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MMMtmix VOL. LVI. NO. 4018 Published Every Tuesday and Friday MONTCLAIR, N. FRIDAY MORNING, JULY 15, 1932 16 PAGES PRICE 3 CENTS i i i i GROUP TO CONFER STANDING ROOM ONLY BOARD POSTPONES PAY CUT.

DECISION RECORDER UPHELD BY HIGHER COURT Planning Board Head Dubious On Predicted Future of Town Hugh R. Monro Takes Issue With Prophecies of C. E. McDoiv-ell Concerning Conditions in Montclair in 1965. TEN PER CENT PAY REDUCTION PASSED' BY BOARD RESOLUTION; HITS ALL SALARIES OVER $1,200 McMahon Leads Economy Drive With Ordinances for Wiiter Rate Reduction, New Tax Deal; Town Workers Must Be Montclair Residents Under New fyile.

Climaxing its efforts to reduce municipal expenses, the Montclair Board of Commissioners last night slashed salaries of town employees "not less than ten per cent." The action of the town's governing body was greeted with approval by a crowd which jammed the commission chamber to see the commission take its anticipated action. The reductions are made retroactive as of July I. They do not effect salaries of $1,200 or less. Board of Education employees are not affected by this action; decision in their case has been deferred The resolution empowers each commissioner to reduce salaries of tho in his department more than ten per cent if he so desires or If thrs affected consent. Mayor Explains Vote.

Mayor Oscar L. Carlson explained that he was voting in favor of the ever, considered excessive and belongs in-a much more distant and unpredictable future than 1965." "In relation to the development in transit facilities," continued Mr. Monro, "this is also a sphere where prophecy is attended with considerable risk. The New York Regional Plan, which represents by far the most extensive survey of the metropolitan district, provides for a high speed transit line by which Montclair would be served, but this is purely tentative. The pending railroad consolidation plan will have a strong influence upon transit in this vicinity and it may be that in the new grouping the Erie Railroad will become a highly-developed system completely electrified and with direct access to a New York City terminal.

So far as Mr. McDowell's suggestion that Montclair may be served bv subwav resolution "inasmuch as my colleagues favored the more drastic reduction. although he favored an adjusted scale similar to the reductions made by the state and county. This," he said, "seemed to me most equitable to the -workers and would not require our workers to suffer greater reductions than the state and county, a part of whose salaries the town of Montclair must pay." The resolution provides that the reductions shall be in effect not less than six months, at the end of which time the commission will be in a position to determine what policy Is Enthusiastic applause greeted the missioner James J. McMahon requiring employment of any employee In the oe a resident ana voter in tne town or Montclair, unless otherwise decreed by the Board of The resolution was adopted as was a similar one relating to school teachers, requesting th Board of Education to establish a similar rule, "with the understanding that the Board of Edura- "Sdl-Out" Throng Views Commission Proceedings.

A mid-summer night crowd jammed the Council Chamber of the Municipal Building to capacity at last night's commission meeting. Every available seat was occupied, and standing space was at a premium with interested citizens lined up against the walls of the room and others stood several rows deep in the entrances. Paying close attention to the business at band, the spectators were orderly and quiet for the most part, although speeches by some of the citizens often drew applause. With little circulation of air in the room, most of the men had shed their coats and either sat or stood with their shirt sleeves rolled up. A goodly number of women were in the audience.

Included in last night's audience were many municipal officers and employees, who attended chiefly for the purpose of hearing exactly how much the commission planned to slash their salaries. PENSION APPEAL HEARD BY BOARD Patrolman Lardell seeks to Retire Because of Injury; Hearing: Continued. iHearing of the application of Patrolman Robert Cardell for retirement from the Montclair police department was continued until August 11 by the Town Pension Board following its meeting Wednesday night. Patrolman Cardell applied to Commissioner James J. McMahon for retirement on pension on June 2, on the grounds thafa bullet wound, received In line of duty in 1912, had permanently incapacitated him.

The matter was referred to the Pension Board. The board, which comprises Mayor Oscar L. Carlson, Commissioner Howard F. McConnell, Chief of Police Edward F. Reilly, Fire Captain William S.

