Water Board for Purchase of Facilities Four Seeking Full Term
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t h e w e a t h e r Cloudy today, somewhat warmer PHONE YOUR tomorrow. WANT ADS WA 3-2465 © I j £ S i t m * lOn r Ol'nrl no nannn il — I ----_ HBi-ond class maJJ matter, January 31. 1925, ni th> thn Act of March 3, 1879. VOL. XIV, No. 719 HILLSIDE, N. J.„ FRIDAY, AUGUST 26, 1938 <n i*’i< i a i , Ni u s i w r i K OK T IIK ’TO M NNI|||> (>K II11,1 .SI I > | •RICE FIVE CENTS Don’t Water Board Widening O’Neill Mention It Four Seeking Township Committeeman Robert Conarit St. Decides O. Thompson, who has a summer For Purchase cottage at Point Pleasant, made ^ plans recently to go out on a fish Full Term On ing trip with a local club. Realiz Planned ing it was too early for the other On Race members of the party to be arriv ing in Point Pleasant from Hillside, Of Facilities he waited on his cottage porch un Exchange of Land Needed G. O. P. Slate Becomes Cranley’s Run til almost the time set for de Joint Commission Recommends Acquisition of System lor Tax Cancellation parture. A block or so,from the ning Mate for Democrats; dock, he found ‘he was too far away. In Face oi Refusal to Volunteer Lower Rates Involved In Step Last Minute Filing by Former Chairman Weston is in When he got down to the water, he No One-Year Candidate saw the boat going out to sea, others i lu ce I ear Bracket Instead of One Year as Expected in the party having arrived earlier OTHER METHODS HELD TIME-CONSUMING Consideration will be given Mon than expected. Having turned down day night at a conference meeting Democratic petitions for Township of the Township Committee to a Committee nominations filed up to [•OPTICAL LINEUP IS GREATLY ALTERED another chance for fishing for the l he deadline last night included only day, he did no angling that day. Their request that the Elizabe-thgtown Consolidated Water Com new exchange on land and taxes to • pany voluntarily reduce the rates on water hydrant service given muni permit the straightening out of lho.se oi William 1. Crnnley, already announced as a candidate, and Ray u f ' 11111111,1 1,1 P-titions last night, the deadline, for Stanley This should prove some honesty cipalities served by the company rejected, members of the Joint Water Conant street between the Lehigh II. We. uni, lor tli«' three year term on the Township Committee, in- Rates Commission have decided .to recommend immediate steps to Valley Railroad and Liberty avenue, mond J. O'Neill, who was hesitant regarding tickets for traffic viola lust, week- about accepting organiza ■■lead ol the one year vacancy, -was expected to create widespread shifts tions. William H. Madden, candidate acquire the company's water distribution system. Township Attorney Sigurd A. in alignments for the Republican primary. Emerson informed the officials Wed tion support. for the Republican Township Com This was agreed upon by members Both filed for the three-year Weston, who .served on the Township Committee from Ja'nuary 1, mittee nomination, parked his car of the commission at a meeting in nesday night that Augustus T. Gray RAYMOND J. O’NEILL l.Kll, to December 31, 1933, and was its chairman in 1932 and 1933, had and A. C. Baker, owners of land fac terms, while the one year vacancy recently for a few minutes in what A New Face Linden Wednesday night, at which created by the resignation of Arthur been a prospective candidate for tlie one year vacancy, created bv turned out to be a prohibited spot. its negotiations committee reported ing on Conant street arc willing to the resignation of Arthur T. Lee earlier this year. turn over to the township the prop T. Lee, Democrat, during the spring He found a summons waiting for thaj, the water company had turned to accept appointment to the Union As 'hlU' us Wednesday night, when petitions were being circulated him when he returned to his car. down the suggestion for a voluntary erty needed for the street, in re V anl Taverns rapidly lor Weston, it wa.s understood that they were for his entry turn for cancellation of tax title County Board of Elections, is left The ticket went into court -yester reduction in municipal water costs. uncon tested In the party primary. tor the one year term. day. Bill paid the $1 court costs The commission had asked for a liens and 1938 taxes on certain other Their designations are: "Lower Moved by Requests customary in such cases without a 26 per cent reduction in this part properties, amounting to $1,150, plus Open Farlier Taxes." murmur. of the schedule of rates. a $100 cash