Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-10-05
COUNCIL HAS
BUSY SESSION
Mrs. Cheuncey Addresses
South Amboy City Fathers
Of Bad Boys.
COURT JURISDICTION
specsal ia tho EVENING NEWS.

Special ia the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, Oct. 1.-THE regu-
lar meeting of tn ecouncil was held
last evening, Mayor Scully was
present and Councilmen Rerrian,
Campion, Manhattan and Stanton
were in attendance, also Clerk Full
ton and Counsellor Pearse,
The clerk read communication
from the Middlesex-Monmouth Elec-
trio Light, Heat and Power Com
pany. stating the recent letter sent.
them was the first they had re-
ceived requesting change in loca-
ton of 1wo poles. one ON Cedar
street, anyone at Centre and Feltus
street andWhat they would be moved
as requested by the council. 1t was
received and filed.
Letter from r. P. Snowden, divis-
Tor engineer of the Pennsylvania
railroad, Camden, expressing thanks
FOR the action of the council in fix
ing q rate of eight cents per thou
sand gallons for water supplied the
company, was read and ordered filed.
Bills amounting in total to 1908
were ordered paid.
Mr.. Stanton asked why the clerk
had failed to advertise for bids for
a. II cOWCt pipe tOlutClIuS houses
with main sewers. The clerk re-
piled that he was waiting for infor-
nation from City Engineer Mason.
After some discussion the matter,
upon motion of Mr.. Stanton, was re-
ferred to the. committee on sewers.
although Mr.. Pearse claimed 1t was
simply a clerical matter and one
which the clerk should take up with
the city engineer.
A resolution renewing the note
for $4,000 at the First National
Bank due October 5, was passed.
Mr.. Berrian called attention to
the fact that the belt line car of the
Public Service Company runtuing
between this city and Perth Amboy,
was not running to the city line In
South Amboy. On suggestion of the
mayor, the Public Service will be
called upon to live up to the terms
of the ordinance.
There was some discussion about
the light in front of the John Street
M. 10. church. A motion was finally
passed that the light be placed SO
as to shine directly on the entrance
of the church.
Mr.. Manhattan stated the light
on Cedar street now gives satisfac-
ton in its new location.
Mr.. Campion stated the fire plug
at the corner of John street land
B~roadMay11s almost In the>middle.
Of the sidewalk and moved that the.
/hydrant be moved out to Its proper
place, Carried.
MI. Berrian stated he understood
the Morgan Heights Realty Com
pany are having their pipes laid and
&s far as he knew the city have not
made IN preparation for laying the
500 Or so feet Of pipe to connect
with their mains. Mr.. Manhattan
stated the committee on water in
struggled Mr.. Martin to get an esti-
mate of the cost, &C., and submit 1t.
Mr.. Stanton stated Mr.. Quinlan, the
successful bidder for laying the
pipe for the Morgan people, had
stated he would lay the pipe for the
city at the anne figure he bid but he
had since ordered the pipe for his
contract and could not now do the
work that cheap. Mr.. Stanton moved
the matter oe referred to the com
mittee on water. Carried.
Mr.. Pearse stated Mrs. Chauncey,
the agent for the Society of Proven
ton of Cruelty to Animals, was pres
ent and wished to address the eoun-
Gil. She was given the floor.
Mrs. Chauncey: Il have some
remarks to make to the mayor now
that am BILE to find the gentleman.
wish to ask If you have any juris-
diction in the city of South Amboy
as mayor? belong to the Proven
ton of Cruelty to Children and An
imals. | have been using our JUS
tees here for some time for that
purpose, but as fast as they sent the
boys over to New Brunswick, Mr..
Lyon or Mr.. Booraem sends them
back to US. Now what is the use of
anyone trying to do what is right
with these bad children if there is
no law for them. In the next place,
! have been told there has been a
law passed here concerning dogs,
and / have been ordered to come
here and say to you what some of
our laws are. In the first place, if
o propose to destroy dogs, you
will have to have a place to put
them in, a pound, where they can
b except from the inclemency Of the
weather. / have been told this
council has proposed to have them
shot by the police of the city. Now
nli 6ChtiCAhSA hhO"e bhSiS arc sCly
few good shots, who can kill a dog
with one shot. If you can take the
dogs off the street, it is all right, but
I object to the dog catcher we had
last time. / saw him catch licensed
dogs, put them right sui here in
this yard, take the license off and
then kill them. l have been told
you propose muzzling them. There
fs no law for them unless there are
sheep in the neighborhood."
Mrs. Chauncey then spoke of the
bad boys being sent up to N ew
Brunswick and let out in two or
three days. She spoke about the
school children having l~assoes, stat
ing there We're eight children at
present injured, There are certain
ly four families of boys in this
town that should be in the reform
school.
The mayor stated: 81 quite agree
with you in many things you have
said about the rowdyism and kind
of boys we have. / think myself, the
chief of police and recorder have
done their duty in trying to bring
them to justice, but when the re-
@mmtts them to the county
tdge of the court of
eleases them, / have
lhateyer. cannot |