Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-14
COU NC|L AT
ROUTINE WORK
Much Matter Taken Up at Meet
Ing of Borough Fathers Last
Night.

ht'A tRSN hASi'" IN ma VI IA AiIC
councilmen, clerk and counsellor
were present.
Minutes of the last regular and spe-
cial meetings were approved as read.
A communication from the city
clerk of Camden upon motion was re-
ceived and signed by the mayor and
councilmen and turned over to AS
semblymen Haines.
All bills were ordered paid.
The bill of Mortimer Casey was
returned to him for correction. Coun-
Gilman Hillman claimed that Mr.. Ca
sey had already received his salary up
to July and that he was six months
ahead of the borough as he had
drawn money several times, the
amour of which had paid his salary
ahead so many months.
The resolution by Councilman Dey
that the mayor appoint a committee
of two to look into the matter of sew
erage for the borough and that they
try to get special bills before the leg
islature for sewering the borough as
it needed it badly, was adopted. The
mayor appointed A. NJ. Gordon and
r. A. Dey as the committee. The
mayor said that the sewerage ques-
ton in South Amboy was one of vi
tai importance. 1t was a stone wall
to the borough; that he had often
been asked by those who wanted to
come here and build what kind of a
sewerage system we had in the Dor
oggh, and upon telling them we had
no system, it kept them from build
ing here. q
Councilman Hillman then attacked
the Board of Health. He said there
were things going on in the borough
that it was the duty of the Board of
Health to look after. That he knew
when he was living in this borough
h a there were cesspools, etc, which
according to law should have been
emptied at least twice a year, but it
was not done. He knew positively
that they had not been cleaned out in
three years. The Board of Health
was not attending to it's duties and
the people did not have nerve enough
to make a kick or at least were afraid
to do SO. Councilman Dey said that
he had the nerve and would circulate
a petition requesting the borough au-
tlorities to take action in the matter.
Inc mayor said that the Board of
Health was an important factor in
the borough. He said that a few
nights ago a lady came to him with
a very sore throat, a kind prevailing
in the borough, and asked him if he
thought that a %cesspool that was
about two feet from the door of a
house where she lived could have
anything to do with it, as il some
times got pretty full and oozed out in
to the cellar and laid and smelled.
The mayor said also that he agreed
perfectly with Mr.. Hillman and that
1t is the inspectors place to look into
these things; that the borough was
paying enough, God knows. The res
ignation of b. Roddy, ST., as a mem
Der of the sinking fund committee,
was received and accepted.
The ordinance regarding fiat
wheeled cars running in the borough
was taken up upon second reading
and adopted in sections. It was then
taken up on the third and final read
ing and adopted as a whole.
a resolution by J.. II. Gordon was
presented to the council and held
over. The mayor stated that there
was a young man in Mechanicsyille
who had an incurable disease of the
spine and that he is depending on the
people for support. The mayor pro-
posed that the young man he taken TO
T%ompkins Home. where he can be
taken care Of and be given some COM
forts in the way OF living during the
short time he has to live. The mayor
turned to Councilman Dcwan and
asked him if he knew anything about
the case, as he lived in that direction.
At first Dewan could nor remember
anybody who was so situated that
they would have to go TO Tompkins
Home, but the chief of police spoke
up then and told him the name Of
the young man. Gummager. Then
Dewan said he knew of his being
sick, but thought he had consump-
ton. He said the father of the young
man was working every day in a
brick yard and he thought he ought
to take cart OF him. but he had heard
that the father would buy a certain
o of provisions and use it all
\ = himself without giving his son
~, and the neighbors had to give
n food. No action was taken in the
after.
The David street improvement or
dinance was laid over till the next
meeting.
Counsellor Pearse then said there
seemed to be a misunderstanding
about the Jersey Central Traction
company. He said he had met Mr..
Gilmore. a lawyer for the Public Ser
vice Traction company, who said the
company was in no way responsible
for what the Jersey Central Traction
company may do. The company had
simply asked permission to run over
their tracks. in view of this the
counsellor said that he had prepared