Evening journal., 1913-04-08
NE ARK
COUNCIL PILES
UP A BALANCE
$3,S63.lq is in Town Treas
ury After All Bills Are
Paid
RESIDENTS ELECT
NEW OFFICIALS TODAY
speeIal % rHE EYNNINa IouRNAL

Special 10 THE EVENING JOURNAL.
NEWARK. April S.-As soon as ac-
ton taken by Town Council al its
monthly meeting last night is carried
out Main street Will be much better
lighted until IL o'clock at night The
light committee was authorized TO
double the number of street lights be-
tween the Centre and Baltimore and
Ohio Railroad which will mean the
addition Of IA more lights. The cost
of this Improvement, with fixtures,
will be about 5000. The additional
lights will be used only until II
O'Clock and the present lights will
burn an night as at present
Treasurer Herdman submitted his
report showing a balance OF S3563.19
Council ordered bills paid amount.
ing to nearly $1,000. 80 there is NJ
this time really a balance of but be-
tween $1,000 and $500. OF these bills
paid one was for S7S2 for a new pump
recently Installed by w. r. Kennedy
Charles b. Evans, counsel for the
Council, was paid $3.50 which was for
services for a number of years all
the members agreeing that the bill
was unusually reasonable for the
amount of work that Mr.. Evans has
done for the town In a legal capacity
during those years Frank NJ Lut-
ton and Andrew l.. Fisher we're each
allowed 20 for auditing the books OF
the treasurer
On motion OF Mr. Wilson It was de-
cided to purchase six more Gre by
drants With steamer connections The
cost viii be about S25 each and Daniel
Stoll was awarded contract TO in
stall the plugs for $4S. This will
make a total of IS of this class of
MIGRANTS that have been purchased
so that the town will be in good
shape for fire plugs when the new
automobile engine arrives next
mer
Council mas entered into con-
tract with n. Chalkley Hatton. OF
Wilmington, TO prepare complete
working plans and specifications for
tho proposed system OF sewers and
sewer disposal plant The amount
OF the contract Is 5000 Mr. Hatton,
has men at work now getting the
lines and attending TO other prclimi-
nary work When this is done the
Sewer Commission will present the
plans TO Council and that body will
then call the special election to vote
on the matter
The terms OF Mayor Joseph H.
Hossinger and Councilmen William
H. Barton, 10. Clifford Wilson aud
Robert Morrison expired with th,
meeting OF Council last night II /.
! likely, however. that an of them
with the exception OF Mr. Morrison
who is not a candidate. will be re
elected without any opposition at thu
| town election this afternoon. Jon
athan johnson, a brick manufacturer
will likely be the candidate In AR
Morrison's district Under the law {
Is not necessary for candidates to I'll,
names in advance. An IS require,
is for them TO have tickets prlnte,
so that sometimes candidates sprln,
up az the twelfth hour Wilbur
Wilson and Andrew l.. Fisher. have
been named By Council as judges {,
ASSIST Mr. Herdman, the secretary o
council, In holding the election
Eben b. Frazer and Mr. and Mrs
~ Wilkins Cooch of Newark. an,
/ Willard H. Davis, of Wilmington. VIII,
have been on a months trip to Pan
anna and other Southern conntrie.
returned last night They had a de
lightiul trip and an thoroughly en-
loyed the time and returned mucl
| benefited
Amos Osborn. the woll-bnown con
ductor of the Newark and pomern
Railroad has held the one run q
years this month There is but on
/ passenger train on the road and /
makes two rOund trims daily frou
Newark TO Pomeroy. The road wa
built In 1873 While John Pool M
engineer of this train. has not been
member OF the crew as long as MI
Osborn, he can boast of an earle
connection with this particular roa
as ne carried water for the worimo
while the road was being built.
Victor c. Willis and a party G
friends spent Sunday at Mr. Wilt
cottage on the North East river. M
Willis expects to put his motor boa
over In about week
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