Courter and Robert Bradley, listened to the testimony of Patrolman Cardell and Drs. William A. Areson and Maurice Cohen, town physician. Dr. V.

B. Seldler, who also has examined' Patrolman Cardell. was unable to attend Wednesday's session and his testimony will be taken at the meeting on August 11. Both Cohen and Dr.s Areson told the Pension Board Patrolman Cardell was incapacitated. Under the state law, the word of the police physician as to the incapacity of a member of the fire or police departments of a municipality is binding on the Pension Board.

Attending circumstances are considered by the board in each case, however. Town Counsel George S. Harris represented the town at the hearing, while Patrolman Cardell was represented by the law firm of McCar-ter and English, of Newark. INFECTIOUS DISEASE DECREASES IN STATE Annual Report Shows Drop in Many Cases. Decreases In cases of diphtheria, typhoid fever and tuberculosis for 1931, compared with 1930, are reflected in a yearly compilation of reportable diseases by the State Department of Health.

Statistics for the two years announced by the department follow, the first figure being for 1930 in each case: Anthrax, 4, chickenpox, 9,563, diphtheria, 4,162. dysentery, 20, 24; encepholitis lethargic, 11, 48; influenza, 540, malaria, 14, measles. 24,619, German measles. 5,362. 926; meningitis epidemic, 208, 176; mumps, 361, opthalmia neonatorum, 43, 36; pneumonia, 4,760, poliomyelitis, 59, 975; rabies, 3, none; scarlet fever, smallpox, 1, tetanus, 13, 12; trachoma, 12, 23; trichinosis, 14, 15; 5,306, tularemia, typhoid fever, 334, 269; para-typhoid fever.

13, 14; typhus fever, 2, none; undulant fever, 14, 49; whooping cough, 5.215, total, 68,338, 73,262. ON BUILDING CODE Commissioner Adams to Name Committee to Study Revised Regulations. A building code "liberal enough to induce construction but consistent with safety and the public welfare" is the object of Commissioner W. Lincoln Adams, Director of the De partment of Parks and Public Property. Revision of Montclair's building code, which has been termed "anti quated," is practically completed.

Before it is presented to the commission for its approval, however, it will be submitted to a committee of prac tical men interested in Montclair building and representing the building trades, real estate men, plumbers, contractors and others. The committee includes Edmund R. Stearns, Charles J. Samuel, George H. Stanton, Arthur B.

Holmes, Leonard C.Smythe and William A. Shaw. i Seeks Suggestions. It is Commissioner Adams' plan to submit the code to this group for its approval for two reasons. First, he believes such action would forestall any possible future criticism of the code to be adopted and secondly it would provide an opportunity to revise it if such action were deemed advisable by the committee and was concurred in by the commission.

Work of modernizing the code has been in process for more than a year by George S. Harris, town counsel, and E. J. Pistor, consultant to the Montclair Building Department and prominent 'construction engineer. Tne work has been slow and tedious, with codes from every part of this state as well as from other cities the country being examined and the best features from each incorporated in what is to be Montclair's new code.

AGENTS TO TRACE FALSE BANK TALES Secret Service Sends Men from Washington to In-H vesligate Rumors. service agents, representing the U. S. Treasury Department, are working in Montclair and vicinity to run down false nimors relating to banks of this section. W.

A. Moran, chief of the United States Secret Service Division at Washington, advised yesterday. Chief Moran has instructed his agents not only to run down all damaging rumors but to arrest and prosecute, if necessary, those who maliciously start or circulate such rumors. "People often do not realize the seriousness of spreading or repating a rumor," Chief Moran said yesterday. "They may avoid much trouble for themselves by refraining from this practice." NEW AWARD SYSTEM INTRODUCED AT CAMP Ton-Co-Coos Take Place of Tulip Leaf at Glen Gray.

A new award system has been introduced at Camp Glen Gray this season, covering all of the various camp activities and taking the place of the tulip leaf of past years. The awards are called Ton-co-coo and are stenciled en. the belt of the scout who has earned them at the close of each period. The highest award is the "Good Indian" and every scout is eligible if the fellow campers of the applicant consider that he has done his best to live up to the Oath and Law. He is offered the badge and must decide whether he considers himself worthy of accepting it.

