Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-12-16
BLOCK PLANS To
CLEAN STREETS
Each Night and To Protect the
Older Employees.

Efforts of Alderman f. A. Seaman
to introduce an improved method
of street cleaning and thereby aid
in saving street workers from the
dangers of traffic, were thwarted at
the meeting of the Board of Alder
men last night. His resolution to
have sections of Smith street. State
street, New Brunswick avenue and
Market street swept each night, and
to have the older street employees
work on side streets in the daytime,
was lost, seemingly, he says, be-
cause it was he who advocated 1t.
He had poken about the proposition
several times during the past year,
and took occasion last night to have
the street commissioner carry 1t
out. The fifth ward member was
the most bitter opponent. He, to-
gether with Mr.. Kutcher, voted
against 1t. Alderman Seaman and
Chairman Sandbeck voted in favor
of it. Messrs. Wilson and Hilker
passed on the vote.
The resolution was as follows:
Resolved, that the street com
missioner is hereby directed to sweep
the following streets each night;
Smith street from the car barns to
Water street; State street from the
Lehigh Valley railroad bridge to
Market street; New Brunswick ave-
nue. from Smith street to Lehigh
Valley railroad crossing; Market
street from High street to Davidson
avenue; and to see that the sweep
ings are taken up before eight o.
clock in the morning.
ALSO that the older men of the
department are kept off the above
streets during the daytime, and that
they are employed i'll sweeping the
side streets where there Is less dan
ger of their being injured.
f. A. SEAMAN"
Immediately after the proposition
was placed before the board last
night, the fifth ward aldermen said
the matter should be laid over for
the incoming board. He concluded
1t was not Just to improve the street
department Eat this late day." con-
Guiding that "a new broom always
sweeps clean" Alderman Kutcher
seconded his amendment to lay II
over. Mr.. Seaman spoke and said
clared 1t had been under discussion
for nearly year. He declared ar
rangements were under way to put
In effect before he returned home
last April. Other subjects came up
and sprinklers, horses and appara-
tus were purchased, so that 1t was
not known If the appropriation for
the street department would last
He maintained there was no reason
why 1t should not go through.
The fifth ward member argued
further against the proposition and
said 1--WE now have a street com.
missioner, who perhaps, three weeks
from now, will be 'ex'." Mr.. Sea.
man replied "Then it Is simply con.
demned, as I understand it, not or
its merits, but that somebody else
may organize a corps who are tC
do it. / see no reason yet given
why we should not start it," The
fifth ward member replied "we don't
want to think for the incoming
council. l believe it will be just as
intelligent and enlightened as the
present one. It's no time to star
an Improvement like this"
MI, wilson Sdlu he tnouBnL II
very good idea, but as far as Mar
ket street was concerned, he thought
1t best to be cleaned during the
daytime when traffic could be seen
Mr.. Seaman replied that only sweep
ing apparatus would be in the cen.
ter of the street, stating men would
work in the cutters. Voting on the
resolution followed.