Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-01-30
SOUTH AMBOY.
TROLLEY HEARING GOES
OVER TO NEXT MEETING
Borough Council Transacted Mnc'I
Business Last Night-Raise
Salaries of Officials.

Salaries oil Ontcinls.
Regular meeting OF the council
called to order at 7;f5 p. m. Pres
enf-Mayor Treganowan, Councilmer
Dey, Dewan and Disbrow, also CLERK
Fulton Minutes of the p%revioul
meeting were read and approved.
The clerk read a letter from Coun-
selor Il. NJ. p. Pearse stating thar he
had been under the weather for some
time and having had an opportunity,
had taken a trip south, leaving on the
nineteenth, and expecting to return
about the first of February.
The clerk read a petition from the
following officers of the borough, e.
duesting an increase of salary at The
rate of $40 per month: Chief Mar
! shall James Mcdonald, Marshals Mon
ahan, Gleason and Ryan; Janitor and
Tailor ByTnes, Street Commissioner
Collins and Water Commissioner
Leary.
Councilman Dey moved the petit
ton be referred to the committee on
salaries and fees.
The mayor saida Although ! am
very much in favor of an increase,
the question comes up now whether
we have the right according to law
t0 increase these salaries. | think
the statutes recently passed make II
Obligatory that the salaries OF all
officers coming into Office on the first
of january cannot be changed subse-
Quently.n
Mr., Dey: My motion was not
that the committee is instructed to
raise the salaries, but that they make
d report TO the council. The motion
was carried.
The mayor: II. would say to that
petition that we are un~derpaying Il
officers of every sort, kind and de-
scriptfon at least 20 per cent. less
thGn any other municipality in the
state. Knowing this thing was to
yuome up | wrote to the various may
ors Of six or eight cities. | wrote to
Someryille, Bound Brook, M~etuchen,
New Brunswick, Perth Amboy, Rah-
way. Red Bank and South River.
There are but two municipalities,
Railway and South River, that come
anywhere down to the price wesare
paying our officers and they have the
chance by perquisites to make up
their salaries even more than we are
paving our men. Red Bank you will
find Is one of them that pays their
xchief of police | think it is $40 per
month, but then he has a court per-
auisite that is understood to pay him
independent of that, SO per day. !
merely say that we, as the borough
Of South Amboy, are paying II OH
GERS, from top to bottom, at least 20
per cent. less than officers in other
towns and boroughs. Now, the Perth
Amboy men are getting more thar
our men and yet their work is not as
arduous. We have a larger patro
duty in South Amboy than any Other
city except such large cities as jersey
City and Newark, than any othe'
town in the state, and decidedly II
the county and all .hese things are
to be considered. We are the largest
borough in the state of New jersey
today, we comprise a larger area.
merely make these remarks for the
beneft of the committee on salaries
and fees. IT you want good officers
If you want good men, you must pay
for them
Mr.. Dewan: 81 was going to make
some remarks as to referring the
matter to the committee and at the
same time have a consultation with
our counsel and if it does not conflict
with the resolution passed the first o.
the year, have the committee make
these recommendations at the Mex
meeting of the council. / am chair
man of that committee and l vii
write to our counsel as soo as III
arrives home and will have a repor
by the next meeting"
The clerk read a communication
from the Association OF Fire Engi
I neers, Roanoke, Va, stating the las
session of that organization was nell
fn Dallas, Texas, 1905, and that TN
netx session will be held in Washing
ton, b. c.. also stating the minute
Of the last session are printed AM
ready for distribution and urging
that copies be purchased for fire com
nanies in this town, etc. The com
munication was ordered received an
filed.
AL this point the clerk read tn
various communications from tn.
mayo of South River, Perth Amboy
Fled Bank, Railway and New Bruins
wick, giving the salaries paid various
officers in each of those municipal
tics. The mayor suggested that thu
communications be turned over (
The chairman of the committee OIL
salaries and fees for guidance in theil
recommendations.
The clerk read the following peti
tion: ftWhereas, petition has beef
filed by the Jersey Central Traction
Company for the making and main
4 tsining of a trolley line along Boz
dentown avenue in said borough, an,
whereas, ordinance granting fran
chise TO the Jersey Central Tractio
Company has been prepared and
under consideration by said council
and whereas, it is the purpose of Ii
said Jersey Central Traction Con
pany to lay an additional track alon
SOUTH AMBOY WANTS.