He is given the opportunity of refusal. The "Good Indian" may be con sidered as the climax of the mg season. The badge is formed by three yellow moons, eacn standing for a ton-co-coo (good deed). These awards were introduced by Mr. Sandefur, a member of the National Council and are being tried at Camp Glen Gray for the first time this season.

from the University of Vermont. "He also took charge of "The Statistical Tables of American Waterworks, which had been published in 1883, 1885 and 1887. Under the leadership of Arthur M. Wellington, Mr. Baker expanded the earlier compilation of statistics into the "Manual of American Water Works," which, became the recognized authority on the history, details of construction, equipment and costs of the waterworks in this country and in Canada.

Meanwhile Mr. Baker's editorial work on the Engineering News was expanded from water works to other municipal engineering projects, especially sewage and garbage disposal, public health, city government and municipal ownership of utilities. Among the books which Mr. Baker has written are "Municipal Engineer-(Continued on Page Four) Common Pleas Judge Affirms Xwo Drunken Driving Con vietions by Local Court. 'conviction of two drunken drivers t- T.pr P.

Henry Strazza in Montclair Police Court were upheld in recent decisions handed down by Common, Pleas Judge Dallas Flanagan, in deciding both appeals, brought by Thomas Brunetto, the higher court increased the fine from 200 to $300- Samuel Rosenblatt, as-jistant town counsel, represented the town at the police, court trials. Motions that the defendants be discharged were denied by Judge Flannagan, who held in each instance that "if a complaint is definite and roeciflc, it will suffice if the judgment finds the defendant 'guilty as Mr. Brunetto had attacked the convictions on the ground that the complaints were neither definite -nor specific. oorze Von Gerdern, who was ar rested on May 8, and John T. Cooper, colored, were tne aeieuuam.3 icpic-aented by Mr.

Brunetto. The former was charged with operating a motor vehicle on Bloomfield avenue while under the influence of liquor while Mr Cooper was involved in an accident at Grove and Walnut streets. Agrees With Local Court.) In upholding the conviction of Mr. Cooper, Judge Flannagan said: "The 'summary of testimony' signed and returned by the recorder in its concluding paragraph says, 'I thereupon found the defendant guilty of operating a motor vehicle while under the Influence of intoxicating "If a complaint is definite and specific it will suffice if the judgment finds the defendant 'guilty as charged. "The motion to discharge defend ant is.

therefore, denied. -I have no difficulty in reaching the conclusion on the evidence that the defendant is guilty is charged." TO SEEK MISSING EXPLORERS SOON Hudson Bay Company Asked to Investigate Finding of Body by, Indian. preliminary investigation of the discovery of the body of a white man by Nascopie Indians on the upper reaches of George's River, Labrador, will be made by the Hudson Bay Company before the organization of a searching party for the missing Herman J. Koehler, veteran explorer, of East and Fred Connell of 6 Laurel place, Glen Ridge, it was announced yesterday by Herman J. Koehler son of the South Orange explorer.

A message, received at Hopedale, Labrador, last Sunday, and relayed to New York, stated that the Indians found the body in June. Koehler wd Connell started for a canoe trip Into the, barren Labrador-Quebec peninsula a year ago It was learned yesterday that relatives of Mr. Koehler have arranged with the Hudson Bay Company to end an expedition to the spot wheoe Indians found the body. Dr. Edgar C.

Selbert, of 100 South Main street, Orange. Koehler's brother-in-law, fated that a searching party is being organized, but will not depart Mtitl further word from the North. Koehler and Connell are believed to have become lost when winter's oiows halted their homeward trek one time, probably, In December of ktf year. They were accompanied guide, who is also missing. Koehler's son stated yesterday that he holds little hope for the recovery the pair.

Bachelor-Bcnedict Club Outing Sundav The Bachelor-Benedict Club of Montclair will hold its second annual ride and outing at Rye Beach. Arrangements have been made for a to leave Giblin's Shoppe, 363 avenue, promptly at 8:30 fclock Sunday morning. The boat waring the party to Rye leaves Ex-chnge Race, Jersey City, at 9:30 nd the Battery at 10:15. of C. to Hear Talk Far East E- M.

