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TCegklg ^mxtrni of iljx Toxon of l^mix\\tsitx.BRONXVILLE, N. Y. FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 1908.Subscription $1.50 a YearNo. 32TO SETTLEMENT;izens’ meetings, drain-on, drainage damage ourts and claimants on awards and settled I off that Midland ave-t that everybody was grow no larger, At-Smith, who held hid the peace negotiations, get restless again. He he damage award com-his client, Mr. F. W. accept the $1,000 damning the sum of $3,000 ore in keeping with the ned. The commission ’ the heads of other complied with Mr. t to the extent of inward on this claim from 0. There is no doubt :’s 'damages are mtfch ►ortion than the origin-l seem to indicate, but er claimants, at least, the disturbing of a has just quieted down of turmoil and is disit. There is a possi-Whole matter may beney Smith’s busy sum-as many “village” pro-3 hands as he has fing-md, with the Midland ■ lapping over to the other hand: 1, Front 2, Front avenue pav-a venue sidewalks; 4, l streets; 5, the ’ “Vil-hich Mr. _ Smith says g to the village, never , and never will); 6, renue drain. Incident-on to all these, Mr. iging Mr. Duden’s lit-of opinion8 with Mr.the land division on of the railroad tracks Court.OF BRONXVILLEon the Pipe Line Road loon and evening, and i not the fault of the ick McGrath, who has peculiar gift of con-ill the highways and the past ten days. The platform with the na-[s relied upon to call in Yonkers, Mt. Vei’-tiester with a drop of heir veins.) Steuhl is sending his post cards with pic-old stucco and beam e queer shaped ■■■roofs ind, and on the other xture he has written: ace I always hoped to w I am satisfied and ’ going back to my be-e.”in McDonald, who post at “Fleetwood,” tester Crest, day in ill weathers for four-i the trains whizzed iek and a new manANNUAL SCHOOL MEETINGS, FIRST AND SECOND DISTRICTSThe First District annual meeting and election, held Tuesday evening in the assembly hall of Waverly School, was all, that had been predicted for it—and then some. The Wm. J. Fisher party were in one section of the hall, ready to defeat or disturb every move that was made; the four active members of last year’s school board were scattered here and there by themselves, and the Upper End escorted its stageload of women voters to the front seats and then gave itself plenty of elbow room all up and down one half of the hall, ' to swoop down at the proper moment and carry all before it. The Upper End, which has vainly begged time and again for due recognition, is hot likely to be omitted again. Rather, the “Station” and “Waverly” will begin to see that it is a power to be reckoned with. The tickets were as follows, total vote 207:Fisher TicketWm. Madden, 3 years ........ 105Henry Fenwirth, 3 years ...... 94John F. Leary, 2 years ........ 99Stephen Quirk, 1 year ...... 107Jeffers-Dempsey TicketJohn J. Daly, 3 years ........ 114Chas, H. Chrystal, 3 years ..... 110Collins Hamblin, 2 yqars ....... 109Edgar R. Riley, 1 year ......... 98Mr. Fisher himself was not on his ticket, as to be elected a trustee would have prevented his being appointed treasurer. Mr. Creavy, als^, was omitted from the ticket, counting on being reappointed as clerk.* The new board as it stands, however, is composed of Michael Jackson, John P. Daly, Charles H. Chrystal, Collins Hamblin and Stephen Quirk, with a meeting called for Tuesday night to elect a president and decide on a treasurer and clerk. Messrs. Jackson and Quirk have but one year to serve.The meeting was called to order bv Clerk John Gerrity, who requested .Walter Jeffers and Wm. J. Fisher to act as tellers in counting ballots for the chairman of the evening. Both declined. Edward Plassman and James Garvin .were named and both responded. William Silk and Mertil Luikert were placed in nomination for chairman and out of 198 votes cast, Luikert received 98, and Silk 87, with eight void and five missing somehow after adding the column the second time. There was a strong suspicion in the air that some one of those tellers didn’t “pass” in arithmetic. Everybody was so anxious to see what was coming, however, nobody cared. Mr. Luikert wotfld have had the chair, anyway.No soonerwas he seated than. Mr. Creavy and Mr. Files started in to make it interesting for him. They wanted last year’s school board up on the platform, and they wanted it “bad.” The ti’ustees preferred to stay where they were, and they stayed-The minutes of the adjourned meeting, preceeding this one, were read. Henry Fehwirth, who knew his little book, called for the reading , of the minutes of the meeting preceedingthe adjourned meeting. It transpired that they were not entered in the minute book. In the hubbub, Mr. Dempsey rose calmly arid explained that the night after this particular meeting of a year ago the men who were then counted in had immediately demanded the minute book without waiting for the minutes to be entered, and it was given to them. This part of the controversy was dropped, but ‘it is just a starter; don’t- you think we’re through with you; there’s plenty more,” said Mr. Creavy.The reading of the interminable printed reports, then in everybody’s hands, ■ was the occasion for another outburst on Mr. Creavy’s part, aided by Mr. Files, Mr. Fenwirth, Mr. Lewis (a newcomer in the neighborhood) and joined in by others all over the house, who bobbed up and down and thrashed the air so furiously and talked all at once so frantically that it was impossible to keep track of them.Mr, Creavy with remarks punctuated by profanity, kept insisting on Messrs. Jackson, Bellew, Dempsey, Jeffers, or any one of them, taking a seat on the platform so he (Creavy) could ask questions. The gentlemen referred to calmly ignored both Mr. Creavy and his questions.