Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1913-05-20
BILL IN DISPUTE
AGAIN REFERRED
Mayor Angry but Orange Com
mon Council Shifts Re-
sponsibility.

The bill for services rendered b
the city scavenger during .'eleap-a
week in Orange and which was the
cause Of dispute between Mayor
Frank J Murray and the street.
committee Of the Orange Common
1 Council, was ordered sent back 70
the street and financial committees
by the council last night. The bIll
amounts to $3.50.
/ Mayor Murray referred to the fact
that a city official had said the bill
could not be paid from the funds d
the street committee without causing
confusion to the financial system. and
said if such was the case steps should
be taken to revise the system. He
/ was angry because the bin was aela
: up and said Il the street COMMITTEES
/ does NOT care 10 pay the money i
should come from the public supply
/ committee.
/ Granting reductions IN water bl-ss
/ to citizens who claim their bills arr
excessive was the cause Of iaere
wrangIing between the officials last
night. ReiteratIng his former declazs1
1 LlO1S LfldL LIZZIE a. 70 ~ ~f1+-tt% %--1-r
requests being granted. Councilaaaa
| sfetson made an unsuccessful At
tempt to have the Council reject lie
recommendation of the water con-
mittee for a number of reductions
Blame for excessive bills Was placsd
upon the water department BY Corr
Gilman Smith, who remarked ID sAe
course of an argument that therk =
lots Of funny work being done r.
garding the testing OF meters.
! Councilman Freeman declared that
the fact that some OF the bills were
excessive was due to carelessness en-
| the part of citizens and not to znz~
proper testing of the meters. He r.
cited an instance Of detecting leak
at his home, which. he said, he we1za
not have discovered but for the faet
that he always examines his faneets
and pipes.
| Mr.. Stetson declared the couHcH
was being deluged with Applications
for reductions and that It was ah9ut
time the body called a halt Countzi-
man Condron declared the fault vas
with the water department and added
| that something is lacking or else The
business is not being properly ~
tended to. The applications for re-
auctions were granted, despite n.
Stetson's protests
| with Councilman Stetson prctest-
ling vigorously the Council appointad
Henry Gornley TO I'LL a vacancy IN
the water department. Mr.. Stetzo1
made an urgent request that Gornlzeg
be not appointed for the purpose 81
determining whether they could get
along without him He declared kAa
salary situation In the department. y
serious and that the amount appxp
priafed for wages will be exceeded
by $4,000 before the end of the year.
Upon the statement OF Councilinas1
Freeman, who selected the man. that
Superintendent Travis said he nssaed
4 him the Council confirmed the ap-
pointment, with stetson and Pres
dent Finneran voting in the Mega
tive President Finneran and Coun-
Gilman Freeman were involved In an
4 argument over who should get re
job, which pays SO a week. at fils
last meeting of the water COMMITTEES.
President Finneran said Mr.. Freeman
| promised him that the next time
vacancy occurred First Ward man
would get the job. Mr.. freeman
could not remember ever hawin8
made such promise