Palisadian., 1922-05-27


the attendance at the Cliffside Council
meeting last Monday evening. No
doubt the warm weather and the har-
monious manner the mayor and coun-
Gil are working are the cause of the
smaller audiences Monday evenings
meeting was lacking in excitement, but
not in business. The meeting closed
much earlier than any other of the
year.
Sewer lines occupied considerable
time. Mr.. Miller acted as spokesman
for residents of Franklin avenue, who
We're present on inquiry as to how to
make non-residents of this street dis
connect from the sewer laid in that
avenue. 1t happens that Franklin ave-
nue. has not been turned over to the
borough and therefore the sewer be-
longs to the property owners of that
avenue. After a lengthy discussion no
notice of what may be done was given
The Franklin avenue people contend
that the sewer is just large enough to
take care of their street.
The CliffSide Park Realty Company
offered a proposition similar to the one
recently made by the William Penn
Realty Company to construct sewer,
improve the street and later present
it to the borough The new sewer
would be laid on Adolphus avenue and
Cortlandplace, an outlet into the Gorge
road sewer. This was approved I'M
der the same conditions that applied to
the William Penn Realty Company's
Offer
Il communication was received from
that company informing the borough
that they We're ready to dedicate the
streets and turn over the sewer to the
borough. Mr. J. A. Werner of Jassa-
mine Way was ordered to dsconnect
his sanitary sewer from the storm
sewer within fifteen days.
A petition was received to construct
sanitary sewer on the east side of
Anderson avenue from Cliff street to
Jersey avenue. One hundred per cent
of the property owners signed this pc
tition.
had signed neither the bond nor the
contract when Mr.. Meyer queried about
the matter. The board ordered the
clerk to give the company three days
notice to sign the bond. If they did
not sign the buses were to be stopped.
A PaliSadian representative called At
torney Agnew at o'clock Thursday
evening, and at that time the bond had
not been signed by the busmen
Attorney Agnew had quite lengthy
report He asked the council to pass
a resolution. to have all municipal
claims against the playground property
withdrawn No decision as yet has
been given in the McClave appeal. A
Judgment of S74906 to Rosencranz
against the borough was awarded by
the court. When this was reported Mr..
Post arose and said in part: 81 am re-
sponsible for this. It cost US S100 in
costs and $3.50 attorneys fee in losing
it. The evidence when brought before
the board convinced us we We're right
in holding up the payment; still we
take the case before the court and lose,
as the jury thought different Our
facts had shown $50 per cent profit was
made, yet we could show the jury but
66 % per cent The basis of our de-
fense was what | had to say, but [ was
not allowed to say anything" He con-
cluded by saying, SIT breaks my heart
to sign this resolution"
A report from the Public Service
Utilities Commission on the gas for
Lincoln avenue was given.
The garbage collectors and crushed
stone contracts We're ready for sigma
lures. The Cottage lane Improvement
assessment was not vet finished up.
In answer to a query he replied that
not much was accomplished on the
bond issue. On the $4,000 current
fund question serious complications
were holding it up. The attorney said
he would have everything ready when
the finance committee meets in June.
On motion of Mr.. Seigrist, Mr.. Stern
was awarded the job of attending the
pumping station at $40 per month; also
that a specialist be hired to give him
instructions. He suggested that Cor
porselli be billed by the borough for
StO.-U, the eAleHl Ol TepdITS Ou w litter
bourne road.
Mr.. Wright was given the auditing
job, as Weisker was forced to resign
from the Bureau of Auditors. The
clerk and collector were told TO be
present when the 100000 bond is
drawn next Monday evening
Clerk Smith informed the board that