Palisadian., 1923-03-30
CADIEN AND S|ECRIST
CROSS SWORDS
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and he claimed the driver stated he
was there with orders to pump GER
tain cellar and was not at liberty to
render assistance to the party in ques-
tion, but the chairman of the Fire and
Water Committee said he had given
no such instructions, and Councilman
Meyer stated that he had advised the
department simply to help the people
in that section out. At this point in
the discussion a Mr.. Sullivan of West
Grantwood took the floor and reviewed
the conditions and charged Council
man Siegrist with the statement that
the Mayor would do nothing. With
that Mr.. Meyer testified to the remark
made by Mr.. Siegrist, modifying the
same to say that the Mayor had made
promises and had done nothing, but
MIR. Sullivan insisted that the remark
was made when Mr.. Meyer was not
present and repeated that Mr.. Sic
grist told him the Mayor would do
nothing. Councilman Siegrist ex-
planned that the Mayor had promised
to remedy the condition over a year
ago and to date has not done so, to
which the Mayor replied that Mr.. Sic
grist was wrong on his dates and that
action had been taken but the Council
had blocked proceedings by not agree
ing with the Fort Lee officials when
the time came to sign the agreement
but Mr.. Siegrist insisted that he
wasn't even on the Board at the time
the Mayor had reference to and eau
toned him not to make the statement
that he was. The Mayor reported that
he had been in touch with Mayor Hill
of Fort Lee recently and that Mr.. Hill
felt disinclined to waste any time on
the matter, due to their former ex-
perience, and he stated that he
couldn't promise anything for Fort
Lee. Former Councilman Herbert
Post, who was present at the meeting,
refreshed the Mayors memory by say
ing at the time the agreement was be-
fore the Council there was a tie vote
and the Mayor cast the deciding vote
in favor of it, so delay in the matter
could not be charged against the
Board, and as matter of fact the
agreement was still in effect. Mrs.
Felser of West Grantwood made an
appeal for an adjustment of the affair
in an amicable way and asked about
the Ridgefeld proposition. She was
told that the Ridgefield plan would do
little toward remedying the condition
and would cost in the neighborhood of
S75,000
Mr.. Stevens of West Grantwood also
made few remarks about the condi-
ton and called the Councils attention
to the deplorable condition of several |
of the roads in his section.
The entire matter ended in a prom
Use to effect a conference between the
officials of the two boroughs at an
early date.
Councilman Dietrich. during the
course of the meeting stated that he
was given the impression that the fail
ure of the garbage collector to per
form his duties properly were in a
number of cases due to obstacles
placed in his way by Health Inspector
Dyer and stated that Dyer caused the
arrest of one of the drivers in Fair
view short time ago. Both Mr. Dyer
and the collector of garbage will be
asked to appear at the next meeting.
The Road Committee reported that
they, together with the Engineer, had
examined Palisade avenue and rec
commended the same be repaired from
end to end, and later in the meeting
two resolutions were passed calling
for specifications on the repairs neces
sary.
AS a result of recommendation
from the Fire and Water Committee,
new fire hydrants will be placed on
Wheeler street, Jersey, Jefferson and
Lafayette avenues.
A bid of S314.2O from the Fisk Iron
Works for fence to be constructed
around the Disposal Plant was ac
cepted and the contract awarded to
them.
2 motion was passed authorizing
the underpinning of the Borough Hall
on the southern side, where eXcava-
tions are being made on adjoining
property.
The fact that some opposition has
developed in Grantwood against the
new Post Office plan for consolidation
was productive of a discussion, and
Councilman Marini stated that he felt
the opposition was a result of some
mistaken idea as to the service to be
rendered, and Councilman Dietrich
suggested that the newspapers make
the matter clear to the minds of the
citizens by printing the details of the
plan.
The balance of the meeting was TAX
en- up with reports of minor impor-
tance and the reading of communica-
tionS.