McBrier of Montclair, retired Apartment store buyer, will address Montclair Chamber of Commerce its regular luncheon meeting at seymour Manor Monday noon. topic will be "The Noticeable pendency of Countries in the Far Toward Communism." SOIMERLNG AT AWOSTING. nd Mrs. Raymond Wall and suldren of 37 th the summer at their cottage at Costing. VISITS AT SPRING LAKE.

Plorence Soltan of 47 North avenue is a guest for the Spring Lake. STOPS IN RICHMOND. this wIarlc of Montclalr registered to at the HoteI William Byrd Richmond, Jntclairindow Cleaning Co. estab in School Officials Ask Time for Teachers to Be Heard on Issue. Action on school salary cuts was deferred until September 15 by the Board of Education Wednesday night.

A resolution authorizing a letter to Mayor Carlson was- passed by the board asking that consideration of the issue be postponed until the teachers, returning from summer vacations, might have an opportunity to be heard on the subject. The Board of Education remains the only municipal body which has failed to co-operate with the Board of Commissioners in its drive for reduced expenditures by means of salary cuts in all departments. Mayor Carlson had previously appeared before tile board at a special meeting June 29 to ask an expression, but no definite action was taken at that time. Action Follows Conference. After a two-hour conference Wednesday, at which a quorum of four of the six members of the board were present, the resolution was finally framed and passed.

Mrs. Frank Kidde. vice president of the board, and Mrs. Toney A. Hardy, member, were absent from the meeting.

Those present, Richard T. Greene, president; Fred P. Reagle. secretary; Henry A. Lardner and Philip Good-ell, voice unanimous approval of the measure, as did Frank G.

Pickell, superintendent of schools. The resolution, in the form or a letter to Mayor Carlson, who was at the special economy conference of the commission In the Municipal Building at the time of the meeting, was delivered to him on completion by an omissary. The letter follows: "It is not possible at this time for the board to agree to a positive rec ommendation to its employees that they donsent to a voluntary reduction of salaries. The board is conscious (Continued on Pajte Four) FINDS POLICEMAN GUILTY OF CHARGE Director McMahon Sentences Patrolman Howell on Two Making the penatly a severe one as an example, to other members of the department. Director of Public Safety James J.

McMahon last night pronounced sentence on Patrolman William who has been suspended from the department on charges. Finding him guitly of disobedience of orders and neglect of duty. Commissioner McMahon sententenced Howell to loss of three month's pay, loss of his vacation this year and next, loss of half his days off for the balance of the year and loss of pay during the time he was suspended about fifteen days. A. charge of intoxication was not substantiated and the police commissioner found the patrolman not guilty on this count.

Dr. Maurice Cohen, town physician, testified that Howell had been drinking but was not drunk when he examined him. Chief Edward F. Reilly suspended Howell pending hearing of the charges. Conducts First TriaL This was the first trial conducted by Commissioner McMahon since his induction into office following his election In May.

"I don't intend to tolerate any misconduct on the part of men in the fire and police departments," he said yesterday. "The men have had notice that I will deal severely with infractions of their regulations and I hope the penalty imposed on Howell will serve as an example to others who might be tempted to violate the code." Sentenced to Jail on Wife's Complaint Lenwood Webb, colored, of 682 Bloomfield avenue, was sentenced by Recorder P. Henry Strazza yesterday to spend three months in the county jail on a charge of disorderly conduct. The complaint was lodged by Webb's wife, Mrs. Blanche Webb.

Youngsters Display Kites at Annual Although a strong wind played havoc with some of the entries, the annual kite-flying competition of Montclair's four summer playgrounds was one of the most successful in recent years. Forty contestants displayed their kites before a gallery of about 300. Harry W. Burdick of the Spaulding Playground was in charge of the event. When the flying competition was over many kites were broken and others had landed in distant trees.

The high wind gave the fliers no end of trouble but the winners displayed real skill in keeping their entries aloft. Hiram Powell of the George Washington Playground was the winner of the race for Tony Lombard! of Rand was second and Paul Ruggiero, another Rand entrant, placed third. Powell turned in a second victory Disagreement with certain of the predictions made in a recent Montclair Times article by E. McDowell, statistician of the New Jersey Re gional Planning Commission, was voiced yesterday by Hugh R. Monro, chairman of the Town Planning Board.

