Palisadian., 1915-01-09

birds will be safe both from storm and
prowling cats.
Even in winter birds will not con-
fine their diet to such artifcially sup
piled food, but will eagerly search the
bark and twigs of the trees for dor
mant insects and their larvae and
eggs.
The press of the State is heartily
cooperating with the society in urg-
ing people to send to the secretary,
Demarest, N. j., for pamphlet and
help the good work along.
A "CASH ACCOUNT"
The BOrOugh's Business the Same as
Our Homes Only on Grander
Scale-Printed Report to be Had
For the Asking.
How much does it cost to run" the
borough of Cliffside Park, and to keep
it running? What is the borough"
anyway? Do you know, Mr.. Inhabi
tant, or Mrs. lnhabitant; or Miss or
Master Inhabitant? Is it made out
of trees, or dirt, streets or houses, and
is the view of the sky thrown in?
What is it that those councilmen and
officials look so solemn about at those
meetings: is it about you or me, or
about your family, or some other
family? Well, isn't it a fact that the
borough is your own home, only on
larger scale, with exactly the same
problems of up keep, and arranging
of certain necessities of life in the
places which will be the most con-
venient for all, and each of, the
members of the family; with this
pantry (provision store) for the fam
ilys nourishment here; the Railways
for moving about (streets and side
walks), there; the bookcase (public
library) there; the yards fence or
hedge (borough's boundary line)
there-and SO on?
Well, then, just as we have to patch
up or smooth over the gravel walk
now and then-and have to take time
and give labor to do it, too; just as
we have to decide how much money
we can give to it, for labor or mate
rial; and whether we are going to
protect ourselves from fire by buying
hose with nozzle, or a fire eXtin
guisher, and to reckon on how much
we are going to have to pay for it
so when the family gets to be bor-
ough family, and instead of single
little home on side street, we have
a town-ful of homes, on toWn-ful of
streets, instead of an entirely new
set of problems, we have the same
problems only on an enlarged scale.
So we need not be surprised, espe-
cially if we are borough official, if
,,oe4 nf hIx tuyn thrnn
a year, for our shelf, for a dollar
or two, we find ourselves paying sew
eral hundred dollars year for the
books for the borough's bookshelf,
and five or six thousand dollars for
roads and sidewalks, instead of a few
dollars for crushed stone and man
to spread it. In the case of the
man to spread it" for the borough,
the Road Commissioner, he works for
whole year, with others to help
him, and for his services receives a
yearly salary of -! For the
borough's "book shelf" in the year
just ended s. was spent. For
the borough's walks and driveways
s., the owners (taxpayers), Z,
through their Collector, Mayor and
Council, and so on, paid out of their
taking care of their buildings, schools
(janitor), and so forth, s.;
for the lighting of streets and build
ings, s..
And so the story might go on, and
tell how much it cost the borough to
borrow money to pay for these and
many other things, while the taXpay-
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payments out of their own pockets
into the general fund. How much we
have to pay to have man keep our
cash account (Collector); one to keep
strict record of what we do from
day to day Borough Clerk, and one
to "advise" us as to what it is right
for us to do, and what not to do
Borough Attorneys; what Bergen
County makes US pay for being a
part of it Q915, 50; and New
Jersey for being a borough in one of
it's counties, and the like, down to
every little bit of printing and piece
of writing paper But if you are
really interested to know about any
of this, you will have to look for it
in the printed pamphlet gotten out by
the financial experts of the borough,
the report for 1914 being probably
ready for the public in month or
two's time.
In the meantime, the Borough
Clerk, DR.. Philip E. Brundage, Grant
wood, will gladly furnish you with the
printed cash account of Cliffside Park
for the year 1914, if you will only take
the trouble to trouble him for it.
CHRISTIAN GIVING.