Gloucester County Democrat., 1912-07-11
CITIZENS PETITION COUNCIL
Oyer Five Hundred Persons Sign
Paper Asking for an Artesian 4
X Supply from the Griscom Tract I


forty-five minutes Tuesday evening.
The room was filled with about thirty
five persons seldom seen at Council
meetings, most of whom were present
to see what action Council would take
as to the water problem, or what eff
feet the above mentioned petition
would have. AS was to be expected,
in view of the fact that the State
Board of Health has charge of the ty-
phoid investigation, date was set
for the re-assembling of the Council
men by which time the report of the
State Board will have been made
The petition, including all of the sign
ers, was read and ordered received
and filed.
The improvement of the streets ask
ed for by petition has received a set
back due to the fact that an ordin-
ance already exists providing for the
Improvement of Newton ave. and Eu-
cid streets. 1t will be necessary that
an ordinance be prepared repeating
that ordinance before the streets late
ly asked for, can be improved On
motion of Mr.. Batten, the solicitor was
instructed to prepare such an ordin-
ance.
. Council was called together prompt
lily at eight O'Clock. The roll call
showed Mr.. Wickersham to be the
sonly absentee The minutes of the
regular and special meetings were
read and approved.
Mr. Parks said he had as yet re-
Rceived no reply from the two town
lships relative to relinquishing their
Iclafm to the Delaware street grave
Hyard; the Dubois avenue crossing has
Ibeen held up till the sewer and water
pipes shall be laid ;~Cooper street,
east of the Country Club, will be i'm
proved with material to be taken
from some of the streets which will
be bettered with improved material
Mr.. Bayer reported the end of the
subsiding reservoir completed and a
trial filter placed by Hungerford &
Terry.
Clerk Starr reported that the Circu-
lar Ordinance amended at the last
meeting had not been turned over to
the Mayor because a correction was
necessary On motion of Mr. Heaton,
the Clerks action received the sane
ton of Council, and the ordinance
was ordered placed on second read
ing. A vote was next taken on the
passage of the ordinance and it went
through without any opposition.
The report of the Receiver of Taxes
for June was read, showing a bal
ance of $1,915.82 On Mr.. Batten's
motion, same was ordered received
and spread upon the minutes.
The June report of the Water De-
partment showed receipts of $SS.9S;
20, 0,501 500 gallons of water pumped;
I70,625 pounds of coal used; pumped
362 hours; 113 hydrants flushed.
| Under new business, Mr.. Martin
Ilmoved, and it was carried, that the
tSolicitor be instructed to ask the
HGloucester Turnpike Co. for the sell
ling price of their road from Red
lsBank ave. to Park ave. 90
On motion of Mr.. Parks, the City
employees were granted their usual
two weeks vacation, to be taken at
the convenience of the several de-
partments.
Mr.. Bayer said he understood the
State Board of Health would report
on the typhoid situation in Woodbury.
in about four days. Mr. Bayer moved
that Council meet again on the 10th,
Tuesday, to settle the water question.
Carried.
An ordinance providing for the lay
ing out of Dubois ave. was laid over
for two weeks.
Adjourned at $40