Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-10-07
DISCUSS WATER
FOR HOPELAWN
Situation in That Part of
Woodbridge is Bad - Get
Opinion of City Attorney.
WELLS REPORTED DRY
Nothing Being Done by Town.
ship to Better Matters, it is
Said Water Board Meets

from township committeeman repre-
senting those sections for relief in
the present dire situation.
The Hopelawn section. especially.
is in great need of water due to the
fact that wells in that vicinity are
drained dry caused by the mining of
clay, which results in the pits draw
ing the water from the wells. Peo-
pie are carrying water by the pail
full to supply their wants, but few
available wells can be used at this
time. A few of the residents of
Hopelawn get Perth Amboy city
water, but they are only the ones
whose property lays on Florida
Grove Road, under which the city
mains are laid.
The reason, ii is said. that relief
measures were taken up with the
local board is that the Middlesex
Water Company, which supplies
Woodbridge, refuses to lay any more
mains. The main reason for this is
that that company. like many others
in the state, are experiencing a
shortage of water, several of which
have taken up the matter with the
local board in an effort to get an
increased supply.
At the same time il seems that
residents of Hopelawn and Fords
find it hard to understand why they
are not getting a water supply. They
cannot seem to understand the posi-
ton of the Middlesex company or
attitude of the township officials.
Woodbridge proper. they point out.
has an ample supply.
An opinion from City Attorney
Leo Goldberger on this matter fol-
lows:
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16, article 33. of the act relating TO
municipalities which reads as fol-
lows:
lit shall be lawful for any
municipality owning or controlling
water works to supply dwellers in
other municipalities through which
their mains may pass with water
and for that purpose to lay its mains
and water pipes in or under any
street, road, avenue or public place
in such municipalities, provided
nevertheless that such water be sup
piled to such dwellers in other
municipalities in upon the like or as
favora BILE terms and conditions as
water shall be supplied to dive 'lers
within such municipality for the sup
plying of which with water such
water works shall have been organ
lied or established and provided
further the consent of the municipal
authorities of such other municipaii-
ty to the supplying of its dweliers
with water shall be first had and OBJ
tained.'
'In view of the foregoing and for
other reasons not nov necessary to
state cannot see low you can supply
such residents with water.
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order to avoid all legal complications
that the method now used fer Keas-
bey be adopted for that section anil
that the water be metered and
charged direct to Woodbridge town
ship"
The opinion was received and
placed on the minutes and also re-
ferred to the superintendent to take
up with the Woodbridge officers.
Permission will be sought in Wood
bridge for laying mains on the west
erly side of Florida Grove road. The
superintendent will also take up with
the Woodbridge authorities the
matter of having residents on the
city mains tap on the pipes in ques-
tion.
BY Spe e'ial Correspondent.
FORDS, Oct. THE need of some
action on the sewer question in this
place was demonstrated last night
by the fact that the fire engine was
used to pump out cellar on HaInil-
ton street This cellar has beer
nearly full of water all summer. ard
due to the coming of winter the
owner had to 'tke some means IN
which to make r; ON for coal.
There are a mum Der of other pro-
perty owners in The section of Hamil-
ton street who have had much
trouble with water in the cellar and
sanitary sewage disposal. An ef-
fort Was made an Maxwell avenue TO
relieve this condition. A sewer line
was stationed there and is now in
half comple.ed state. A sewage
a:stetn was to rave been layed on
Hamilton street. but as it is growing
c.o SC to cold weather. it is expected
that this project will not be star ed
til spring.
1t is the opinion of many residents
that this end of the township - not
getting all the consideration that 1t
is entitled to, and that if some of the
funds that are used on minor I'M
provemenrs were placed irR the right
channels some relief would be had
in solving these civic questions. With
Hopelawn badly in need of adequate
water supply and some sections of
this place with no source for sewage
tention should be paid to the i'm
provements that are needed benefit
TO the community.