Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-09-07
P. R. R. WANTS
REDUCED RATES
Asks South Amboy Council
to Sell Water at Eight
Cents a Gallon.
CONDITION OF BRIDGES
to the EVENING NEWS.

Special TO the EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, Sept. 7:-Thefe
were present at the regular meeting
of the common council last evening
Mayor Scully, Messrs. Campion,
Manhattan and Stanton, also Clerk
Fulton and Counsellor Pearse.
Letter was read from August Lar
sen stating that having purchased a
lot on Fourth street, between Potter
and Thompson streets, he desired to
build but finds that the water main
does not run on this street, and re-
specially requested that arrange
ments be made whereby he can have
water. 1t was referred to the COM
mittee on water.
The clerk stated he had some cor
respondenCe with the Pennsylvania
railroad in regard to the supplying
of water to the railroad at reduced
rates. The first communication was
received on April 81, addressed to
the mayor and council, in which SUI
perintendent Wierman requested the
execution Of a new agreement at a
lower rate than the ten cents per
thousand gallons existing. The next
was a reply to this letter explaining
the delay in answering was due to
| waiting for execution of contract by
the city of Perth Amboy and agree
ing to furnish water to the railroad
at nine cents per thousand gallons,
commencing August /, instead of ten
cents, as heretofore. The next COM
munication was dated August 20,
from r. P. Snowden, division engi-
neer, stating he understood We pay
1.-THE city of Perth Amboy seven cents
per thousand gallons and requesting
a rate Of eight cents per thousand
gallons. The whole correspondence
was referred to the committee on
water.
Bills amounting to $495 were or
dered paid.
Bill Of the Middlesex-Monmouth
Company for street lighting,
amounting to s459.95, and two bills
of the Gamewell Fire Alarm Com
pany, amounting to s25.19 and
$3.50, were not approved by the
committees and were therefore held
over.
Resolution by Mr.. Stanton: RE
solved, that the notes for $1,000 and
for $4,000 respectively, be renewed
for a further period of three months
at the anne rate of interest as here
tofore. said notes falling due be-
tween now and our next meeting,
and the clerk be instructed to draw
vouchers covering the discount
thereon" 1t was adopted.
Mr.. Manhattan stated there had
been some complaint as to the con-
dition of the Second street and
George street bridges oye the New
York G. Long Branch railroad, that
he had made an examination Of the
bridges and they were badly in need
of attention, particularly the George
street bridge, where the conditions
were so bad as to make injury to a
horse very liable. He thought the
railroad company should be notified
Of the condition as 1t vas up to them
to maintain the bridges.
Mr.. Stanton corroborated what
Mr.. Manhattan stated as to the con
dition Of the bridges and moved that
the clerk communicate with the New
York g. Long Branch railroad and
request them to remedy the condi-
lions OF the bridges. The motion
was carried.
An ordinance to regulate and pre-
zen the running at large of dogs
and authorizing the destruction OF
dogs running at large and imposing
a tax on the owner Of dogs was Ia
ken up on first reading and con-
tinued.