The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-21
EXTENSIVE PAVING
PROGRAM ADOPTED
City Council Approves Recon-.
mendation of Street Com
mittee With Changes.
OTHER IMPORTANT ACTION


City Council met in regular session
on Monday evening, President James
presiding, and Councilmen Blackman,
Meloney, Lutz, Anderson, Adams and
Derr being in their chairs.
A petition from the Road Supervisor
and th1se under him requested that
the pay for teams be raised to IS per
day, the wages of the Street Super
visor be raised to SO per day, and the
wages of laborers to 1925 per day.
Upon motion, the request was COM
piled with.
A petition from Mrs. Gertrude Glass
called attention to the condition at
the northeast corner of Seneca and
Belmont avenues, Oakhurst, where an
open gravel pit and growth of brush
wood make it necessary for passing
vehicles to cross her property. Re
ferred to Street Committee for inves-
tigation. 9
The Street Committee recommended
that Lorraine avenue be graded and
repaired in a permanent manner at an
approximate cost of $500, that Frank
lin avenue be repaired but not Hughes
avenue. They reported that they did
not think the city should be put to
the expense of building the continual
ton of Decatur avenue, but recon-
mended tIat AUDITING property hold
erS oTen and grade street and dedi-
cate same to city. Upon motion, it
was decided to comply with the rec
ommedation.
The Street Committee recommended
that sidewalks and curbs be laid as
follows:
Park avenue from Main street to
Fast Shore Line R. r.
Edgewater avenue from Main street
to Prospect n
Wright street from Main street to
Chestnut street.
Decatur avenue from Main street to
Chestnut stl Get.
Chestnut street from Decatur ave-
nue. to w. J.. & S. R. r.
Georgia avenue and Second street
from W. ]. & S. R. R. to Reading R. R.
Third street from W. ]. & S. r. R.
to Reading R. R.
New Road from Washington avenue
to Reading R. R.
Washington ayenue from New Road
to Doughty Road.
Pleasant avenue from Main street
to Second street.
Adams avenue from Main street to
Second street.
Woodland avenue from Main street
to First street.
And that the City Engineer be in
structed to make up an estimate of
the work necessary to be done by the
city in completing this amount of
sidewalk and curbs and that he pre-
pare plans and specifications for the
same. and that he advertise for a city
contractor to do all city work along
sidewalk and curb construction for the
year 1917, so that bids may be receiv-
ed and contract awarded at the regu-
lar meeting of Aug. 9Th, each bid to
be accompanied by a certified check
for 500.
President James took the floor and
spoke against the requirement for
West Park avenue, stating that it
would entail too heavy a burden upon
Salem Church, and this was amended
to require this avenue to be paved
from Main street to Broad street only,
after which the recommendations
were adopted.
An ordinance wal introduced and
passed IN first reading to establish the
grade and curb lines on Willard ave.
nue. from the northwest curb line of
Shore Road to the southeast line of
Salem cemetery.
Mr.. Blackman reported the condi-
tion of the driveway into D. NJ. Inger-
soils property, and that anne should
be remedied, but stated hat Mr.. In
gersoll does not care to go to any adj
ditional expense in the matter. Upon
motion, it was ordered that Mr.. Inger-
soil be instructed to repair same and
put it in a ~presentable condition.
Mr.. Meloney reported that there are
leaks in the mains of the Water Com
pany on New Road, and the City Clerk
was instructed TO notify them to rem
edy these conditions.
The City Clerk was instructed to
purchase needed blades for the road
scraper.
Upon motion, it was decided to al
low Mr.. Clifford to keep the building
now at the foot of Fourth street in its
present location for a period of sixty
days, he to keep a red light on same
and to remove it by that time.
Thomas G. D~rinkwater, president of
the Board of Health, requested that a
sprinkling wagon owned by the city
and not being used be converted into
an excavating wagon, to be used for
emptying c%esspools, the matter to be
cared for at the gravel pit. Upon mo-
ton, they were granted the use of the
sprinkler and authorized to have the
change made.
Dir. Harley appeared in behalf of the
public library of the city, and request
ed an appropriation of SIS per week to
maintain a librarian. Council agreed
to consider same upon making up the
budget.
Mr., Derr stated that the Shore Fast
Line has raised it's tracks above the
established grade of the city at the
Decatur avenue crossing. The City
Engineer was instructed to ascertain
whether or not they have violated the
grade, and if so the Solicitor is to take
nm the matter with them.