Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-11-12
Woodbridge
SayreviIle
FRANCHISE
IN KEYP0RT
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

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Keyport, Nov. 12:-The borough
council met in Borough Hall Thurs
day night, all the members being
present. The mayor and council
voted to accept the invitation of
Rev. John w. Nicholson, of Calvary
M. E. church, to attend the service
TO be held there Sunday, December
4, in a body, when an address will be
made by Attorney General Edmund
Wilson, under the auspices of the
Ushers' Union.
Charles E. Cokelet appeared be-
fore the council and asked them to
have a dog, which recently bit his
Son, killed. The council decided
that they had no authority to have
the dog killed ami advised him to
kill it himself when found off the
owners property.
At the request of Representative
McHard, of the New York Telephone
Company, who are trying to get a
new franchise here, the mayor and
council will meet with their attorney
and the company's representatives in
the Borough Hall Thursday night,
November 20, to decide upon the
franchise which the council had
drawn up by Henry e. Ackerson, Jr.,
their attorney, and which Mr.. Nc
Hard says contains so many points
to be discussed that 1t could not be
done in an open meeting. He also
suggested that a public meeting,
open to any citizens who are inter-
ested, could be held at a later date.
1t was decided to advertise for
local bids for the first series of
$4,000 of the sewer bonds, the bids
to be handed in not later than No
Vember II. Mr.. Ackerson reported
that he had seen the state officials
who want the bonds and that they
will let him know definitely in the
near future. The plan is to let any
local people, who desire to do SO, in
vest in the bonds, and let the state
have the remainder.
Miss Maggie Carroll was notified
to. stop the nuisances caused by COWS
and a pig pen in Green Grove ave-
nue. Immediately or the council
would enforce the ordinance cover
ing such matters.
Collector John S. Hendrickson
asked for information in regard to
the assessment map and Mr.. Taylor
informed him that Mr.. Maurer, the
surveyor, would have it ready next
Tuesday.
John NJ. Mason, of the street COM
mittee, reported that after inyesti-
eating the ditch between the Beers
street catch basin and the Oyster
creek, it had been decided to have it
cleaned and he had awarded a con-
tract to have it cleaned for $50. The
work has been started.
superintendent Fitzgerald was re-
quested and ordered to purchase a
carload of fltering sand for the
pumping station. He also reported
that the county had taken no steps
in regard to the removal of water
from Front street near the Oyster
creek, rs "they were asked to do, and
that nothing had been done in re-
gard to the sidewalk in front of the
Terhune property near there.
Mr.. Fitzgerald also notified the
council of the completion of Francis
street. Charles IT. clayton, vas noti-
fed to improve the sidewalk in front
of his Main street property, this be-
ing the only one that does not COM
ply with the ordinance in that street.
The mayor brought up the matter
Of removing the ruins of the old
armory saying that nothing had
been done in regard to having 1t re-
moved per their order. Rufus O.
| Walling, agent for the association,
was present and said that they need
ed a little more time to make the
necessary arrangements.
No one was appointed to fill the
chair of Mayor-elect William e.
Warn, who recently resigned from
the council.
Bills amounting to $1,319.76 were
presented and ordered paid. The
council meeting was adjourned to
meet next Thursday night,