Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-21
FIRE DEPT. At
SOUTH kMB0Y
Ordinance Relating to the
Pay for. Firemen and the
Official TitIr.
OTHER CITY MATTERS
Special to the EVENING NE WIS.


were present at the regular meeting
of the common council last evening
Mayor Scully and Messrs. Berrian,
Campion, Manhattan and Stanton,
also Clerk Fulton and Counsellor
Pearse.
The clerk read a communication
from Chief of Fire Department
Lovely calling attention to the fact
that II length of new hose pur-
chased from the Eureka Fire Hose
Company, of New York, had barsted
and requested that the matter be
taken up with the hose company as
they had guaranteed the hose for
Eve years. 1t was referred to the
committee on fire department and
the clerk authorized to write to the
Eureka Company requesting a new
section OF hose.
Bills amounting In total to s4,713
were ordered paid.
The ordinance regulating and pre-
venting the running at large Of dogs
was taken upon second reading and
passed; and then taken up on third
and final reading and passed and
ordered published in accordance
with law after securing the approval
OF the mayor.
The clerk reported that the COM
municatfon from the Pennsylvania
railroad as read at the last meeting
and referred to the committee had
been reported upon and under their
instructions he had notified the COM
pany hat the council would make a
reduction in the rate to eight cents
per thousand gallons. Mr.. Berrian
offered a resolutions covering the
matter to date from September i,
1910, and 1t was adopted.
Mr.. Pearse: q am sorry to say
the question Of bonds for the con-
struetion Of the sewer system has
come up again and | had an ordi-
nance prepared tonight to provide
for the difficulties under which we
are laboring, but after consultation
with several members of the council
At seemed best that the matter be
laid over for a few days and ] would
suggest that when we adjourn we
do SO to meet next Tuesday evening
pending the consultation ON this
matter" Mr.. Stanton offered a
motion that when the meeting ad-
5ourned it be until next Tuesday
evening, and it was carried.
Mr.. Stanton stated there were a
number of people who would like to
tap the sanitary sewer as soon as
possible and according to the ordi-
nance it is up to the city to do the
work and he moved the matter be
referred to the committee on sewer
TO report at the adjourned meeting.
Carried.
Mr.. Pearse: "a few days ago l
had a consultation with members of
the fire department, or at least a
COMMITTEE from each company, in
relation to the ordinance which now
goyerns-the conduct Of the fire de-
partment and several criticisms
were made about the fines and also
about the reductions to be made by
the council on the compensation of
each fireman. The result of that
meeting was that certain changes
were suggested in the ordinance and
! MADE a further change in the or
dinance by changing the title by in
sorting the word voluntary max
ang the title read ITO regulate and
provide a voluntary fire department
The question of the reduction on the
compensation of each member by
the city of the ten dollars per year
was also taken up and under the
5ldLuto dpp6I Ciltly CaCI At0Lltdh 40
entitled to the sum of twelve dol
lars per year rather then ten, as
provided In the ordinance, and I
would like to have the ordinance
changed to read twelve instead of
ten as the law provides hat and
does not leave any lee-way on the
part of the municipal Body to say
that it should be ten dollars or
eight dollars, etc. The further ques-
ton comes up whethen or not we
have the right to make a reduction
from that twelve dollars. The sta
tute provides that the municipal
body shall have the right to pay to
each active fireman the sum of
twelve dollars a year and then pro-
vides for the evidence to be brought
before the council or municipal body
60 show whether a man is an active
fireman or not, but 1t does not give
as any right to make the reductions,
Therefore / have prepared an ordi-
nance which will provide for fines to
be levied by each fire company i'm
mediately because of absence or
sickness or whatever the conditions
will show; also when each fireman
receives his compensation from the
city, of twelve dollars, the fire com
pany shall have the right to make a
further reduction of two dollars in
stead of one dollar from the amount
he receives from the eitX. This will
not rebound to the benefit Of the
city, but will to the benefit of the
fire company, but it seems to be the
only way to do it in order to comply
with the statute. / have prepared
an ordinance amending the original
fire ordinance and have submitted it
to the representatives of the various
fire companies, also the chief of the
fire department, and 1t seems to
meet with their approval. The ordi-
nance was taken up CD first reading
and continued.
The new plans for water main
through C~onlogue's lane to give resi-
dents in Maxville a better supply of
water were upon motion adopted
and the clerk empowered to adver-
tise for bids in the South Amboy
Citizen and Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS. Mr.. Mason explained the
original plan showed n connection
with the twenty-feur-inch main,
whereas the plan submitted shows a
connection with both mains.
Mr., Mason: 4 have submitted to
the clerk and unoflcfaliy to the
members Of the council plans for the
upper half of the middle section of
the sanitary sewer gystem called
contract No. 2. This work Is ready
to go ahead with now and If the
plans and specifications meet the