Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-11-21

route of the whole line, not any par
of the street it may run along, bu
the act of 1906 provides for them an
am not familiar enough with 1t t
state exactly what the wording is am
! as we have not Il copy OF 1t here to
night we cannot examine it,
: The mayor: Il think the best wa.
is TO POSTPONE this matter until on.
counsel is posted in the business
Councilman Dey' moved that al
adjournment of the public hearing
be. made until the next meeting O
the council.
Taxing Soldiers and Firemen.
Under miscellaneous business the
clerk read the following resolution
offered by Councilman Dey: Where
as it appears the assessor, in making
his assessments for the year 1906,
did not make any deduction for fire
men, soldiers or soldiers widows al
lowed by law, therefore be it resolved
that the collector be and is hereby
authorized 10 deduct one dollar from
the tax bills of all who are entitled
to the reduction of one dollar poll
tax.
Considerable discussion arose as to
whether this was meant to cover
active firemen, retired firemen, or
both. George Gundrum stated there
was a committee present from the In
dependence Company on the matter,
that while he was not a member,
they had asked him to speak for
them, that it was the opinion active
firemen only were worked last year,
not exempt firemen.
Councilman j. H. Gordon moved
the resolution be amended to read
active firemen, which motion was
carried.
Chief of Fire Department Corcoran
remarked he was appointed a com
mittee from one of the companies to
see if there could not be something
done. That last year they instructed
their secretary to write a list of each
active fireman and turn it over to
the collector and when any member
of the department would go to pay
his taxes he would refer to that list
and one dollar poll tax would be de-
Quoted, but that there seemed to
have been a misunderstanding this
year, this not being done. His honor
stated he saw no other way than for
the chief to prepare a list, furnish
the council with same and have the
collector ordered to refund the dollar
in each case Mr.. Corcoran stated
he would see that such list was pre-
pared and furnished. In this connec'
ton Mr.. Dewan referred to the ques'
tion of soldiers, that the resolution
as amended had specified simply ac'
tive firemen. Councilman j.. Fl. Cor
don moved that the soldiers also be
exempted one dollar poll tax.
Councilman Dewan said he would
suggest that the clerk write to the
Jersey5Central Traction company and
have each member of the council
furnished with a copy of the ordin'
ance in order that they might famil'
iarize themselves with it and make
such corrections as might seem desir-
able.
Councilman Dey: | think they
have been asked for these, but il
they want to continue it on from
month to month they can do so.
The mayor: MI. Brown, the coun-
Gil seem to wish a copy of the fran
chise for each one of them. Can you
I furnish it?
Mr.. Brown: Yes sir. l regret very
much, Mr.. Mayor, this matter has
l ben left over for another council
meeting. 1t is going to throw us in
I to next year. We have some very
heavy work to do in the vicinity of
Feltuss street and | was very anxious
to get at the work Immediately. If
they expect to grant M a franchise
| would like to get it just as soon as
un aan If thnu do mt would Hlx1
to know it tonight.
The mayor: | do not see how they
can consistently consider it before
they have a copy of the franchise.
Mr., Brown: The only point seems
to be the consents. If the consents
are not in order and you were to
grant me a franchise | do not think
it would be legal; we would be the
people to suffer if the consents are
not in due form, and | was very much
in hopes you would pass on it to-
night. Now the next meeting will be
the fourth of next month, is it not?
You see it is impossible to get this
through this year. If this had gone
through on the first and second read
ing, let them file all the objections
they want, if there is anything wrong
about that then turn to me down at
the last reading. 1t has put me in
very bad shape. If l could get at
that grading now l could have the
work finished by the time the wealth
er set in cold.
A long discussion followed as to
the route the trolley would take and
the right t. cross the bridge. An
account of this will be found on the
first page of the EVENING NEWS
today. The outcome was an adj
journment until November % for the
purpose of continuing the second
reading.
The financial report of the borough
was read, showing:
Borough account balance .$7,1S6. 95
School account balance. -. ~2,O1S.91
Water account balance 1,073.74
Bal. from all sovfces $40, u 60
The clerk reported having received
assessment maps from the borough
engineer on Raritan and David
street. They were ordered sent to
the Commissioners OF Assessment and
the clerk instructed to furnish the
commissioners with the cost of inn