Mr. Monro stated that while the value of regional planning agencies in dealing with intercommunity problems was fully recognized, there is a natural conflict between some of their projects covering wide areas and in dividual community aims. "The Montclair Planning Board, for example," Mr. Monro said, "has no such conception of the 'future of Bloomfield avenue lined with towering skyscraper structures as Mr. McDowell presents.

High structures of this sort presupposes a highly-organized business community with a de mand for a great deal of loft and office space. Even with an expansion of Montclair's population to 100,000, as Mr. McDowell indicates, there would be no demand for such facilities unless its residential character should become submerged by commercial development. More Artistic Buildings. "Furthermore, there are great changes taking place in the architec ture of business and commercial structures and the Planning Board envisions a Bloomfield avenue of much more artistic type and in harmony with what it is hoped will be a much higher type of residential architecture as well.

The population estimate of Mr. McDowell is, how STARTS FIRE TO CONCEAL THEFT Domestic Held on Arson Cha rge, Placed on Probation for Stealing Money. A fire of incendiary origin proved the undoing Tuesday of a domestic who had started the blaze to cover up the theft of a sum of money, from her employer. Seventeen-year-old Sophie Lach-larn, employed by and Mrs. Philip.

K. Cockefair of 362 Park street "was placed on probation for two years on a charge of larceny and paroled in her own custody for the grand jury on a charge of arson. She pleaded guilty to both counts when arraigned before Recorder P. Henry Strazza. She lives at 58 Hastings avenue, Nutley.

The Lachtarn girl admitted stealing small sums from Mis. Cockefair's purse in a closet on the second floor of the home. Last Thursday, according to police, she noticed that a different pocketbook had been substituted for the one in which the money was kept. She opened it and found $50 inside. She then determined to steal she said in a statement to Police Captain Thomas Claren, who investigated.

About noon on Thursday she set fire to a mattress in the room in which the money was kept. Frightened ty Flames. Becoming frightened as the flames spread, she attempted to beat them out, but was overcome by the smoke and was given first aid treatment. After she had been revived, her statement continued, she returned to the room, took the money from the pocketbook and replaced the purse on the closet shelf. After the firemen had extinguished the blaze, Mrs.

Cockefair missed the money and notified police. The maid refused to submit to a search at the request of Mrs. Cockefair and before Captain Claren arrived succeeded in hiding the monoy under a rug, where it was found later. Woman Injured in Orange Road Crash One person was slightly injured and two cars were badly damaged in an automobile collision on Orange road, below Ward place, Wednesday night. A car driven by Dr.

D. Webb Gran-berry, 27 East Park street, Orange, proceeding south on Orange road, struck a machine operated by Edward Tlward, 136 Baldwin street, sidewip-ing it and causing considerable damage. Mr, Tlward had just driven out of Rosedale Cemetery and turned north on Orange road when Dr. Granberry, who was passing another machine on the left, struck him. Mrs.

Tlward was slightly injured and was treated on the scene by Dr. Granberry. Lieut. Michael McHugh and Patrolman Mahoney investigated. LEAVING FOR NEW HAMPSHIRE.

Miss Dorothy Turner and William T. Turner of 86 Gates avenue are leaving today for Portsmouth, N. where they will be the guests of Admiral Clarence Kempff, commandant of the naval station. Miss Betty Turner is visiting a school friend in Manchester, Mass. Shaw Electric Company.

Electrical work, telephone Mitchell 2:0047. Adv. Ralph E. Marshall, optician, 5 Church street, Hinck Building. Adv.

service is concerned, the cost of mod ern subway construction amounting to about $10,000,000 rer mile, would obviously exclude the possibility that Montclair will have such facilities for several generations to come. "From the standpoint of the Town Planning Board the soundK nolicv of local government in the years just ahead must be to conserve the great values we possess as the most at tractive metropolitan suburb. Our high elevation and our incomparable mountainside are assets of inestimable worth. Thus every resource must be employed to accentuate these natural beauties and advantages and to resist the invasion of an inferior type of either commercial or residential development." PLAN BOARD SCANS CROSSING PROBLEM Methods of Eliminating Railroad Grade Hazards Dis-. cussed at Meeting.

