Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-12-07
SOUTH AHB0Y.
SOUTH AMBOY
GRANTS FRANCHISE
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boy to any part of Perth Amboy for
five cents, and if you don't have some
thing of that kind they will say, We
don't have TO. / would like to SEE
these things drawn up tight and bin1
them fast and make them have To
attend to their duties and confer ben
efits to their patrons" ,
MIR. Coan Finds Alleged Flaws.
Mr.. Coan: "Mr. Mayor and gentle
men of the council, at the meeting
Tuesday evening l made application
10 your body for a continuation Of
the final passage of this ordinance for
two weeks. 1t did not meet with the
pleasure of the body to extend it to
that period and l was asked to endea-
vor and perfect my Investigation of
this franchise prior to tonight. |
must say first that | was not able to
get hold of the ordinance until a very
late hour and I have had very little
time to give to the consideration of
the ordinance, but there are several
matters in relation to it which /
would like to call the attention of this
council to and ask them, having APP
prised them of these matters, if they
do not feel it to be for the general in
terest of the people of this borough
to postpone the final investigation of
this matter until some changes can
be made.
First, / understand that there +
some amendments which are to be
presented tonight which the general
public have not see as yet, and the
contents of which they do not know.
| have ere a vopy of the ordinance as
i understand it is o before your
body. | would like the council to go
over some of the sections with me.
Mr.. Coan read Section A, as to the
franchise being made void.
1T is an acknowledged fact" he
went. on, that the courts of our state
will not make void an agreement of
this kind without notice and without
a reasonable notice, and therefore 1t
seems to M that there should be in
terjected in this ordinance some pro-
vision whereby the ordinance itself
shall determine what amount of no.
tice to comply with the provisions of
the ordinance is necessary before the
forfeiture will work for a breach of
the conditions. We have had expert
ences in the past in this borough of
AN ordinance which provided no pen
atty. want to say to the council If
this ordinance in its present condition
is passed we will have an experience
with an ordinance which does not pro-
vide that a notice shall be given be-
fore a breach can work a forfeiture
Points Out An Error.
Restriction No. 8 says that nc
greater sun than five cents for each
passenger owe five years of age shall
be charged as fare for the passage OF
passengers to or from any point in
the borough of South Amboy. Accor-
ding to that, gentlemen, in order to
get to Perth Amboy you must &C
through South Amboy, a portion OF
.Sayreville township, to Perth Am.
boy"
Mr.. Pearse: THAT is a clerical er-
ror and was changed at the last meet
ing
Mr.. Coan: II speak as it is here. If
1t is wrong, I acknowledge myself to
be in error
Mayor: What franchise are you
reading. The franchise as amended
by various meetings of the council?'
Mr.. Coan: 81 understand it is the
amended franchise now before the
council"
Mr.. Pearse: at is one we had at
the last meeting, only this particular
clause did not change"
Mr.. Wilson, Representing Jersey
Central Coz: ut reads, from any
point in the limit of the borough of
South Amboy to any point in the city
of Perth Amboy.' That seems to
meet the gentleman's objection"
Mr.. Coan: "All l know is the ordi.
dance before the council at the last
meeting. If I an in error, it is very
probable the people of the borough
are also in error as to the conditions
OF The ordinance
MAYOR: Are you referring to the
ordinance or f~rsnchise?"
M C0an; To the ordinance grant
Ing TIE franchise. Restriction No. 10.
referring 10 tracks being made 10
t57to-u 10 grade consequent upon
any tas1ges in street. Now. when
sla-l t1ey maze the tracks conform
70 -e new grade. at the time the