Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-08-29
MAYOR SCULLY~
MAKES REPLY
Tells About Money Being
Spent by the City of
South Amboy.
BOOST, DON'T KNOCK"

Mayor Scully. of South Amboy,
has made the following reply to
questions asked In the columns OF
the EVENING NEWS regarding mu-
nicipal affairs in South Amboy:
Mr.. Editor:
In issue of the Perth Amboy
NEWS under date of oath inst, our
mutual friend, the local correspon-
dent for that paper, asks the follow
ing questions. viz:
How much money has been
expended in counsel fees and court
charges in connection with the
"Hele-in-the-Wall' case?
~Answer.-This case had been in
litigation several years prior to the
writer being elected to office. / am,
therefore. not prepared to state the
mount of money expended in that
direction without first consulting the
city books for several years back.
2.-How much money expended In
repairing the city dock?
Answer. = Thirty-three hundred
dollars, which has already been pub
lished in the Perth Amboy NEWS
and the Citizen.
3.-How much money expended in
the changing of the interior of city
hall. VIII 1t involve a large sum of
money?
Answer.-Amount thus far ex-
pended is one hundred and thirty
four dollars. 1t will not require any
large sum tt make the necessary al
terations.
4.-Why not float the sewer bonds
at AN or AZ per cent, rather than
discount notes at 6 per cent?
Answer.--The bond market is at
low ebb, making it impossible to
float them at rate of interest regu-
lated by an ordinance or as author
tzed by the legal voters. We are not
paying six per cent. on the money
borrowed from our local bank to
pay for the sewer now in process of
is 5 per cent, which l understand to
be the lowest rate eve paid by us
for moneys borrowed on notes. Had
We not raised the necessary money
in this manner, We could not have
proceeded with the work. VIII en-
tighten you further on this import
ant matter in a few days.
5.-Will this administration be an
economical one?
Answer.-Positively yes. One of
the best ever. To S~ubstantiate this,
compare your tax bill of 1910, which
will soon be handed you, with that
of previous years. Public sentiment
that tremendous engine for good
Or evils largely moulded by the
newspapers. If it sees and hears
but one side of a question, 1t nat
orally gets a one-sided view. Nc
newspaper attack should be left un-
answered. No mistaken notion
should be allowed to take root in
public mind.
If We ask-to be fairly treated, to
be given as muhc space as the other
fellow had, and submit our facts In
a logical and dignit1ed way, nine
times out Of ten, We will get the rec
ognition and the opportunity we ask
For. We may even be able to dem
onstrate that a man can be engaged
in politics without becoming a men
ace to the community or something
With which to brighten naughty chill
Aren.
1t Is the tendency Of the times that
our citizens should recognize and
udI5iiOIinb VAIL ChNh ohhO e~
petty jealousies should be forgot
ten and narrow methods replaced
with broader ones. The man who
refuses to accept the trend of things.
who fails to adopt modern systems,
new machinery and improved ideas,
will fight a losing battle.
The possibilities Of what our city
may accomplish are enormous, but
as no chain Is stronger than It's
weakest link, SO upon each individ-
ual rests the responsibility for the
advancement of the city Of which he
Is a part.
The Indifferent citizen does the
city a double wrong when he neg
lects to boost.
Would 1t not be better to show
the warm, generous heart, the gay
spirits, the quick sympathy. the
sweet courtesy, which would always
rather say a kind thing than an I'M
kind one, n
Remember, that We don't know
how much we have to know in order
to know how little we know. Boost,
don't knock"