Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-15
COUNCIL MINUTES
Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen
of the City OF Perth ArnboS,
New Jersey.
July 4 and 5. 1910

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Regular meeting of the Council OF
the City of Perth Amboy, n. j., Monday
evening, July 4th, 1910, The only mem
Der present was Alderman-at-Large
to Tuesday evening, July bth, 1910.
WILBUR LARGE.
City Clerk.
Adjourned meeting of the Council OF
Tuesday evening, July 5th, 1910. The
HoTnsby, seaman, larson, Dalton
Sandbeck and Alderman-at-Larse
The reading of the minutes of the
regular meeting of June 10th was dis
pensed with and the minutes approved
as printed on slips.
A petition from John Rymsha and
others, for a sewer in DoDal avenue,
was received and referred TO the COM
mittee on Streets and Sewers.
A petition from Peter Larson ana
others for a sewer in sherman street
was received and referred to the COM
mite on Streets and Sewers,
The follow communication
To the Mayor and Board of Aldermen
of the City of Perth Amboy:
Gentlemen:
Allow me to make a few suggestions
ment. In the first place, the fire at ne
+ Brfquetting plant shows that our
steamers are in bad shape. IWenty
minutes expired before the LincoIn I'm.
/ gins COMPANY - 49,
were somewhere in the western section
| of the city. These horses should pc
kept in the fire house, or used near by
and driven only by a fireman.
The Mcclellan engine, after being
called, responded in good time, but az
ter they arrived, 1T required twentyo
five minutes to get up steam as tns
men claim the steamer was af1ecteo
by salt water used at the Barber AS
phalt fire. Now II such was the case,
why was this not attended TO? pc
much pay and they will not do more
work than they possibly have TO-
/ would suggest that two men be
placed in the engine houses, two men
of the hose and chemical houses. These
men to take care of the apparatus
house and horses, also to work or eX-
ercise or work the horses near the hre
houses.
The were purchased about
five years ago and today they appear
about fifty years old. Why? because
they are not taken care Of. These ma
chimes were purchased after we had a
big fire that amounted to over one nun
dred thousand dollars Now are you
going to wait until we have anothef
big fire before you improve the depart
ment2
Another thing I want to mention is
about the hose. Every fire we have
bursted hose. why Is thisi 6 6af7 ISe
ing around the Fire House, at times
rolled up until it Is rotten, Now II there
was a man at each house the chief
could visit him regularly and see thal
things were taken care. of.
Standardization HIM Inn Inn hmhm
In my experience as a fireman, l hnd
that 1t is very hard to get anything for
the fire department. The cry has al
ways been w have no money" Now
l think it is about time for the citizens
to demand an Improvement in the insti-
tuition. The city at the present time
is large enough to afford to pay a few
men for their service and to get better
results
Yours. very respectfully,
T. E. ANDERSON,
Chief
Was received and referred to the
Committee of the Whole.
A petition f A Louis Conely, asking
appointment aGofffcial dog catcher and
pound master, In which he offered tc
furnish horse and wagon, catch dogs
and kill and bury them at $1,60 per dog
was received and referred to the Com
mittee o fthe wtsacom-dand Inn Inn hn
mittee OF the Whole.
! A communication from T. e. Ander-
son, chief of the fire department, ask
ing for a fire alarm ticker in his house
land in his stable, was received and ~
fferred to the Committee on Fire.
A communication from the Washing
ton Hose and Chemical Company, ask
ing for exemption certificates for En-
gelbrecht Lund, George F. Seaman ane
Frank VanSyele, was received and re-