Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-03-02
NUTLEY SANITARY
OFFICIALS REPORT
GREAT PROGRESS
Other Committees Present Facts
of Importance at Second Ward
Association Meeting.

The quarterly meeting Of the Second
Ward Association, held last night at
Masonic Hall, corner Of High street and
Franklin avenue, Nutiev. brought a
good number of the members. The va
rious committees made their quarterly
reports. The report of the sanitary
committee was submitted by William
III. Welant. The committee stated that
The sanitary condition of the town vas
excellent. and reported that a confer
ence was he'd with the Town Council
on the question of improving the gar
bage service. also. the State Health
board had been communicated with in
regard to eliminating breeding spots for
mosquitoes.
Mr.. Weiant was followed by Armand
r. Marcuart. of the same committee,
and A. r.. Taylor. who spoke of the
mass meeting of the association held
at The Town Hall auditorium on Satur-
day night. when Mayor Sutphen, OF
Bloomfield. addressed those present on
the garbage removal question. MI
TAYLOR said that there Was a misun-
Outstanding about the coming speclal
election to he held ON Saturday between
the hours of , p. m. and 3 p. M Inc re-
suit o. the election. Il in favor of the
public collection Of garbage, would not
bind the people of The town to the ordl-
nance prepared by the Town council, as
that ordinance had been withdrawn, but
merely was an expression OF the voters
as to whether they favored the pubic
collection of garbage. The Town ooHh-
,lfs %danan stated that the cost
would not exceed one dollar per thou-
sand dollars of the tax ratables OF the
town. but if it was found that the cost
would exceed that amount a new ordl-
nance wou.d be drafted Continuing
Nh. Taylor said: There is no question
about the necessity of a public scaven-
ger. and that / was unwise 10 delay
matters until theN became a menace.
President Thomas Fl. Clements sad
that as far as he could learn the sentl-
ment Of the citizens were in oil
public collection of garbage, but there
aprbaoarcd To be SOME doubt about the
districting of the town. some of those
outside of the proposed districts lald
out for such collections objected to
for benefits others received ana
they did not. J. l.. Miller, of the nigh
ways and park committee, reported that
the park question was progressing
favorably, and when the maps and
profiles were ready a much more
definite report would be submitted. lie
further stated that he expected that
work on the Nutley parks system
would be commenced during the pres
ent year.
When questioned as to the Ian re-
auired. MIR. Miller stated that a greater
part of the land required had been
given to the committee.
A. r. Taylor, reporting for the excise
committee, stated that the committee
were ~endeavoring to ascertain the attl-
tude of the voters of the Second ward
on the saloon question. and were in
favor of local option. "What l mean
Nv local option.' he continued, lis to
give the citizens an opportunity to
vote direct upon the saloon question.
The committee. said Mr.. Taylor, de-
sired to limit the licenses TO one to one
thousand Of the population. and a
license fee of $500.
c. r. Vroom. chairman of the trans
p~ortation committee. stated that the
committee had communicated with
General Passenger Agent r.. H. Wal
lace. of the Erie Railroad Company,
in reference to procuring better railroad
service for Nutley. Among the changes
requested were the restoration of the
6:25 a. m. train. which was taken off
several years ago; an express train
leaving Nutley at 8 a. n. and stopping
only at Newark; an additional train
between 9:16 a. m. and 1f:93 a. m, also
an express train leaving New York at
5 D. m. stopping only at Newark, and
one train leaving New York between
7:30 p. m. and 10 p. m.
Mr.. Vroom reported that the general
passenger agent had informed the com
mittee that the requests would be con-
sidered when the improvements now
nearing completion at Bergen Hill were
finished,
Mr.. Vroom said that there were other
methods that could be taken to procure
better service, namely, To have the
newspapers take the matter up. or to
appeal to the Public Service Commits
sion or State Public Utilities Commits
sion.
President Clements said that he had
been a resident of Nutley for over
twenty wears and that there were four
less trains running at present than
there were twenty years ago. r. M.
Scott. who is not a member of the as
sociation, said that he knew that the
Erie railroad officials were considering
making improvements on the Newark
branch. but could not speak officially.
When asked il the Erie was going to
double-track the Newark branch Mr.,
Scott could not say positively. but he
believed that was probably being con-
sidered.
A. p. Sturges. Of the school com.
mittee. made that committees report.
He stated that the figures given by the
Board of Education as to the cost and
expense of running the schools and
the figures of the school committee did
not agree. and further stated hat the
financial report of the Board of Edu-
cation did not balance. Samuel Silver
berg said that this report is for one
year only. but took up the reports for
the past three or o years. I'VE have
voted for the building and repairs ac-
count $1,000, but they have spent
$27. 900"
The school committee recommended
the itemizing the different items of the
Board of Education's report.
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