Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-22
ROUTINE of
The COUNCIL
Many Matters of Interest Con.
Sidered--T To VaCate EndOf
Catherine Street.


| of Aldermen last night was a LONG
one and was marked by several i'm
portant features, as told below and in
other columns. Aldermen Rossi and
Stacey were absent.
tl0A motion prevailed that the street
! commissioner be directed to adver-
tise for bids for building a concrete
retaining wall at the foot of Madison
avenue.
The New York C New Jersey Tel
ephone Company presented the appli-
cation brought up at the committee
session last Friday night, as told in
Saturdays NEWS, for permission to
lay conduits in about 125 streets for
their wires, ETC., for twenty years.
The matter will be taken up at the
meeting of the council June 4. With
the petition they enclosed a copy of
an ordinance for the desired permits
sion. A public hearing will be af-
forded to any who desire to speak at
that meeting, according to law.
School Needs.
The Board of School Estimate fill
ed a report of their recommendations
of the amounts needed for school
purposes, $4,000 for buying lands
and enlarging, repairing and furnish
ing school houses; and $5S,S00 ex-
elusive of the amount apportioned by
the county superintendent.
On recommendation of the com
mittee on streets and sewers and pc
titions previously received for the
following were granted: To repair
the Smith street asphalt; for pave
ments on Maple and Market streets;
for a sewer in Groom street; to work
Compton avenue and Paterson street
to the established grade; for side
walks on Kirkland place; and to va
cate Catharine street south of Hall
avenue. The vote on the Catharine
street petition, which was presented
by the New Jersey Terra Gotta Com
pany, was 3 to 2. Alderman-at-
Large Pfeiffer and Aldermen Grouse
and Warter voted aye, and Aldermen
Smith and Schultz, no. The city clerk
was directed to notify the contract
ors who laid the Smith street asphalt
to repair it, and the Public Service
Corporation to put the pavement be-
tween, and for two feet on either
side of the tracks in proper condi-
ton.
IsannOt Consider RemOnstrance.
The city attorney reported, in q
IN m n1IIpinatinn fhot thA CApdnn
street paving remonstrance which
contained thirty-four signatures,
could not be considered as legal be-
cause several of the signatures were
not valid, and without them the num-
Der of signatures was insufficient to
give the remonstrance any weight.
The ordinance for the construction
of a twelve-inch pipe sewer in Pat
erson street, from a point 1876 feet
east of Madison venue to connect
with the Madison avenue sewer, was
passed on second and final readings.
A motion by Alderman Grouse that
the clerk advertise the filing of the
final assessment for the paving on
Rector street, between Smith and
Rector street, between Smith and
Market streets, was adopted.
The $4,000 bond of City Treas
urer Arthur c.. Sofield was approved
on resolution of the finance commit
tee and certified copies of the reso-
luton were ordered sent to the three
local banking institutions. The bond
is a United States Fidelity & Guar
antee Company bond.
The clerk reported that the acting
mayor had approved the resolution
to repair the Second street sewer.
The report from the tellers of the
recent fire department election was
received and the election was con
firmed on motion.
A petition for an arc light at Rec
tor and Lewis streets bore eleven sig
natures and was referred to the com.
mittee on lamps and lights.
Move Another Building.
Martin Hansen was granted per
mission to nov a two-story build
ing from State street, on the wester-
ly side, between Fayette and Jeffer-
son streets, to Smith street and Wat
son avenue.
A petition for a sewer in tombstone
street, between Neville street and
Hall avenue, was received from foul
property owners and referred to the
street committee.
City Surveyor Brogger recommen.
ded that parts of the Elizabeth street
sewer be laid to empty into certain
places to drain certain properties
The matter was referred to the com
mittee on streets and sewers
The request of Samuel Hall to bt
exempted from cost for the Bright
on avenue sewer was refused on rec
ommendation of the committee OF
taxation, on the grounds that a Ions
time had elapsed and the apportion'
ment had been made.
Applications for the renewal O
the junk licenses OF J.. Fingerote, 3.
Paterson street, and George r. Bun
ten & Sons, 1872 and 134 Front
street, were granted on recommends
tion of the judiciary committee.