Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1909-02-02
Paid Fire Dept.
and Repaving
Smith St.
NEW CHARTER
Building Code Needed, Says
Mayor BoIIschweiIer in
Annual Letter to Board
OF Aldermen Motor Cy-
cles to Catch Speed
ing Automobiles.

With several recommendations for
the good Of the city, the third annual
message of Mayor Bollschweiler was
read to the Board of Aldermen last
night. After being read, 1t was, on mo-
tion, ordered received and entered on
the minutes of the meeting.
Mayor Bollschweiler recommends a
paid or partly paid fire department; the
repaving of Smith street, between
State and High streets, because of the
poor condition Of the asphalt; the ap-
preparation of funds to carry on the
work Of the shade tree commission; mo-
tor cycles for one OF more Of the po-
licemen; more strict regulation of auto
speed; the extension Of Fayette street
across the Central tracks; the cleaning
of the principal streets late Mt night; ;
an effort to maintain the city reputa-
tion for efficiency of service with econ
omy OF expense; new city charter;
and building code The message is
as follows:
The Message in Full.
To the Honorable Council of the City
OF Perth Amboy:
Gentlemen:-In accordance with
the requirements of the law, l here
with submit to you for your consid-
Grafton some suggestions as to the
good and welfare of our city.
These suggestions do not include
all the matters that will require your
attention during the Ing year,
but l will make these now which
seem to me most important and will
hereafter make others from time to
time as occasion may require.
The relations between me and the
body of which you gentlemen are
the component parts have been very
pleasant, and l congratulate myself
that we heretofore have been sc
much in accord, and trust that dur
ing the coming year we may work as
harmoniously for the carrying out OF
these plans for the benefit OF ouI
city as was done during my first
term.
The various departments of the
city, so far as ] have been able tc
Judge, have most effectively done the
work required of them.
Building Code.
I previously called to your atten
tion-especially in my message OF
one year ago to the council as then
organized-the need of proper SUI
pervision of the erection and con
struction of buildings. I then called
the attention of council to communi
cations received from the state Off
cials, including the secretary of the
tenement house commission, and an
extract from the report of that COM
mission; and further said: "This
matter has reached serious proper
tions, and l trust that you will see
fit to take 1t up at very early date,
establish a building department and
appoint a suitable superintendent,
whose duty 1t will be to see to ii
that the provisions of the code adopt
ed are carried out, and also to IN
spect plans and give permits for con
struction." The proportions to which
the matter of building has grown
make the subject very much more
serious than before. With the incli-
nation to construct buildings of
greater height comes the necessity of
a more rigid supervision. We are
courting trouble and disaster and
adding to the expense of mainte-
nance and cost of insurance pre-
miums, and at the same time jeopar-
dizing the lives of our citizens by
our inaction In this matter. / trust
you will give 1t immediate and care
full consideration and enact a build
ing code just as soon as you can
reasonably do so.
Paid Fire Department.
Another matter to which in my
second annual message l called at
tention, is that OF a paid fire depart
ment. / feel much gratiffed over the
fact that yOur estimab1e bOdy took
up the matter promptly last year and
made the necessary steps to estab-
Iish the new conditions in the fire de-
partment which l suggested. 1t Is
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