Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-05-21
MAY HALT WORK
ON RESERVOIR
Capital Issues Committee De-
Sires More Information on
Bond Issue of $4,000
ALDERMEN HEAR REQUEST
CurfeW for City Asked by W.
C. T. U.-Want German
Papers Stopped.
ALDERMEN HEAR REQUEST

The Board of Aldermen last night
received a communication from the
capital issues committee of the Fed
eral Reserve district, asking for fur
ther details in regard to the proposed
erection of the 40,000,000 gallon res
ervoir for the water department and
saying that the committee which has
charge of the granting of the right to
issue bonds for public improvement,
could not approve any bond issues for
anything but necessary war work, or
for indispensable municipal work.
The board also received a resolution
from the Board of Trade asking that
the sale of German language news
papers and magazines be prohibited in
this city by ordinance, a request from
the w. c. T. u. of this city that the
board pass a curfew ordinance, an in
vitation from the Polish citizens COM
mittee to attend a demonstration on
May 80, request from G. M. Peterson
that a section of Jefferson street be
vacated for his private use for a rail-
road siding, and request from the
Western Improvement Association
that patrolman be stationed at
Washington Park.
The communication with regard to
the reservoir stated that the capital
issues committee had heard of the
proposed erection of the reservoir
and that they assumed that the
money to do the work would be
sought through a bond issue. The
communication, which was sent to
the aldermen by Water Superintend-
ent Samuel ]. Mason. called attention
to the fact that the committee did
not care to grant the right for bond
issues for any purpose other than
projects necessary for the conduct of
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indispensable for municipal purposes.
The matter was referred to the COM
mittee Of the whole for further con-
|sideration.
The Western improvement Asso-
citation called the attention of the
aldermen to the fact that there were
numerous depredations aud nuisances
committed by adult persons in and
about Washington Park, mainly on
Saturday afternoons and Sundays,
and the association requested that a
patrolman, either uniformed or in
plain clothes, be stationed at that
park The request asked that this
be done at least on the days mention
ed If not at all times. The matter
went to the police committee.
The final assessments on the Mil
Ter and William streets sewers, the
Neville street sewer and the Florida
and sent to the city collector for col
lection.
c. M. Peterson asked the board TO
pass by ordinance the right to him
to use the extreme westerly end of
Jefferson street, at the Central rail-
road, for spur for single track STAN
dard gauge railroad to his coal and
wood yards. The matter was referred
to the committee of the whole.
nf hn rd Of TrlA n
directors that the sale of periodicals
printed in the German language be
prohibited in this city. Was referred
to the city attorney and the committee
on the whole.
The board accepted the invitation OF
the Polish committee to be present az
the celebration on May 80, when the
Polish high commission now in this
country will pay a visit here. The
communication came from Rev. Fran
els Urban, rector of st. Joseph's
the committee. AS many of the ader-
men as can, will attend.
The matter of the curfew was
brought out in a communication from
Mrs Jane Overington, for the Women's
Christian Temperance Union and was
referred to the judiciary committee.
A bond issue of 100000 was au
thorized in anticipation of taxes for
the year 1918, the bonds to draw in
terest not in excess of six per cent
per annum. The city treasurer was
authorized to borrow such sums as he
may need from this issue to meet
current expenses by the sale of these
bonds.
The Board of Harbor Commission.
ers requested of the aldermen that
they set date on which to view with
them the Merritt dock property,
which the harbor board desires to add
to the city's docking and warehouse
facilities on the waterfront. This also
went to the committee of the whole.
The city engineer was authorized to
start work on a grade map for the
Hanson avenue extension, which will
run through the property recently
condemned by the city.