Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-05-29
BOROUGH WILL
FINISH SEWER.
keyport Council Notify Har-
rison Co. -Appoint Policeman
Special TO the EVENING NEWS.

| Special 10 the EVENING NEWS
Keyport, May 29:-At the meet
ing of the Borough Council Monday
night a written initiation was re-
ceived, inviting the Mayor and Coun-
ell to lunch with the Shackleton
Post of the Grand Army of the Re-
public on Memorial Day. The same
was accepted with thanks.
Engineer Clyde Potts informed
the council that he is having a fl
nal inspection Of the W. system
made, and will give a report at his
earliest convenience. Bills to the
amount of $430.64 were presented
and ordered paid. The interest on
bonds $3.50 was also paid.
Councilman r. s. White of the
fire committee, gave the following
report Of the printing the fire or
dnance in pamphlet form: The
Keyport Enterprise figures were
$3.50 and the Keyport Weekly fig
ures were sat. Both were for ESQ
copies. The Weekly also agreed to
publish ordinance and furnish 400
papers for $40. Motion made and
carried to buy the 250 copies from
the Weekly and post Ave as per law.
WlLlltn SlGDel ISpbl ttu INA HIS
curb on his property on Broadway
was out of grade, and that he put
the curb down several years ago, ac-
cording to Engineer Sproul and that
he thought that 1t was not up to
him to change 1t. superintendent
Bedle said that the Borough should
pay for all the resetttng OF curbs.
The matter was referred to the street
committee with power to act.
H. Walling reported that the
town water was not good, as he
was on the extreme end of the main
and wished the same remedied. The
matter WAS referred to the water
committee.
The new telephone ordinance was
read and passed on the second read
ing and continued to the third and
final reading. 1t was moved and
passed that the ordinance be pub
lished in two successive issues of
the Keyport Weekly.
Attorney II. +. ACkerson report
ed q communication from Clyde
Potts that there is no way to venti-
late the sewer, and that the system
as given IN the Board OF Health
ordinance Is not up to date. The
communication was given to the
sewer committee, who are to act to.
8ether with the Board of Health.
Supt. A. d. Bedle asked to have
the method Of applying for connec
ton with the sewer simpliied. Thu
matter was adjusted to his satisfac
ton. MIR. Potts notified the council
that the sewer should be ventilated
through soil pipes and that 1t wal
, reported hat t~ownspeopls were us
ing 1t. Mr.. Potts said that TIL
sewer could be used pending fna
completion and also sent list o
things yet uncompleted in the sewe,
system.
The question of the Borough fin
ishing the sewer system was ther
brought up and was passed for thu
Borough clerk to notify the Harri
son Construction Company to qui
all work on sewer, as they had fail
ed to resume work as notified b.
the Borough, and that the Borough
would complete the system itself
and also to notify all interested par
ties, namely the Bonding Compan!
and those who have liens agains
the Harrison Construction Company
A general discussion WAS ther
held on MIR. Potts letter and his re
port on the deficiencies. The gen
eral opinion was that the report wa'
not In detail enough and did moi
name a number of things to be com
pleted. The clerk was notified tC
instruct Mr.. Potts to have a com
plete report showing everything
necessary for completion of system
George Mason was named by the
mayor and unanimously confirmed
by the council for a borough police
man to fill the vacancy caused by
the resignation OF Officer Ansbrc
last February. The Goldsmith
matter was then brought up ant
the clerk vas instructed to notify
Mr.. Goldsmith to remove all OBJ
struction on the disputed Sidewalk
on the cOrne of Broad and From
streets in two days, and also to no
tify the owner of lunch wagon, Ed
ward Wilson, and others interested
The entire matter was referred tC
the street committee with authorit!
10 enforce the same.