Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-14
ADAM EcKERT's CANDIDACY.

the people of Perth Amboy. He has
held office several times, having beer
elected on the democratic ticket
His knowledge of municipal affairs is
recognized, as is also his conserva-
tism. He has successfully conducted
a prosperous business in this city for
many years and has built up a repu-
tation for strict integrity and
honesty. So far, however, he has
failed to throw any light on his cam
didacy for the mayoralty and many
people are in the dark as to just what
it means.
Mr.. Eckert, if he desires to receive
the support of the people to any
appreciable extent, must declare him
self as to what he stands for and
what he intends to do If elected.
s--sse are days Of progress. Perth
Amhny la in the front rank of the
cities Of the state and the people pro-
pose to keep it there. When Mr..
EckerJ held Office before, his conser-,
vatism and IDEAS of economy kept
him almost continually in opposition
to many oil the improvements which
today we deem absolutely essential,
and without which the city could
never have made the progress that 1t
has. When, six or seven years ago,
the EVENING NEWS waged it's great
fght In favor of steam fire engines
and not only one, but two, Mr..
Eekert maintained that it would be
a waste of the peoples money to buy
the steamers. He thought even one
unnecessary and held that two were
out of the question. Then anne the
Hess block fire when We were glad to
get the use Of the steamers from
South Amboy and T~ottenviile, and
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called upon. But even after that Mr..
Eckert could see little in the fire
engines.
1t was because of the conservatism
and false economy of Mr.. Eckert and
those whom he dominated in public
office at the time, that the EVENING
NEWS, in order that the city's inter-
esst might be advanced, felt that Mr..
Eckert and his friends must be re-
tired. They were. A new regime
took charge of affairs. They were
elected as a result of a demand on
the part of the citizens for improve
ments, and the city has been going
forward by leaps and bounds ever
In power the city was tugging at the
leash, so tt speak, but was held back
by the fear of the cost of necessary
public improvements.
Practically all our street paving
has been lone during the past six
years since Mr.. Eckert has been out
of office. Wires have been put under
ground; the water board has been
established and a second main has
been laid under the river with a new
pump installed at Runyon; sewers
have been built; new streets have
laid out; the lighting system
extended; the fire depart
mFnt has been placed on a more
snodern basis; the police department
has been made up-to-date; bulkheads
have been built; the shade tree COM
mission has been established; the
city hal a been ~remodelled and
enlarged-in fact, practically all the
modern Improvements that the city
now enjoys, and that places us
among the first of our class in the
state, have been brought about since
the retirement of Mr.. Eckert and the
regime for which he stood, and the
installation in Office of new men witt
more progressive tendencies and
determination to push ahead with
the times.
The result of the change is shown
BY the recently announced census.
In Mr.. Eekert's time Perth Amboy
was away behind New Brunswick,
Today we lead the county e a by
over 1909. The Newark star. yes