Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-10-05
COUNCIL RUSH
LEWIS STREET
SEWER WORK
Immediate Action Taken at
Meeting on Petition Ad-
vance Paving Project.
TO PAY ALL SALARIES
ON FIRST OF MONTH
Aldermen Hurry Trolley
Company as Upper Smith
Street PAYERS Are Ready.


Immediate action was taken by the
Board of Aldermen last night on
petition signed by John G.. Hornsby
and William H. Bath for a twelve
inch pipe sewer in Lewis street from
kearny avenue to High street, as the
paving of the street with asphalt
block has been held up until the
street is severed The petition was
referred to the committee on streets
and sewers, who reported back at
once, recommending that the request
be granted. The recommendation of
the committee was adopted and the
city clerk was later, on resolution,
instructed to publish notice of in
tention for the ordinance.
An invitation to the mayor and
Board of Aldermen from the Italian
Mutual Benefit Association, signed by
Rev. G. Galassi, to take part in the
Columbus Day celebration on Octo-
ber 12, was received. The invitation
stated that carriages would be pro-
vided for the city fathers about 10
o'clock in the morning The council
decided to accept the invitation and
attend in body.
Pay on First of Month.
Hereafter all city employees receiv-
ing stated salaries will get their
money on the first day of each month,
as resolution to that effect was
adopted last night The resolution
provided that the police receive their
salaries on the first and fifteenth OF
every month City Clerk LaRoe, un-
der the new rule, will draw the war
rants at the end Of each month, have
them approved by the mayor and
comptroller and accepted by the city
treasurer, so that the salaries may be
paid on the first. Formerly the sala-
ries were not paid until the Tuesday
or Wednesday after the first Monday.
Hastings Paving 90. Ready.
y On motion of Alderman Larson,
who said he understood that the
Hastings Paving Company was ready
to start work on upper Smith street
but was held up on account of the
clerk was instructed to notify the
trolley people to begin work immedi-
ately.
For New Fire House.
The committee on public grounds
and buildings was authorized to have
plans and specifications prepared for
a new fire house at Amboy and Hall
avenues. The proposed house will be
for Garfield Hose Company, who now
occupy the Casino on Amboy avenue,
near Hall avenue.
A petition signed by s. Belikoy and
four others, asking that an ordinance
be passed for curbing and laying
sidewalks on DeKalb avenue between
State and High streets, was received
and referred to the committee on
streets and sewers
Ordinances Introduced.
The following ordinances were in
troduced, passed on their first read
ing and ordered printed on slips;
For twelve-inch pipe sewer in
Pearl place from Mechanic street to
State street
For fifteen-inch pipe sewer in
William street to connect with the
Washington street sewer.
For fifteen-inch pipe sewer in
Hall avenue between Pacific and Am
boy avenues.
Want Sewer Longer.
The ordinance providing for an
eighteen-inch pipe sewer in Sutton
street, from Johnstone to Penn
street, was taken up and passed on
it's final reading. The property-own-
ers want the sewer extended block
further. After. Alderman Schultz had
spoken about the matter the city
clerk was instructed to publish
notice of intention for an ordinance
providing for an eighteen-inch sewer
from tombstone street to Jacques
street
The designations of e. M. Kelly
and Sidney Riddlestorffer as mem
bers of the Shade Tree Commission
were received and ordered fled
Old Bill Paid.
A bill of the New York & New Jer-
sey Telephone Company for $63.4B
for repairs to the fire alarm system
was ordered paid. The bill, dated
May, 1908, was approved by Mayor
Bollschweiler, Alderman Van Pelt,
chairman of the committee on fire,
and by ex-chief Eugene Mullen, but
for some reason had not been paid.
Clerk LaRoe was instructed to no.
tify the telephone company to run an
extension telephone from Superinten-
dent Shull's office in the high school
to the meeting room of the Board of
Education.
Two bonds of the Hastings Paving
Company In the American Surety
Company for $4,000 each on the up
per Smith street and Kearny avenue
pavements, were received and accept
ed.
On estimates Of City Engineer
Mason the Hastings Paving Company
received a warrant for $10,1448O,
third payment on the State street as
phalt block pavement from Gordon
street to the river; Graham & Nc
Keon, $395.95. fifth payment on the
grading Of Kamm and Kennedy
streets and Carson avenue
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