Bridgeton pioneer., 1917-01-18
WHOLE NO. 1906

a convise manner, and holds that the
city charter grants no authoriy v for
the appointment of such committees.
that Council had delegated various
powers to the several Commissioners
and without amending the charter
and repeating the ordinances delegat-
ing such authority to the Commits
sioners, the appointment of standing
mmittees were clearly illegal.
Commissi ner of Public Safety VIM.
Murphy presented charges against
Harry d. Shaw, hoseman in the fire
department, for violation of Ordi-
nance No. 233 in failing to report for
three alarms of fire On December 90.
! 1916, and failure to further present =
wr ten excuse for such failure.
The charges were accompanied by
the formal specifications and neces-
sary affidav.ts. Council fixed We'd
nesday ening, January 24.h, as tho
time for herring the cha ges and di-
rected that copies of the charges be
se.ved on Mr.. Shaw.
Commissioner of Streets Davis re-
ported that he was having d fficuity
in securing teams at the present rate
saying the teamsters demanded $500
day for team and driver.
IN ho
Gil that if the high rate of living
affected the team ng and with an ap-
preparation already fixed, it would
result in a curtailment of the street
work.
Mr.. Hettinger, in referring to the
issue of S1z5,000, school bonds, said
he would like to see the bonds issued
N denominations of $500 each and
sold to LEGAL parties if they desired
same.
Corporation Counsel Bacon said, in
reply to a question, that Council had
already fixed the denomination in the
sum of $1,000 each by passage of Or
.dinance No. 245, but that they could
sell the bonds at either pubic or pri-
vate sale. He was not prepared to
state that they could sell broken lots.
Mr.. Most called at ention to drain
age conditi MS on Orchard St., which
were referred to the Comm ssioner
of Streets and Hia hways
City Collector w. H. McGear said
the present water scheG u,e OF rates
did not provide for a uniform charge
on irrigation plants and that the
rates had been fixed upon basis es-
tablished by former Commissioner
Ryon, however, with the continual
increase in the -rr,gat on plants he
felt that Council should amend the
Ordinance and have a liked schedule.
1t was suggested that minimum Zee
of $500 year be established and for
each foot over 25n that an additional
rate CT 2 cents be fixed
Comms SIS er Fredrck also called
attention to the present feet for tap
ping the water mains, and said at the
present prices the city lost $127 On
each tap. Mr.. Most moved, and the
same was carried, that the matter be
referred to spec al comm ttee, they
to confer with the Commissi ner of
Public Works and report lack to
Council with rec lamentations.
On mott on of Mr., Hettinger, the
Law Committee, together with the
Commissioner of Public Safety and
the Corporation Counsel were re-
qnested to prepare an ordinance gov
erning the police department and
counsel.
Mr. Holmes asked the President il
the committees appointed at the last
meeting were still in effect.
President Evans replied that he did
not know any hing to the contrary.
Mr.. Holmes requested the Corpora
ticn Counsel to state his opinion
again.
Mr. Bacon replied that he had al
ready rendered a written opinion,
which was in the hands of the Clerk.
Corporation Counsel Bacon pointed
out that special committee was ap-
pointed only for a special purpose
and for the performance of specific
dity.
President Evans said that was ex-
actly correct, ''the committees were
appointed to assist the President
The discussion was not pursued.
An order was drawn for $10.62 to