Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-03-08
jORGENSEN HAS
STATEMENT ON
FRONT ST. job
He Endeavors to Defend Street
Committee by Saying That
Care Was Exercised in Pick
ina Men for Paving Work.

Alderman Chris Jorgensen, chair
man of the committee on streets and
sewers committee of the Board of AL
dermen, came forward with a written
statement concerning the Front
street paving job today. He endeav-
ors to defend the committee, as he
has previously done, by claiming that
care was exercised in picking men for
needy employment.
In his statement today, the street
department head insinuates that the
NEWS secured Its information from
tom, Dick and Harry" and not
from the recognized authorities. The
information published was obtained
from the proper authorities. The
street committee chairman, foreman
on the paving job, the head of the
citizens relief committee, street COM
missioner and others were among
those interviewed. Mr.. Jorgensen
states that he and Chairman George
F. Reynolds president Of the citizens
committee, were in accord az 10 the
employment of citizens on the Front
street job. When Mr.. Reynolds was
asked last Wednesday If the relief
committee had been consulted, he
stated that none of the city officials
had conferred with him or the COM
mittee concerning the worthiness of
applicants, despite the fact that the
committee had an excellent system
for keeping tabs on the poor who
sought aid. At the scene of opera
tions on the same day, Albert McDon-
aid, who said he was foreman and
timekeeper, stated that no investiga-
tion of applicants for positions had
been made because of lack of time.
He said that all who applied and ap-
peared worthy were given employ
ment. He told of questioning them
and of exacting the location of their
place of residence, record of which
he kept In hand book.
His Statement ON Job.
Mr.. Jorgensen's statement in full
follows:
There are many utterances made,
recklessly or thoughtlessly, by reck-
less or thoughtless people, on many
subjects which it Is not worth while
to give even passing notice, but as
you so tritely remark in your lead
ing editorial of last Saturday, there
are some remarks that can hardly
go unnoticed' Among the latter
class / would place such comment as
you made in that selfsame editorial,
touching upon the attitude of yours
truly toward the great and good
work of the Citizens Relief Commit
tee during the past winter, and the
equally important work of paving
Front street with it's two-fold object
of relieving the unemployed (some
of whom had been assisted by the
relief committee and others who
were holding out as long as they
could, but soon would have been
compelled to apply for help, and
accomplishing a lasting benefit for
the city in the form of a paved
street. In fact it is a remark that
/ do not intend to let pass unnoticed.
especially as | am a public servant
working to the best of my ability at
considerable personal Inconvenience
in the interest of the public welfare
as | see it, and for the further rea-
son that such remarks as ] may make
here should be of interest to the pub
lie, whose servant ! am. in that they
will add some light to a subject
which you have treated of more or
less conc1usively without troubling
to avail yourself of such light as was
readily at hand.