was congratulate d nm its