Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1915-01-02
Cliffside Park Council Meets.

CHffslde Park Council Meets.
The last regular meeting of the
Cliffside Park Board of Council, 1914
was held on Monday night, December
28th, at the Borough Hall. Owing to
continued illness, Mayor Neumann
was unable to be present. Borough
Attorney Agnew was also not present
In the absence of the Mayor, Mr.
Sammis, President of the Council, pre-
sided. The councilmen present were
Messrs. Cadien, Coin, Flood, Naedler
Zimmerman. Collector Sheehan and
Borough Clerk Brundage were also
present within the rail-
The various aspects of the borough's
complicated life and it's conduct were
considered under the form of COM
mittee reports, communications, and
so forth. The care of the peoples
Sunday as affected by moving pictures
displayed on that day was placed in
the hands of Police Commissioner
Naedler, with instructions to punish
any offenders according to law. The
efficient aid in the matter of the pro-
lection of the peoples personal prop
erty by citizen was acknowledged
by the Council in the case of William
Douglas, conductor of the Palisade
line. Mr.. Douglas, by his zeal few
weeks ago, was able to effect the ar
rest of two young criminals who were
making away with some of the house
hold treasures of the Raymond LIE
Complies, Park avenue. The Council,
as a reward for the citizens valuable
assistance, instructed the Borough
Clerk to write commendatory letter
to his employers, the Public Service
Railway Company.
The borough's health, the care of
it's sufferers from disease, accident
and sickness, was given quite unusual
attention by the Council following the
ad"erse report of the Public Health
Committee on the contract regulating
the receiving and maintaining of pa
tients from Cliffside Park Borough
by the Englewood Hospital. Coun-
Gilman Coin, chairman of the COM
mittee, was most outspoken and de-
termined in his opposition to the
terms proposed in the contract-$2.5O
per day, or $3.50 a week, for ordi-
nary ward patients. He was backed
by Councilman Naedler and other
members of the Board, who favored
the sending of patients to the nearer
hospital, the North Hudson, or to st.
Mary's, where the charges were much
more reasonable. Councilman Cohn
pointed out the fact that the Engle-
wood Hospital received partial sup
port from the State. He also warned
the members that in addition to the
already large sum asked for, there
were sure to be extra expenses of vari-
Gus kinds. DR.. Brundage, as MEM
Der of the hospital staff, made gal
liant stand in favor of the contracts
being signed, but upon vote Being
taken it was found the Council, to a
man, were against it. Another sug-
gestion, by the way, during the course
of the debate was to the effect that
the Englewood Hospital, in order to
present it's case. most fairly and effect
lively to the Council and the public,
arrange to have representative at
the next meeting. 1t is expected this
will be done. In the meantime, it is
presumed that the customary method
of payment of hospital services by
the borough, that of contributions"
will be followed.
The item of the care of the bor-
ough's roads and sewers was brought
to the Councils attention, when a
resolution signed by Councilman
Cadien, chairman of the Road and
Sewers Committee, authorizing the
payment by the borough of a check
of 500 to Borough Engineer r. P.
McClave to defray the expenses in
Cured by himself, Freebooter Ben
der, Attorney Agnew and Councilmen
| Mo odlor opd Tipopoarpoay for visits m
Trenton in connection with the secur-
ments, and hearings before the State
Board of Health seeking for settle
ment of the Edgewater sewer outlet
difficulty, the latter of which proved
abortive. $50 in addition to this had
been paid Attorney Agnew for legal
services in connection with the same
hearings.
Inability. to work at the sewer con-
struction during extreme weather, and
to get satisfactory work out of sewer
workers, was argued by Contractor
Fox in his plea to be excused from
having the overtime penalty enforced
during severe weather. Joint author
ity was given the contractor and the
Borough Engineer to arrange this
mutually between them.
The ordinance regulating the dis
orderly conduct of the borough was
passed for the evening by the Coun-
cil's ordering it to be continued on
second reading. The expenses for the
educating of the borough's children
for the time being, were met at the
recommendation of the Finance Com
mittee (Mr. SammiS, chairman). by
transferring the sum of $4,000 to the
School Account from the Borough