Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-10

sewers no
Teams
A petition, signed by property
owners on George street, was present
cd. asking to have sidewalk paved,
with stone curbing and cutters, from
the railroad bridge to the shore.
Remarks by the mayor: We, OF
eourse. wish to see the streets I'M
nroyed. and we like in the main to
see petitions of the foregoing KIND
coming in all the time, but, gentle
men Of the council, / think it is wise
Thai we should call a halt; i think
the finances of the borough deman
for a time, at least, that all these pc
tifions shall be deferred until some
futre time. and not only this, but that
iii borough work shall be suspended
"a far as possible. You know as well
as I do that we are running very
much behind in the inances OF the
borol1gh. and | am very much IN
cJined to advocate strongly that all
work of very kind, unless it is work
Of necessity, be deferred for h pres
emf. and especially so under our pres
emf system of doing these improve
ments. If, after the work was done
prompt payment would be made, put
IL is not so, we have to wait TWO,
three. or four years for the reim-
bursement of the treasury of the Dor
ough. / say that the borough is nm
ancia1ly unable to stand any more at
present" go.
Councilman Dey stated he did not
see where the borough would be IN
barrassed If these improvements were
done on business principles. mat
whatever money 1t would be neces-
sary to borrow to pay for the I'M
provements, the people who enjoyed
the Improvement would have TO pay
interest on, and in this way he did
not see how the borough would be III
debt if every street in South AmDoy
were improved. He did not tnlne
there should be a halt called. me
peohle asked for the improvements
and were willing to pay Tor the same,
The mayor replied he did not thlhh
the borough could stand the hVe q
or three year business. Councilman
Dey explained the borough dld no'
have to stand it, that it was the IN
dividual who had to stand n eA'
pense and pay interest on the money
borrowed.
Councilman J. H. Gordon remark
ed that the finances looked rathel
bad. He called attention to Davlo
street, where there was an eXpendl'
ture of $3.50 and said while IL WaS
desired to make these improvements
he would suggest that they De mad'
gradually.
councilman Hillman stated at thu
present time, according to the collect
or's report, the balance from a,
ct T0z Ok nf which
$132.OS belonged to the Board o.
Education. That taking into accouh
A voucher received from the Pennsyl
van;a railroad for $500, it would
make a balance from all sources 20
about $4,000. SO that there there
would scarcely be a dollar left wher
the hills that were passed mad beer
naid He further stated If the water
bills were paid, together with one OF
two others, the borough would nave
to borrow about $4,000 in order tc
meet its debts. Mr.. Hillman stated
his idea would be that when a Dul.
letin was made, as In August, ano
submitted 40 the assessor, h a the
ap~rrzfunto be raised by taxation GOV
expenditures for certain pur-
ICES be not exceeded, and in tha'
{ tyga law he though probably the expenses
Aahmight be kept down. He furtnel
u Thought it was poor economy to LEI
the streets go to pieces. He statet
the streets were the most useful par
\. Of a borough, were an accommoda
Nion for business people and the pup
he. in general, and should be giver
preference to tagging, guttering, etc
He called attention to the heavy
storms of the season which had pu'
the streets in such condition tina
large repairs were necessary, STATING
such necessity would continue unless
some new system of repairing was
adopted. ,
The mayor stated he was as muci
in favor of having all streets paveC
and gathered as anyone, but the PEG
Die were not assessed for the grading
that the borough had to do hat par
of the work. AS an illustration hi
called attention to David street
where there was an expenditure o
over $1,000 that the people did no
pay for at all.
The financial report of the borough
chowad as follOWS