Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-04-07

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Prospect Street Property Owners
Next Monday Night-Some Favor
Brick, While Others Want Btu
lithic--New Method Does Not Re-
quire Petitions for Pavements.
The question OF paving material
caused no little discussion at last
nights council session, and public
hearing will be given to those inter-
ested in the Prospect street pavement
next Monday night, when the board
will hold an adjourned meeting.
At last nights meeting, remon-
STRANGE was received against the Sc
lection OF bitulithic to the exclusion
of brick In Prospect street. The
board received an opinion that the
notice of intention must specify one
material. This opinion from j. H.
Caldwell, of New York, supported
that of the city attorney.
Alderman Dalton said many of the
people in Prospect street had threat
ened to take it to the courts If the
council tried to force brick on them.
Mr.. Cannon and Mr.. Voorhees, said
It might be a good idea to let them
take it to the courts, so the council
might know where it Is at.
Other Petitions.
A petition for bitulithic or brick
paving in Hobart street had five sig
natures.
A petition for bitulithic paving in
Mcclellan street, between Smith and
Market streets, had nine signers.
A petition was received for btu
lithic or brick paving on Fayette
street, between New Brunswick ave-
nue. and Giffords street, providing
a crossing can be made across the @.
r. r. tracks.
Alderman-at-Large Voorhees, stat
ed, this morning, that all streets
paved hereafter in this city would be
under an act approved June 13, 1898.
Under this act the Board of Alder
men can pave any street without re-
ceiying petitions from property own
ers.
Should the council deem the paw
ing of a street necessary they must
advertise their intention, stating the
particular kind of pavement, in the
newspapers for two weeks. An ordi-
nance can then be passed and the
street paved without any preliminary
assessment map or delays. After the
street is paved application is made to
the courts for three assessment COM
missioners. These commissioners
assess the property-owners deriving
benefit and final assessment map
is made.
The application to the courts for
commissioners is only made by the
council when the pavement on the
street has benefited the property
owners. A remonstrance or petition
would have no weight, and the street
could be paved by the council with
out any restrictions.
All streets paved in this city prior
to the present time were by the fol-
lowing law;
First the property-owner on the
street must submit a petition for a
pavement. If two-thirds of the prop
erty-owners on the street remon-
strate the street could not be paved.
The Board of Aldermen, over year
ago, had considerable trouble rela-
tive to selling paving bonds, called
assessment bonds, and for this reason
all work of this kind will now be
under the act of 1898. The council
Issued 100000 worth of these as
sessment bonds and they were sold
to New York man. He in turn sold
them to a Trenton savings bank. The
savings Institutions attorney looked
up the matter and gave his opinion
that the bonds were Illegal. These
bonds had to be torn up and new
issue, called funding bonds, sold.
These funding bonds were issued un-
der a law which gives governing
bodies right to raise money In this
way when they have contracted a
debt OF this kind. Funding bonds
could not, however, be issued again
and In order to pave any more streets
the Board of Aldermen must act un-
der the law Of 1898 in order to sell
the paving bonds.
A1derman-at-Large Voorhees, said
for publication that 1t is not the in
tention of the council to pave any
street with pavement the property
owners on the street do not want,
and that the easiest way out Of the
difficulty is, for them, when a street
is advertised, to file a petition for a
certain kind of pavement.
This method of paving streets, Mr..
voorhees, says, will considerably de-
crease the cost, as 1t will not be nee
essary now to have a preliminary
assessment made.