Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-14
FIGHT
At So. AMbOY
Latest Council Battle Over
Motorcycle and Officer
to Ride On II

SOUTH AMBOY, June IA
communication from Acting Mayor
Michael j. Stanton. read at the COM
mon council meeting last night sta
ting tina he had appointed Francis
Weidisch. a motorcycle officer to
look after traffic Saturdays, Sun
days and holidays was the fuse that
had at its end a huge can of dyna-
mite. II was set off by Councilman
G. Frank Disbrow. Republican, when
he questioned the economy Of the
action.
Under the heading Of remarks. the
| councilman from the fourth ward
inquired whether or not the new Of
| ficer resided in the city very long, or
was he a resident for a veal Coun-
/ Gilman Stanton stated that the man
in question was not a resident a year
'.'t thought that il was close on to
it."
The reason 1 ask" said Mr.. Dis
I brown, " is because there are a large
number of men of this city, who are
/ lying about idle, who are capable of
holding down such a job and some
of them are ex-service men, if you
will"
To this Mr.. Stanton replied:
Since the question of residing in
the city comes up it has been close
on to fifteen years. since this boy
! resided in South Amboy. The rea-
/ son is because he has been in the
| United States army, serving six
of these years as a lieutenant in
| charge of a motorcycle corps and l
believe hat he is the man who
would ably fill the position of mo-
torcycle officer in this city. 1t is
a well known fact that traffic
through this city over the week
| ends demands the attention of a mo-
torcycle officer to keep traffic at a
reasonable speed. and to insure the
safety of lives at cross sections OF
| streets.
I'VE were told that the motorcy-
Gle now in use could not be fixed.
This man. when he applied for the
position, was told of the condition of
the cycle and asked to look at it.
After an examination, he volunteer
ed to fix it for use, claiming all that
was needed was a pair of handle
bars and possibly a new fork. He
was told to try it and did so. The
, result is plain to be seen. The ma
chine is in good shape and is in use
now.
That was one of the reasons that
this man got the job, and l honestly
DelleNe t1dL WIFI his eApcIiclISC III
the motorcycle corps, and his
knowledge of machinery, he is the
man for the position"
Councilman Disbrow rose to his
! feet at his time heatedly charged
the councilman of paving the way
for a big bill for the services of the
new officer. who, he stated, would
not work for nothing. That man has
had the motorcycle since December
or the FIRST of the new year, and
should have it fixed by this time.
| Why l could fix it in that time and
/ know nothing about machinery
| Mr.. Disbrow declared.
At this point. both sides started a
fusilade of shots, which bordered on
administrations for the past hve
years. Both sides reviewed in de-
tail, proceedings in past years, that
had for it's ending the present high
tax rate. Denials and added charges
which made the audience applaud
at intervals, were brought out, and
only subsidized when Councilman De-
laney called for a question on the
motion. Councilman Disbrow and
Stockton, voted 10 on the motion to
abide by the action of the mayor.
The argument really started when
, Mr.. Stanton, chided Councilman
Disbrow, for taking exception to