Perth Amboy evening news., 1916-11-16
ROOSEVELT TO HAVE
MORE POLICEMEN
Force to be Doubled This Com
| ing Year-0ther Big Sub
jectS for the Councimen.
epeeicI to fhs EVENING NSWA


Roosevelt, Nov. 16-With the cleo
tion hard feelings and hard work of
campaigning in Roosevelt, done with,
things are coming back to the point
where they were a month ago. and
the people of the borough are being
made aware that there are going to
be some very good improvements in
the borough very shortly. The new
council does not come in until the
first of the year, but before that time
there is considerable work that some
of the men who are going out have
undertaken and wish to complete.
The first thing that has to be look
ed after Is the new police system. AS
already stated in the paper. Roosevelt
is going to have her present police
force doubled. The reasons are prac-
teal enough and were shown to that
extent when the recent labor troubles
took place, the men on the force at
present had to work about eighteen
hours a day to keep things in order.
When vacation season came around
the men were obliged to work seven
days a week to keep the same number
of men on duty all the time.
The population of the borough has
increased several thousand since the
last appointments were made and
while there has been no real trouble
to necessitate the new appointments,
the borough oficials with the support
of the people feel that they ought to
have sufficient police protection,
thing which we have not now.
Under the new system, there will
be about eight new men appointed.
The town will be divided of into reg
ular police beats, with men stationed
on these beats at all times. A call
box will be installed on every beat
and the officers on duty on the beat
will be obliged to call up the desk
sergeant, who will be Installed In the
borough hall to round out the system
every hour. On the other hand IL an
officer on duty needs assistance he can
ring up the borough hall and the desk
sergeant will notify the officer on the
adjoining beat to go where he Is need
ed. The money for the installation of
this system has been raised already,
and the only thing that is holding up
the work is the waiting for the call
boxes to be put in. These have been
ordered. and very shortly the system
will go into effect. Just who the new
men in the borough who will be ap
pointed to the force lis unknown at
present, but from the word given by
the officials of the borough, only the
most efficient men will be appointed,
regardless of political or personal
feeling. Whether or not a competi-
tive examination Will be held or not
has not been given out as yet.
Another thing that Councilman
Quinn wishes to complete before his
term of Office expires on the first of
the year is the resolution which he
introduced into the council to con-
denim the property on which the Rad
ley dock is now located for q public
dock, and recreation pier. There is
a whole lot of litigation attached to
this measure, but Borough Attorney
DAILY has already started his proceed
fngs The borough has the money or
hond ready to put up for the property,
but whether the company or private
owner who now holds it is willing to
give UP is another thing, 80 the thing
may take a long time to thresh out
in n legal battle, but one thing suro
is, that the borough will win our, and
then the people of tbs borough viii
see what they have been looking for
for a number of years namely public
dock.
When the new council sits on the
first Monday in January they are 60
ing to find a big program put before
them by the mayor of the borough, for
considerable internal improvement.
There are still sewers, sidewalks,
roads. curbing and many other Inn
provements which must come during
the course of the next year, which the
people of the borough are anxious TO
see. They have shown their loyalty
to the administration by rejecting
Mayor Hermann and he is going to
show his appreciation by giving them
what the borough needs