Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-08-30
COUNCIL PROCEEDINGS
Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Perth Amboy, N. J.
AUGUST ri, 1911.

OF the City OF Perth Amboy, n. j.
! AUGUST ri, 1911.
= Regular meeting of the Council Of
the city of Perth Amboy, N. J., held
August 21st, 1911. The members pres
emit were: Aldermen Hornsby. Seaman,
Calvin, LARSON, Dalton, and Alderman.
at-Large Voorhees,.
The reading of the minutes Of the
last regular meeting Of August It'll
were approved as printed on slips.
A petition from Leo Goldberger, Sec
rotary of the Perth Amboy Realty
company, to have Laurie Street, be-
ed to established grade, was received
and referred to the Committee on
Streets and Sewers.
The following Communication:
- Perth Amboy, N. J., Aug. IA, 1911.
Mr.. Wilbur LaRoe, city Clerk,
City.
Dear slr.-Yours of August nth in
ference to the MAINTENANCE of the Fire
Alarm and Police Call Systems, re-
celved, and, unless otherwise ordered,
we will have the keys and other City
property pertaining to the above Sys-
TENS at your office on Friday morn
Ing. September 1st. at nine o'clock.
If Mr.. Jay B. FRANKIE, City Electric
ian, should care to meet me at that
time, 1 win gladly give him any infor-
nation relative to the maintenance Of
the Fire Alarm and Police Call Sys-
TENS which will help him in his work.
Very truly yours,
w. II. Chamberlain, Dist. Supt.
was received and ordered entered in
the minutes.
The following communication from
the City Attorney;
Mrs. Nemyo and her husband and
John Erdek and his wife nave execut-
ed their deeds to the City of Perth
Amboy for the property on sayre Ave-
nue., needed for the Convery Place ex-
tension and are entitled to their
c. c. HoMMANN,
City Attorney.
was received, and warrants ordered
drawn for $500 for Annie Nemyo and
$1,000 for John Erdek and Marie, his
wife.
A petition for a street light on
Brighton Avenue, between Market and
Gordon Streets, was received and re-
ferred to the Committee on Lamps and
Lights.
/ The Committee on Judiciary, to
whom had been referred the request
Of the Fire Department for an opin-
Ion as to the right Of members to ride
free on trolley cars, reported that the
City Attorney had submitted the fol-
lowing opinion:
Aug. 21st, 1911.
To the Council of the City of Perth
! Gentlemen:-sec. 23 Of our traction
ordinance provides among other things
that all policemen and paid firemen
] WINE on uuty snail De allowed 10 rlQo
on it's cars, and of It's ~lessees and as
signs free of charge. As we have no
paid fire department, 1 do not think
we have any paid firemen, unless they
be the few salaried men who are en-
ployed in the flrehouses.
The Board of Public Utilities Com
mission in a memorandum dated on
the md day of June, 1911; made the
does not regard the free Transports
ton, without discrimination, on behalf
of municipalities, of policemen, fire
men and inspectors Of Boards of Health,
les as q violation of the provislns of
the Phamphlet Laws of 1907, Chapter
They have further, In other decisions
which they nave made since that time,
seemed to hold that where the traction
company was under contract with q
municipality to furnish free service
that that was contrary to the present
law; but In the particular case in hand
as the traction company here Is not
obligated to carry any firemen but paid
firemen, I do not think that they can
be required to carry the members of
the volunteer fire companies,
Yours respectfully,
c. C. HOMMANN,
City Attorney.
which was ordered entered in the min
utes.
The Committee on Fire. to whom was
referred the request of Eagle Hose
Henry loft, william L. Smith and
Hei1ie Smith, recommended that such
incubation was on motion adopted.
The Committee on Fire, to whom
had been referred the report of LIB
erty Hook and Ladder Co, of the res
mende that the name be erased from
the roll of Liberty Hook and Ladder
Co, which recommendation was on mo-
tion adopted.
rTha CO,,nn+ro1Ia h yInr arditad hills
Tor the following accounts:
Fire 5O9.OU
Poor 1859
fayette Street Grade.,........ 5000
EF1l Ta E strfet ssEer ..:.::.: 1 5s.55
Public Grounds and Buildings. 1,673.S1
Excavation Permits .......,,, 34.0O
Shade Tree Commission 49,, 1881 90
Sutton Street Sewer ........, 27.22
Streets and Sewers .,...,.,,, 1896
Etockton Street Grade ,..., 5000
Laurie Street Grade .......... 5000
Hall Avenue Grade ........... 50.40
penn St. Sewer and Water 49,.
Connections pidcciv SS'o0
and Jaques st. Sewer....... $500
state 1890
Park Avenue Pavement 49,, 1900
New street Pavement .,,,,,., 1900
BARRACKS st. Pavement ...... 1900
re- Rridpe So.Se
Davidson Ave. Pavement 800, 6S.91
M Market S4.22
Raritan River Bridge approach 7.26
Senn street Pavement . 8.S4
warrants were ordered drawn for the
several amounts.
The following certificate Of the City
surveyors: ~ o
To the Council of the City of Perth
Amboy. ..
the 10 per cent. retained on Bithulithic
Pavement at Garfield Hose House
standard Bitulithic Co, as shown on
Certificate No. /. dated Nov. 21st 1910.
S. J.. MASON,
City Surveyor.
Approved,
was presented and a warrant ordered
drawn for the amount.
The following estimates of the City
Surveyor:
Certificate No. l
s2,174.40 Aug. 18th, 1911.
10 the Council OF the City of Perth
This is to certify that under the
terms of Contract for work upon Bar
racks st. Bitulithic Pavement, The
standard Bitulithic Co, contractor for
laying the same, Is entitled to the first
payment a lunting to twenty-one
hundred am seventy-four and 40-10O
Dollars.
Estimate
goo feet of curb at 74c ........s $1,000
1000 yds. of grading at 40c.... 10000