Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-19
COUNCIL MEET
AT ROOSEVELT
Petition for Sidewalks --TeIe-
phone Poles Removed.
Special to the

5pectal to the EVENING NEw5.
Roosevelt, Oct ia regular
meeting of borough council held
Monday evening vas attended by
Mayor J. A Hermann and all menu
bers OF council except Messrs. JEFF
freys and Schroer. Judge DAILY, bor-
ough attorney, was also present.
Following the reading of the min
utes ofSthe last meeting. which were
approved. the collectors report was
read and was as follows: October 2.
balance, $244.3S; recorders fines,
s108.75; tax sales. S3s.75; district
taxes. 100000; note discounted.
s691.25; total, $2,2S4.13. Disburse-
ments-Roads. s93.65; poor, So;
police. $4,000; fire and water, $S2.-
Is; salaries, ~sS341.30; incidentals,
s20.52; Third street sidewalks, $50
so; total, s977.92. Balance to date.
$1.306.21.
A petition was submitted request
ing council to construct cement side
walks, with curbing, on both sides
of Houston street at least Ave feet
wide, was read and on motion the
borough engineer was directed to
draw plans showing the lines and
grades Of the street to enable tho
borough attorney to prepare an or
dinance for the consideration of
council at its next meeting.
The borough clerk read q commu-
nication from the secretary of state
directing him to ship the voting ma
chine to Trenton at the expense of
the state. Bills amounting to $685.
"A, duly audited by the proper COM
mittees, were ordered paid. The
principal item was for water and the
bills amounted to $243s14.
Mayor Hermann reported that
both telephone companies were COM
plying with the requirement of
ell with reference to the removal of
poles and wires complained of by
council at Its last meeting.
A discussion with reference to the
pipes Of the Perth Amboy Gas Com
pany now being laid took place. The
company has laid a four-inch main
down one side of Woodbridge ave-
nue. and intends In the near future
to make connections with the other
side of the street at a distance OF
every twenty-five feet. AS Wood
bridge avenue between the Boule-
ward and Blazing Star road Is about
to be macadamized from curb to
curb council thought that the COM
pany would save expense IL the cross
connections were laid before the
work on the street was commenced.
The borough clerk Was finally direct
to point out these facts to the
company.
Councilman Grohmann gave the
Middlesex Water Company q raking
over. He said the people of the bor-
ough were overcharged and that he
though they should be protected
He instanced q number of cases of
alleged oyercharge which were in.
variably corrected when protest was
made. He instanced a case where q
bill was rendered for water although
the meter had not been inspected for
some time because 1t was covered up
by dirt. He finally introduced the
following motion which Was unani-
mously approved: That the clerk in
the name of the mayor and council
write TO the Middlesex Water Com
pany requesting an improvement in
the system OF measuring and charg-
ing for the consumption of water
and that they be further requested
to install at their W expense me
ters that are accurate and mp to date
and of such a character that the or
binary consumer of water a by eK-l
animation satisfy himself OF their
correctness and that further they
adopt such q system OF passing on
the question of the correct amount
of consumption of water between
the consumer and the company as
will render the determination of
disputes simpler, speedier and more
satisfactory.
The announcement by the mayor
that the Public Service Corporation
proposed to put In ~thirty-two candle
power lamps in the public streets
during the next two weeks to take
the place OF those now in use was
received. This Improvement was In
consequence of several complaints
by council of the unsatisfactory SER
vice rendered. The borough's finest"
their pay bi-month1y instead Of
monthly. The matter was finally
laid over until the next meeting.
F. f. Simons, borough engineer,
presented the profile of a map show
Ing the line Of a proposed new sewer
petitioned for by property owners on
Blazing Star ROAD, Railway avenue,
Savage street and ~neighboring
streets. The proposed sewer would
II constructed be about three miles
In length. Judge DAILY finally sug-
gested that the matter be laid over
for the present. The proposed pur-,
chase of a public dock was likewise
laid over.
The clerk reported that an Inn
proyement certificate Tor s3,7e0 is
sued on account of the Railway ave-
nue. sidewalks became due Septem-
Der II A new certificate for a like
amount was ordered drawn for the
signature OF the mayor and clerk.
Council then adjourned.