Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-29
FORDS WANTS
POLLING PLACE
Woodbridge Township Com
mittee Gives Little Hope.
Specie, to the EVENING NEWS

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Woodbridge, Aug. 29:-A special
meeting of the township committee
was held In the town hall last even
Ing. The meeting was called for the
purpose OF dividing the election dis
t%ricts; for the convenience Of the
voters.
Melvin H. Clum, of Fords, was
asked If he had anything to bring
before the meeting. Mr.. Clum said
that he had come to ask the com
mittee for a polling place in the
~Keasbey and Fords section, He pre-
sented the case of the voters of that
section in a forceful manner. Mr..
DoOley acted rs spokesman for the
committee and argued the question
against the delegation.
During the heat of the argument
a Mr.. Mcdonald, from ColOnia, got
a cue and took the floor. The com
mittee then switched off to discuss
the repairing Of a road in the Colo
MIA section. DOoley Immediately
wanted TO know all about the road
and quite a discussion took place
between Mr.. Mcdonald and Dooley,
but Mcdonald won out when he
llsped out in a very suave tone,
'Now Mr.. Dooley won't you please
grant my ~request?' Dooley thought
a moment and said, l move the re
quest be granted and the road super
visor be instructed to do the work.
The motion was carried.
Committeeman Brown seemed to
be somewhat irritated by the slight
to the Keasbey people, but did not
raise a point of order. He said the
voters of Keasbey and Fords are en-
titled to a polling place in that vi
entity and moved the committee
grant their request, and instruct
the clerk to procure a polling place
in that section. DOoley said he .op-
posed that motion because it's not
legal. Brown asked him how he
knew. Dooley said Ask the town
ship attorney" The township at
tOrney vas asked and he said: you
are not obliged to lay out or divide
a polling district unless the vote at
the last election exceeds the num-
Der stated in the act of the legisla-
ture in effect at the time. But the
law gives the committee power to
lay out new districts or divide a
district into several polling places
If they want to do so"
Mr.. Brown again urged the com
mittee to take action and satisfy the
people. Dooley said it could not be
done that he knew about the legal
part of 1t, and the committee was
not going to be fooled by anyone
kaufman said Dooley was right
and voiced his opinion. CranstOn
1apIa rAl h4-rrI1F 90 f111@---- stNEr-11
really the thing is so mixed up l am
bewflderd myself.
At this Juncture the delegation
from F'ords and Keasbey withdrew,
thanking the committee for what
courtesy was extended to them. and
matter was dropped.
Engineer Forest l.. Smith pre-
ented plans and an estimate on the
ost of the Sewaren n re-
tank for the same. The
Miller + sraTg
Mr.. Thompson, of Avenel, then
0ok the floor and stated that for
everal years he had been receiving
TX bills for two houses, that on
everal occasions he had presented
nd paid the wrong tax bill, that he
,wned only one house. and always |
)aid the tax and had the receipted
bills to show and was not in arrears,
if the committee would show
him the other house he was taxed
for and could convince him that he
it, he would akdly pay UP
the arrears AS Mr.. Thompson did
not have the tax receipts with him
the matter was laid over.
Mr.. Dooley then said the money
for the repairs of roads and bridges
was all used up, and moved that the
clerk be instructed to notify the
road supervisor to finish up all work
on hand by Saturday night and lay
off his men. The motion was sec
onded by Lee, and adopted by the
committee. On motion the meeting
was adjourned. The next meeting
will be Thursday evening next.