The Lambertville record., 1926-05-06
CITY TAKES FIRE
ALARM SYSTEM
Shade Tree Commission Has Thirty
Five Trees For Planting.
SIXTEEN STRAY DOGS KILLED

Lambertville-At Monday evenings
meeting of the Board of Commits
sioners a resolution was adopted
whereby the city takes over the re-
Gently installed fire alarm system.
thus bringing it under city main
| tenance. The system was installed
by the local Fire Department, buy
ing the materials direct and Install
ations being made by members of
the Department. In this way the
total cost was only $4,000, Had the
installation been made by contract
the cost would have been four times
as great.
In order for the city to take over
the system and maintain it, it was
necessary to advertise for bids. Nat
urally no contract could meet the
price for which the system was in
stalled, and the bid of the Fire
Alarm Committee for $4,000 was the
only one received. Whereupon the
Board adopted resolution setting
forth that the fire alarm system as
installed by the following committee
is acceptable to them at the above
figure, and it is automatically adop-
ted. The Fire Alarm committee was
composed of l.. T. Kugler, f. C..
Docherty, Peter Reilly, H. X. Dilley,
N. b. 0blinger, H. Merlin Stout,
Harry Caution, r. J. Mangan, Harry
Ennis, j. +. Taylor, ]. A. Vetter,
II. f. VanHorn, J. d. Stockton, Will
bur Conover, Sylvester Maple and
Raymond Park.
The Shade Tree Commission, of
which JOHN f. Mangan is chairman,
has received from the State Depart
ment of Forestry thirty-five trees
for planting on local streets. 1t is
desired to plant the trees whore
most needed, and property owners
Who wish 90 piss, Sss 1sri before enc1H
homes should apply to the Commits
sion. No charge is made for them,
but those receiving them are to see
to the planting and care of them
Street Commissioner Holcombe has
proposed the purchase of a Ford
dump truck for use in hauling paw
ing materials and such other use as
may arise. He points out that IT
is costing the city one dollar an hour
for a team to haul gravel, etc, and
for nine working hours daily the
cost amounts to $252 a month when
steady work. is carried on.
As soon as the resurfacing work
starts in a few days there will be
steady demand for trucking, and it
is estimated that the cost of truck
can be saved in one season, leaving
the future life of the truck to cost
only for its maintenance. Commits
sioner Holcombe has been authorized
TO secure prices on such truck and
present them at next Mondays meet
ing.
In order to keep the streets clean
it is proposed to secure two street
cleaning carts in which can be gath
cred the refuse. Trash is ordinarily
swept up in piles along the street,
but it is soon scattered again, leay-
ing the streets as dirty as before
City Clerk VanNatta has been auth
orized to secure estimates on such
cleaning carts and present them at
the next meeting.
The City Clerk reports that SIX
teen stray dogs have been disposed
of since the appointment of Charles
Doughty and James Perkins as dog
catchers. Dog owners are warned
that they must provide tags for
their pets, and during the Mayors
proclamation, now in force, muzzles
must be provided. This is a safe
guard againt rabies since a mad
dog recently ran amuck on the
streets.
Commissioner Cooper issued the
Treasurer's report for April, show
ing $10,266.26 receipts during the
month, and Ss,614.81 paid out. The
report is published in full elsewhere
in this issue.