Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-06-08
Many Speak For
And Against
Petition.
SMITH ST. ALSO.


was fairly well filled last night when
the Board of Aldermen sat to hear
the protests of property owners along
the proposed sewer route in State St.,
and also on the question of the Smith
street wood paving assessment.
At the opening of the meeting the
clerk read an ordinance providing for
sewer in Hall avenue extending to
Penn street, which was passed on its
first reading.
The clerk read copy of the writ of
certiorari on the Sheridan street
grade assessment matter, which was
referred to City Attorney Hommann.
The meeting was then declared
open for the public for and against
the State street sectional sewer.
Philip Gabriel was the first to take
the floor. He said, as he understood
it, the proposed sewer would not be
trunk line, and as State street was
already mess work of private and
sectional sewers he could not see why
property owners should be troubled
with other expenses. He said that
most people along State street, espec-
tally from DeKalb avenue to Com
merce street were well provided for.
Alderman Stacey took the floor and
said that it seemed question wheth-
er the petition which was circulated
is in order or not, as the petition asks
for a sewer from Smith street to the
Lehigh Valley bridges, and the por-
tion of State street between DeKalb
avenue and the Lehigh Valley bridge
already has an eight-inch sewer.
City Attorney Hommann said that
he could not see that the petition was
out of order as the petition covered
| the ground to be severed.
James Ryan, a property owner
near Broad street, then gave a
lengthy talk against the proposed
sewer. He said that he lived in a
block, between Broad and CONNER
ce streets, which has a sewer. He
said that the Ricci private sewer,
which cost in the neighborhood of
$500, provides for every building in
that block
Max Goldberger said that he has
already gone to heavy expense in
building private sewer, but he was
willing to pay $3S a lot for another
sewer by his property
Nathan Roth spoke against the
sewer
Lawyer Leo Goldberger spoke for
several who wanted the sewer. Hugh
Reilly and two or three others spoke
against the sewer.
The hearing in this matter was
then declared closed.
Smith Street Assessment.
The Smith street pavement matter
was taken up. Lawyer James S.
Wight was present in behalf of a
number of property owners who OBJ
ject to the assessment in the grounds
stated in Tuesdays NEWS. He gave
an instance of one man assessed for
the old pavement in 1890 to the
amount of $323.21 and the new
wooden block pavement cost him
$489.53. He said that there was
absolutely no necessity for bringing
the matter into court when it could
be settled at meeting, the reasons
for the foundation of the objection
having been filed. After Lawyer
Wight's speech Alderman-at-Large
Pfeiffer declared the meeting closed,
as no others arose to speak.
j Aldermen Stacey, Dalton, Garland
and Van Pelt were present at the
meeting, as was also City Engineer f.
L. Smith, who presented a map of the
proposed sewer line between Smith
street and DeKalb avenue. The sew
er route shows connections into De-
Kalb avenue, Commerce and Fayette
streets, according to the map.