Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-08-18
NO ACTION ON
COUNTY TAKING
ROAD At HOLE
South Amboy Common Coun-
ell Defers Action on Streets
Until the Next Meeting.
STANTON'S RESOLUTIONS
Councilman Slower Urges In
vestigation Before Any Ac-
ton by the FreehoIders.
MAY HAVE PUBLIC SESSION
Is It Necessary to Go to Free
holders When improvements
are Needed, is Asked.
MAY HAVE PUBLIC SESSION
Special to tho EVENING NEWS.

Special to tho EVENING NEWS.
South Amboy, Aug. 18:-No action
was taken at last nights meeting OF
the city council upon the offer Of the
Board of Freeholders to take over
the street leading through the no.
torious hole-in-the-wal and other
thoroughfares of the city. Declaring
their intention to obtain more knowl-
edge of the conditions before voting
upon the matter, the council agreed
unanimously to have Councilman
Stanton's resolutions lie over until
an adjourned meeting next Tuesday.
These resolutions made provisions
for turning over the roads to the
county board.
Urges Action Deferred.
Upon reconvening, after q recess,
resolutions were offered by Mr.. Stan
ton providing for turning over to the
| Board of Freeholders the upper por-
Stion of Main street, the portion OF
~ 6tevens avenue from Main street
Through the hole-in-the-wall and the
upper portion OF Bordentown ave-
nue. Mr.. Slower states he thought
1t well to have these resolutions lie
over until an adjourned meeting Of
tife council next week, AZ this would
give them time to look into the Ques-
tion, and there were a number OF
features which should be discussed
before acting upon the resolutions.
He stated he was in favor Of tt1em
and merely desired to be fully In
formed before voting. Mr.. Pariseii
suggested the people who signed the
petitions be invited to attend the
meeting
Mr.. Chevalier said he did not
think it should be limited to any par
ticular people but to all on the
streets involved. He stated he whs
as much interested on Main street as
anyone could be, and if it were pos
sible to have the freeholders take
it over and pave 1t he wanted them
to do so, but he did want to know
Just where the council stood before
voting on the proposition; that he
did not want to use snap judgment.
Mr. Slower added that he was inter-
ested as a taxpayer and would like
to see the county take the streets
oyer and he only offered the motion
hhRaVrpose of affording an OPP
TO thoroughly understand
liter Mayor Dey stated he
Greatly interested in all the
streets, particularly Main street,
but would like to know just where
the city would stand after the streets
were turned ovensto the county.
If 1t n necessary. to go to the Board
of Freehblders when making any re-
pairs or Improvements we want to
know about it," he said II do not
like the manner in which these res
olutions were handed In, they should
have teen handed to the city clerk Of
this cry for action OF this body and
then. referred to the street commit
tee. You bring them up here all
fixed up with resolutions to put
through in five minutes. ! want to
know where we stand I think every
property owner is interested We
want to know whether we can pave
the street after 1t is turned over, we
do not want a fourteen foot road
through city and the remainder dust.
There is no reason why the resolu-
tions should not lie over until an
other meeting"
The vote was unanimous to lay
the resolutions over until the ad-
1ourned meeting next week.