The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-09-19
COUNCIL ACTS
IN R. R. CASE
Blocking of Traffic on Main Street
Discussed Monday Night
Sidewalks Ordered.
GUTTER BIDS ARE REJECTED

The blocking of traffic at the Main
Street crossing of the Reading Rail
road was discussed by City Council
on Monday night after an inquiry from
Councilman Peck to the City Solicitor
if some legal action could not be taken
to stop the congestion of traffic caus-
ed by drilling freight trains which
keep the crossing. blocked at long per-
iods around seven o'clock in the eve
ming. The Solicitor informed Mr.. Peck
that the legal period of keeping a
crossing blocked by trains was six
minutes.
Councilman Peck then had a motion
put through that the City Solicitor
notify the railroad company not to
hold traffic longer than six minutes in
future. The railroad has not been
particularly careful of abiding by the
law regarding blocking of traffic ever
since one of their train crews was
arrested and brought before Mayor
Jackson last Spring for running trains
through the city at express speed.
This case was appealed and is still
pending before the higher court.
Councilman Stephenson addressed
Council on the subject of the Board OF
Education transferring smaller pupils
from Woodland Avenue School to De-
catur Avenue School. The matter
came up after a communication vas
read from William Ireland, stating
that his nine year old child was sent
from Woodland Avenue School, just
one city block from his home, to De-
catur Avenue, necessitating the taking
of a cold midday lunch and crossing
two railroads to reach school. Ste
phenson said hat under. the recent Or
der many small children were forced
TO cross dangerous grade crossings,
and on his motion, passed unanimous
", a communication was ordered sent
to the Board of Education asking that
the smaller children of the second
grade, be returned to Woodland Ave
nue.. and a class of the sixth or sey-
enth grade, be transferred to Decatur
Avenue instead, while the congested
condition at Woodland Avenue pre-
vailed.
With the knowledge that the Board
of ~Freeholders were about to receive
bids for the %re-paving of two blocks Of
Shore Road between the two railroads
in Pl%easantville, City Council passed
a resolution that all property owners
on Shore Road between Pleasant and
Verona avenues, Immediately place
their sidewalks and curbs in first class
condition, as this was one of the con-
ditions on which the Board of Free
holders agreed to have the street paw
ed.
The iron bands to repair the broken
sewer main on the meadows, because
of which the State Board of Health is
sued an order stopping the taking of
CLAIMS and oysters from Lakes Bay,
have arrived in the city and will be
put in place Immediately. The bands
were ordered on June 18th. When
these bands are placed and the leaks
stopped the order issued by the State
Board of Health will be rescinded. .
Residents of Woodland Avenue COM
planned to Council Of a public NUS
ance in that location maintained by a
colored man who kept a hog PEN which
was very obnoxious to all residents.
1t was explained that complaints had
been made both to the local and State
Boards of Health several weeks ago.
1t was also explained that the local
Board had recently given notice for
the abatement of the nuisance and
Council withheld action to await the
outcome of the notice served by the
Board of Health.
Councilman Stephenson explained to
Council that by reason of a lack of
funds at this time it would be neees-
sary to abandon the plan to lay paved
cutters on Adams, Pleasant and Wood
land Avenues, in connection with the
storm water drain. Council then or
dered the recent bid rejected and the
contractors check returned to him.
Councilman Stephenson put through
a motion that an electric light on De-
catur avenue, between the Shore Fast
Line tracks and New Road be moved
about 100 feet nearer to the Shore
Fast Line tracks for a better distri-
button of light in that section.
The Street Committee was authoriz-
ed to purchase traffic warning signs
to be placed at a distance of $50 feet
from each school house, notifying au-
tomobilists to drive slow.
Councilman Wilson reported that the
city Jail was in bad condition, having
been badly wrecked by an insane man
who had been confined there pending
his removal to the county asylum. He
also reported that the room in Red
Mems Hall, used as police headquar-
tiers and Police Justice Court needed
a partition so that it could be better
heated. The property committee was
instructed to make whatever repairs
and additions were necessary both to
the jail and police headquarters.
Councilman Stephenson reported
that Broad Street north of Park Ave
nue. was shown as a public street on
the city map but that the land was
claimed by Salem Church as private
property. The City Solicitor and City
Engineer were instructed to look into
this matter and make a report at the
next meeting of Council.