Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-10-24
BOROUGH BOCK
AND TAXATION.
Interesting Msktius of the COun-
Gil Was Yield Last Night
The TYaIIey Franchise.

'"o Juicy IlcnGitIS6'
the regular meeting of the council
was CALICO to order at 7:45 p. M, all
membew being present, including
Counssf Pearce.
Ih9 clerk read a communication
irony General W. S. Truax Post No.
11$. G. A. r., inviting the mayor and
Council to attend reception to be
given by them to their department
. commander and his staff Monday
/night. October 20, at the Post room.
The invitation was accepted.
The clerk read the following COM
m~unication:
Hon. A. Tregnanowan, Dear Doc
tor:
| have always been an admirer of
yourself and will always vote for
you for any Office you run for, but
want to set you wise to something
/ do not think You know anything
about. DO you know the Androvette
Towing company tie their tugboats
at our dock all the time and that they
have hired the old shanty on the doc't
for a small amount is only a bluff so
that they do no thave to pay wharf
age which they would have to do if
they tied their boats anywhere else.
/ would like you to inquire about this
and make them pay for the use of the
dock accordingly. They are Il Staten
Island concern and do not leave ar.y
money in this town, so make them
pay good and plenty. The p. r. R.
Co. drove them out of the slips be-
cause they got too fresh and theS
had nowhere else to go, so they TOOK
possession of our dock and hire the
old shanty as a bluff. l am, yours
truly,
AN ADMIRER.
A petition signed by some twenty
six property owners on Main street
was read asking that Main street be
tween Stevens avenue nd Feltus street
be curbed and tagged. Councilman
Al. M. Gordon stated he did not think
1t best to pass this petition at the
present time until such time as it was
ascertained how the upper part OF
the street was to be graded, which Is
The a remarked that the gut
tering and vurbing and tagging was
the least part of the expense, that 1T
1t very nice for the people to ask for
these improvements and he would be
delighted to see every alleyway and
street improved, but it is the grad
ing where the expense comes in. He
stated he would not sign another Dill
for a loan until we were a little FUR
Their out of debt, that when banks
were protesting our paper what is the
use of giving more. He called at
tention to David street particularly
which cost the borough over $1,000
Clerk Fulton stated he had not re-
ceived any word that the banks were
protesting our paper, but his honor
~contended the clerk had so informed
him a week or SO ago.
The mayor stated he had taken a
stroll during the day along David
street around the so-called Scully mi
provements and that he did not want
to mince matters, but that it must be
put in some decided shape one way or
the other. He called attention to the
sad experience of the borough in the
past in connection with the New York
& Long Branch r. r., and stated he
did not see any other way than for
the counsel to draw up an iron bound
agreement between the mayor n
council and Mr.. Scully and file That
agreement in the court at Q Bruins
wick. the agreement to specify that
the street shall be opened whenever
and at any time when demand is
made by the mayor and council I
Councilman Dey stated he did not
understand any permission had beer
granted whatever to Mr.. Scully to
take possession of the street. AS he
understood it was to be curbed,
tagged and guttered, but it had not
been done. His honor stated the
Tagging and curbing had been taken
up. Councilman Dey stated he
thought the matter was left in the
hands,ef the street committee.
The mayor stated he wished to call
attention to another matter-the pub
lie dock. He said he was out on the
dock during the day and there were
three tugs tied up to it; that it would
y cost $500 or $4,000 to replank it.
He referred to the letter previously
Sglvqn and said it was as stated only
a bluff, their hiring the little house
on the dock, hat they were kicked
out of the Pennsylvania's docks be-
cause they would pay no wharfage.
4 Councilman j. H. Gordon stated
The A%ndroyette Towing company
made application to the council to
rent the OLD building at the end of the
dock for the purpose of making an
Office of it. That a telephone was to
established, electric light, etc.,
and that the arrangement was made
between the street committee and the
Androvette Towing company. He fur
Their stated the street committee were
in favor Of charging barges or sail
ing vessels, but that steam vessels
were a benefit to the dock as they
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