Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-08-02
OWENS NAMED TO
PLAYGROUND BOARD
Succeeds Bernard M. Stanley.
Council Welcomes City coun-
sci James R. Nugent.

Acting upon Bernard M. shanley's
refusal to reconsider his resignation
from the Playground Commission,
Mayor Haussling last night appointed
Bernard ]. Owens to fill his place
and the Common Council unanimous
lp confirmed the appointment. 1t
takes effect Immediately.
Mr.. Owens is sales manager for the
of jewelers. supplies, at 10 Oliver
street. He has been in athletes all
his life, taking particular interest in
the field meets and other sports of
the various parochial schools here
He is an active member of the Dr.
ocesan Union and the Tabs" He has
never held any political Office. Mr..
owens lives at 1852 Sanford avenue.
A caucus of the Democratic men,
bers preceded the council meeting at
which the BARRIERS Sunday closing or
dinance was discussed. 1t Is now in
the hands of the legislative commit
tee, which meets only when the Legis-
lature is in session, and the ordi-
nance was laid over. 1t will probably
be taken up at next months meet
ing. Thomas A. Risden and half
dozen other boss BARRIERS present were
not particularly pleased at this delay
and announced that they would fight
to get the ordinance through.
City Clerk James F. Connolly elo-
ouently welcomed City Counsel James
r. Nugent back from his European
trip. This was the first meeting OF
the Common Council since Mr.. sNu-
gents return.
The tax budget was rassed on final
reading yesterday, and likewise the
first portion of the 100000 of the
contingent fund. amounting to STA
1887. were ordered transferred to the
various budget accounts. The rest
will be transferred as soon as the
money is available.
The fire limits ordinance, as amend
ed last month, was also passed on
third reading.
A letter from Algernon T. Sweeney,
as president of the Playground Com
mission, was read, and the request
contained therein, asking for the adj
dition of another $4,000 to the budget,
which was cut down to about $4,000,
was referred to the finance commit
tee. before which Mr.. Sweeney had
appeared in person at the last meet
ing on Wednesday.
In the letter Mr.. Sweeney illustrates
the needs of the commission by stat
ing that about a half dozen fields
have been offered the commission for
Fairgrounds by the Board of Educa-
ton, but that the commission could
not make use of the offer because 1t
did not have the money to supply
either the apparatus or the men to
run the play centres.
Pursuant to the request of the
Board of Works, the council author
lied the city counsel to institute the
proper proceedings looking toward
the elimination of the grade crossings
at the following points: Elizabeth
avenue, Frelinghuysen avenue and
Summer and Mt. Prospect avenues.
The contract for furnishing the
lighting fixtures in the new Board of
Health building, in William street,
was awarded to the Jaehing Gas Fix
ture Company for the sum of 81, 1857 80.
The appointment of Harry Forbell
as dog poundkeeper under a five-year
contract for the sum of $4,000 a year,
as recommended by the committee
on finance, was approved by the coun-
Gil, as was also the recommendation
of this committee to have Newark
represented at the Winnipeg conven-
ton of the Municipal League. The
sum of $500 will be spent for this
purpose.
The Washington Trust Company
has been ;.dded to the list of city
repositories, as letter from City
Treasurer Elmer Day informed the
council.
A further request from the United
States Volunteer Life-saving Corps
of New Jersey for $3.50 for boat and
life-saving apparatus was referred
to the finance committee, which at
its last meeting had received a re-
quest for $500 for the establishment
of station.
The council ordered the issuance
of 100000 bonds requested by the
Board of Works for the furtherance
of the dock plan, which request had
been approved by the finance COM
mittee.