“Take ’em to court!” howjed some one, Laughter. “He did!” retorted some one else. More laughter. “Try •the state school board at Albany,” suggested another, sarcastically. “Aw! .We gave you the hearing you wanted already—si-it dow-wn!” yelled another.Mr, Creavy stood his ground and appealed to the chair.“Mr. Chairman,” he said, “do you propose to accept that report as a whole? There is a voucher there, No. 591, which says ‘Wm. V. Creavy, posting notices and salary as district clerk, $44.65.’ I never got a dollar of that; not a dollar! I want to ask ’em who did get’That $44; I didn’t! Not a dollar! And that isn’t the only thing! That is only a starter. There are other things in that report and I’m going to show them up—”“Mr. Chairman,” interrupted William Dempsey, rising from his seat at the other side of the hall, “will you' ask the gentleman if the check with | his signature on' it as receiving this I money is produced and shown him, | if he will be satisfied?”Mr. Creavy, rather taken aback, but i still defiant, said.that he would. Hugh ! Caldwell was sent for the bundle of j cancelled checks while Mr. Creavy j seated himself on the edge of the platform ready to resume operations immediately. The check was produced and handed to Chairman Luikert, ' who in turn handed it over to Mr. Creavy. “Is that your signature, Mr. Creavy?” asked the chair. Mr. Creavy was game enough to admit that it was and temporarily subsided, amid hisses and derisive cries. “That’ll do. We’ve called your bluff ; now let’s go ahead with the work; we don’t want to stay here all night!” insisted the crowd.The next grilling was for President Jackson,who refused to recognize Ci’eavy, but Tesponded readily when Mr. Lewis, the newcomer in the district, desired some information. President Jackson produced blue prints and bundles of other technical papers and endeavored to explain the various points to the layinan, who wanted to grasp the details of a year in a minute. “Its been a thankless job!” said Mr. Jackson to Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Lewis apparently agreed with him.The voting on the $7,000 appropriation for the heating and plumbing of the Waverly School addition and the grading ai’ound the new school at the Upper End was then voted on and carried. Yeas, 64; nays, 56.Voting for trustees was next on the program. F. X. Horan, James Gavin, Edward Travis, Edward Plassman, Nicholas Reid and Tim Crowley acting as inspectors and tellers, with result as given above.The budget for the district for next year was divided as follows: Bonds and intei*est, $5,022.50; salaries, teachers, $11,700; salaries, janitors, $1,500; salary, treasurer, $100; salary, truant officer, $160: salary, clerk, $100; books and supplies, $800; library supplies, $25; transportation, Upper District, $250; insurance. $370.50; furniture and fixtures,. $2,242.25; closing exercises, $100; incidentals, $500; telephone, $30; repairs Waverly school, $1,000; census, $115; rent, annex school No. 2, $175; electric power, $300; electric light, $100; coal, $960.The annual meeting of the Second School District was held in the Main street school building Tuesday evening. Though the meeting was scheduled to take place at 7 o’clock it was 8:30 before Judge Cuthbert called the meeting to order. H. J. Lent was, as usual, unanimously elected chairman and George Wiberly secretary of the meeting. Mr. Lent stated that the reading of the minutes of the last annual meeting would be dispensed with unless some one desired to hear them. There was an objection, and Mr. Lent sent for the record. In the meantime the report of the ti'easurer was read and adopted. Notice of the meeting was read by Mr. Wiberly. Mr. Jordan objected to the time being set for 7 o’clock and then calling the meeting to order at 8:30, He said that voters who came at 7 had undoubtedly left. Mr. Cuthbert explained that the hour given in the notice was an ei’ror, but that the meeting should have been called at 7:30. Mr. Lent then appointed John Borup and Frederick Dreisacher to act as tellers of the meeting.The minutes of the last annual meeting were brought in at this time, read and approved.The vote on appropriations was next taken up. Mr. Lent explained that according to law it would bo necessary to vote on each item separately. The following were voted on and passed: Teachers’ salaries, $9,-500; music teacher, $200; janitor’s salary, $1,000; truant officers, $200;
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