Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-10-30

for Hagerty and his legal bunk on
roads.
AT the county workhouse we have
but three deputy wardens working on
eight hour shifts or one deputy on
duty at a time. We employ an en-
gineer, a driver for workhouse auto
truck and two guards, who not only
guard. but work with the prisoners on
the county farm, which is now pro-
ducing twice as much revenue as be-
fore. This year we will receive from
the farm products, amounting to
$4,000 al an outlay of about $4,000 or
a profit of about $4,000. Through the
three previous years, there was a def
cit. So much for the county work.
house and county farm. Can Hagerty
and his gang do better?
Reports are made at each meet
ing Of the Board of Freeholders, OF
conditions at the Workhouse. These
reports indicate progress, instead or
Democratic promises as in former
years, when the workhouse was alive
with vermin and not fit for a beast.
The state authorities condemned it
then. Look at it now, Mr.. Hagerty,
it is as lean as your own home we
now have five men working around
the county buildings, where three
were formerly employed. Before war
prohibition, there were plenty of
prisoners to do the work, but now
hardly sufficient to work on the u
ty farm. This is why it was necessary
to employ two extra men. Mr.. Hag-
erty did not say anything about the
men who lost their position when the
Republicans took office and were add
ed bto the sheriff's roll as court Of
f1cers, in order to take care of them.
1t was necessary for us to employ ad-
ditional men, maybe it was the same
in the sheriff's case. We agree with
Mr.. Hagerty that Milton Jacques ana
Martin Lally, he having forgotten the
night Waterman, were never working,
because they had prisoners galore to
do the work for them.
Two Meetings Here Tonight
The last meetings prior to election
of the Perth Amboy city Democratic
and Republican clubs will be held
tonight in their respective clubrooms.
There will be both county and city
candidates at these meetings as this
will be their last opportunity to ap-
pear before the city clubs and make
final appeals for support. Sew
eral ward meetings are to be held
before next Tuesday, however, at
which the candidates will be given
anOLneT CIldIlCe 10 Sptdh peLOlS Tic
voters in different parts of the city.
Last night a meeting of the Sixth
Ward Republican Club was held in
the Western Improvement Associa-
ton hall. The meeting was well at
tended and addressed by several of
the G. o. p. candidates.
Referring to the county collectors
office, many needs were neglected
when the Democrats were in charge
No bills were audited, same being paid
on their face value. Nc records were
kept of tuberculosis cases, except the
filing of the bills after they were paid.
The county did not receive the SO per
patient, per week to which they are
entitled. This we are now receiving
n trying to collect the back pay
ments neglected by Democrats, ag
gregating about $4,000. The road &C
counts were not kept in detail thus de-
priving the county of money due from
the state. Under the present manage
ment the county will save over $780,
900 this year. The matter of collect
ing the states portion of maintenance
of the Amboy County Bridge. was
never followed up.