Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-10-27
KEYP0RT HAS
HOT SESSION
: Taxpayers Become Heated in
Remarks to Council.
70 the EVENING NEWS.

speciai to the EVENING NEWS.
~Keyport, Oct. 7:EExcitemerf ran
high and several times the 1850 spec
tators cheered different citizens OF
the borough as they spoke before the
borough council at the regular meet
Ing in the town hall last night on a
subject which they thought the bor-
ough council should take immediate
action. N. j. Braden, OF Wa1ling
Terrace, stated In substance that
Walling Terrace was impossible on
account of the street claiming that
was up to the hubs OF the
wheels, and that there was now
twelve inches of water in the cellar.
Mr. Braden said he had been before
the boards mot this one) nan
times In the past twelve years, and
: always received promise. but never
any relief. He made a demand of
this board that some action be taken
and street put In a proper condition
at once. Mr.. Braden during his
speech became quite heated, saying
hew as tired of being everIastingly
promised relief and none ever COM
ing.
Louis Stultz was before the board
and protested against the condition
OF Hurley street, saying that this
street was also In such q bad condi-
tlon that his ice wagons could not
get from his ice plant through the
street, as the wagon sunk to the
hubs In the mud. Both these streets
were after many and long argu-
msnts, referred to tho street and
water committee, who will report at
mex meeting.
Edward Bennett, OF Osborne
street, said hat his cellar has had
several inches of water In 1t even
since tina laying of the sewer, and
asked for relief.
j. G. Schenck, a former member
of the borough council, made a loud
protest against the passage of the
on the second and third
reading, prohibiting the use OF the
sewer Tor cellar drainage. Mr..
Schenck stated that this feature was
what carried the election, bonding
the town for the system and now to
try and eliminate this after the peo-
pie We're promised 1t, was anything
but fair and just.
X. 0. Wal1ing and Cornelius Ack-
ersons who constituted the sewer
committee spoke, saying that the
people were promised they could
drain their cellars in the sewer
when complete and both these men
said they wanted to go on record as
wanting this feature granted the
people and would fight for it.
Councilman Latham. who IL said
to have prepared this ordinance for
bidding cellared rainage, based his
opinion on what had been told him
by experts. who claim that this
method Is very unhealtfuI to the
public and was doing what he
thought was for the best interests of
the citizens of the borough.
After hearing several other pro-
tests from people Interested. the
board laid the second and third read
ing of the ordinance over until the
next regular meeting, at which time
amendments win be made.
Mr.. Schenck asked the board who
had given the Harrison constnae-
ton Company instructions not to
lay the sewer through Walling Ter
race, as reported. 1t was shown that
$50 feet OF sewer pipe was voted by
the people to be laid and that the
pipes have been earted away from
this place. None OF the board knew
OF such action being taken, although
It was stated that the Harrison Com
st-ucticn Company had been I'M
structed not to place any connec-
tions through Walling Terrace. DIR.
O. G. Bogardus said on this subject
that he was In favor Of giving the
people what they voted for and In
timated that the council had not
been as careful as they should be in
all things In regard to the laying of
the sewers, saying a large amount of
money had been expended in the
useless purchasing OF rights OF way.
Engineer q. G.. Reber stated that
ne prepared an estimate for the ex-
ira amount of money needed to COM
plete the work, and 1t was only sug-
sested at a meeting some time ago
that the work on Walling Terrace
be discontinued on account of the
money not being sufficient to COM
plete the original plans.
A full report of the work will be
given at the next meeting by the
engineer.
The application of George Carter
for the extension of the water main
through Eighth street was referred
to water committee. Following the
payment of bills council adjourned.