The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1915-02-04
Lan7bertViHe.
COUNCIL HAS
BUSY SESSION

| LdLlU6TINHlS City SOuilSii was q Nv
publican body Monday evening, the
only Democrat present being Patrick
F. Mongon, from the first ward.
Councilmen MCGOWAN (president)
Holcombe, Banchoff and Reading
were absent, so Councilman Andrew
F. Foltz was called to preside.
There was a goodly attendance
of townspeople, it having been
rumored that bills from Sweeney's
detective agency would be present
ed, but none came to light.
For six months this has been a
vital worriment with many people,
and none of them have ever had
their curiosity satisfied; neither have
any bills been presented to the
city fathers.
The city council and the board
of education will have brand new
scrap on hand now that the former
body passed resolution demand
ing that the latter board provide
sufficient school accommodations for
all children over seven years of age.
Councilmen Foltz, Oblinger and
Percy were named as a committee
to lay the matter before the board
of education.
The resolution, introduced by
Councilman Foltz, says: Whereas,
a number of children attending our
public schools, attend only during
the morning or afternoon. owing to
the lack of proper facilities, be it
Resolved, That the committee on
schools meet with the board of
education and insist that the board
provide, at once, ample facilities to
give all children over seven years of
age a full morning and afternoon"
1t passed without dissenting vote.
If justices in this city commit a
county prisoner to the local lookup
in future he will have to pay the
mans board, according to the
dictates of the city council.
A bill for ten meals, at fifteen
cents per meal, came in for a prison
er arrested upon a county warrant
and committed to the city lookup
for five days by Justice Robert H.
Dilts, and it was decided that no
bills of this kind will be paid
A claim will be made upon the
County of Hunterdon for the return
of the dollar and half
Local police prisoners, or those
arrested within the city, may be
confined in the lookup at city ex-
pense. but those coming from other
places will be obliged to board with
Sheriff Sharp, at Pennington, unless
the committing justice feels inclined
to foot the prisoners board BILL
Councilman Samuel Percy pur-
poses knowing whether the city
lookup is clean before the. next
meeting of the city fathers, accord
ing to a declaration he made to
Mayor Morse.
Mayor Morse complained. a month
ago, that the Jail was not a fit
habitation for a human being, but
since that date new window lights
been put in, and some cleaning has
been sdone.
Mr.. Percy wanted to know if the
mayor was satisfied with the work,
and that official said he hadn't been
to the Jail in a month. The irate
councilman said he would go, him
self, and see whether it was clean
or not.
1t was brought out at the meet
ing that sixteen of the letter boxes
within the city are placed on electric
light poles, a contract for this
purpose having been authorized by
the government inspector. Mayor
Morse reported month ago that
he received a shock while mailing
letter, and it seems that others have
also been subjected to free electrical
treatment.
The city is going after the Mer-
chants and Farmers Telephone
Company, because it's line on Clin-
ton street resembles something that
might have happened in Belgium.
Wire after wire has fallen on
Clinton street. through which the
trunk runs, until but a half dozen