Perth Amboy evening news., 1917-01-05
COUNCIL MINUTES.
Proceedings of the Board OF Aldermen
of the City. of Perth Amboy, N De
DECEMBER rs, 1915.


Regular meeting of the Council of Of
the City Of Perth Amboy, n D., r,,bers beiu
present were Aldermen wilson. Kelly,
s. Hilker, Andersen, Clark, Jorgensen
and Alderman Grouse A..
The reading of the minutes OF the
meeting of December 4th was dispensed
with and the minutes approved as
printed
structing a portion of the approach TO
the County Bridge at sheridan street.
One bid was received, that being from
Street. New York. On motion the
Clerk was instructed to return the oid
A communication from Liberty Hook
and Ladder Company asking for eX-
emption papers for Nels Hanson Jo-
seph Massopust, William Langan' Ber-
nard Jost; william Seib0th; JONI John
James Kelly, Harry Hanson, Steve no
, zusko, Soren Anderson. William Har-
vey was received and referred to the
A letter from the Humane Fire
Company reporting the election TO
membership of Ralph Poulsen, and the
withdrawing of the name of Peter Pc
tersou, was received and referred 10
the Committee on Fire.
The following communica tion from
the Board of Commerce and Naviga-
'-0'' 0- Dec. ~. 1916.
Mayor Of the City of Perth Amboy.
Perth Amboy N. ].
Dear Sir:
This Board is engaged in making an
Investigation of the water 'front.' OF the
State in order to prepare maps show
ing it's development. and in the course
of this investigation l find that the
Staten Island Rapid Transit Company
is occupying lands under water on
Staten Island Sound at the foot or
Smith Street. Perth Amboy for the
purposes of ferry. Upon calling the
attention of the Staten Island Ferry
Company to this and asking under
what authority the occupation is
made, l am Informed by them that tney
are occupying these lands under water
under a lease from the City of Perth
Amboy dated January Is, 1901, and
do not find of record in this othce
memorandum of such lease, but as the
administration OF the riparian interests
of the State has changed WITHIN the
last year or so, | shall feel obliged If
you Will give me a reference to such
license or Permit from the State for
this occupation, SO that it may be en-
tered on the map.
Respectfully yours,
B. f. ericsson, JR.,
Chief Engineer.
was received and referred to the Com
mittee on judiciary.
The following communication from
the State Board of Taxes and Assess
ment.
Mr.. Wilbur LaRoe, City Clerk.
Perth Amboy, n j.
Dear Sir:
An examination of the tax maps of
Perth Amboy City, consisting of an
atlas II in. II in. and a wall map
81 in. 50 in. shows that the maps are
not satisfactory in their present state,
and that the only practical course to
follow in order to make them adequate
for taxation purposes within the Tax
Map Act of 1913 and the standard
specifications issued Hereunder would
consist in a thorough revision, which
would call for redrawing the maps to
uniform scale of not less than 1 in to
so ft. for the developed portion of the
city, on sheets "a sc in, the unde
veloped sections to be similarly mapped
to smaller scale, preferably l in. TO
100 TT. A key map should also be made
to cover the entire city. and the in
formation shown on the detail sheets
must conform with the standard re-
Quirements.
The Board at it's meeting on Tues
May last ordered that this revision be
ade, and has instructed me to re-
Jest the city authorities to send their
gineer to this office for the purpose
discussing with the Chief Engineer
sbis Board the nature of the re-
h called for.
trust that the city authorities
Re their way clear to take up this
forthwith, in order that the
ny progress as far as possible
Ahe next assessment season.
pcht will see your engineer at
in Trenton some time this
DrtqueSteu, now