Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-05
ACT ON SCULLY'S
Z SUGGESTIONS
Council Takes up Financial
and Police Matters at In
itiaI Meeting of the Year.

By Special Corresponds IN.
SOUTH AMBOY, Jan. 5-The
first regular meeting of the 1921
Common Council was held in the
city hall last night. Two commun-
ications were received from Mayor
Scully. The first contained a rec
ommendation concerning municipal
financing and the other contained a
recommendation that Harry s. Par
isen be appointed special officer
without pay. The action of the
mayor was confirmed.
An application for the position of
janitor and jailer was made by NJ.
j. Leonard. This communication
was referred to the council as a
whole.
In a communication from Kath-
ryn Batzel. she renewed her fight
for some action to get relief from
the water on sidewalks on her prop
erty at PIT and 279 Main street dur
ing storms. The communication
pointed out that she first wrote the
council in July of 1919 and again
in November of last year. but had
received a reply. The COM
munication was received and re-
ferred to the council as a whole
with the city solicitor.
A communication from the fire
chief regarding the reduction of the
fire companies was referred to the
council as a whole, with the solicit
tor. Another communication from
the same source requesting that fire
alarm boxes be established at the
corner of Henry and Roosevelt
streets and another in Maxville;
hat a self starter be secured for
the fire truck, was received and re-
ferred to the fire committee.
A communication was received
from the police department stating
that Thomas Gleason had been elect
ed by hat body to represent the po-
lice Pension Commission. The com-
munication was signed by David
Quinlain, clerk of the election. The
communication was received and
filed.
A communication from Mayor
Scully set forth the fact that by pow
er vested in him by the law of 1929
he had appointed Robert Seagrave
as the third member of the Police
Pension Commission. the other men,
Der being Mayor Scully. City Solicitor
Cosn explained that this was in ac-
cordance with the act Of legislature
of last year whereby a representa-
tive of the police department, the
mayor and a n~on-office holding citi-
zen in no way connected with the
police department constitutes the
commission. The law was changed
whereby 2 per cent. of the police
mans pay is set aside for pension
where in the past but / per
cent was set aside. The appointment
was confirmed.
A petition was received from the
OF Henry street requesting
action against the proposed estab-
lishment of a junk yard on that
between Pine and Stevens ave-
nue.. The petition set forth the fact
that it was not only Objectionable
a civic standpoint but in a
thickly congested part of the city 1t
would be inju rious to the health and
well being OF the community. 1t
would tend to reduce the de~sirability
of that locality as a residential dis
and thus reduce property VAL
The petition was referred TO
the city council, city solicitor and
health board.
William Preston was nominated as
of the second assessing dis
to replace Thos. Burden, whose
terms has expired.
An ordinance was taken up on first
reading appointing Andrew S. Slower
as collector. Harold G. Hoffman as
William Preston as assess
Or and Agnes Farrell as matron of
Home.
Councilman Kvist as chairman of
finance committee asked the city
solicitor a question concerning the
bonding capacity of the city. Mr..
Coan informed him that the assessed
of South Amboy was close
10 $4,000, 900. The law allows bond
Ing up to Z per cent. of the assessed
At the present time the
city is bonded only 4.S9 per cent. (
It's bonding capacity.