Palisadian. [volume] (Cliffside Park, N.J.) 1906-current, 1916-01-08

ices during the last two years must
have been of some value.
Good One on the Mayor
Continuing, the mayor said that
his thanks were due to the entire
borough, it's men, women, and chill
dren, the members of the council, and
the other borough officials for their
assistance to him while holding the
great office of mayor. The latter
was only a figure-head, really, and
there were at times disagreeable
things about it. A remark of the
mayor which brought down the house
was that during the last snow storm,
toward the end of the day after he
had been called up thirty-seven times
to listen to complaints about the
slowness in the matter of snow re-
moval. At 8.15 in the evening, he
said, the phone rang, and the voice
of lady complainant was heard.
"Is this the mayor ?" it asked. eyes"
was the reply. After the lady had
registered the usual protest about
the snow, she softly enquired if it
was true that the mayors term was
to expire on January 1. eyes," said
the mayor. "Well, thank God," came
the response, and the receiver was
hung up. The mayors joke at his
own expense was uproariously re-
ceived.
Thanks the Council
The mayor next took occasion to
thank every member of the council
for their help in trying times when
there were difficult financial conditions
to meet. The new administration, he
thought, would carry on the work
successfully. He congratulated the
new mayor on his advancement, re-
ferred to his years of faithful service
on the board, and appealed to the
citizens to support him loyalty through
thick and thin. "Let the result of the
election be part of the borough's by
laws. Make your council supreme. y
An Engineering Record
The engineering department came
in for warm praise at the hands of
the retiring mayor. He congratulated
the department particularly on their
handling of the new sewer plant. At
one time it looked as though there
might be law suit develop but,
owing to the accurateness and cor
rectness of the engineers figures,
trouble was averted. The mayor
said that while the engineers origi-
nal estimate had been $96,775.57 for
the entire work, the contract was
figure less than the estimate. The
amount of extras was matter of
congratulation all around, it being
but 5000 on an undertaking amount
ing to nearly 100000. The mayor
didn't believe that any other town in
Bergen county could show such
record. The work of the attorney
had largely made this possible.
The mayor again took occasion to
thank all who had been connected
with him in his administration, the
citizens in general, and officials, in
dividually. Support Cadien," he
said; "after to-day l will simply be
good citizen"
BOquets for New Members
Referring to the incoming men,
bers, the mayor said that Councilman
Cohn had served one year previously.
The other councilman, Alfred Mutt,
was young man, probably the
youngest on the council; but he might
be the oldest in wisdom. He referred
again to the fact that the 1915 coun-
Gil was the first that had been able
to arrange for the county and state
tax without borrowing. Last year
100000 had been collected of which
only about $4,000 was for the mayor
and council; about the same amount
went to the county and state tax, on
the one hand, and the school tax on
the other. The borough's portion had
been spent in straightforward way,
all departments being conducted in a
clean, business-like way.
| At this point, the mayor, having
finished his remarks, Mr.. Cadien arose
to present gift of the citizens to
his fellow retiring councilman, Mr..
Zimmerman. The latter thanked the
donors from the depth of his heart,
token of recognition of the reforms
which he had helped to bring about.
Citizen Sears Talks
At the suggestion of President
Sammis, persons on the floor were
asked if they cared to make any re-
marks. Mr.. Sears arose and said:
"Mr. Mayor, I would like to take the
opportunity before this notable
gathering to remind my fellow
citizens that they should not think
of the borough as having an upper
and lower end. 1t is all one." Mr..
Sears made an appeal that if the
citizens desired to equip their coun-
Gil board with the best possible ma
terial, the September primaries was
the time and place to do it. In local
affairs it was not so much a matter
of party. Good men had been put up
last year, and good men had been
elected. He was glad to have seen
that there was no mud-slinging at
the last election, and that the fight
was an open one. Not only the po-
litical but also the religious note
should be kept out of elections; we
were big and strong enough to do it.
In regard to the saloons, he would
simply saw. "Thev must obev the