Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1914-04-22
LICENSES Of WORK
BUREAUS INVALID
Summit Committee Finds They
Were Issued by Mayor, Not
Common Council.

SUMMIT. April 22.-Despite the
fact that the amendment in 1911 TO
the original statute of 1907 regulating
employment agencies vests the IL
censing power and fixing of the IL
cense fee for such business IN COM
mon Council, the four local employ
ment bureaus have been operating
since 1911 under license issued by the
mayor. $500
According to a report on the matter
presented at last nights eouncli SEES
sion by Councilman Edward ";
Pringle, chairman or the law anu
ordinance committee, the proprletors
of the employment agencies have
been guilty of a misdmeanor and IN
the report it was recommended that
the proprietors of such places be at
once notified to make application Tor
license to Common Council.
THE license of the four employment
bureaus were issued to January /,
next. The application for such license
must be posted in the city clerk
office one week before action Is taken
on il by council. A copy of the report
submitted by Councilman Pringle
was ordered sent to the Housewives
League, which has been urging coun-
Gil to take some action toward q
more strict regulation of the agencies.
The act of 1911 gives the power of
revocation OF such license both to the
mayor and council. A copy OF the
report is also to be forwarded to
Mayor Francis II. Bergen. A motion
was adopted directing Chief of Police
George w Brown, to make a BIZ
monthly inspection of the agencies to
see that there is no violation of the
law, relative to the conduct of such
places.
Repairs to Road.
The resolution adopted at the previ-
Gus session empowering the street
committee to purchase from 10000 to
10000 gallons of dustolene for road
sprinkllng was amended to provide
that that quantity of any brand of
homeopathic road oil may be pur-
chased by the committee. For the
street committee, Councilman John
ID. Knight reported that repairs will
be made to q section of Blackburn
road west of tho intersection beyond
Valley View avenue. Until New
Providence borough extends Black
burn road to Murray Hill, distance
of about one-half mile, the street
committee chairman reported that no
further repairs than now provided for
win be made by this city on that
thoroughfare. Because of the large
expense entailed, the street commit
tee reported unfaVorably on the pro-
position to cause sidewalks to be laid
in Cedar avenue at least until
larger number of owners of property
along that street ask for the improve
ment.
The amended ordinance requiring
sidewalks to be constructed from the
property line to the curb line in front
of all business places or public places
of amusement hereafter to be erected
was given first reading and referred
to the law and ordinance committee.
A resolution confirming the assess
ment for benefits for the sidewalk
recently constructed on the easterly-
side of Passaic avenue from Kent
place, Boulevard, fifty feet west of
Springfield avenue, was adopted.
The fire and police committee was
authorized to renew the insurance
on all of the fire houses, and the park
and shade committee was empowered
to spend $25 of the $500 appropriation
for the Improvement of the west end
of the public park in planting shrub
berry around that section of the park.
Application was made for the
grading, macadamizing and laying of
sidewalks in North street, from Park
to Morris avenues. The matter went
to the street committee and city en-
gineer. The application by Allen
Faitoute for the installation of a
water main in Sylvan avenue and the
grading of that street, was referred
to the water and light and street
committee.
Notice of the filing of the suit by
the Massachusetts Bonding and In
surance Company against the city
for the recovery of $4,000 was or
dered forwarded to City Solicitor
Cora N Williams. In payment of a
Judgment secured against Charles
Matola, the city treasurer was di-
rected to pay to Constable Elmer S.
Day the sum of $6275 from $3.50 25 due
Matola from the city on account of
the construction of the Pine Grove
avenue sewer.