Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-01
TO PAVE
bORDENTOWN Az
South AmbOy Council Passes
Resolution Last Night
By Special Correspondent.

- SPSNt0t Correspondent.
SOUTH AMBOY, Get. 1.-Defnite
steps toward the paving of Iorden-
town avenue were taken last night q
the, regular semi-monthly meeting Of
the common Council when Council
man Delaney introduced the following
resolution, which was adopted:
WHEREAS, the Common Council
mas decided to pave B~ordentown ave
nue. with a permanent pavement from
broadWay to the Westerly boundary
of the City and,
WHEREAS, it is necessary to es-
tablish a grade on said street prior to
the laying of said pavement, there
fore. be it,
RESOLVED. by the City Council
of South Amboy that the City Engi-
neer be n he is hereby instructed
to make a grade map for said street
and to present same to this body, and
be it further,
RESOLVED, hat the Water Com
missioner be and he is hereby in
structed to make all necessary lateral
house connections to the existing
water mains and be it further,
RESOLVED, that the Street Com
missioner be and he is hereby in
structed to make all necessary lateral
sanitary sewer connections on said
street and be it further,
"RESOLVED, that the Common
Council notify the Public Service Gas
Company to put all necessary taps to
their mains as shown by the plans on
file in the Office of the City Engineer"
D.. j. DELANEY,
Councilman-at-Large.
Those present were President Stan
ton, Councilman Hackett, Delaney and
Shuey. City Clerk Z. j. Coakley,
City Engineer A. 7. McMichales,
Street Commissioner John Connors,
Water Commissioner j. j.. Braney,
City Solicitor Leo j. Coakley, also
Victor Gottfredson, Democratic candi-
date for Councilman in the Fourth
Ward.
A communication was received
from Frederick NJ. p. Pearce VINO
wrote on behalf of property owners on
Louisa and David streets. The letter
outlined the history of two parcels
of property which had been wrongly
sold for taxes. He suggested tina
steps be taken whereby the property
be turned back to their rightful own
ers. Upon a motion by Councilman
Delaney the matter was referred to
the committee on taxation and assess
ment together with the City Solicitor.
Bills amounting to several thousand
dollars were ordered paid after care
full auditing by the various commit
tees.
Warrants were ordered drawn in IA
vor of Messrs. Dwyer, Kolish and
Suits for services rendered in con
n~ection with assessing Main street.
The city clerk vas instructed to
draw a warrant for 500 to cover
the first payment on property recent
ly purchased from the Wessco Real
ty Company to be used for water
purposes. The balance of the pur-
chase price will be paid when the
bonds covering this issue and con
Struction are sold.
On a resolution presented by Coun-
cilman-at-large Delaney the White
head Brothers Sand Company were
granted a refund of $S.79 This COM
pany paid their 1919 taxes in ad-
vance and failed to deduct the inter-
est, the refund covering this amount.
Resolutions were adopted author
izing the renewal of general account
notes for $4,000 and $1,000 which
| become due on October 5 and Octo-
Der Z respectively.
The monthly report of the overseer
of poor showed the total cost of
maintaining the poo to be $7S.0S.
Outside aid amounted to $37. Upon
q motion by Councilman Delaney the
report was received and ordered
filed.
The semi-monthly report of the
city treasurer was presented by Tim
othy f. Sullivan and showed a bal
ance on hand before last meeting of
24,026.08. After all bills were paid
the balance still in the treasurer's
hands was $23,223.54. The report
was received and filed.
The clerk announced that he had
the bond Of Joseph SWeigard, the
| successful bidder for the water
works, amounting to $1S4,620. The
signed contract he also stated was in
his possession. The contract being
signed September 26 means that ac-
cording to the terms of the contract
the work will be started on October
e.