Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-01-17

ceipts OF the water department for
the past two weeks or since It went
under the control of william e. Allen,
the expert accountant. was reported.
The receipts amounted to s47,s49, as
against s2s,5OS for the same period
last year
Want BathhOuse Report.
The fact that the board or its de-
partments were not prepared to re-
port on the progress of the work on
the city's new s135,000 public bath
house was deplored and the engineer
ing department was instructed to de-
tail a man to check up the work be-
fore the next meeting. An account
ing of expenditures on the model vii
lage for the watershed employees at
Macopin was also demanded. as we'll
as statement from the State Water
supply Commission on it's outlay of
the $1,000 in looking over the East
Jersey Company's holdings.
Relocation of the trolley station
signs with the near side stop orders
and display of signs to read east
bound or ''westbound cars stop
here" instead of the trolley station
sign, will be asked of the Public Serv-
ice
Because there was no evidence of
defalcation and that the shortage was
due to helpless incompetency in the
operation and supervision OF the
water department accounts it was
decided to return to Henry Northrup,
who resigned as cashier of the de-
partment, the sum Of s241.7O which he
paid over to the city before quitting
office.
Frederick Weiser was reinstated as
Waterman at the Clifton avenue
reservoir after Commissioner Charles
p. Gillen had told of the heroic work
of the employee in saving the life of
fellow workman in a gas-f1lled
ditch. While he lay unconscious on
the embankment, waiting for the am
bulance, Weiser contracted a severe
cold that has since developed into
lung trouble
Charles Nichols, who was suspend
ed as the messenger of the board on
New Years Day and has since con-
tinued at his duties. dramatically
presented a resolution reinstating
himself Commissioner Arthur r.
Denman, after an appeal for Nichols
made a motion that he be kept in
service, but no one seconded it and
it was lost.
Changes Among Employees.
Jacob Campbell, who has been a
foreman of the street department,
was made foreman of asphalt repairs
at a salary of $1,000 a year. On mo
ton of Mr. Gillen. Edward Craney
was temporarily appointed to sue
coed John NJ. Lowry as Waterman in
the city stables, and Edward Dom
nelly as an employee in the stone
yard.
A conference Of the police and
health officials will be called TO plan
for cooperation in the supervision OF
garbage collection.
The designation of an employee to
keep tabs on the users and cost of
maintaining the boards flock of
autos was authorized. The report of
Mr.. Allan recently called attention to
the unbuslnesslike way In which the
city garage was conducted.
Joseph Cozzolino, president of the
Essex Trades Council, asked that the
street sweepers be paid $12 week.
He said such wage would be in
keeping with the promise of twenty
five cents an. hour TO the laborers.
Mr.. Gillen, who is chairman of the
street committee. and who secured 80
week for the white wings no mat
ter what the weather conditions,
showed that SO was considerable
increase of an average of Sc paid by
the. old board.