Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1912-12-07
SANTA WILL SMILE
ON CITY SWEEPERS
Board Gets $4,000 by Council.
Men to Return to
Work.
CITY HOSPITAL NURSES
HOME CONTRACT AWARDED
Action on Ordinance Forbidding
Motorcycle Racing in This
City Deferred.

With the prospects of q gloomy
Christmas dispelled. the street clean
ers who have been out of employment
for the last few weeks, owing to the
lack of funds in the department, were
happy to learn today that thes will
begin working again Monday. Last
night the Common Coupcil adopted
unanimously the recommendation of
the finance committee that an addi-
tional $4,000 be given the Board of
Works out of the contingent fund.
with the suggestion hal the money
be used for the streets and highways.
This action or the part of the Coun-
ell means that the men will probably
continue working for the rest of the
year.
When Mayor Haussling learned of
the action taken last night he said,
81 am happy to hear of the Councils
course. 1T gives me a great deal of
pleasure to feel that the street Jean
ers will not have a gloomy Christ
mas"
Last week a committee of street
cleaners and a representative of the
Essex Trades Council appeared before
the mayor and urged that they be re-
turned to work. as their unempioy-
ment was causing their families much
hardship.
Discussion Over window Sashes.
At the meeting last night
an attempt was made to refer the
lids for the Nurses Home at the
City Hospital back to the finance
committee for further Investigation
but was lost. The recommendation
of the committee that the contracts
be awarded to the 10 west bidders
was finally concurred in. The debate
was over an item Of SIS, 900 for pat
ented sashes. Several of the alder
men held that these were a needless
expense. The contracts call for the
expenditure of 1851, 0s5, of which the
carpenter work calls for s43, 900, In
Guiding the sashes.
The report Of the committee on
band concerts was read. OF the
5000 appropriation S4.9S2.90 had
been spent, leaving a balance of $40,
making the average per capita cost
two cents. Credit for the successful
handling of the concerts was given
Supervisor Mart King, who advised
that the concerts be extended over
the winter season, to be held in the
various auditoriums in the city
schools. For this reason the commit
tee advocated to secure legislation
for larger funds. This recommended
ton was referred to the incoming
Common Council of 1918.
Motorcycle O~rdinance.
The third reading of the Motor
drome ordinance forbidding motor
cycle racing in this city was post
poned until the next meeting, De-
cember q. 1t was decided to make
the Liberty Trust Company a deposit
tory for city funds. A recommends
ton of the Board Of Trade and the
Eighth Ward Improvement Associa-
ton to postpone action on the re-
building of the Centre Market until
the question of abolishing the Morris
Canal was settled, was referred to
the buildings committee.
A request from the Royal Detec-
tive Agency for a license vas re-
fused on the grounds that there was
no need of another such institution.
AS the most popular Democrat OF
his ward Alderman McGovern, of the
Seventh Ward, was presented with a
gold watch. The presentation was
made by Alderman Archibald.
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