Beverly banner. [volume] (Beverly, N.J.) 1877-1964, 1925-07-03
OLD CITY ROLLER DOES EFFECTIVE WORK WHEN
OVERHAULED AND MANNED BY -four H0RSEMEN'
Council Meeting Ends After Fast Fighting With
Sidewalk Bosses Sparring For Time. Local
Engineer Claims First Round.

Mr.. WOertZ lmmedlately mace
motion to adjourn but before it could
be seconded Mr.. Donaldson claimed
the floor asking to know what some
of the Councilmen were trying to
get away with" He then moved
that the City Engineer be instructed
to at once prepare plans and specifi-
cations for sidewalks and curbs for
Beverly.
This motion was seconded by Mr..
Kolberg. Mr.. Parsons put the ques-
ton and after receiving the aye vote,
failed to ask for nay vote and in
structed the Clerk to call the roll.
The lineup proved to be the same
as the week previous. Ayes: Kol-
berg, Donaldson, Bot and Lauinger.
Nays: Stevenson, Allen, Brown and
Woertz. Mr.. Parsons voted no and
declared the motion lost.
Mr. Woertz at once moved to ad-
journ, but the Clerk called attention
to report Of the City Auditor which
was read and accepted.
Mr.. Woertz again moved to adj
journ. At the same time Mr.. Dom
aldson claimed the floor and Mr..
Charles Adams from the audience all
so asked for the floor. Both men
were constantly calling for the floor
while Mr.. Woertz repeated his mo-
ton to adjourn, which was seconded
by Mr.. Stevenson. President Parsons
jumped to his feet, put the motion
and declared Council adjourned with
out calling for nay vote.
This was signal for near riot in
Council chamber with threats against
the president flying thick and fast.
Mr.. Donaldson proclaimed to the
world that no one could run steam
roller over him. He told Mr.. Parsons
that he was ten times worse than
Tom Lee ever dared to be. He said
that Mr.. Lee in all his fighting never
refused taxpayer the right to speak
as he had just done with Mr.. Adams
who wished to ask question about
sidewalks.
For while it looked like, a real
fight with the five sidewalk men of
Council lined up against four oppon-
ents and every citizen in the audi
ence.
President Parsons was severely
scored for what many present de-
clared to be the "rarrest deal ever
pulled over in any City Council. Mr..
Adams maintaining that any taxpay-
er has the right to speak before
Council.
Mr.. Burt Kiple, seasoned hand
in local politics, said the scene was
unprecedented and thought it unwise
for Council majority to fight the
public as we'll as their own members.
He predicted that the sidewalk fight
would be reflected in the fall cleo
tions and said he had never before
seen a Council majority defeat it
self.
The general impression of those
present at the meeting seemed to be
that the so-called ''Four Horsemen,"
who are leading on the sidewalk
fight are 'hors de combat for the
time being. The old ordinance which
The Banner dug up and printed
last week had telling effect. II in
dictated that engineering work on
sidewalks belonged to the City Sur
veyor and that the work must go
through the street committee. It is
said that the hard work of the "Four
Horsemen" in securing Mr.. Woertz's
vote against our local engineer at the
eleventh hour and after frequent
secret "pow-wows," was all in vain
and it is predicted that should they
again try to override Mr.. Anderson
the fight will be carried directly to
the public.
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