Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-12-29

Before said motion was presented to
the b ard by the directors a motion to
amend was made by Mr.. DeHart, duly
seconded, as follows.
That the County of Middlesex build
and construct from the northerly end OF
the present Amboy bridge structure, to-
ward the North Shore Railroad on said
Sheridan street, a distance of three hun
dred feet, u bridge approach; provided,
that the CITY of Perth Amboy will con
~struct, grade and complete said Sheridan
street from said point (three hundred
feet northerly on said Sheridan street
from the end of said bridge structure) to
the North Shore Railroad property, cob
struct all overhead bridge over said rail-
road property and thence complete said
Sheridan street to Market street, ell in a
! coed safe and substantial manner for the
use Of the travelling public, and will a.
soon as possible take all the necessary
municipai action to raise the municipal
funds nect ssary to do said work on SAID
street, and II said funds cannot be legally
raised before or in any other manner,
said Council will place the necessary
amounb to do said work in the next an
nual city appropriation and will com :
plete said work a5 the earliest possible
date thereafter. Carried.
, On motion of Mr.. eDeHart duly sec
onoed the original motion as amende0 q
was presented and cargied by the follow
Ing vote
Ayes-Johsnsen, Cauley, O'Neill,
Jackson, Kroeger, DUNCAN, Happen,
NJ .nning, Stats, Fountain, Welsh,
Rusher, Vandenberg, Bennett, Cox, De-
Hart.
.Nays-Haney, Glenn, Clinton, FELTON,,
Draper, Jensen, Allgair.
Upon motion duly seconded it vas or
| dered that the clerk of the Board of
| Chosen Freeholders send q certified copy
| of the above resolution to the May r
and Council of the City OF Perth Amboy
on or before Monday night, December
nineteenth, nineteen hundred and four,
i n order that the Mayor and Council
may act upon the same at their council
meeting to be held December nineteenth,
nineteen hundred and fo,r Carried.
Motion was made by Mr.. DeHart and
duly seconded that the Perth Amboy
Mayor and Council be requested to seno
a written answer to FL. Brewster Willis,
New Bruins wick, New Jersey, Counssl
of the Board of Chosen Freeholders,
setting forth their accordance or refuss
of the proposition sent to them, on OF be-
fore the thirtieth day Of December, nint-
teen hundred and four. I Carried.
1 hereby certify the foregoing resolu-
tions are true copies taken from thu
minutes of the Board of Chosen Free
holders of o meeting held December 10,
1904. d. W. Clayton,
Clerk Board Fr~eeholders. :
December 10, 1904.
To the Board of Aldermen:
Gentlemen-The accompanying tran
| script Of the proceedings OF the Board OF
Freeholders Of Middlesex County was
placed in my hands to-day by FreeholdeI
O'Nsil.
1t is the first definite proposition con
templating the adj ustment of the re-
| grettable differences which lave disturb
ed the amity of relations between III
city and county governing boards, over
the Raritan river bridge question, which
has reached me, and | hope you will give
it most careful consideration; and not
| permit negotiations to be broken of
| without q sincere effort to SO approach
the bridge from the north that the
county board striving to reach you from
| the south may be able to do SO over
| some more solid material than at present
exists 300 feet from the bridge,
Respectfully yours,
Chas. X. Seaman, Mayor.
accompanied by a duplicate of the
J Freeholders' proseedings).
was presented and referred to the Com
mittee of the Whole.
On motion the Council adjourned.
JOHN F. RIELLEY,
City Clerk.