Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-05-06
SUMMIT VOTERS
MUST PAY TAXES
Council Provides for Deputy
Collector, Who Will Work on
Commission Basis.
Especial to the Evening star.I


SUMMIT, May 6.-To collect 1868
the amount of poll and personal taxes
uncollected for 1911-12, Common
Council last night empowered Tax
Receiver William Schultz to appoint
a deputy collector. The deputy is to
be paid % per cent. on the collec-
TONS 1t is understood William Bird
is to be given the job by Collector
Schultz.
Reporting for the street committee
Councilman John d. Knight Informed
his colleagues that an act passed by
the Legislature in 1911 defined the
dividing line between this city and
New Providence borough as the CEN
tire line. of Division avenue. This
statute abrogated the street COM
mittee chairman reported any agree
ment which had been made between
this city and the borough as to the
maintenance and repair of Division
avenue prior to 1911.
The agreement which existed be-
tween the two municipalities pro-
vided that this city should maintain
that portion of Division avenue, from
Springfield avenue to Blackburn road
and from the latter thoroughfare
south to Mountain avenue, New
Providence borough maintained.
A petition signed by more than fifty
residents and property owners along
Park avenue, east of Summit ave-
nue.. was presented to council, re-
auesting more frequent sprinkling OF
the thoroughfare and the compelling
of the compliance of a provision oi
their franchise requiring the oiline
of the roadway between the trolley
tracks between April and November
| by the Morris County Traction Com
pany. The matter went to the stree
committee.
Attachments amounting to $61.5
were filed against money due Charlie
| Matola by the Summit Express Com
pany and w. j.. Oaks & Co.
Application was made by AleXande
| A Tavlor for permission to relay The
sidewalk of concrete fronting hi
B, property in Maple street and Spring
field avenue. The request was re
ferred to the street committee. II
the water and light committee wa
referred a request of property own
ers in East Summit for the location
of two lights near Broad street an
near the trolley station at that thor
oughfare. William FL. De Paur wa
granted a license to conduct an EN-
ployment agency at So Chestnut ave
nue..
Resolutions authorizing the borrow
ing of 81. 900 from the Summit Trus
Company and the repayment of
loan of 81, 500 to that corporation wer
adopted. To protect the Common
wealth Water and Light Compan
against the expense of changin
water pipes in Sylvan avenue In tn
event of q change in grade in this
highway in the future restitution wa
passed setting forth that no chang
in the grade in that thoroughtare WI
be made. The Public Utilities Con
mission has ruled that where watt
mains are required to be lowered
raised in a street due to change
grade the water companies may NJ
charge the cost of such changing
mains against the property owner
the CITY. Councilman Knight r,
ported that it had been found nece'
sary in the paving of the street
front of Brayton School to lay
four-inch tile drain for distance
$50 feet along the gutter on the cas-
erly side of the street. The cost w
be about $40, and the work was o
dered done.
Councilman at-large Clarence
| Corbin. for the park and shade tr'
, committee, reported that the commi
tee planned to grade and seed tt
, easterly section of the public par
and construct possibly one sidewa
through the park this summer. TIL
: work lis to be started as soon as Il
playground apparatus is remove
, from the park property which is
be done in q few days. Five hundr'
dollars has been appropriated for I'll
park Improvement ana $25 Tor shruI
= berry planting in the west section
the park.