Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-08-07
COMMON COUNCIL HOLDS ANOTHER
PREDICTION HARMONY MEETING
Water Company Defies Council On Broad Street
Plug. New Street Signs To Be Erected

A regular meeting of Common
Council was held in the City Hall
last night with the following mem
bers present: Bot, LauingeB Brown
Woertz, Parsons, Donaldson, Kolberg,
and Stevenson.
The minutes of last meeting were
read and approved together with
the City Treasurer's and City Clerks
report.
In the absence of Councilman
Allen, who is chairman of the finance
committee, Councilman Stevenson re-
ported that he had arranged with
the First National Bank, of Beverly,
to borrow money for the City at the
rate of SO. Mr.. Parsons highly
complimented the finance committee
on this piece of work.
A petition was then read from the
residents in the vicinity of Broad and
Pine streets asking that Council
take some action on the bill poster
boards which were recently erected
on vacant lot at Broad and Pine
streets. There were Is names on
the petition.
The opinion of the city solicitor
was asked on this subject, and Mr..
Clifford R. Powell, who was present
to represent Mr.. Palmer, said that he
knew of no way in forcing the
signs to be removed as there is no
authority in the laws of New Jersey
that prohibits the signs on private
property, and unless they could be
proven a menace to public health,
which is improbable, they could not
be made to remove them.
Mr.. Brown suggested that the City
of Beverly place tax on alt signs
that now are or might be in the near
future located in Beverly Mr.. Pow
ell also said that this could not be
done, as the only way the signs could
be taxed was under the revenue
clause, but he further said that there
was an act now going through Legis-
lature, which if passed, would give
the municipalities the right to pass
ordinances which would take care of
just such situation as those exist
ing in Beverly today.
Mr.. Brown then suggeted that the
president of the Camden Poster Adj
vertising company be invited to APP
pear before the City Council in ses-
sion and that he be asked to remove
the signs. He also pointed out the
fact that the signs are in a ridicu-
lous place as there are not more than
100 people who pass the point daily,
and also said that it was not fair to
the advertisers who pay hundreds of
dollars for this kind of advertising,
to place their copy on back street.
The matter was turned over to the
city solicitor for investigation.
"A communication was then read
from Postmaster David B. Rodman,
asking that the street committee be
ordered to place signs designating
the various streets on each corner.
On motion of Councilman Donaldson,
this was referred to the street COM
mittee. Mr.. Stevenson raised a ques-
ton as to the expense that would be
attached to this work. He was in
formed by President Parsons that the
street committee was appointed to
determine the cost.
A petition was presented from the
merchants of the city asking for pro-
lection from the vendors who are
preying on the residents of the city,
and that Council pass an ordinance
imposing tax of $500 on peddlers
who invade the city. Mr.. Donaldson
moved that this matter be referred
to a committee of three, which mo-
ton was carried. President Parsons
appointed on this committee Messrs.
Donaldson, Brown and Woertz.
communication was then read
from the Delaware River Water
Company, regarding the removal of a
fire plug at Broad street and Rail-
road avenue. Mr.. Jones, president
of the company, when before Coun-
ell few weeks ago for the purpose
of asking for perpetual franchise,
intimated that he would have the
plug removed to the other side of
he street, but his attitude has entire
" changed with the turning down
of his ordinance by the city and he
stated that if the plug was TO be re-
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