Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-28
SEWER ACTION
FOR MATAWAN
Where Borough Recorder is to
Hold Court Another QueS-
ton Before Council

10y NAA "SNS
MATAWAN. Juy ga general
discussion as TO where the Borough
Recorder is to hold court and the
installation of the W system vas
the principal business taken up at
the July meeting of the borough
council held Tuesday night. Record
er Gustav Gesswein, who has been
holding our in the club rooms of
the Washington Engine Company APP
peared before the council and in
formed them that the Engine Com
pany had put him and the rest of
the court out. and that he then tried
to hold the court in the rooms of the
truck company, which are rented by
the borough as a council chamber
and that the truck company also in
formed him that he could rot use
the rooms.
For a time it appeared that the
court would have nc place to 60. but
finally after a discussion with truck
members. in which 1t was
brought out that the reason the
company did not want the court held
in it's rooms was because of the class
of people which attend these sessions
who spit on the floor and otherwise
damage the building. it was decided
to allow the recorder to hold his
court for the time being in the lower
part of the truck hour, used for the
storing of the apparatus.
In the meantime it was agreed
that the borough council and the
truck company will try to have II
Exempt Firemens' Association,
which owns the truck company
building, to build an addition to the
present structure. thus increasing
the club ubom of the company and
making a new council chamber and
recorders court.
The question of the installation
plans have already been made was
discussed at length and it was de-
cided to install the system the COM
ing year, regardless of the price of
labor or material. 1t was reasoned
even if the system was put off
for more than a year, 1t was doubt
full whether or not the price would
be very much lower or the neces-
sary material and for this reason
it was decided t o start placing the
system in the borough mex summer.
There is a considerable question
as to how the sewer can be f.
nanced. Some councilmen were in
favor of assessing so much per foot
where the passes the prop
erty, while others favored a bond Is
sue. However, this matter will be
thrashed out by the finance commit
tee during the next month and a re-
port made at the next meeting.
Many people of the borough Mayor
Henderson said. are anxious that
the sewer system be installed as 1t
will make the borough a more
healthful place to live. 1t was also
brought out during the W dis
that Broad street will be
opened up al the same time the
sewer system is installed.
During the past two or three
heavy electric storms it was learned
that the electric power used to blow
the fire alarm whistle has been turn
ed off and the borough was without
an alarm in ase of fire. Marshall
John Mulsoff was instructed to OBJ
tain a Key to the First Methodist
church and ring the bell on that edi-
flee in case the fire alarm Is not in
working order.
The street committee reported that
it cost about $50 to repair the streets
the cloud-burst here on
July 10.
The water committee reported that
the wells at the water works had
cleaned out and n great saving
of coal had resulted as it did not take
much power to pump the water.