The matter of grade crossing improvement in Montclair was considered at the last meeting of the Town Planning Board. In addition to a survey along the usual lines elevat-inar tracks anrl nrnvlri f- uuuvi pMOOUI at important streets the Planning Board has made -an nlternnH. yey providing for depressing thev tracKS through the greater portion of the town. This latter plan, according to the board, would minimize engineering difficulties, reduce grades and, through the elimination of "embankments, would greatly enhance the value of property. The improvement in this latter form, however, would be considerably more costly.

Facts and figures were presented to the board showing that in the matter of grade crossing improvement Montclair is at a disadvantage compared with its neighbors. Montclair's problem Is more serious than most of these communities, it is contended, because of the fact that one railway traverses the entire length of Montclair and Upper Montclair, passing through several Important residential districts. Architectural Control. The subject of architectural control Vas discussed by Harold M. Lewis, consulting engineer to the board.

It is his belief that'the best future development of MonTclair requires a much larger measure of such control than heretofore. "Certain business and apartment structures have been permitted In the! past which, because of obvious defects in architecture and construction, fall far below any standard to be tolerated in a high-class community," said Hugh R. Monro, chairman of the board. "A number of towns and cities have met this problem by appointing architectural boards or commissions which exercise limited powers in regulating the character of new structures. The trend of opinion in the Planning Board, however, is that many of these advantages can be secured by improved zoning and building regulations, by the formation of voluntary associations of owners and by a process of public education.

VETERANS TO MEET. The recently-organized Lackawanna Chapter, Disabled American Veterans of the World War, will meet tonight at 8 o'clock in the rooms of the Sergeant Patrick Riley Jr. Post. Veterans of Foreign Wars, 42 North Center street. Orange.

Montclair veterans are invited to attend. RETURN FROM EUROPE. Among the passengers on the Pennland, which arrived at New York this week from Antwerp, Havre and Southampton were Mrs. Madeleine Creswick, of 606 Upper Mountain avenue, and Miss C. Ann Ash-by, of 120 Beverly road.

CONCLUDES VISIT IN OHIO. Mr. and Mrs. Frederick H. Amer-man of 98 Midland avenue returned last Saturday from Cleveland, where they visited their son-in-law and daughter, Mr.

and Mrs. Herbert Peacock for two weeks. Stanley M. Crowell Company, dispensing opticians, 26 South street. Adv.

Harbrove School, tutors 2-10373. Adv. to be followed for the coming year. presentation of a resolution by Com "that as a condition to the continued town of Montclair, said employee must tion may exempt from this rule ica employees as it deems necessary." Would Cut Water Rate. A resolution providing for the immediate discontinuance of the (6 annual water service charge, also offered by Commissioner McMahon, was referred to the Committee of the Whole for consideration at the suggestion of Mayor Carlson and Commissioner John Picken.

both of whom said the action was too sudden, the matter not having been discussed by the commission. A threat to "look into" the Department of Public Works himself it action were not taken by Commissioner Picken in reducing the number of "useless jobs" in that department llOTi WORk Commission Perspires Late Into Night on Pay Cuts. Cutting salaries of Montclair's municipal employees proved hot work for the Board of Commissioners who conferred until a late hour in Mayor Carlson's office Wednesday night. The night was warm yes, hot and perspiration rolled freely, especially from the portly members of the Commission as they toiled in shirtsleeves in an effort to reach an agreement. Several persons possibly town employees halted, on the west side of Valley road during the session, to gaze into the lighted oOce of the Mayor.

Glistening bald heads were visible from the street and from time to time an arm shot up In gesture as one of the town's governing body emphasized a point maybe it was a percentage point in the cut. who knows? was made by Commissioner McMahon. "Remember, Commissioner, Rome wasn't built in a day," replied Mayor Carlson. "I know." replied McMahon, "but we have had two months now and it Is time something was done. All I want is to have this commission conduct the business of the town of Montclair as efficiently and economically as possible." Commissioner W.

