Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-09-06
Public Opinion
PoLICEMEN,s PAY.
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:

yS6A0 Al ChhA AAAOOy dl NoA
boast that within twenty-four hours
after I receive my tax bills they are
paid. If the twenty-four hours falls
on Sunday, the bills are paid on Mon
day morning at 9 o'clock.
Now 1 have no real friends in the
police force, but I look to them, each
and every one for protection and I re- |
spect them as my superiors. In the
summer when all men are carefreo
for hours, days and weeks, the officer
under the command of his chief puts
In the time on his post, in a tight
coat buttoned up to his chin in the
extreme heat. while others can lay
in the cool bath room, porch or ham
mock for days at a time.
Then in winter Jack Frost" comes
and you see all windows with a thick
coat of ice and hardly any civilians
on the street, you can see the cop
standing first on one foot and then OF
the other trying to keep warm. He is
benumbed with cold and If he has a
mustache You can see icicles hanging
from it inc If he doesn't happen to
have one you can see Jack Frost"
play havoc with those lips that puts
the public on the right road If they
are going astray and keeps the autos
from running down pedestrians. If
there is a fire he has got to be there
to keep order or the firemen cannot
work. If a husband is killing his wife
or a wife Is numbering her hubby
call q cop. If there is trouble In a
store with some Of the alien store
keepers of Perth Amboy, they run
to the sidewalk and call a cop, and
yet they try to keep a policeman's
wages the lowest in Middlesex coun-
ty. There Is the housewife, IL her
servant does anything wrong she calls
up police headquarters, she Is protect
ed, h has no other resource but to
call a cop.
Then there is the jitney buses,
there was neither head nor tail to this
business until a cop was put starting
them. There is a motorcycle cop and
the jitneys have to go at a moderate
rate of speed while in Perth Amboy,
but when out of the motorcycle cops
power they go reckless until they |
again come into the limits of the city.
SO l am ia favor Of paying the city
police department what they are ask
ing. If the citizens have any civic
pride they should have offered to
raise the wages rather than have a
controversy over 1t. I am a taxpayer.
but I am in favor of the police de- |
partment having more wages. |
TAXPAYER.
WATER SUPPLY
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
Your articles on the water supply
and demand On the front page of to-
days paper show a striking contrast
between our W growing City and a
city of millions which has met and
solved the problem in an interesting,
efficient and economical n Bal
is the city In question. ,
Their system of Monticello filters
has reduced the bacteria from 10000 |
per cubic >centimeter (about u a tea
spoon) in the raw water to fifty in
the filtered water.
Their supply like ours ONE from !
distance, they being twelve miles
from their supply n we being
around seven. Their water Is filtered
in a modern plant which is surround
ed by a beautiful park on the out
skirts of the city. Ours being filtered
beside the supply and then pumped
into the city already filtered, the
water is bound to collect sediment If
only from friction with the pipes and
If the pipes break it Is unfit to drink. |
1t would pay our engineers to in
vestigate the Monticello filters sys-I
tenn and as the water department of J
Baltimore publishes a small book
which Is free upon request / believe
that their system installed here
would not only supply us with pure
water but would help pay for itself
by allowing us to supply the de-
mands of u neighbors and leaking |
pipes or salt water would not affect
tia supply.
Yours for good water,
JACK WESTWOOD.
THE COUNTY CLERKSHIP
EDITOR EVENING NEWS:
with great interest have I read
Ffgen's letter IN reference to Sosin
and service men In general. am
prompted to request you for a little
space In your valuable column and
this / do not only on my own intia-
tive but also other buddies who were
"oyer there" and went through the
hottest of 1t all. Dur buddie, Louis
Yale Sosin, now in the public eye, Is
a candidate, the doughboy Of over
there; we all know with what rosy
promises the boys left home as to
the nations gratitude in the future.
AS one of the boys who has suffered
the hardships of war, and struggled
for the rights of our country in the
world war, Mr.. Sosin's experiences
have eminently fitted him for the
every day battle to make our country
a better place IN every way possible.
AS the only representative OF the
1000 and owe former service men
from Perth Amboy to seek public
honor at the polls. it behooves all
service men to help in his election In
order to show c~onclusively that not
| only I'VE were there" but that I'VE
| are still there and give one of u
number a chance to show what an
~ex-soldier can do in a public office.
He is a lawyer and I believe his quail
| ihcations are not necessary to ex-
plain, as he is familiar with the ms
and outs of the county clerks office.
Sosin, I understand. Is a graduate of
! the local high school and attended
I college for five years.
To those who helped win the war
in essential Industries at home e ask
their support on the plea of a square
deal. Is not at least n OF the for
mer soldiers entitled to a chance to
show his ability in a public office, and
as a mark of distinction to his COM
rades in arms? Remember that no.
where does a man get a better under
| standing Of the value of Justice n
square dealing than in the m II
you want to get the benefits of these
| abstract principles in a concrete
manner we all should vote at the
primaries for Louis Yale Sosin for
county clerk on the Republican tic
ket.
Respectfully yours,
JAMES r. CUDDIHY,
1873 Brighton Ave.