Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-13

Regular meeting OF the Board of AL
dermen of the City of Perth Amboy, N.
1910. No quorum being present the
meeting was adjourned to September
9Th. 1910.
city Clerk.
Adjourned meeting of the Council Of
the city of Perth Amboy N. T. held
September 9Th, 1910. The members pre-
sent were: Aldermen Seaman, Calvin,
Larson, Dalton, sandbeck and Voor-
hees.
Reading of the minute of the regu-
lar meeting OF August 18th and OF the,
adjourned meeting of August 18th, 1910,
We're approved as printed on slips, ex-
cept as amended by the following mo-
ton:
Motion. The resolution awarding the
contract for installation of heating
boiler In Police Station, as 1t appears
in the Council minutes of August 18th,
1910, be amended by inserting after the
word Model" the words 'or Richard
son & Boynton."
A petition for a sewer In Colfax
street was received and referred to the
on Streets and Sewers.
The following letter from the Divi-
sion superintendent of the Pennsyl-
Jersey City, IN. J..
August 1st, 1910.
Mr.. Wilbur LaRoe, City Clerk,
Perth Amboy. N. j.
Upon receiving YOU letter of Tune
18th, 1910, / made some investigation of
the subject of installing electric bells
as grade crossing warnings and from
our study of the subject believe it
would not be wise to install bells at
Perth Amboy at the present time. The
whole subject of protection for the
grade crossings in your city viii be
takeh up and a study made to deter
nine what action, If any should be
Trnsting ubo+ -a ,ro .
matter Will meet with your approval.
i am,
Very truly yours,
J. B. FISHER,
was read and ordered placed on file
and the Clerk instructed to write the
up with the proper authorities the
subject of having night men placed
at the various street crossings OF this
city of the Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany.
The Mayor presented a letter from
JACOB hretelsheimer, ~resigning the Of
fee of Health Commissioned. which
was received and ordered placed on
The Committee on Taxation, to whom
had been referred q petition for can
for Stanislaw W~ojtanowski. recon-
mended. the cancellation as pstttioned
for, which recommendation was on mo-
tion adopted.
The Committee on Taxation, to whom
had been referred a petition for can
collation. on Block 1856, Lots II and IS,
collation. as petitioned for, which re-
commentator was on motion adopted.
The following letter from the Lehigh
Valley Railroad Company. - ,mo
Easton, Pa, August 81, 1910.
MI. LaRoe, City Clerk,
Perth Amboy, N. j.
Dear SIR
The lowering of our track across
Market street, Perth Amboy, and plac-
ing of crossing plank has been attend
ed to in accordance with your notice
under date of June 7th. This advice is
given you so that you can arrange for
the lowering of the curb on each side
of the track.
Your truly, -
r. A. VAN HOUTEN.
Division Engineer.
was received and ordered placed on
The following letter from the City
Attorney,
The Council of the City of Perth Am
Gentlemen
Concerning the petition OF the prop
erty owners on Smith street between
State street and the Central Railroad
requesting your Honorable body to
have certain trees along said street re-
moved, ] beg to submit the following:
While there is no doubt in my mind
as to the power and authority of the
council to remove trees which are an
obstruction in the line of some public
Improvement which the council is car
rying out, such as grading, paving,
etc, yet 1 find that after having
adopted an act providing for a shade
tree commission, the shade tree com
mission shall have full power and
authority to enact ordinances, etc, for.
she regulation and control of all shade
rees, etc, growing upon the public
highways or such municipality. Hav-