The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1917-07-07
SEWERAGE ORDINANCE
TO COME UP AUG. 6
COUNCIL HAD BUSY SESSION
LAST MONDAY EVENING AND
TRANSACTS MUCH BUSINESS.

City Council met in regular session
on Monday evening, President James
in the chair, and Councilmen Ander-
son, Adams, Lutz, Derr and. Black
mar being in their chairs.
Owlers of property on Lorraine ave-
nue. petitioned Council to accept said
avenue, establish grades, give curb
and sidewalk lines and place same in
condition fit for travel. Referred to
Street Committee.
A petition requested the improve
ment Of Hughes street and Third Ave
nue. and extend the water service to
heir locality. Referred to Street
Committee.
Avenue between New Road and
Doughty Road be opened, because
that portion of Pleasantville lying
between Church street and Washing
ton avenue on both sides of Doughty
Road should have more direct access
to the center of the city. Referred to
the Street Committee.
Mr.. Lutz reported that the trolley
companies have granted the ive-cent
fare to Atlantic City for daily pa
irons, and the committee was in
structed to write to the superinten-
dents of both lines thanking them for
the concessions thus far given.
Mr.. Anderson stated that the light
outage as reported by the Light Com
pany and the Police do not correspond.
The. report of the Police was accepted
although it did not show as great an
outage as the Company's report, and
the Police Committee was instructed
to take up the matter with the Police.
The Building Inspector presented
his report showing building permits
and gasoline permits issued up to
June Both. Same was ordered to be
received and filed.
The Clerk reported that the Sink
ing Fund Commission had cancelled a
school bond for $4,000 due July 1st,
and has paid interest on school bonds
to that date.
The City Engineer submitted a re-
port. He gave as his estimate for
grading and crawling Lorraine avenue
the sum of $500. He recommended
that bids be asked for laying a cement
walk in front of the Irwin property
on S. Main street in accordance with
specifications on file at his office. He
suggested that the Street Committee
and Road Supervisor meet him at
least twice a month and decide on
work to be done, so that there may ct
all times be a complete understand
ing in the conducting of all street
work. He also stated that steps
should be taken to obtain a better
quality of gravel for street work. The
recommendations were ordered to be
complied with.
Elton Risley accepted in writing
the terms of the ordinance granting
him the right to lay a narrow gauge
track on Delilah Road and to operate
same with a locomotive for the pur-
pose of carrying gravel to construct
the new boulevard between Absecon
and Atlantic City, and filed a bond
for $4,000 as an evidence of good
faith. Upon motion, the bond was
accepted.
A resolution was passed authoriz-
ing the City Clerk to give notice that
it is intended to introduce an ordin-
ance at Councils meeting on August
9Th providing for the erection and
construction of a sewerage system
and sewage disposal plant in the city
according to the plans and ~specifca-
tons approved by the Board of
Health of the State.
Collector Price asked to be charged
with S3364.95 not on the tax dupli-
cate, which request upon motion was
accepted.
A certificate from the Board of
School Estimates stated that 23,500
will be necessary to run the city's
school for the term 1917-18, divided as
follows:
General repairs .............$ 1000
Manual training ........... 1000
Current expenses .......... 1880
Alterations to No. ? school for