Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-04-17
Cifside Park:
Its Government


Park itself. Every resident of the
borough, from one day old, to hun
dred years, can belong to it; not only
can, but must. The dues are anywhere
from nothing to a hundred, or a
thousand dollars year, or more, de-
pending upon the personal wealth Of
a member in deeds to Cliffside Park
property.
The number OF members of the go
clety1 at the present writing, April
10, 1915, is roughly, $500, including
babies, grandmothers, grandfathers.
uncles, cousins, parents, boys and
girls, and so on.
The "socletys" plant" consists of
an elevated patch OF ground about d
thousand acres in extent, and plotted
With a framework OF eighteen miles
Oh streets, and squares, to which are
affixed d halt thousand or more
woOaen ana BRICK structures. In ad-
ulClon 20 UneSe are the miles OF pipes,
1u nlsnlng the various commodities
ana conN enlenceS OF life. The eSt1-
maLeu vaIue OF the plant IS So,OUO,UUu.
An accurate record, or drawing, OF
the plant is kept by the ''socletys"
engineers. A record of Its meetings.
ana doings, by its clerk. Another
officer, the assessor, determines the
value of each members property, and
his ability to pay dues. Still another,
the collector, IS appointed to receive
these dues. The .'society's" common
highways are kept in repair by an
other officer, the road commissioner.
The names OF the persons at pres
ent holding these offices, with the COM
pensatIons which they receive are:
engineers, McClave and McClave, paid
by special fees and percentages on
contra It's; assessor, Mr.. Dennis Ma
honey, 5000 year; collector, Mr.. Ed
| ward oheehan, $500 year; clerk DR..
comm 5sioner, Mr.. Patrick Larkin,
$500 ii year; Mr.. Arthur M. Agnew
receives a salary OF $500 yearly, as
attorney, besides special lawyers fees.
The total dues paid in by the $50
| ciety's paying members every twelve
month, at the direction OF the as
SCISSOR, are about $4,000. AS the pur-
pose CT these dues is for the upkeep
OF the ''society's" plant, they must
be eXl ended each year for this pur-
pose. This expending is in the hand
of seven persons, the mayor and
council, who meet regularly about
| twenty times year for this and
other purposes.
Thee offices are elective and I'M
paid. Their present occupants are:
| Mayor, August E. Neumann; Coun-
cllmen for three years, Messrs. j. j.
rlood and Herman Hoeckelburg; two
| years, Edward Zimmerman and Fred
mis- and John Cadien.
The education of the ''society's''
| children is under the direction of nine
school trustees, and a corps of twenty
seves teachers. About $4,000 a year
it pail to the teaching force. The
present members of the school board,
| who receive no salary, are: j. E.
Whelan, president, and Messrs. H. F.
Goemann, A. E. Neumann, Timony,
Banville, F. L. Smith, Anton Bohm,
Martin Conroy, and Ferdinand
Herschler.
The protection of the "society's"
persons and property is in the hands,
night and day, of Officers Nicholson,
Borelli, King, McKenna, and Eisberg,
each of whom receives a salary of
81 900 yearly. Chief Fred Naedler,
as the councils representative, is at
the head. The officers are assisted
in case of special need by seventeen
marshals; they are paid only for
actual service.
The men serving as marshals are:
Messrs. VIM. T. Naedler, VIM. J..
Reilly, VIM. Stewart, Peter Boyhan,
Casper Winkler, Tobias Ghetto, VIM,
J. O'Brien, Thomas Larkin, Henry
Kissel, jr., Michael McKenna, August
C. Neumann, Edward A. Schultz,
Anton Bohm, and Theodore Schultz.
Destruction of property by fire is
warded against by the hundred or SO
members of the fire department each
receiving SIP year, list of whose
officers follows:
Grantwood Fire Co. No. 1,Chief,
Chas. FRANKIE; Asst.-chief, Louis
Renter; President, John j. McEvoy;
Vice president, John C. Vosburgh;
Treasurer, Ferdinand Kittan; Finan-
cial Secretary, Edward c. LeCato;
Recording Secretary, Nicholas Car
roll; Foreman, William Woods; Asst
foreman, Thos. Gerrity; Trustees,
Chas. FRANKIE, William Wood, Ferdi-
nand Herschler; Sergeant-at-Arms,
Ferdinand Herschler.
Cliffside Hose Co. No. 1, President,
Thomas Larkin; Vice-president, John
O'Neill, jr.; Recording secretary,
John O'Neill, ST.; Financial-secretary,
Joseph F. Moreng; Treasurer, Tobias
Ghetto; Foreman, VIM. Moppert;
Asst.-foreman, James Larkin.
Independent Hook and Ladder Co.
No. l, President, H. B. Hoeckelberg;
Vive-president, Stephen brennan;
Treasurer, Ahrend Nagel; Recording
secretary, John Woodcock; Financial
secretary, Louis Renter; Foreman,
Asst.-foreman, George Booth.
Protection from disease is in the
hands of the health board, composed