Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1912-01-04
COUNCIL GET
ANNUAL REPORTS
Suggestions from the Com
missioners.
REPORTS FOR THEPUBL|C
The First Regular Meeting of City
Council Held Last Night at
Council Chamber.
CITY COUNCIL, 1912

City Council last night settled down
to properly take up the business of
1912, in its regular session at City
Hall. All of the members
were present excepting Mr.. Smalley,
and President Glaspell was in the
chair.
Council had met in annual session
on Monday at noon, but this was a
meeting only for the selection of Off
GERS, the presentation of bouquets and
the making of speeches.
The meeting last night was the first
of the serious legislative sessions and
considerable business was transacted
Bonds of Commissioner of Streets
an Highways F. L. Fralinger, and
Constables David Griner, George Ham
lyn, Robert Y. Bath and Aaron Smith
| were presented, approved and ordered
| + filed.
The semi-monthly report of Street
| Commissioner Fralinger was read 1t
| gave in detail the work done Among
other things, Mr.. Fralinger reported
that $40 had been received from the
sale of leaves and $25 for concrete
| work done upon the streets for private
| parties.
The annual report of the Commits
sioner of Public Safety was read. He
| gave statistics of the police and fire
departments. He indicated that there
| we're five regular police officers and
two specials. There had been
5S7 police calls during the
year, 80 more than the year 1910. In
the fire department there are % men
with full equipment. The Commission
er reported that there had been AZ fire
alarms during the year; with fire
losses aggregating $13,400, the most
serious fire being at Laurel and Com
merce street recently, where the loss
is reported to be $11,65O. The Com
missioner suggested that shortly new
horse would be required for the chem
ical engine.
f. L. Fralinger, Street Commission
er, reported an inventory of the road
department tools, and gave in detail
the work done upon the streets during
the year including about 1900 lineal
feet of concrete cutters. The Commits
sioner said that these cutters were
very satisfactory.
Mr.. Fralingr recommended that
gravel improvement be made upon
north Laurel street, Irving avenue,
Spruce, Mill, Atlantic, Lincoln, Law
renee, Lake and Giles streets and West
avenue.
Mr.. Fralinger reported that it would
cost about $500 to raise the grade of
East Commerce street at the intersec-
ton of East avenue.
The annual reports of the City Comp
troller. the City Treasurer, the City
Sinking Fund Commission, the City
Park Commission. and the Board of
Education were presented and filed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Mulford, the
clerk was authorized to procure bids
for the printing of the various annual
reports in pamphlet form.
An order for $7.S71.35 was drawn
in favor of the Atlantic Construction
Company on account of the water
plant.
President Glaspell announced that
he would call a special meeting short
ly. the date of which he would an
nounce later.
On motion of Mr. Mulford, the city
clerk was directed to advertise for a
supply of fiagstone, together with two
car loads of crushed stone for street
repair work.
In his annual report of the Commits
sioner of Public Works, Timothy