The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-06-30
WILL
PURCHASE PARK
Swimming Pool and Three Acres
of Land Adjoining to be
Acquired by Council.
ESTABLISH POLICE COURT

Absecon City is TO be a public park
as Ooh as the necessary legal details
can be contaminated. A resolution
was passed at the meeting Of Council
on Wednesday night, TO purchase the
swimming pool and about three acres
adjoining from Lemuel White, who
offered the plot to the city for the
sum OF $4,000. This plot was no in
the market for sale, but several peo-
pie had approached Mr.. White to
buy the tract for an amusement park
and had offered him $4,000. He did
not desire to have an amusement park
located there, and so offered to dis
pose of the plot to the city for park
purposes at about one-third the worth
of the land. The City Solicitor was
instructed to prepare the necessary
legal papers for the purchase, and the
following special committee was nam
ed to take charge OF the matter: Al
fred J. Roger, Fred Henry and Coun-
Gilman Henderson. This committee
was also authorized to get into com
m~unication with Lewis Clark regard
ing the purchase Of a small triangular
piece Of ground adjoining the propos-
ed municipal park and ascertain if he
would consent to sell it to the city.
The ordinance 10 establish a munic-
ipal Police Court was passed on sec
ond reading and then advanced TO
third reading. 1t provides for the ap-
poirtment OF a Police Justice for a
term of two years.
An amendment to the sidewalk or
dinance was passed on first reading.
The change is to compel property
owner 10 comply with notice TO build
sidewalks in 80 days, instead OF 80
days, as provided for in the original
ordinance.
The sign license ordinance was also
passed on first reading to provide an
annual fee of s25 as a license for
erecting signs in the city. 1t provides
that all sign companies must file a
diagram of proposed signs with the
City Clerk, and that signs must be
placed back at least 25 feet from the
public highways. Both the above or
dinances will be taken up for public
hearings at a meeting of Council to
be held on Wednesday evening. July
18th.
The Mayor was authorized to have
a banner placed across White Horse
Pike, opposite the school house, TO
notify approaching a~utomobilists of a
dangerous crossing at Station avenue,
The automatic sign which is to be
p1aced n the intersection OF waite
Horse Pike. New York boulevard, At
lantic City boulevard and Shore road,
has arrived in the city, but will not
be placed in position until permission
is secured from either the State High
way Comsmission or the County Board
of Freeholders, whichever ebody has
jurisdiction over the Intersection
points.
In a discussion v mercantile tax
collections, Mercantile Tax Collector
Draper was given authority to pro-
coed with the collections and use his
discretion where the ordinance SEEM
ed to conflict on certain lines OF bust.
ness.
In a communication regarding n
location of service stations and pumps
the State Highway Commission in
formed Council that after the passage
of the act of 1921, no stations or
pumps would be authorized on state
property. but that all existing stations
at he time the law went into eneet
would be allowed TO remain in their
locations. In incorporated municipal
tiles the Commission looks with dis
favor on curb line installations. N
locations outside OF incorporated mu-
niciDalities It is a simple matter 70
keen back a certain distance from the
centre OF the highways.