Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-04-11
SOUTH AMBoY.
COUNCIL WAS
LIVELY SCENE
Mr.. SCulIy Talks on Subject of
Closing East End of David
Street Other Matters.

The regular meeting of the Dor
ongh council was held last night in
Borough Hail. Mayor -Treganowan,
Councilmen j. Fl. Gordon, Dcy. De-
wan and Disbrow, Counsellor Pearse
and Clerk Fulton were present.
The minutes of the last regular
meeting were approved as read.
A communication from Acting
Mayor Pfeiffer, of Perth Amboy, re-
ccived and filed.
A communication from the G. y.
r., of this borough, signed by 5. II.
Citation, adjutant, asking for a don
alton for Decoration Day, was re-
ceived. and upon motion $50 was
given them in place of $50, which
had formerly been given them.
All bills were ordered paid.
Under the head OF unfinished bus
mess the petition of John Scully and
others. asking for permission TO
close the east end of David street,
was read. AT teh last meeting the
petition was laid over in order to
give Counsellor Pearse time to loo
the matter up and state his opinion
as to whether the borough had the
right to allow Mr.. Scully to close the
street. The counsellor said that IL
was not a question of power to va
cate streets. He quoted from the law
that gave the %boruogh power to open
or close any street in the borough up
on an ordinance and a public rear
ing. He said that the owners OF the
property on each side OF the street
owned to the center of the street ana
Mr.. Scully owning property on both
sides, he. practically, owned the
street. The mayor then asked if any
one there had anything to say. MY.
Scullv, being present, got up ana sad
that he did not want the street for
his own personal use: he had more
property at the present time than
he knew what TO do with. He want
ed it for the people. If he had want
ed it for himself he would not have
taken this course of getting ii. He
said if that ground was filled i'll a
factory could be located there, where
two or three hundred people of the
borough could be. employed. He
said that he and the late Mr.. Roll
had looked owe the matter a good
many years ago, but before anything
could be accomplished Mr.. Roll had
died. Our idea was to bulkhead the
shore front from David to Henry
street, which WOulu SiNt wv ip'N
front and $50 feet in depth. That
would make a nice site for a factory.
He, said he, was very much surprised
at the Citizen and the party who
wrote the article which was publish
: cd in the-same. The mind OF the one
who wrote it was not any broader
than that of his friend McDonough,
whose mind was as narrow contract
A1 nc - .hinlnn'g hrDIn He said he
was glad to see that there was II
paper hat was circulated in South
Amboy which was broadminded and
was not afraid to say what was said.
He said that the lower end of the
street was not fit TO walk down. ow-
ing to the dirty, filthy cutters. He
said that if he wanted the end OF the
street he would buy II.
The mayor asked MIR. Scully II he
was given the use OF the street was
il his intention to fix it up and give
IL IN to the council whenever they
demanded it. Mr.. Scully replied yes,
that was his intention. He said that
South Amboy was a dirty place, at
least some of its streets and if people
over came here to locate and saw 1t
they would go away and never come
back here. Mr.. Scully then again got
~ . ron ot rho local Daper and the
party who wrote the article. He was
a narrowminded cripple and could
nat COO over his shoe tons. South
hoo u.s. sec w oae down and tbev seemed
~ want to Icon If down There was
no oboad about them He was
~ ~ na" tbat tbere was a naper
received in this borough every night
whose writer's could see over their
9"9 Tio oUUP9t,o noyor questioned him
oardina tnbome which was mt
o7%@ aui !" go ago 70 msa The old
Ha TrnDin, ~ to1 a not around
~" bat ma catcb all the fish and
enU icy IL " Vow Work citv daily.
9IpptS ,Ii,. eaid he was NOT one of
~, ~ H.; no n]arlies who were at
NV, Mn honG Of ! were no fools Mr..
sill 'e" gaiJ no was not noIished in
~ IN h,,t whot he had TO saw he'd
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