The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1920-02-14
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mans Foreign Missionary Society of
the M. g.. Church was held last Tues
day afternoon at the home of Mrs. A.
c. Fleming, and business incident to
closing up the work for this confer
ence veal was transacted.
Mr.. and Mrs. John S. Lewis were
guests of Mr.. and Mrs. ]. D.. Joslin
last Wednesday.
Earl Fairbrothers has been i'll and
compelled to remain within doors this
week nursing a bad cold.
Dog prisoners are said to be at work
at Conovertown, Louis Foot having
lost n a week ago and other COM
plants from this cause still being
made by others.
Art Club members we're guests Of
Mrs. R. L. Babcock last Wednesday
afternoon.
Councilman and Mrs. Joseph P.
Cheyney, who have been making their
home in Atlantic City since fall, plan
ned to leave this week for Southern
California, where the length of their
s%ojOurn depends on how well they like
the surroundings and climate. Should
they be f%avorably impressed, 1t is as
serted, it is probable they will contin-
ue their residence there.
City Council In Adjourned Session.
The adjourned meeting of City Coun-
Gil was held last Wednesday evening
with these members present: Council
men Elmer Bates, Walter Bates, Fred.
H. Henry, George L. Hackett and Mar
tin Pitney, Clerk Johnson and Solicitor
Abbott.
On motion of Mr.. Henry, seconded
by Mr.. Pitney, the pay of street labor
ers and for team hire was advanced to
the following amounts, to correspond
with like sums now paid by the
ty for work on it's roads: Street labor
ers, $500; supervisors, 81, and teams
$7.20 each per day.
The clerk was ordered to advertise
the city's police motorcycle for sale.
The attention of Council was direct
ed to the ice-packed condition of both
highway and meadows at Faunce's
Landing, which is banked with big
cakes and huge ice foes broken up by
the tide and driven in by the high
tide and wind. The remark was made
that there is enough ice in that vicini-
ty to last until next July, but that was
doubted. Nevertheless there Is a vast
amount of thick, hard packed ice there
and how to dispose of it was the trou-
blesome question. The recommeda-
ton was made that the most feasible
plan would be to clear the Faunce
Landing Road by dynamiting the ice.
However, a committee of Councilmen
will make a personal inspection Of con-
ditions and report it's findings. The
baymen and oyster planters suffered
heavy losses, 1t was reported, from the
thrush of ice which moved their oys-
ter houses, smashed their floats and
damaged their craft and bay equip
ment and are now handicapped in
making shipment of their bay products
by the ice congested condition about
the landing and on the road leading
thereto.
First reading was given the ordi-
nance creating, %equipping, controlling
and regulating a new Absecon Fire
Company. The ordinance, subject to
later amendment and changes, is a
voluminous document covering every
possible phase of fire company organi-
zation and prescribes that the fire
company shall be absolutely under the
control and jurisdiction of City Coun-
Gil. 1t is considered probable that
this ordinance will be passed on both
second, third and final reading at the
next regular meeting of Council on
Wednesday evening, Feb. 25th.
A virtual transcription of the budget
appropriations, including facts and
figures from the report of the Board
of School Estimates on amounts nee
essary to maintain the school system,
the Financial Ordinance for the cur
rent fiscal year was %favorably consid-
cred and passed. Authority was given
the solicitor to have the ordinance
published in The Pl|easantville Press.
The clerk was instructed to have
the books of the city officials, treasur-
er, tax collector, sinking fund COM
mission and clerk audited by a certi-
fed public accountant, and a report of
same sent to the State Department of
Municipal Accounts at Trenton by
March LIST, as required by law.
The clerk was also instructed to pre-
pare the mercantile classification list
as soon as possible, so hat mercantile
taxes can be collected at the earliest
possible date. Authority to enforce
the provisions of the Mercantile Ordi-
nance, including the collection of mer-
camille taxes, is delegated to the may
or INT police department.
The city clerk is prepared to license
dogs at one dollar per head, and those
having CANNES will do we'll to take
out the necessary license. Police Off
Ger William Schoepfiin, Jr., is the
city's pound keeper.
The Salem Epworth League enjoyed
a Valentine Social IN Thursday eve