Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-12-17
RESIDENTS ARE
MUCH HINCENSED
Kennedale Park Delegation
Appear Before Council and
Ask for improvements.
CLAIM UNFAIR DEALINGS
Want Sidewalks and Lights
--Convery Place Commits
sioners Named.
CLAIM UNFAIR DEALINGS

Residents of the Kennedale Park
section in the northwestern part OF
the city and from the section lying
between New Brunswick avenue and
the Lehigh Valley railroad tracks
Just south of the city hospital ap-
peared with complaints and several
requests for Improvements before
the council last night. Some appear
ed indignant because of alleged i'm
proper sidewalks and lighting. One
said he had heard some people had
SO much political pull that they did
not have to construct sidewalks,
which he deemed decidedly unfair.
Others were present in the interest
of the extension of Convery Place.
Statements by Aldermen F. A. Sea-
man and Richard ]. Calvin, together
with the passage Of resolution nam
ing commissioners in the Conyery
Place condemnation proceedings met
with favor by the complainants.
Fred f. Fox. John C. Donehue and
Michael j. Donovan were named as
commissioners to assess damages In
Cured by opening and extending
Convery Place through lands OF the
&c. Pardee Works. The council pass
ed two resolutions that proper action
might be taken in the case. one
was to rescind a resolution adopted
September 16 to have the court name
commissioners in the condemnation
proceedings, and the other was to
name the commissioners. Since pass
ing the resolution on September 10
the board learned through counsel
that it was empowered to make the
appointments.
Following the council meeting
members of a delegation OF about
twenty five residents from the west
ern and northwestern sections OF the
city made it known that they had
wanted to be heard. Although the
meeting had been adjourned. the al
dermen retained their seats and lis
tened to the complaints and requests.
Adolph Fl. Koyen, the hrst speaker,
complained about ashes being placed
on some sidewalks, of some property
owners being compelled to construct
proper sidewalks and of alleged in
adequate lighting facilities. He re-
ferred particularly to an arc lamp
which had been removed from HON.
mann avenue. Alderman Seaman
said the aldermen we're perhaps to
blame for a part of the delay in the
Convery Place condemnation pro-
ceedings. action having been taken
along one line and then counsel In
tervening and other action being
made necessary last night. he sald
he had not thought of compelling
property owners to put down SIDE
walks and had city workmen place
ashes in some places to make walk
ing possible in the western section.
In conclusion he suggested that one
of the complainants make an attempt
to get on the Board of Aldermen and
find out how pleasant the work OF
trying to suit everybody was.
Alderman Calvin, as chairman of
the lamps and lights committee,
stated everything possible had been
done to give the city as good a light
ing system as possible. He said
there we're four lamps within a
radius of 400 feet in Hommann ave
nue. where one arc had been removed
to give light further out on Brace
avenue. The official said the incom-
ing chairman of the lights committee
would have ten arcs at his disposal
next year and maintained that If he
tried as hard to satisfy the wants of
the people as he, Calvin, had done,
he would have one b Of time.
Chris Hansen said some people
had laid fiagstones on sidewalks and
Eothers had not, along Hall avenue
between Amboy avenue and the Cen
trail railroad bridge. He declared
there were four or five places where
walks had not been constructed as
yet and had heard in one instance a
Mr.. Quigley owned two lots and he
had enough political pull to be re-
lieved from expending money on
flagstones. Mr.. Seaman smiled at the
last statement, but differed with the
speaker in regard to the number OF
places without flagstones.
MAIDS Dinesen and Martin Nom
berg expressed satisfaction with the
action of the council with relation
to the Convery Place subject.
NOTICE.