Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-01-02
|Rv|NGTON TOWN
COUNCIL RUMPUS
Mayor Greene Criticised Be-
cause of Appointments by
L. G. Breitenbach.

Dissatisfied with the committee APP
pointnients made by Mayor David H..
Greene at lie organization meeting
of the Iryngton Town Council yes
terday, Councilman Louis G. Breiten-
bach, of the First ward, insisted that
his ward had been unfairly dealt
with. He asked the mayor to revise
the list
The First ward, he said should
have the police and fire COM
mittees. It's representatives had
been hardly more than figureheads
during the entire year. he insisted,
without chance to make a decent
showing, and now they wanted an
opportunity to show their constitu-
ents what they were doing His col
league, Councilman Setaro. the oldest
member of the council in the point of
service having been a member four
years. expressed similar views.
Breitenbach urged that the Mayor
recognize Setaro with an important
committee, to which Mayor Greene
replied that unless Breitenbach re-
fused to serve on the committees to
which he had been named, all of the
appointments would stand.
Councilman Setaro, who last year
was on the building committee, asked
the Mayor if he had been inefficient
and wanted to know whether the
change was due to his possible fail
ure to fall in line with the Mayors
whip.
To this Mayor Greene replied that
such was not the case, but that Sc
taro had failed to follow out the
Mayors suggestions in matters relat-
ing to that department throughout
the year. He added that he would
arrange to take care of Breitenbach's
refusal at the next meeting of the
council
Committee Selections.
The Mayors committee appoint
ments were as follows:
Finances, taxes and assessments,
George f. Scribe, chairman; Charles
Hartkopf and Louis G.. l3reitenbach
police and printing, Hartkopf; fire,
water and railway franchises, Frank
r. Sharp; streets and crosswalks,
Breitenbach; sewers, lights and legal,
Leonard Setaro; public buildings IL
censes and building permits, Michael
A. Dougher; member of Joint sewer
committee Sharp; Board of School
Estimate, Hartkopf and Breitenbach;
police pension commission, Sergeant
John Coleman and Patrolman Louis
L. Meyer, William Simmons and Carl
j. Ahlstedt
The appointments made by the
council we're:
Town engineer, Isaac J. Casey, jr.;
town attorney, w. Eugene Turton;
sewer-tap inspector, Moses F. Badg-
ley; custodian. Carlos N. Webb;
School Commissioner, Edward r. Fol-
som, succeeding Charles Hayward;
as assessor; superintendent of streets,
Jonah Hardgrove, succeeding George
B. England; chief clerk, John W. Web
man; Board of Health commission
ers, First Ward, former Commissioner
Benjamin f. Camp; Second Ward,
Hugo r. Winckler; also Harry H.
Jenkins, succeeding Hardgrove, Third
Ward Albert G. Mittenmeyer. The
appointment of a building inspector
was laid over.
Mayor Greene established a prece-
dent in the presentation of an annual
message to the council. In it he re-
viewed the past year in the town Of
fairs and told of the improvements
in the various departments. He
also made several suggestions. The
scavenger service, he said, was not
efficient and urged the council to take
up the matter Immediately in order
that it might be improved. He call
ed attention to the proposition to buy
the water system of the Clinton Water
Company and suggesed the appoint
ment of a committee of private citi-
zens to work in an advisory capacity.
Favors Lighting Plant.
The mayor expressed himself as
favoring municipal lighting plant,
declaring that the town could operate
it's own plant with less money and
with better results. He further adj
vised an amendment to the building
code, this in view of the action of
Newark in extending its fire limits to
the Irvington line, which he said
would tend to increase building opera
lions in Irvington to such an extent
that better styles of buildings should
be demanded. He called attention to
the need of repairs at the Town Hall
and suggested the reappointment of
offices in the building, also the con-
struction of fire proof vault for the
town records.
Beginning next week the council
will meet weekly instead of semi
monthly, as heretofore, except during
June, July and August, the sessions to
be held on Wednesdays. This action
is considered necessary owing to the
increased business, which has pro-
longed the meetings often until long
after midnight. During the summer
months the semi-monthly schedule
will be maintained.