Perth Amboy evening news., 1915-09-29
COUNCIL IS BUSY
ON MPR0vEMENTS
Meeting in Keyport When Diff
ferent Subjects are Dis
CuSSed Pro and Con.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.


Keyport, Sept. 29.-At the meet
ing of the borough council held Mon
day night William Bryne, Jr.,
spoke about the bad condition of
Third street sidewalks. The ordi-
nance governing the laying of side
walks in Third street was passed
some time ago and notices were serv-
ed on the property owners yet little
has been done in regard to laying the
walks, where there had been none
previously. After thorough discus
sion of the matter the clerk was in
structed to advertise for bids for ce-
ment sidewalks and blue tagging and
submit same at the next meeting Of
the council. 1t is the Intention of
those in charge to get the sidewalks
laid before the cold weather sets in
An anonymous communication was
received stating that there were
eighty feet of sidewalk on Osborne
street which had as yet not been laid.
The communication asked that the
matter be attended to at once. The
communication was thrown in the
waste basket.
Holmes Walling, superintendent of
streets, asked for information re-
garding the drain pipe across the
Van Deventer Park property in Main
street. The borough was to place
the drain, but up to date the matter
was never completed. At present
the place is in a bad condition and
the matter of neglect on the part of
the sewer committee was discussed.
Superintendent Walling was in
structed to procure the pipe and get
to work as soon as the catch basin
is completed by the masons.
Councilman George c. Smith re-
ported that Louis Stults had in
spected the compressors at the water
works and expressed his opinion that
they were satisfactory. Councilman
Walling said that they were not ac-
cording to contract. Representative
Greenberg, of the Laidlaw-Dunn-
Gordon Company, was present and
stated that the compressors were as
near perfect as it was possible for
them to be made. The motion was
then made that they be accepted and
the balance due the company be
paid upon a receipt from them of a
guarantee bond and the necessary
fixtures be produced. The motion
was passed.
l. RabinoWitZ, proprietor of the
Wellworth three and nine cent store
on Front street stated that there
was NO place he could burn the pa
pers from his unpacking and asked
permission of the council to burn
same in the street, stating that he
would burn same with every precau-
ton. Councilma ..iins ffered a
motion that the 'aseptf1 tan k lot at
the. foot ofsBroad street could be
used for that purpose and the mo-
tion was passed.
The clerk reported that there
were $50 water taps in the borough,
fifty meters were out of order and
that fourteen persons had no meters
On motion of Mr.. Walling, the clerk
was instructed to notify the fourteen
persons using water without a meter
that unless they had one installed at
once the water service would be dis
continued.
Collector Wyckoff read the semi
monthly report, the books showing
a balance of $4325S. The report
was ordered filed.
A resolution was passed that two
notes be issued for $500 each, one
in each of the local banks to take
care of the current bills. The notes
are issued in anticipation of the pay
ment of taxes and to be paid on
command. Bills totaling $4,030.SS
We're paid. which included the appro-
priation of s100 for the annual in
spection OF the fire department.
The clerk was instructed to for
ward bill to the Board of Chosen
Freeholders for the county proper
tion of the first payment of the i'm
proved Broad street to Contra ctor
Burd