The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-12-23
PITNEY ROAD
GETS LIGHTS.
City Council Will Place
Two Electric Lights on Well
Travelled Highway.

On account of the two electric
street lights on Pitney Road being so
far apart, and due to the rough and
worn out condition of the road result
ing from the unusually heavy truck
travel on same. the Absecon City
Council, at its adjourned meeting last
Wednesday evening, on motion of Mr..
Henry, who gave a recital of the pres
ent conditions there, authorized the
erection of two more lights on that
highway, one between the present
Two, the other to be located a reason
able distance north of the last one
now on Pitney Road, the expense TO
be provided for by next years budg-
ct The action taken was subject TO
the approval of the City Solicitor, in
regard to its legality.
Similar action was taken in refer
nee to patching and scraping Ohio
avenue, Mill Road and Mechanic
street, otherwise known as Adams
avenue, which, according to the re-
port of Mr.. Reilly, are in dire need
of emergency repairs. He, therefore,
fathered a motion to have the Street
Supervisor make such street repairs
as are considered necessary in the
interest of the travelling public, the
cost to be borne by the 1928 budget,
if the Solicitor approves the legality
of The proceeding. Subject to Mr..
Abbott's opinion, the motion was
unanimously passed.
Tax Collector f. G. Turner was au-
thorized to make such personal and
poll tax attachments as are justified
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He was advised TO confer with the
Solicitor over any questionable allow
anees. Mr.. Turner requested the
attachments be authorized at this time
so that the books of the Tax Collect
or's office can be balanced in readi-
ness for the annual audit to be made
soon after the first of the "a The
reasons given by Collector Turner for
the cancellation of the amounts listed
was due, he stated, to clerical errors,
and double assessments,
and to assessments made against fire
men, soldiers, sailors and marines,
State Pension Widows, and those who
have died or moved away.
Clerk Johnson reported there are
several small balances left in some of
the city's accounts, while other ae-
counts show small deficiencies. Mr..
Roger, therefore, made a motion,
which was duly seconded, in~structing
the clerk TO make such transfers of
u%neXpended balances as may be nee
essary to cover the deficiencies in
other accounts.
One of the accounts heavily drained
was the Contingent Account, from
which reyenu was diverted the first
of this year for The rebuilding of the
Public Landing Wharf at the foot oil
Church street, which was damaged
and undermined by high tides, neces-
stating an emergency financial pro.
duction Of $424.22 for its immediate
reconstruction early This year.
Bills presented, approved and order.
ed paid when funds are available in
eluded the salaries OF the several city
officials, as follows: Mayor, $50; City
Clerk, $3.50; Assessors, 500 each
Solicitor, 5000; Tax Collector, 5000;
Treasurer. 500; Mercantile Tax Col
lector, 800; Chief Of Police, one
months salary. 500; Janitor's yearly
salary, $50; Six months rent for
Council Chamber, 500; Atlantic Coun
ty Water Company, quarterly seryi
ees, $409.9S.
Present were Councilmen Craven
Henry, Henderson, Reilly. Roger and
Townsend, and Clerk Johnson.
The last meeting of City Council fol
this year will be held next Wednesday
evening, Dec. 81, at 8 o'clock, wher
efforts will be made to clear the Coun
cilmanic slate of all lingering 1872.
business.