Palisadian., 1923-10-12
MAYOR AND COUNCIL OF CLIFFSIDE
PARK PROTEST AGAINST THE new
FARE And DISCUSS BUS TROUBLES
Special Meeting Next Monday Night to Consider West
Grantwood Sewer Plans; Resolution to Be Sent to
Cohn Family; Cliff Street Improvement Laid Out

At the meeting of the Cliffside Park
mayor and council held last Monday
night 1t was voted to make a strong
protest to the Public Utilities Com
mission and to the Public Service
Corporation against the new fare
schedule, which because of the zoning
system forces the citizens of Cliffside
Park to pay 10 cents to go to the For
ty-second street ferry and 13 cents to
the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street ferry. Attorney Agnew and
Councilman Marini were appointed on
a committee to draw up and send this
protest.
The discussion also embraced the
matter of two fares being collected by
the Hillside bus line. 1t costs but 5
cents to ride through five North Hud-
son municipalities and cents more
to come into Fairview and Cliffside
Park. The council has taken steps to
see If the bus men themselves will
not rearrange the zones in a manner
which will include Cliffside Park in
the first cent zone.
tention of the council to the fact that
only one bus was at the service of the
people of Cliffside Park, and that lone
bus acted as a shuttle between Lafay-
cite avenue and Park avenue, where
the passengers were required to
change. He stated that the informa-
ton had come to him direct from a
bus official that the company was Civ
en- orders by the police that only one
bus was allowed to park at Lafayette
avenue. Officer McEvoy was present
at the meeting and stated that he had
given orders to the effect that only
three buses were to park in the bor-
ough at time, but never had told
them that only one was to park Mr.
Dietrich said that he would accept the
explanation and convey the informa-
tion to the party who told him and
would have him present at the next
meeting. -'s'''''' -'
Councilman Marini offered resolu-
tion expressing the sympathy of the
governing body for the bereaved fam
lily of the late J. ]. Cohn, who was
killed by an auto last week. The res
olution was adopted, and a copy of
the same will be sent to the Cohn
family.
Attorney Agnew toward the end of
the meeting stated that there were
number of very young boys in the
borough who were driving autos with
out license and suggested that the
mayor ask the chief of police to check
up on them. The mayor stated that
ne had already taken such steps.
Following Mr.. Agnew's remarks
Councilman Dietrich advised that the
budget for 1924 provide for more traf-
fic policemen and stated that it was
impossible for one man to properly
take care of two roads, such as Pali-
sade avenue and Anderson avenue.
The Public Service Corporation in
a letter signified their willingness to
exchange the triangular plot of
ground that the borough wants for
war memorial for another plot that
the borough owns on the other side of
the track. The attorney was instruct
ed to draw the necessary papers to
complete the deal.
WO ClllZeuS were present 70 Ldlh
in regard to the proposed Cliff street
improvement. One was for it and one
against. The matter was laid over
until future meeting when all the
councilmen will be present.
Carmine Richard was present and
gave to the borough in lieu of all
back taxes a strip of land which ex-
tends from Anderson avenue to Ber-
gen boulevard on the south side of
Oakdene. The strip is thirteen and
one-half feet wide at Bergen boule-
ward and tapers down to one foot at
Anderson avenue.
The report of the building inspector
showed applications for building per-
mits representing SS5,700 in proposed
new buildings. The report was ac-
cepted and the permits granted.
A special meeting of the mayor and
council will be held on next Monday
night to discuss the proposed sewer
plans for the West GrantWOod sec