Perth Amboy evening news., 1913-01-03
MEET
AT METUCHEk
Appointments Are Made by
Mayor Samuel Clark.
speotaJ to the EVENING NEWS.

SRSSFNs u wv
M%etuchen, Jan. common Coun-
Gil at noon Wednesday met and Or
ganized for 1913. Mayor Samuel
H. Clark has completed the first year
of his term and 1t will go down in
local history as one of great achieve
ment. His record speaks for itself.
With the close of 1912 there STEP
ped out of office one man who long
ago won the sobriquet of Watch
Dog Of the Borough Treasury" He
is Edward Kramer, who has served
the town a number of times as coun-
Gilman and who has rendered valuA-
Bile service. AS chairman of the
street committee, Mr.. Kramer set a
pace that will be difficult for his
successor to follow.
In addressing council yesterday,
Mayor Clark called attention to the
fact that the town was practically
free from debt except the school
bonds, and he advocated the borrow
ing of 100000 for needed improve
ments, calling attention to the fact
that the interest on such a loan
would be of small moment compared
with the returns on the investment.
The police force this year will con-
sist of ten men instead OF sixteen.
John J. Flaherty was reappointed
chief marshal and the other m~arshals
for 1913 are: Willard Hutchinson,
Frank Schenck, George L. Clarkson,
Titus Smelzer, Charles B. Schenck,
Fritz Hokanson, Jesse c. Weniger,
Sam P. Watson, Elias Guest.
Howard S. Wilson was reappoiRted
borough clerk. F. M. P. Pearse bor-
ough attorney; James A. Grimstead,
overseer of the poor; G. P. Hull mem
Der OF the Board of Health.
In making his appointments Mayor
Clark proved his disregard for poll
tice inasmuch as two Of the marshals
appointed are Republicans, three are
Democrats and five are Progressives.
Recorder Weber Is a Progressive,
James A. Grimstead Is a Prohibi-
ZIONIST, C. P. Hull is a Republican.
These committees were named:
water, G. B. Veghte and H. B. John
son; streets, E. Soper and G. B.
Veghte; finance, H. B. Johnson and
D. D. La Forge; lights, D. D. La
Forge and E. H. Veen; poor, H. F.
SANFORD and II. SOper.
Assessor John w. Breen asked for
and received an Increase in his salary
of SIS per annum. It was the con-
census Of opinion that the assessor
was entitled to this increase; also
that the salary of the borough treas
urer and borough clerk should be in
creased An Increase for these off,
ciala also aoma prOyiSiOn for the
compensation for the borough recof-
der may be brought up for considera-
ton at an early meeting of the oun
ell. The recorder is dependent alone
on fees for his compensation. The
rent OF his Office for the year is near
ly $75 and there are many months In
the year when the fees in the Office
amount to less than $500. For the
past four months he worked for
honor and the sum of $3.50.
After Borough Treasurer Tausig
pays the premium bond the amount
Of salary he receives is small COM
pared with the work he must do.
The salaries are the same today as
they were when the town was incor-
porated as a borough, and inasmuch
as the labor In the case Of every
official has increased it would seem
that the salaries should increase In
the anne proportion.
For a year Metuchen has been
without a street commissioner and
non has been named this year.
Borough treasurer and collector,
Charles M. Tausig filed his bond for
$4,000, which was accepted.