Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-30
FOR
! URGED
Great Importance
Borough Council at
Getting Tuesday Night.
IN khe ETENLNG NEWS

DBeQle presided anu the COuHCli-
(n present were stephen c. Thomp-
i, Frank Howard Lloyd, Forman
Thompson, Tunis R. Schenck.
Drough Clerk William A. Rodgers
bd Water Superintendent L. T. Rue
We're also present
Councilman Thompson reported
for the street committee that the gut
ter had been repaired at Jackson and
Church streets, and a pipe at jack
son and Spring streets had been ex-
tended sixty feet so that the water
would be carried off in time of rains
and emptied in the rayine in the
rear of the Levi E. Emmons prop
erty. Councilman Thompson also
said that all the walks in Jackson
street had been finished, but Eggles-
tons and that Mr.. Eggleston had
promised to have the walk fixed ac-
cording to the borough ordinance.
The clerk was instructed to write
Mr.. Eggleston calling the matter
again to his attention.
Councilman Thompson of the
street committee, said that he had
seen Mr. Mahoney about the side
walk in the rear of his property in
Jackson street and Mr. Mahoney
had told him that he had some flag
stone in Keyport and that he would
have them put down as soon as he
could get them carted to Matawan.
Councilman Thompson said that two
loads of gravel had been dumped in
the Ravine Drive to fill up holes
that have been caused by the heavy
automobile travel over this highway
Gin bA n vii loo Tot
wan creek at Keyport has been
closed to travel.
Councilman Thompson said in re-
gard to the deeds for the Broad
street extension, that he had taken
the pa~ers to Attorney Jacob R. Van
Mater Lefferts, and he had looked
them over and said that he would
take them to the property owners
and have them signed for a fee of
not less than s25 or not more than
$50. He also said that there is no
clause in the deeds telling what the
property shall be used for and there
is no clause concerning mortgages,
if there should be any on the prop
erty. Councilman Tunis r. SchencK
motioned that Attorney Lefferts he
obtained to take charge of the work
Of getting the deeds signed. and
make all corrections necessary in the
deeds
In regard to Schenck street, which
Councilman Schenck wished to deed
- the borough. the street committee
rep6fte4 that Surveyor Heustr says
that the street will have to be re-
surveyed and new map made before
he can make ont the deed, this work
to cost between six or seven dollars.
Mr.. Heuser has already made maps
OF the street, but says that deeds
cannot be made from them Mayor
Bedle put the matter in the hands
OF the street committee with power
to have the survey and new maps
made and deed drawn, which shall
not exceed Sc.
Mayor Bedle said that he had ap-
pointed Hugh H. Erwin as traffic Of
nicer at the corner of Ravine Drive
and Main street at the salary of SO
a week, and that he had seen the
freeholders and they informed him
that there was not much hope of
them paying Mr.. Erwin. The council
thought that rather than have any
accidents happen at that point they
would keep Erwin there until further
notice.
Mayor Bedle said he had seen
Freeholder Wyckoff and he had in
formed him of the condition of the
Little street bridge Mr.. Wyckoff
said that he did not know that the
bridge was In such bad shape and
would have II attended to at once
he also said that he would see about
having more lights put on the bridge.
superintendent Rus, of the water
works, said that everything was
working nicely at the water works
and that the fire plugs had been
painted a bright red He also said
that he was going to have the tops
OIL Two or three Of the plugs painted
with an aluminium paint, and il the
council cared for the two colors he
would have the aluminium paint put
on all the plugs.
bill for the money due the Mat
avian free public library, over which
there was considerable discussion al
the last meeting, was received.
amounting to s665.S0. There was
some heated discussion over this bill
but finally a motion was made by
Councilman Stephen c. Thompson
that the bill be paid in full. AS
there was only $1,959.57 in the
treasury at this time it was decided
to change the motion and only pay
$500 Of the amount at this time and
the balance the first of the year
This motion was carried
1t seems that several of the side
walks that have been put down
throughout the borough have never
been paid for although the borough
has paid the contractors for laying
same. The council seems to think
that something should be done about
the matter and Councilman Schenck
said that he thought lien should
be put on the properties. 1t was
finally decided to inform Counselor
Elmer H, Geran to inform the bor-
ough council what could be done in
the matter.
The street committee said that re-
quest had been made to them to lay
a sidewalk on the strip of ground
about 100 feet long next to the
Eigard butcher shop in Little street
that had been decided the borough
by Tunis R. Schenck several years
ago for a sidewalk. The matter was
left in the hands of the street COM
mittee to look into and report at the
next meeting.
Clerk Rodgers said that he had
received no reply to his letter to the
Central Railroad of New Jersey con-
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