The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1923-06-20
SEWER REPAIR
BEING RUSHED
Wood Slave Main to be Reinforc'
ed Entire Length With
Wrought Iron Bands.
OLD. TURNPIKE AN ISSUE

Needed repairs to the old wood
stave water main that is now doing
duty as an outlet to carry Pleasant
ville's sewerage to Beach Thorough
fare are to be rushed to completion at
the earliest possible moment through
the action of City Council. City Engi-
neer Thompson reported to Council on
Monday night hat the State Board of
Health desired the improvement to be
of a permanent character, but in the
present condition of finances here, this
body would approve the repair of the
present wood stave main to the extent
that sewerage would be prevented
from flowing into Lakes bay, which is
at present under a ban as to catching
clans and oysters therefrom.
Five hundred wrought iron bands
have been ordered at a cost of about
$500, to fix the leaky portion of the
stave main, and later additional iron
bands will arrive to reinforce the main
its entire length. The engineer re-
ported further that there is a wide
ditch running from the Th~oroughfare
back into the meadow, to within six
hundred feet of the wood main, and
with this ditch dug out a little and
deepened the sewerage could be allow
ed to flow into it, and be carried to
Beach Thoroughfare by the tide water,
in the event of another leak in the
wood main. The State Board of
Health is principally concerned in
keeping sewerage out of Lakes bay
and will approve any method which
will have this result.
The question of the title to Old
Turnpike was discussed by Council.
With improvements going on in that
street at present, Councilman Ste
phenson raised the question as to
whether the city had the right to or
der the laying of curbs and sidewalks.
1t is %contended that the Suburban
Trolley Company has title to 100 feet
of this street from Shore Road to the
location of the old toll gate at the
meadow edge. However it was point
ed out that the street had been used
by the public for over twenty years,
and a motion prevailed that the City
Solicitor and City Engineer take up
this matter to ascertain nat rights
the city has in the street.
The City Solicitor was instructed 10
send a communication to the Gulf
Refining Company to abate a nuisance
on Old Turnpike, which exists by rea-
son of the waste oil running from the
company's garage to the street ana
thence down TO the meadow.
The Fire Committee of Council and
the Chief of the Fire Department were
instructed to visit several munic1pall-
ties to make an inspection of fire ap-
paratus in use, to ascertain what
would be most suitable to use in this
city. The object being to report some
jumper that would be available Tor
this city, which will soon install a
new piece of apparatus.
An application was made by Alice
Bailey Trainer to have a portion OF
the taxes RENTED from the lane at
the end of Oakland avenue, on Shore
road. where the city has recently pur-
chased a part of the property, in order
to extend Oakland avenue to Shore
road. Council ordered the proper adj
justment to be made.
Regarding some property OF ALVIN
Risley, situated both in this city n
Egg Harbor Township, the City Engl-
neer was instructed to clear up the
matter relative to taxes, so that 1t
would be definitely known just What
portion of the property was IN TINS
city and subject to city tax.
Two tax revenue notes for S25o0
each were authorized to raise money
for current needs.
In the matter of the application OF
Herman Boehm for the vacation OF a
fifty foot street known as Meadow
brook avenue, running across the old
John Collins farm, from Adams ave-
nue. to Collins avenue, the Street Com
mittee recommended that the applica-
ton be denied at this time. The mat
ter was finally laid owe until the next
meeting of Council.
In a communication the Suburban
Trolley Company asked that taxes be
RENTED on it's station property on
West Jersey avenue and on the car
barn located on Old Turnpike. The
plea was made that the company pays
a heavy franchise tax and therefore
should not be taxed locally on this
property. The City Solicitor was in
structed to appear before the County
Tax Board and ask that the assess
ment made by the city assessors be