payment to Baker for As liis petitions were filed shortly • the release. To Itack Independent? A Fourth Hand before 10 o’clock lasL night, Weston 1937 Water Costs n declared that he had been besieged After learning of the results of It was estimated that the muni Emerson said the total of taxes At. the same lime, while Demo the filing of petitions here last night, and assessments standing against Request Opening on Sun cratic party leaders tailed to indi by requests that, he become a can cipalities had paid about $137,431 didate. and that the suggestions that several persons in politics declare m 1937 for water through budget •the property needed for the street, cate officially whether they intended that the smartest politician in Hill exclusive of interest, is over $13,000. day be Advanced from to default'In the election for the' he enter the race for tlie full term appropriations. The requested re nomination by far exceeded those side is in Canada right now. duction would have amounted to On this basis he said the "proposal One O’clock to Twelve •short term, reports were being .spread • made by Mr. Gray would seem lo throughout the township that. Demo tor the short term. On this basis, aboul $34,357. This, it was argued, lie said, lie hud finally agreed to be- And what two supposedly astute would not be a substantial sum come within the provisions of Chap cratic support for this term would be Republican politicians woke up to ter 97 of the Laws of 1937, which All nliieleen local tavern owners glvell hi the NolT-rnbel election to (lMUe a candidate and signed his compared to gross income, and would acceptance only a few minutes be- day to find that they had not learned not represent much difference in would require appraisals, resolutions, are signers of a petition to the tlie candidacy of an unnamed and enough in politics to “let well enough searches and submission to the Township Committee asking that unannounced Republican, who was loic the tiling of ills petitions. the dividend rate. The deadline reached at midnight alone,” and had probably helped to Tlie company reply on this was State Funding Commission.’’ the Sunday opening hour be changed declared to be .scheduled to file as cause themselves plenty of trouble Try to Get Deeds from 1 p. m. to 12 o’clock noon. The an Independent for the general filer bust night for filing of petitions left that increased taxes paid by it for the other three aspirants for the two from now until September 20? its investment such as pipes in the He also reported oil efforts to get petition will be considered by the lion. Should an independent can deeds from property owners for an Township Committee at a conference didate fail to file for the short term three-year terms his only opponents. various municipalities had increased They are Committeemen George W. about $18,000. extension of Ramsey avenue, to Monday night. up to the deadline for independent open up the large industrial tract The petition also urged the offi petitions, five days before the Sep Herlich and Robert O. Thompson, The commission, according to Wil and George A. Reach. Herlich filed Hoad Work Is liam M. Raphael, secretary, felt still inaccessible, which will also be cials to make another amendment tember 20 primary, the Republican discussed at Monday’s meeting. lo the local liquor control ordinance nominee, a choice of Hugo S, Gcn- last week, as did Reach, while that its own present status could be Thompson filed ofllciaily on Tues used as a basis for a Joint Water He said the National Lock Washer Lo prohibit the Issuance of a license sel, William H. Madden and Frank Company so far has not agreed to for any new tavern within 1.500 feet J. LaTora, would coast through the day. Reviewed Here Commission to be given authority In the race for the one-year va to purchase the equipment and oper give a deed, while another owner, in a direct line of any establish November election unopposed. The William Fuerschbach, he declared, menl now so licensed. In connec only other possibility would be that cancy are Hugo S. Gensel, former ate a joint watdr system under an member and for Lwo years president enabling act which would have to “absolutely refuses to give the town tion with this, the Township Com if any name should be written in Overseer’s Report Lists GEORGE A. REACH ship a deed and has suggested if mittee asked Township Clerk How on the election machines to run ol the Board of Education, whose be passed by the Legislature. petitions have been on file for some Litigation Costly we desire the land we must con ard J.