Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-03-11
ASKS RECOGNITION
FOR NEGRO RACE.
MonrcIair Pastor Wants His
People Represented on Mu-
nicipaI Bodies.

The Rev. E. e. Jackson, pastor Of
st. Paurs Negro Baptist Church,
Montclair, appeared before the Mont
clair Town Council last night and
stated that there were 500 negro
voters in Montclair who owned $780,
900 of taxable property and that
without the negro vote it would be
impossible for either of the political
parties to elect a mayor or any other
town officer He asserted that the
negroesNof the town were entitled to
representative in the council. in the
Board of Education. an overseer of
streets and in the pelice department
AS a beginning. he asked that Amos
Jackson, a member of his church, be
appointed on the police force. "IIe
may look like a cocoanut in a pail
of milk" said the clergyman, "but
he will do his duty just the same
Told TO File Application.
Mayor Hinck requested the clergy
man to have the young man file his
application with the police commit
tee and it would be considered.
Norris Phillips was appointed chain
man in the engineers department at
a salary OF $50 a month and NJ. L.
Cooper rodman In the same depart
ment at salary Of SIS month.
Councilman william n, Schoon-
maker resigned as a member of the
roads and sewers committee. He
gave no reasons for his action. The
resignation was accepted.
All bids for furnishing the Council
chambers in the new Town Hall were
rejected, the lowest bid being
s2,4s1.56, which was considered too
high
Councilman p. M. Forshay, chair
committee, reported that he had
made arrangements to purchase the
furniture in small portions from a
number of dealers at a cost of 81, $40,
His action was ratified by the
Council
The contract for furnishing electric
light fixtures for the building was
granted to J. B. Coyne &; Son, of New
York. at a cost of 81. 200. An ordi-
nance was passed creating the office
Of town electrician, at a salary of
$95 a month. No one was named for
the Office. but it is believed that John
McKenna, who now looks after the
fire-alarm system of the town, will
receive the appointment.
In Executive Session.
The council went into executive
session for an hour on the question
Of granting permission to the Public
Service Railway Company to lay ad-
ditiona1 tracks across the sidewalk in
Bloomfield avenue at Bell street,
where the company proposes erecting
an additional barn for the storage of
cars just west of the present car
barn on a plot of ground owned by
the company. 5.>
When the Council reconvened
progress was reported by Councilman
Russell B. Bedford, chairman of the
franchise committee. Percy ingalls,,
who was present on behalf of the
company, left the conference before
It was over. He said, when ques-
toned by reporters, that he had been
handed lemon" by the Council, and
was not sure that he could digest 1t.
Councilman Walter Kidde in open
Council requested that when the mat
ter comes up again the public be in
vited, as he would like to hear public
opinion on the matter. Mayor HinclS
agreed with him.
This question has been brought up
in different forms by the Public
Service railway during the last four
years, and has always been defeated
because of public petitions being pre-
scented against it. The company de-
clares that without more room to
store cars it cannot improve the
service in Montclair.