Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-05

At JAMESbURG
Borough Officers All Filled
Except That of Recorder
and 1921 Work is Started
By Special Correspondent.

OJ 0ptCtdA correspondent
JAMESBURG, Jan. 5:-Common
COUNCIL met Monday night with
Mayor Elmer Patten presiding. The
following councilmen answered the
roll call: Messrs. Hutchinson, Wye
kon, Jennings and Hausser, Clerk
William H. Brooks.
In opening the session Nayor
Elmer Patten announced that it was
a great pleasure to organize the
council and that 1t was the tenth
occasion on which he has presided
at a similar event. The new mem :
bers were Messrs. Hutchinson and
Hausser. who succeed themselves.
Mayor Patten announced the fol-
lowing appointments:
Borough clerk. William II.
Brooks; salary, $3.50.
Borough attorney, John p, Kirk
patrick; salary $50.
Borough physician. salary SIS.
Borough marshal, G.. J. Phiilhow-
err: salary $3.50 per month.
Members of Board of Health for
three years: Frank H. Pownall,
Addison A. Conover, ]. Edmund
MARRIOTT.
The question arose as to the prob
ability of these men qualifying and
Attorney Kirkpatrick offered the
suggestion that the members of the
council were within their rights to
act as members of that body. This
was not received with any great en-
thusiasm.
Mayor Patten named the following
committees for the year:
Finance-Hutchinson, Wyckoff,
Jennings.
Streets-Dey. Rogers, Hausser.
Water-Wyckoff, Dey, Rogers.
Hall-Jennings, Wyckoff. Dey.
Police-Hausser. Wyckoff. Jen-
nings.
LightEwyckoff. Dey. Hausscr.
Poor-Dey.
William Dey was named for the
Office Of overseer of the poor.
The question of naming a record
err was deferred and this action was
prefaced by Mayor Patten
ing that he had made every physical
and moral effort to secure a man
for this place and hat the office
was on a percentage basis made it
all 'the more difficult. He thought
the only solution was placing the
office on a salary basis and that
there was but one man willing to
take the post.
Resolutions were offered raising
the salary of Borough Marshal FILL
hover $40 per month and the COM
on streets were empowered to
regulate the wages of the employees
the public streets. also the super
of streets.
That the Jamesburg Concert Band
is in sympathy with the present Jazz
movement was shown in a commu-
nication received from Ray Hamp-
ton asking the cou-cil for an appro-
priation of $500 t 7~ovide funds
for music during the /. his of July
and August in Memorial .Nrk when
proposed community dances will be
held on the cement floor in the park.
no member of the band was
present to confer with the council
the matter was deferred until a later
date.
Jacob Hausser was elected presi-
dent of council, succeeding himself
for another term.
An echo OF the local option cleo
ton that made Jamesburg dry"
in the application of Mrs.
Monahan for the rebate
Of s457.17 due her deceased husband
on account of the liquor license issue
while in business here. Jamesburg
was voted dry in 1917 and shortly
Mr.. Monahan died and no
previous application was made for
the rebate of this money. Council
to give interest on the
amount as no previous application
had ever been made for the rebate.
A tentative agreement between
he Freehold & Jamesburg Railroad
and the borough for the
of the Willow street crossing
was presented by Attorney John
1t provided for the
of the crossing only after
he improvement of the street that
will provide for the building of a
at the lower end to make an
across the Manalapan brook. |
No changes will be made and an
other conference with the railroad
held.