The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1922-02-04
ABSECON NEWS LETTER
HAPPENINGS OF THE WEEK IN THAT THRIVING CITY cHRoN-
IcLEp BY OUR SPECIAL CORRESPONDENT.

mi and Beulah Young, Mrs. E. Diefen-
heck. Miss Jane Diefenbeck, Mr.. and
Mrs. Chas. Penhallow, Miss Catherine
Reilly, Mr.. md Mrs. C. Hare, Mr.. and
Mrs. John e. Reilly, Mrs. James B.
Reilly, Miss Bessie Reilly, Mrs. JOS
eph Helfrich, Mr.. and Mrs. Chas. A.
Katherine Lutz.
City Council Refuses
Request of Fire Company.
City Council met in adjourned SEES
sion last Wednesday evening with the
following members present: Mayor
Mattson, Councilmen Craven, Henry,
Henderson, Roger, Reilly and Town
send, Clerk Johnson and Solicitor
Abbott.
The 1922 budget and tax ordinance
on which a public hearing was held
the preceding Wednesday evening was
passed unanimously on second, third
and final reading, after a second pub
lie hearing was held at the request of
Chief Kesler and other members of
the Volunteer Fire Company, who OBJ
jected to the passage of the ordinance
unless a small amount was appropri-
ated for the purchase of better fire
fighting equipment. Their protests
were ignored, however, the budget and
tax ordinance being passed in full
without change as previously adver-
tised.
Signed by quite a number OF resi-
dents and taxpayers the following pc
tition submitted by Chief Kesler was
received and laid over:
To the Honorable Mayor and members of
the City Council of Absecon:
Whereas, your honorable body has re-
Trained. for reasons best known to your
tial amount to the Abseeon City Nolun-
teer Fire Company No. l; and
Whereas, the insurance rate will be
raised because of such failure; and
Whereas, life and property in every
city is of the first Importance:
We, therefore,, petition you honorable
body to appropriate or apply a r%easona-
BILE portion of the $1,000 appropriated for
no specific purpose to the said fire COM
pany.
We feel that your honorable body can
not afford to place in jeopardy the prop
erty and lives of our citizens. nor fail
to recognize a body of men who willingly
volunteer their services at all hours of
the night in their protection.
We can see no reason why the sum of
$1,000 should be appropriated for roads.
when the State assumes the major por-
ton of the expense; nor should a large
sum be set aside for police protection.
the State having also assumed the major
portion of that burden.
These matters we pray will receive
our special attention.
asked regarding the $500 item in
The appropriations for Protection of
Life and Property" Council explained
to the firemen that that sum repre-
sented $1,000 for police officers salary,
5000 for protection of bathers at the
swimming pool On the White property
next summer, 500 for mo Parking
auto signs to be placed at and neal
the n of New Jersey and Station
avenues, and 5000 for special police
protection should an extra officers
services be needed at times during
the summer when automobile travel is
especially heavy.
In reference TO the Road Appropria-
ton OF $1,000 the opinion was express
ed that this amount was excessive in
view of the fact that the State main
fains the two main arteries Of travel
through town. but to Offset this the
Councilman asserted the city will
have ever more local s1 reefs under it's
jurisdiction this year than last, since
it is now known it has title to w.
Bolton venue and that the expense
of maintaining Pitney 9venue must
again be borne by the city, /. no long