The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1912-10-11
Council In Session.

! Common Council was held in the
council room on last Monday evening,
October 7th.
Meeting was called to order by
| President Holcombe.
Roll call showed all the members
present with the exception of Messrs.
A. ID. Anderson and S. j. McGowan.
On motion of Mr.. Fisher the min
utes of the previous sessions were APP
! proved without reading.
The monthly reports of the treasur-
er aud tax receiver were received and
ordered flied.
a communication was received from
tax receiver Harry X. Kramer which
follows:
LAMBERTvILLE, N. J., Oct. :, 1919.
TO THE PRESIDENT AND MEMBERS OF
COMMON CoUNoL.
GENTLEMEN: Wishing To make n
statement in reference To taxes, con-
cernlng second-class railroad proper
W, wish to present the following for
your consideration.
| October "a, 1910, | received state.
ment from City Treasurer Mr.. Gala
CHER giving in detail all the money re.
ceived from the State from 1906 to 1910
inclusive with the exception of lD0S
nothing received during that year.
| received the money due the city
payable in 1908 January Sth, 1909,
amounting To 81, 446. 90, which | paid
to the City Treasury with other mon
ey amounting to 81, $40 .SS, and accord
ing To the records | was given credit
for the check to the 1908 account.
| Since | looked into this find that /
should have received credit for ST.
4l6 90 on the 1907 account which il
still charged TO me. The same wear
| 1909, Mr.. Gallagher receiyed n check
III October for s., 1893. "a. This amount
was credited Ton account of a change
III the state laws To the school fnnd
aud has not been charged To me in
the duplicates since that time.
What | desire Is for Council to in-
struct the City Treasurer and Auditor
to place TO my credit on the 1907 ac-
from the state viz. $l,446. 80, also re-
lieve me of the amount | am charged
with In the 1908 duplicates for second
/ also wish to make this more clear
to You by stating that the second
class railroad tax for 1911 will, / pre-
sumo, be paid in about 10 days, the
state holding it back for nearly one
year. The reason it was not paid in
1908 in October was that the property
was reassessed which took some time,
|, being anxious to get the money,
wrote the comptroller who sent The
check TO me because | wrote him
Yours Respectfully,
HARRY X. KRAMER,
Receiver of Taxes
On motion of II. s. Holeombe II
WAS received and referred to city aud
ltor and treasurer and report Mt next
meeting.
The clerk presented the county alb
stract of tax ratables for 1912 as fol
| lows:
State School Tax .......$6, 403 80
County Tax ..........a .10,0l1 70
$l7.315 80
The bill of Lambertyllle Heat, Light
n Power Co., amount 1896 81, was
presented and on motion of II. $.
Holcombe ordered paid when APPROX
ed by the Street LightH Committee.
| A communication was received from
Chief Engineer Arnett stating that
he had attended the international
Association of Fire Engineers, held at
Denver and was much benefited by
the trip.
The bill of the Lambertyille Garage,
amount $1,000, was presented for re.
pairs to Hibernia engine. On motion
of Mr.. Mongon, the bill was ordered
paid when approved by Fire Depart
ment Committee.
Bids received for crushed stone
came too late for former meeting
they were opened nj this time aud re-
shifted as follows: Lambertvil.e Stone
Quarry Co., for trap rock. 1000
pounds to the ton, f. o. b. Lambert
vile. 81 .25 per ton; Delaware River
Quarry & Construction Co.. 81. 10 per
ton under the same conditions. On
motion of ii. s. Holcombe it was
awarded to the lowest bidder
The city clerk was ordered TO notify
Mrs. Charles II. Skilman TO remove
dangerous limbs from trees in her
property, corner Of George aud Dele
van streets.
The police report for September
showed that policeman Lynch had
made eight arrests, Meehan one arrest
aud Cummings four arrests.
Monthly and quarterly salaries were
ordered paid.
Mr.. Crimson stated that owing to
the police going off duty at ~ o'clock
much rowdyism and disturbances were
reported between that time and one
O'Clock, consequently as was often the
case policeman Cummings had more
to do than he could handle aud he
thought that the city should raise his
salary or keep the other police on later.
Mayor Lauer thought that Cummings
was getting enough money and as he
couldn't stop the disturbances on the
salary that he was now drawing he
couldn't do it by getting more On
motion of Ii. s. Holcombe it was left
to the police committee in conjunction
with the mayor and report at next
meeting.
The finance committee was author
lied to negotiate a loan sufficient to
pay all bills
The president called the attention OF
Council to the fact that Sigafoos &
Poore had hired the steam roller for
use of building a road near Ringoes
and that the charge was $40. 90 per day,
the whole amount of bill being $500 90
AS this firm thought that was too
much, the city property committee