Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-08-09
COUNCIL MET
LAST NIGHT.
Considerable Routine Business
Transacted Say Water Ser
vice Not Satisfactory.

The regular meeting of the Bor-
ough Council was held last night,
Mayor Muirhead, Councilmen A. H..
Gordon, James Gordon, Samuel Lock-
er and Clerk Birmingham were pres
ent.
A petition from the Fire Depart
ment asking for 800 feet of new hose
was received and referred to the COM
mittee on Fire Department with pow
er.
A communication from the Board
of Education asking permission to
excavate and lay pipe on John street
from the school to the John street
was received. No action was
taken on it, as, the mayor stated that
there was an injunction on the ew-
er and the borough had no right to
give permission. .
A communication from e. Neil
top asking for a renewal of license
as a plumber in and about the Water
Works was received and renewal
granted.
All bills were ordered paid.
A communication from the Board
of Health which was received at the
last Council meeting and carried
over to this meeting was again laid
over.
A resolution by James Gordon
that a note soon due be taken up,
was adopted.
The report of committee on Fon-
ances received and field.
A report of business done ccom
panied by a check from the New
York and New Brunswick Transport
tation Company was received and
turned over to the collector.
Assessor Fulton was present and
presented his book which was re-
ferred to the committee on taxes; to
report at next meeting.
A motion that the list of delinq-
ent taxes for 1903 amounting to
$592.S9 be turned over to the bor-
ough marshall for collection was car
ried. A. M. Gordon asked the mayor
If the council had anything to do
with a contract hat was entered in
to by Mike Leary and a man living
in a street above Pine venue re-
6hAuih6 IuS ldJlu6 VI WdICl pipOo'
The contract was that said man
was to do the digging and Leary to
lay the water pipes and make the
connection for 1913 Both fulfilled
their part of the contract, but Leary
made two taps in the pipe and led
the water in two other houses. The
other man thinks Leary had no right
to do this and wants the other two
men to pay their share of the 1913,
which he agreed to pay Leary. The
mayor stated the council had nothing
to do with it and they would have
to settle it between themselves.
A. M. Gordon said hat the water
at Maxville had not increased in vol
ume nor quality since he had COM
municated with the Perth Amboy
Water Department.
The mayor stated that the New
York and Long Branch railroad Com
pany are going to repair the bridge
on B%ordentown enu over their
tracks and it will be closed for a few
days. A motion that the proprietor
of Sea Breeze be notified hat $40
is due the borough and if the same
is not forthcoming at once the boats
will be stopped and not allowed to
land. The motion was carried.
The mayor then told Quinlan If
the money was not paid In four days
not to allow the boat to land after
that.
A resolution offered by James Cor
don that the amout of the taxes for
real and personal estate for the en-
suing year in this borough be ST.
$4,000 was carried.
A bill was presented TO the Tor, uri
council at their meeting last evening by
Michael Welsh, for the sum OF Sl5. Til.
bill had been presented to the borough
council in 1892, and at that time was
turned down by them. 1t seems that in
the year 1899, the borough council hired
the first ioor of Protection hall of Mr..
Welsh for a fire house and used it al
election time as a polling place. Mr..
Welsh received his rent for the floor as
q fire house, but put in this bill of SIS
extra ON e~ccount nf tho election being
h I'D there, as he thought he ought to be
paid extra for hat. The tleik presented
the bill last evening with The statement
that Mr.. Welsh had forgotten to put II
in before. 1t was ordered paid at this
council meeting.
Council adjourned.