Palisadian., 1916-07-15
Mayor Lyons Smooths
Over Disaffection
Among Taxpayers

among the Fairview taxpayers re-
garding the reconstruction of the
Bullsferry road, came at last Mon
day nights meeting of the council
when a letter from the Taxpayers
Association of that place, objected
to the manner of improvement, owing
to the manner of assessment which it
has been reported will be made by
general taxation.
The letter stated that the resi-
dents of the town would receive little
or no benefit from the improvement,
but that the bulk of the benefit
would be derived by the cemetery and
the outside public.
In defending the proposition Mayor
Lyons stated that the question of
taxation against the proposition was
misunderstood by majority Of the
taxpayers. The mayor stated that,
should the improvement go through,
there will not be any added taxation.
He further explained the matter by
saying that it now costs the borough
from $1,000 to $1,000 every year to
keep this road in repair and that in
stead of paying this amount out for
the upkeep of the road, it would be
placed in a sinking fund to pay the
debt off. In this way there would
not be extra taxing, owing to the
fact that the borough has to pay but
so per cent. of the cost of the work
which it has been estimated will not
exceed $4,000.
In discussing the proposition, Coun-
Gilman O'Connor wished to throw the
proposition up for good and all, but,
after some little talk, it was decided
to let the matter lay over until after
the next meeting when the bids on
the job will be opened. Should the
contractors figures on the work be
within the $4,000 limit, Mayor Lyons
stated that he would call a mass
meeting for the purpose of hearing
the taxpayers on the proposition.
The Public Service railway came
in for hard rap for their failure to
oil Broad avenue, and unless the
traction company comes to terms i'm
mediately, the Bergen cars will be
stopped from running through the
borough. The dust made by the
trolley cars is unbearable and the
residents of the lower borough are
complaining daily.
A letter from Colonel Stevens
stated that the state engineer would
visit the borough to look over Ander-
son avenue, if the officials so wished.
Iiie clerk was instructed to accept
the offer. The condition Of the road
way is growing worse each day and
the officials of the town mean to
bring the affair to an issue. The mat
ter of placing concrete curb and
gutter along the road was mention
ed by some of the taxpayers present
and it is believed petition will be
circulated for the work.
The contract for the Ninth street
SCOfm-WaCer sewer was AWARDED TO
the Standard Construction Co., for
the sum of $6,558.67. The Bergen
Contracting Co. bid $7,6O4.
Two contracts for wiring the
Grandview Hook and Ladder COM
pany's headquarters with electricity
were received and rejected owing to
the fact that they were considered
too high. George Christensen bid
$62.55 on the work and A. Meller bid
$81.10.
An ordinance for changing the
names of several streets in the bor-
ough passed it's first reading.
The following members were ap-
pointed to the Board of Health by
Mayor Lyons: Owen O'Connor, Rob-
ert Hopkins, John S. Tracy, Hugo
Silsby, Frank Marini, Ernest Green
halgh and Henry landau.