The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-01-03

legged neglect by the company to prop
erly flush the pipes here. 1t was
charged the water is stagnant and dis
colored and is therefore unfit for gen.
eral household use.
Solicitor Abbott was instructed to
incorporate the. charges in a formal
protest to be made to the Public Util-
ity Commission in an effort to ecure
some remedial action. The consensus
of opinion was hat when the city of
necessity is forced to pay nearly a
1000 increase in water rates in view
of such alleged unsatisfactory service,
the fullest investigation should be
made to obtain some redress.
The clerk was authorized to borrow
from the First National Bank on a
demand note the sum of $500, with
which to settle for the McMullin &C.
ment sidewalk and curbing and to
adjust other matters.
Signed by the taxpayers and resi-
dents of West Bolton venue, a petition
was presented to Council requesting
the early placing of an electric street
light on that street. West Bolton ave
nue. is a private highway, but if Cour
Gil will grant the request for a light
the petition recited that the freehold
ers there would dedicate the avenue
to the city.
Collector Turner read a report of
uncollected taxes for the years 1918
and 1919, resulting from erroneous
and double assessments and asked to
be relieved of their collection, which
was granted.
Present were Councilmen Elmer
Bates, Walter Bates, Fred Henry and
Martin Pitney, Clerk Johnson, Collect
or Turner and Solicitor Abbott.
Meeting in Interest of School
Teachers.
There will be a big meeting of citi-
| zens and taxpayers of Absecon and
Galloway Township in Absecon School
auditorium on Friday evening, Jan. 9,
at 8 o'clock. This meeting is of great
importance, and all are cordially in
vited to attend. Mr.. H. P. Miller, of
Atlantic City High School, and other
prominent speakers will be present.
AbSecon Council Re-OrQdnizes.
City Council met at moor New Years
Day and organized for the ensuing
GsBeEzsaa Elmer Bate
was unanimously selected again as
chairman. Other officers were nomi-
mated and elected as follows:
Solicitor-Albert C. Abbott.
City Engineer-Samuel Clark.
Street Supervisor-Harry Mattson,
Jr.
Fire Warden-E. G. Bates.
Harbor MASTER. Alton Mitchell.
Found Keeper-William Schoephin,
Jr.
Sinking Fund Commission = George
B. Conover, l year; William Wyand, 2
years; A. L. Hammell, 8 years.
Board of Health-Dr. Samuel John
son, 1 year; DR.. C. G.. Allen and A. J..
Craven, each 2 years; T. D. Shovel,
8 years.
The same rules in vogue in the past
were adopted again for the year 1920.
Present were Councilmen E. G. Bates,
Walter Bates, Fred Henry and Martin
Pitney and Clerk Johnson.
Following the meeting Mr.. Pitney
dined the city officials at the Hotel
Rockingham.
George B. LuttS Dies of Pneumonia.
The funeral of George B. Lutts, of
Newark, N. j., was held in the Abse-
con Presbyterian Church last Wednes-
day afternoon at 3 o'clock, interment
in the Presbyterian Cemetery.
He was 81 years old; husband of the
late Anna Lutts, and was a member of
Keystone Lodge, No. 1913, F. & A. NJ,
of Linwood; Atlantic Circle, B. of u,
of Absecon, and Aurora Lodge, L. o. o.
F., Absecon.
Mr.. Lutts died on Sunday at his
home in Newark of double pneumonia,
after being i'll only five days. He was
stricken the preceding Tuesday and 1t
was apparent from the first that his
condition was serious.
For the last Is years Mr.. Lutts had
been State inspector of tenement hous-
es. At first his territory embraced
South Jersey, but a number of years
ago he was assigned to the North Jer-
sey district, with Trenton as his south
ernmost point.
The family lived here until the sum
mer of 1906. when they removed to
Newark. While here Mr.. Lutts served
as town councilman and filed other