Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-11
PUBLIC OPINION


Perth Amboy. N. j., March 8, 1912.
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
/ would like to make a few re-
marks on the Armory Building ques-
ton which seems to be making New
Brunswick higher than she really
ought to be and ask that you please
publish the following IN the columns
of your valuable paper,
/ suppose Assemb1yman Streitwon
has presented hts bill to the legisla-
sture to have $4,000 appropriated
towards the erection OF a modern
.armory building for Company II, OF
New brunswick. because the county
seat in commencing to feel ashamed
Of herself for depending on the u
ty for improvements and will try to
see II the State will keep her for
awhile.
What d nerve our Hne Assembly
man has to include In that bill, that
ted to supply an equal sum for the
same purpose. I would ask, have not
the taxpayers q right to say yes or
NO to that question? Are the mem
bers of the Board Of Freeholders
elected entirely by the votes Of New
Brunswick. and placed in office for
city improvements alone or for
ty improvements In general.
Company H has been organized for
some years back and should be
worth enough cash to purchase q
suitable site for an armory without
asking the county to furnish 1t, az
there ID burden enough on the latter
without putting out $4,000. which
will o do the county any good.
The citizens should be thankful
and satisfied that the county is fur
-nishing their city en-. 3D. with neces-
sary offices and W. a lookup and
paving her streets, which, Ii Perth
Amboy or any other city or town In
the county should ask the Freehold
5ers to help them out In such manner,
New Brunswick would be the first
to cry and demonstrate against.
IT the Perth Amboy EVENING
NEWS did not make demands for the
Woodbridge creek bridge to be
placed In a safe and disable condition
the New Brunswick girls and boys
would have to walk nearly q mile
or transfer from n car to another
in order to get to Boynton Beach
this
The Home News tries to throw
dirt in our face by saying "The peo-
nile of Perth Amboy have more use
OF the Amboy bridge than any other
people 81 the county" II the edl-
tor of the Home News should make
a visit to the Amboy bridge some
morning or evening and see the men.
woman aud children crossing the
bridge to and from South Amboy and
Mechanicsville he would quickly
change his mind.
/ ask; is the Amboy street bridge
connecting New Brunswick and
Highland Park county or city Prop
erty?
Who paid to have It built and who
Is paying to keep It in repair and
operated, the city OF New Brunswick
or Middlesex county?
Where do the majority of the trav-
elers Of Albany street bridge belong
N New Brunswick or the county at
larger
i wonder If New Brunswick pays
for the repair and running expenses
of this bridge, II so, where does she
| get the money to do 1t with?
The Times quotes we are likely
Jealous because New Brunswick may
get an armory building before Perth
| Amboy, and that perhaps, when
| Perth Amboy In twices4the size OF
New Brunswick, we mayshave, by the
help OF the surrounding towns. q
| military company and If vi want an
armory. New Brunswick will help US
get IL.
No, we are not jealous, and fHrth-
remore we do not have to walt until
we double the population OF New
Brunswick, TO form a military COM
pany. as we q form n within
d few days Ii need be, but We are
satisfied to be peaceable. We showed
how easy 1t would be to form a mill
tia company only last winter, when
by three calls there were forty or
more men willing to start business,
myself included.
If Perth Amboy was Jealous OF New
Brunswick, there would have been
applications galore presented to the
Board of Freeholders to help pave
the streets and furniah the city ofNT
cials with offices and meeting rooms,
but no, Perth Amboy was founded by
good hearted. ambitious and unset
fish people and the following genera
lions have followed In their foot
steps and made the city what 1t Is
To-day without the help Of the county
and / hope she wild continue and
prosper In the future.
Perth Amboy can rely on her po~
lice department and her " citizens
In cases OF trouble, az was shown
when the strikes OF the American
Smelling and Refining Co. and the
Barber Asphalt Co.'s plants occurred
lately and were we'll handled without
| the AID or the militia from New
Brunswick or any other place.
The best thing the voters OF the
county can do Is to get up a strong
| rem0nstranee and send 1T to the
Board OF Freehoiders asking them
not TO purchase an armory site for
any city in the county, unless there
are enough companies 70 make use os
It as a regi1lentai armory
Thanking you for this space. I am
xourn respectfully,
INTERESTED.