The Penn's Grove record., 1920-07-16
Conference on Poor
Electric Service
Committee of Council Conferred
With Pitman Board of Trade
Thursday Night

The Mayor and Council met in reg
ular session on Tuesday night. Mayor
S. NJ. Hunt presided. Members pres
ent were George M. Pyne, Robert M.
Walker, Edward H. Keen, Jr., Dennis
C. Fahy. Borough officials present
were Clerk w. A. Hunt, Chief Mar
shall Houseworth, Superintendent of
Roads, Joseph Sailor, Overseer of
Poor, Charles R. Leonard.
Borough Treasurer d. P. Featherer
reported to the Finance Committee a
balance on hand of $40, 805.16.
The Building Committee reported
that good progress was being made
on the Borough hall and that the
building was about 85 per cent COM
pleted.
Councilman Keen moved that re-
pairs be made to Railroad Avenue
from Broad to State Street and State
street from Main to Railroad Avenue.
Councilman Fahy made strenuous
objections to the proposition or the
grounds that other streets were in far
worse condition and should be attend
ed to first or attended to at the same
time.
Councilman Dalbow stated that
Railroad Avenue had been improved
with a stone base which was being
worn out by heavy traffic which turns
off Main street at State and goes on
Railroad Avenue to South Broad to
avoid the congestion around Union
Corner. We should take care of the
work already done before the base is
entirely ruined.
1t was decided after much discussion
to proceed with the work on State
street and Railroad
Borough Engineer William A. Sum-
merrill was instructed to make a sur
vey of said streets and inform the
Street Committee what work was
necessary to be done.
A communication was read from the
Pitman Board of Trade concerning
The poor. electric light and power SER
vice that has been furnished that COM
munity for some time past. Knowing
that Penns Grove had gone thru the
same experience they asked that a
committee be appointed to confer with
them at a meeting to be held there on
Thursday, 18th, inst, to discuss the
matter with a view of lettering eX-
listing conditions.
The Mayor appointed Messrs. Fahy,
Keen and Walker.
1t was also reported to Council that
the Trolley Company had arranged
with contractor Joseph F. Burke to
make needed repairs to the roadbed
of the streets over which their lines
are operated as their contract calls
-. tNLo ,,-o,1r hnc hnan 1a1a yrnH on
account of inability to get material to
do the work.
Two bids for cement cutters on
Main street east of Broad street were
received, in all about 300 lineal feet.
One bid was for As cents a lineal foot
but was rejected because contractor
had failed to sign his name. The bid
also lacked certain specifications. An
other bid was 80 cents per lineal foot.
This bid was also defective. 1t
was rejected and new bids will be adj
vertised for to be in by July 9th.
Lewis Petit, Henry Griffin and J.
Johnson were appointed as special Of
fcers without pay to act as fire mar
shals. They will be on duty only In
case of fire.
A second installment of $500 was
ordered paid to Upper Penns Neck
for repairs made to the Pitman Land
ing road from Broad street to the Bor-
ough limit.
An audit of the Treasurer's books
by the Finance Committee for the past
six months was ordered by the Mayor.
A bill of the Gas Company for
S28.O5 was ordered paid. This &C
count has been hanging fire for over
a year and bobbed up at nearly every
meeting. The Company under its
franchise furnishes gas for lighting
purposes at the fire house. They dis
covered. however, that the firemen
were using the gas for heating pur-
poses. claiming that it was necessary
in order to keep their apparatus from
freezing and being rendered useless.
The Company demanded pay for the
excess they claimed was used over the
amount needed for light.
The Company owed the Borough $50
on an old account and this was held
up pending settlement of the flre
house bill. Both accounts We're set
tied and the members breathed a sigh
of relief that it was over with.
A new Ordinance amending the eX-
isting Mercantile ordinance was pre-
sented and passed first reading.
Samuel R. Moore made application
for appointment as Marshal to succeed
Bert Byrd, who has quit the force.
His application with others will be
considered at a future meeting.
Moore is acting as a special officer at
the present time.
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