Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-01-03

NUAHY 3, 1911.
ts0n 81 ctaseevAuJss 4r1f weiiss III
there can new BE- no vAsId reasou VII
cesS-posik should Be permitted Il
1enger ex3Ht, auch profisfens HI hra
proper should be made + o Gauss ths
abandonment OF cess-pooIs now II
use and to prevent the estsbltshmeul
of others.
Now that the sewers are laid at
tention can and should be directed t
the permanent improvement Of on
Estreets. I would recommend tbs
adoption CT a policy whereby eaef
year n or more of our streets
should be paved or surfaced with 6
modern and lasting material. IT thi.
course be chosen IN a surprisingly
short time all our streets will be com.
pleted and the advantages to the city
be SC great as to more than Offset the
cost.
/ believe that notice OF the inten-
ton to improve the street should be
given SO long In advance of the con.
templated improvement as would az.
ford ample time for the property
owners on the street to make such
sewer, gas and water connection as
they may consider proper. Adopt an
ordinance hat will prohibit the tear
ing up or disturbing Of your improve
ment for a definite period, say five
years, and for that time your street
will remain unbroken and undefaced
Broadway, as the principal street,
should be first improved, and the
Traction Company should be COM
PEELED to bear its portion of the bur.
den.
While permanent improvement ia
desirable care must be had OF the
temporary condition of the streets,
With the coming of spring all the
streets that we're disturbed by the
fsewer construction should be scraped
and re-shaDed, a load of gravel dis
tributed judiciously where needed
and an effort made to make the most
of our present facilities. The con-
tractor for the sewer as well as those
engaged In making sewer connections
should be compelled to replace the
streets in as good condition as is
possible under the circumstances and
every precaution taken against the
too-frequent or undue disturbance OF
1.-THE highways.
Board Of Health.
This important branch of the city
government should be treated with
more consideration than In the past.
An adequate and comprehensive or
dinance creating a beard, defining It's
d11fjpo and Huin1 tfr xto oL@xIz
be Immediately prepared and speedi-
ly adopted. The Board of Health
Stands charged with the duty and re-
sponsibility of caring for the sanitary
condition of the city. Than this
Ethehe Is no function more important
as before all material matters the
health is OF paramount I'M
p~ortance.
An adequate sum of money should
be placed at the disposal of the board
and assurance given to the body that
its expenditure is expected and de-
sired. To stint this branch of gov
ernment Is to pay a heavy tax in I'M
paired health and consequent charges
and discomforts.
Water Department. Il
The necessity of making provision
for an adequate supply OF water Is
apparent. Our dependency ON a
neighboring city for this essential IL
fraught with danger, for we can
never tell when that city's require.
ments will compel a severance of our
relations. tt we could quickly and
at. any time install or equip a plant
.offour own then we could afford te
ignore our demands In this particu-
lar. and to wend our way u~ntroubled
| with future needs.
! The least that our duty will permit
is the selection of an available source
OF supply and the securing to our city
of a in case of need. II
would perhaps be. injudicious to sad
die upon the city Just at this time 8
large debt, Ii no commensurate re-
turn were In view. But tn the matter
of a water supply such a course Is un.
necessary. Already the water de.
partment Is not alone self-supportine
but an avenue OF revenue.
Mains are laid and the distributing
fportion of the system I'm operation
and almost free OF debt. The num-
Der of outstanding water bonds ID
constantly decreasing and to that exi
tent the income from the department
continuously augmented. ALI that Il
Enow needed is to obtain a water shed
and erect and equip a storage system
and pumping station. The money
now paid to Perth Amboy woul6
more than pay the interest on the