Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-12-02
TRADE BOARDS
PLAN CAMPAIGN
Affiliated Bodies of County
Have Enthusiastic Session.

Subjects of interest from several
parts of the county were taken up
by The Affiliated Boards of Trade
OF Middlesex county in South Am
boy last night All the districts
We're represented and a highly en-
thusiastfc session, at which some
questions OF considerable importance
to the respective districts were dis
cussed. Among them were the tele-
phone controversy at Dunellen, the
matter of securing data on road con
'struetion, securing a New York real
estate representative and other mat
ters Of similar importance.
Welcomed by Mayor.
Mayor Michael Welsh, OF South
Amboy, welcomed the board Of trade
representative and delivered a
short talk In which he expressed his
interest in board of trade work and
said he hoped their efforts would re-
suit In huge benefits for the respec-
tive communities.
Resolutions Passed.
The affiliated boards passed res
Iolutions upholding the officials and
business men of the Borough OF
Dunellen in fighting against grant
ing of a twenty-five year franchise
for overhead wire construction to
the New York Telephone Compf ny.
Copies will be sent to the Public
Utilities Commission, to which the
borough officials have carried the
subject. It appeared, according to
Mr.. Bearings report, that because
the telephone company could moi
secure fifty year franchise, as IL
wanted, 1t grew stubborn and re.
fused to install any more instru-
ments. One case in particular was
cited, wherein it was alleged a rep
resentative Of the telephone com
pany refused to install telephone
to Dunellen business man. The
sense of the resolutions passed, was
to appeal to the Public Utilities
Commission, requesting full justice
in the case.
Report on Road Repairs.
| Charles DeshIer reported having
investigated road repair work N
other counties about the state. Hs
had previously been appointed Q
committee of one to study road re
pairing In other counties with 8
view to recommending the besl
method to the Board Of Freeholders
of this county. In that manner the
affiliated boards would improve IA.
cilities for road repairing II posi-
BILE and aid the freeholders in thei,
|chotce Of the best sort of road I'M.
provement.
New York Representative
The affiliated boards is endea-
yoring to secure suitable real es-
tate representative in New York, In
order that they may recommend tc
him goe factory sites for use OF
manufacturing concerns that may be
looking for location A man named
Floyd, OF Wall street, was turned
down at the suggestion of the com
mitted nemed to interview him. N
w Clayton. of South River, as
chairman Of the committee in queg-
tion, composed of George Viehmann,
Of New Brunswick, and William p.
Dearing, Of Dunellen, reported on
the subject, giving report adverse
to the engagement of Floyd A mo-
tfon was passed to insert an adver-
tisement In the New York Herald
In an effort to secure a suitable rep
resentative.
In an effort to secure information
concerning statistics, etc, OF various
communities in the county. the az
filiated boards viii send lists OF
questions to the various Boards of
Trade abont the county. Charles
Deshler. who was previously sp-
pointed as q committee of one to
frame M suitable uuesffons ranarf