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Newspaper
Nutley Sun
Location
Nutley, New Jersey, United States of America
Date
Mar 16, 1900
Page
5
Ordinances fix salaries for township officers including Collector seven hundred dollars Assessor four hundred Clerk four hundred Water Clerk four hundred fifty Treasurer three hundred Township Attorney two hundred fifty for nonlitigation and Physician sixty Overseer of Poor two hundred dollars. Committee Chairman and Clerk sign.
An ordinance from the Township Committee of Franklin Township establishes a water clerk to read meters, collect water rates, supervise meters and plant property, and forward complaints to the committee. The clerk reports violations and prosecutes offenders as directed. Consumers must install approved meters and maintain them.
The township sets a fifteen day limit to object to water bills and outlines penalties for tampering with meters or hydrants. Fees apply for cutting or re connecting water service and curb box installation. Violations carry fines up to twenty five dollars and possible jail time. James Gilmore, Chairman, Township Committee. Attest Charles H. Kiersteid, Township Clerk. Our State Legislature.
A garbled report notes a thief attempting to steal wire netting from Nutley field. several shots fired, thief fled with wire. Another entry mentions a blizzard and a deadly tenement fire in Newark with 15 victims, funeral processions, and large crowds.
A full line of Portable Welsbach Lamps is available at the Paterson and Passaic Gas and Electric Company's Nutley office. Also offered are gas heaters from $2.00 upwards. Avoid freezing with a gas radiator installation. Visit the Passaic avenue office to inspect them.
A quirky notice questions the value of the penny press and promotes The Sun as two cents per copy. It urges readers to buy the paper to learn what is happening and hints at translation or garbled phrasing in the original news item.
The advertisement promotes fitted boats with fine state rooms and meals at rates cheaper than rail travel. It advertises connections to Southern Pines, Pine Bluff, Vaughan, Peachland, Statham and other colonies via the Sea board Air Line. Contacts: H. B. Walker and John Patrick in Pinebluff, North Carolina.
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