Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-12-13
SOUTH AMBoY.
COUNCIL HAD
MUCH TO DO.
Borough Fathers Held Regular
Session Last Night and
Were Busy.

tue regular meeting OF Jne DOr-
Sugh council was held as usual on
Tuesday evening. Mayor Muirhead,
Councilmen j. H. Gordon, Otto Hill
man, A. M. Gordon and Samuel Lock-
er, Counsellor Pearse and Clerk
Birmingham we're present.
Minutes of last meeting approved
as read.
A communication from Francis
DAILY, regarding the Abbott children,
was received and referred to the
committee on poor, who are to report
at che next regular meeting.
Reports from the different fire
companies, giving the number of
members in each company of good
standing, were received. A petition
from the real estate owners on David
street, who desire to grade, curb and
gutter said street, was received.
Reports from the fire companies
received and referred to the commit
tee on fire department.
A committee from each fire COM
pany was present and the mayor gave
them an opportunity to speak. Mr..
Mr.. Sutliff, as chairman of one of the
committees. said that the members
of the different fire companies who
worked on the P. r. r. docks were
locked for the time taken by them
in attending fires, when called out
during working hours, and they de-
sired the council to see some of the
p. R. R. officials regarding it and that
they would see if something could
hot be done to enable the men to get
away to a fire without having to lose
their time, as they did not think it
was a square deal. Mr.. Sutliff also
asked the council If the money due
the volunteer firemen could not be
paid to each company, as a number
Of the firemen had been fined for
non-attendance at fires, ETC., and
made all kinds of excuses about pay
ing the fine and a great many fines
were paid, and if the money was paid
to the company, they could deduct
the fines out of it and give the men
the balance.
P. F. Kanah then spoke. He said
that it was a great handicap not hav-
ing all the men present at fires, so
he endorced what Mr.. Sutliff had
said.
George Corcoran then made a few
remarks. He said that it was not
the mems fault that they did not at
tend the fires, but he thought it was
the fault of one man whose name he
did not give. He said that the men
in the car shops were allowed to go,
but the men on the docks had to give
up their checks and were locked for
the time they were away.
A petition to gutter and curb Rar-
itan street was received and upon
motion q public hearing was to be
given and hat the clerk give regular
notice of the same and at the same
time to also give regular notice OF
the public hearing on the David
street petition.
Councilman A. M. Gordon stated
that the water on the hill was all o.
K. The pipes could not freez as
they had been lowered fifteen inches
below the Perth Amboy main. He
also stated, as n of the street COM
mittee, that he had looked up the
grade of upper Main street he
thought that Mr.. Welsh had bitten
off more than he could chew; that
the street in front of his own prop
erty he had fixed up to his W salts
faction but The street below his prop
erty he was kind of stuck on and he
had asked him to speak, in order to
bring it before the council, but he
(Gordon) advised the council not to
have anything to do with it, that
there would be trouble over the
grade, and if the council interfered
the trouble would fall OF them.
A number of bills of the fire de-
partment were held over as the chair
man of the committee was not pres
ent. Councilman Locker moved that
the mayor appoint a committee to
wait on the proper authorities of the
p. R. R. Company and ascertain
what could be done about letting the
men off to go to fires without their
being locked for the time lost. The
mayo then appointed the committee
on fire department to look 1t up.
A. M. Gordon said that he had Wis
tied Tompkin's Home to see how
matters were there and he found
that a party Wy the name of Daley,
who had beer admitted to the home a
short time ago had suddenly disap-
peared on Monday and they did
not know where he was. One of the
councilmen arose and said that he
understood that a son and daughter
of the man wanted him to live with
them, so he thought probably there
was where he had gone.
Council then adjourned.