Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1924-09-05

for the illegal election they held and
which they were afterward compel
led to have validated by the expen-
sive method of appealing to the
Legislature.
Then they made some really gem
| erous increases in salaries with our
emergency money. They imported
a City Solicitor and to show how
they valued his services, increased
the long time retaining fee of $4,000
to $4,000 This was another emer-
gency, not to mention the extra
charges which it is understood he
receives for ALL WORK done.
Right comfortable emergency"
increases came to others and even
today they are paying the City
Clerk ILLEGALLY $4,000 year.
Council has only twelve regular
meetings year which means over
$41.00 for each meeting and about
two hours work for an ordinary
stenogrpher. A pretty soft ener-
| gency," isn't it?
But this. one is the best of all.
When the contractors paved the up
per end of Warren Street under the
lenabling ordinance left by the Com
| missioners, our government bought
our dirt and stone for rs cents per
| load. This was quite an innovation
from the year before under the
Commissioners when the contractors
on Warren Street were glad to haul
and spread similar material as di-
rected and free of charge to the
City.
But remeber that was an "emer-
gency," to pay rs cents a load for
| our own dirt, and even more of an
emergency" when then had it
hauled and dumped on our streets
without any regard for the City
Grades and still more of an "emer-
gency" when they hired men to
spread it and remove all the large
stones SO they could be sold for the
handsome price of Is cents a load,
or failing in this, that they might be
hauled again to the city dump and
disposal plant to be decorated regu-
larly and preserved for future gem
erations by frequent applications of
what is now known to most of US as
plumbers whitewash." But |, as a
taxpayer, dread to think of the cost
of removing all this "above grade
material when we come to modern
street Improvements which | hope
you will want soon.
There were plenty other terrible
emergencies" in 1921. The Sewer
! System had its share with the rest.
Even today we pay 100000 year
for sewer maintenance when it
should not exceed $4,000 year.
The mystery in this emergency"
| is that the taxpayer doesn't know
when a plumbers wage is not o
plumbers wage and the sewer COM.
mittee can't help him solve the rid
die
Let me give you just one more of
the many emergencies" you will
find if you "dig in" The Public
Service Trolley Company had con-
tract with the City to lay improved
pavement ten feet wide when we re-
built Warren Street. But when they
found Council "bunch of putty" in
their hands they only gave us eight
feet. This was rough on the taxpay-
err but nevertheless we had it 'serv-
ed up" as an emergency.
But why go further? Council was
very fortunate not to be indicted by
the Grand Jury for the many
illegal acts they committed through
their GROSS IGNORANCE in hand
ling the City's business. Pity saved
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them.
| Our City has more natural advan-
tages than any town in this part
Of the State. Why can't we put it
on the map where it belongs?
Why can't we have the improve
ments that all the little boroughs
around us enjoy? Why can't we
have reasonable taxes along with
these? Why can't we make up for
| lost time by sending to City Hall
flew trained men who are capable
of conducting our City's business;
men who can serve all the people
with constructive work and not
destructive work, which we now
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