Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-05-17
COUNCIL MINUTES
Proceedings Of the hoard Of Aldermen Of the
City Of Perth Amboy. N. J.


cry Of Perth Amboy. y. j. hsla April ",
F' 81 motion sa : *. 1ssalns q K. minute: .,
was dispensed viii. and the minutes sp-
| proved as printed.
Petition 70 pave Brighten Avssa., :or.s
Request Of Eagle Hose and Chemical
| thur Donegsn and Edward =. johnson. was
received and referred to the on
Report Of Eagle Hose and Chemical Com
| pany Of the election of Thomas II. Barry.
was received and referred to the
Report OF Protection Hook and Ladder
| Company of the election OF stephen Bulvan-
Request Of Lincoln Engine Company for
exemption certificates for Joseph APPLICABLE.
Victor satter. Michael Gall. ard Thomas J.
| Committee on Fire.
citation In reference to street lights on
Rsritanand Hanson Avenues. was received
and referred to the on Lamps
Application of Samuel Her.hman for junk
license. was received and referred 10 the
Application Of Harry Wiener for junk IL
cense. was received and referred to the
REQUEST of Board of Water Commission
ers to take up by bond issue two notes OF
SIS. 600 each, was received anQ leIeIEcQ 10
the mmit on Finance.
A copy OF the Constitution and Bylaws
Of the Raritan Terminal and Waterways
Association was received and ordered filed.
A petition from property owners aiong
the westerly slide of State street directly
opposite the United Lead Company plant,
requesting necessary improvements in order
TO relieve flow of superflous water, was re-
sseiyed and and le | and 20 ci tive Ensineer' ."
A telegram in reference to American pay
parades on May LIST, was received ana oroer-
Charges against Patrolman Frank Ton
ghini were presented, and referred TO the
a Complaint from r.. Sanford in refer
ence to garbage collection. was received
and referred to the on streets
The Committee on Finance reported APP
provalofthe audit of j. Constam Audit COM
pnny, which was confirmed.
The following report on the complaint
against Farmers Market
Complaint No. ].
ket in section No. / states, THAT there
shall be and hereby is established a public
ket." This committee reports that they
visited said market on two different occa-
sions and at no time did they see a farmer.
nor the resemblance OF one.
Report on Complaint Mol.
Sec. II reads as folows:-Any huckster
now paying a license fee to This city upon
agreeing to compy with the conditions Of
this ordinance may In the Hscre'lon OF IN.
HANC bPd10 tIHtN 80 49,
vegetables and fruit products. floers or or
namental plants upon the payment OF the
So that a huckster has a perfect right In
the farmers market as long as he observes
all rules of said market.
Complaint No. q.
whereas. section No. . Of the ordinance
states. NJ goods or produce shall be Of
fered for sale on any street or near public
market other than In the place so assigned
and set apart by the said superintendent
under penalty The committee finds that
mn stands re erected m the streets
and around the corner ON the Sidewalks on
Elm Street. ~blockading traffic. etc. selling
trary not alone to section No. 3; but also
to section 20. which prohibits the sale OF
factory goods.
Section No. 8 provides that no person
shall sell or expose for sale any garden
produce or other things whatsoever at any
street or near said Public Market other
than In the place SO assigned Or set apart
by said superintendent, under the penalty
of 5000 for such offense.
The dry goods stands on Fayette and Elm
Streets does not come under the Jurisdic-
They are outside the market grounds SO II
the sidewalks are obstructed, it is the duty
of the police to have them cleared.
Whereas. Section No. 10 states all fruits
and vegetables shall be kept in baskets. or
on platforms elevated at least IS inches
above the ground. The committee reports
that there are innumeral violations of this
section, and ALSO found cheese and eggs
wrapped in paper and were found lying In
| on the wet and filthy ground.
E, Report on Complaint No. 3.
1t seems to us that an egg wrapped In
paper and placed on wet ground is not
particularly injured as to its qualities, foi
| ground too long; as to 1.-THE cheese; there
has been pot ehees placed on the ground,
cloth.
Complaint No. L.
Last hut most important of all. the com
mittee fnds the poorest grade of produce
being disposed of in said market. to the
foreign element more SO than to any other
| class of people at prices as high as good
produce would cost. At one stand the COM
mittee found one huckster who had pur-
bag, and was brazen enough to collect S1:25
| per 1s at. basket for goods not Mt for pigs
| were obtained. AT another stand the COM
| mittee found another huckster selling apples
at 65c per small basket. said apples being
wormy and rotten.
| Report on Complaint No. 4.
We find the produce sold at the market
| Of good quality, comparing very favorably
indeed With goods sold at the stores and
Furthermore the market is Inspected regular
iy every market day by the inspector OF
the Board of Health or one of his assistants
and they certainly do not allow any decayed
produce to be sold or any FOOD products "a
be handled or displayed In an unsanitary
manner.
Complaint No. s.
dermen. We wish to state that the huckster
does not handle near as a grade as goods
as the rent paying, ana TAX paying HDer-
chants OF our city. and IL one should happen
to have a high grade of goods (which looks
almost imposstblel he gets as high IL not
higher price for his goods than the store
keeper. The huckster who undersells the
| storekeeper are the ones who go to New
York markets and buy IN goods that barely
passes an inspection and carts 1t to this
market and undersells every one else. Al
though the permit. etc. looks well. from the
outside, 1t Is defective on the inside. This
state Of affairs. most Hon. Board, is mos
unfair to the merchants OF our city whc
are the ones who go to make up and build
up our cit paying high rent taxes, etc
ing on a very small margin of profit and
are l believe. entitled to more protection
than they are receiving. The market has
brought In a great many from the outside
semi farmers and hucksters and has giver
them the business which such as it is. and
under such conditions. belongs to the store
keeper. The merchants OF our city have
not heretofore been accused of profteerinf
as 1t Is well nigh impossible to profteel
when there are two or three merchants or
each block and competition between ths
merchants and storekeepers themselves ha.
been enough to keep them from proiteering
Report on Complaint No. 5.
There are at the present time 40 licensed
hucksters in the city. OF that number tn.
majority of them own their own homes ane
they not only pay taxes on their property
but pay a license fee for the privilege O
their stand at the market. So we feel tina
the huckster Is doing just as much to fur
Their the prosperity of the city as any bust
nessman or other citizen.
The United States Government Is doing al
in its power in furthering the establishment
through the bureau of agriculture and tn
bureau of markets at Washtnxtou. q Tn