Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-11-24
SET No PROTEST
To AGREEMENT
WITH OIL co.
Mayor and Democratic Men,
bers of Carteret Council
Attack COP. Attitude
WERE NOT PRESENT
Another Meeting viii Be Held
Dec. a at Which Final Ac-
ton Will Be Taken

CARTERET, Nov. 24.-Mayor Jo-
seph Hermann and the three DEM
ocratic councilmen, Messrs. LAWYER,
Brown and Childs, waited for their
Republican colleagues, Messrs, Har-
ned and Andres. until $3.50 o'clock
last night. when q special meeting of
the council was called to act on The
petition of the Mexican Petroleum
Company, to vacate. release and ex-
tinguish certain property in the bor-
ough of Carteret.
The hearing proceeded with the
absence of the Republican members,
and q resolution "a introduced by
Councilman Childs n passed,
which provides for vacating by the
borough, Edgecombe avenue, be-
tween Roosevelt venue and the
westerly line of Folsom avenue.
Final action on vacating HI prop
erty will be taken up for considera-
ton at the council meeting on De-
cember A. In the meantime the ac-
tion will be given due notice to
the public through the press.
Councilman Lawlor introduced a
resolution comprising the r~elinquish-
meut of the public rights in Dixie
avenue, Parnell venue Audubon
avenue, Clifford avenue, Herbert ave-
nue., Folsom avenue. north OF Her
bert avenue and Cleveland avenue
north of Herbert avenue, except that
oart crossed by Edgecomb avenue,
and Edgcomb avenue east of the
westerly line of Folsom avenue.
The latter resolution is mentioned
As a provision OF paragraph 4. art
5ele XXI of an act of the legfsla-
fure of the state of New Jersey, con-
corning an act of municipalities. The
consideration of this petition will also
be taken up at the meeting or n
council on Monday night, December
The petition of the Mexican Pc
troleum calls the Willingness to sign
an agreement with the borough,
binding itself and its successors
against erecting any tanks for the
storage of crude oil or any of its de-
rivatives upon the lands OF the bor-
ough, easterly of Herbert avenue,
northerly to Grant avenue, wester-
Iy to Hayward avenue, southerly 10
Fremont avenue and from a line
drawn from the portherly line OF
Fremont avenue at the northerly x
tremity to Herbert, following h
course of the northerly line of Free
mont avenue.
The oil ompan also agrees to
dedicate to the borough lands on
Roosevelt avenue to widen the street
and also agrees to plant ornamental
shade trees along easterly line OF
Roosevelt avenue from the intersec-
ton of Railway avenue.
After reading the petition with
the proposed agreements to the
council, Mayor Hermann remarked
that the borough never claimed
ownership to the property which
caused the court litigations, but the
action of the borough in the mat
ter was to protect the property and
health OF its residents, when the
building of tanks adjacent property
&c taxpayers was thought to be dan
gerous. The mayor declared that
the council last night was merely
CARRYING out a verbal agreement
made between all the councilmen
and the Mexican Petroleum on
Company, and if the borough would
not consummate the agreement.
there was nothing to stop the oil
company in their procedure to
build the tanks. 1t was the best act
in the interests of the borough OF
Carteret, added Mayor Hermann.
The fact that the agreement was
the most favorable hat could have
been effected with the oil company,
was said to be clearly indicated
when no n appeared at the public
hearing last night, protesting
against the action of the council.
Councilman ChiIds formerly de-
npunced the non-appearance of the
Republican councilmen at the meet
5ng. 1t was arranged so as to suit
4he three men, he said, and the date
was set for Thursday night said Mr..
ChiIds to suit Mr. Slugg. He also
pointed that this "a the first
time since the litigations between
she oil company and council started,
that the other members were in
active on any o made by the
borough.
s'Its the first time in nine years
that three members of the council
stayed away from a meeting" Mr..
Ehilds said. He said he believed
that Messrs. Slugg, Harmed and An
dres could have come to the meet
Ing and voted against n action
that they did not favor.
It was suggested that a copy of
the petitions and resolutions be
mailed to the absentee members.
Prosecutor Joseph E. Stricken. at
korney for the Mexican Petroleum
company, will present the final
agreement, embodying the points in
fhe petition, at the December 4
meeting, bringing the ong-standing
~ontrOyers to an end.