I. Lincoln Adams Iso referred to the Department of Public Works in requesting a reduction in the number of municipalry-owned automobiles in operation. His remark was made following the adoption of a resolution by Commissioner Hward F. McConnell requiring that all town cars, except those which, in the discretion of the Director of Public Safety should be exempt for detective work, be marked "Official, Montclair. N.

Would Reassess Property. On adoption of a resolution offered by Commissioner McMahon, the commission voted to create a Board of Assessors consisting of three citizens, with a view toward reassessing property in Montclair on the bals of "a marked decline in real estate values." The resolution charged the commission with not having heretofore taken into consideration this decline in assessing valuations for the purposes of taxation and added that "it is desirable that this be accomplished upon an equitable and fair The resolution provided that th entire matter be referred to the Committee of the Whole for its consider-ation "and action." Commissioner McMahon reported that he had been served with a restraining order and temporary in (Continued on Page Two) Furnaces Cleaned Vacuum System. John Heyrich, Montclair- 2 0454. Adv. C-U-Old Chicken Barn tonight.

Adv. SALARY CUTS TO LOWER TAX RATE Glen Ridge "Council Adopts Ordinance Slashing Wages Up to Ten Per Cent. A saving of nearly $12,000 a year, or a reduction of nearly six percent in the present tax rate of $3.39 per hundred dollars, will be the result of salary cute of all Glen Ridge employees, it was announced by Mayor Johjf Koch Monday night's meet-ing of the Glen Ridge Borough Council adopted on final reading an ordinance providing for the reduction of salaries to become effective July 15. Under the provisions of the ordinance, all salaries up to $2,550 will be reduced six percent and from that figure to $3,050 the cut will be eight and one-half percent. Those employees receiving more than $3,050 will receive a ten percent The Council contends that in the next six months and the year 1933 will insure a reduction of tax rate for next year of nine points at least.

Police Pay Reduced. The officials such as borough clerk, borough engineer and police chief will receive the ten percent slash. Superior officers in the police department will fall in the eight and one-half percent class while firemen and regular police patrolmen will get the six percent. The town library employees will come under the six percent cut. Those holding more than one office under the borough government will receive reductions made from the total salary paid.

The board of education is expected to follow suit among employees and teachers. The ordinance does not affect or impair the rights of any person in any retirement or pension fund on civil service or tenure of office statute. The mayor, councilmen or board of education members are not effected as their services are gratis. Residents in the vicinity of the Carteret street playgrounds, sent a petition to the council complaining of the noise and dust created by the children. The complaint will be in vestigated by Councilman Barrows.

The Home Owners Association asked for $250 for its emergency fund and at the same time announced a decided increase in houses rented and sold as a result of the campaign of the association to fill all homes in the borough. Skill in Flying Playground Tourney when his kite attained the greatest height. In this event, Ruggiero was second and third went to Alex Guan-cione of Spaulding. There was a special competition for kites flying with their string in the most perpendicular direction. James Kefalonitis of Spaulding won this event, with Powell's kite a second.

Powell's kite was flown by Salvatore Tornello of Grove street. Tornello's skill in flying kites was unmatched at the meet. By adjusting his leader string, Tornello had the kite doing all sorts of tricks. Workmanship prizes were awarded as follows: Won by Harry Zara, Spaulding; Alex Guancione, Spaulding, second; Hiram Powell. George Washington, third.

Artistic and unique kites: Won by Harry Zara, Spaulding; Alex Guancione, Spaulding. second, and John Bereraydarian, third. M. N. Baker Retires From Engineeringx NeivS'Record After Forty-Five Years 4 After nearly forty-five years of service, Moses Nelson Baker of 53 Oakwood avenue, sanitary engineering expert, is retiring from active editorial work on the Engineering News-Record.

In addition to his work on this journal, Mr. Baker is the author of a number of outstanding technical books on sanitary engineering, sewage and municipal monopolies. He served for twenty years on the Montclair Board of Health, ten years as president. In 1915 he was appointed to the state Board of Health and subsequently senved as its vice president. Mr.

Baker will continue research work in the history of sanitation and the growth of municipal ownership. University of Vermont Graduate. The Montclair man joined the staff of the Engineering News, predecessor to the News-Record, in November, 1887, a year after his graduation.

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