Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-09-06
BUILDING CODE
PLEA| MADE
South Amboy Woman's Club
Has Letter Before Council
- Hear George st. Matter

SOUTH AMBOY, Sept. e.
Through a misunderstanding on the
part of some of the property owners
on George street quite a little dis
cussion took place at the council
chamber last night when the ordi-
nance to establish a grade on George
street. from Broadway to Pine ave
nue., vas taken up for its econ
= fina reading.
President of the Council Stanton
stated that the time for remarks
from the property owners on that
street had come. Martin Carroll,
who was under the impression that
by establishing a grade for a street
that a vast amount of money had
to be expended, stated hat with the
tax rate as high as it is at present,
that this was no time to establish
grades and burden the city with
more taxes. His differences were
settled by members of the council
only be established in order to give
those who desired to lay sidewalks
in front of their homes on that
street an opportunity to have them
laid. The cost of establishing a
grade to each property owner would
be about three cents a foo or sew
enty-five cents per lot, it was stated
by Councilman Disbrow.
Fred Lear was also present and
stated hat William E. Slower had
already put down a curbing on
George street on his property in ac-
cordance with a grade furnished
him by the city some years ago.. Mr..
Lear desired to know if the curbing
had to be moved either one way or
the other when the new grade was
| nnt fhrnIIOh who uynD16 hear the
costs, being that the curbing already
down was put there as the grade
map called for at that time. Coun-
Gilman Disbrow stated hat that
would probably come UP at some
future date, when the city might
have the street paved, or the curb
reset, but at the present time the
grade of the street was being made
for the benefit of the property own
ers who wanted sidewalks. Council
nan Delaney informed Mr.. Lear
that the width of the street from
curb to curb, or the width of the
sidewalk from fence line to curb
did not enter into it at this time,
| but now the grade was being made
permanent for the property owners
in George street. The ordinance was
passed.
The Woman's Club, through Mrs.
Helen M. VanPelt, in a communion
ton to the council, petitioned the
city fathers to establish an ordi-
nance giving the city what is known
as a building code.
1t was stated further hat objec-
tionable buildings such as stables
would not be desirable. neither
would ov~erhanging porches over the
Sidewalks; also that future home
| hIi11nrc hn n,11aI 20 ao,.Do
| with the building line, which would
be SO many feet from the fence line,
whatever may be established by Or
dinance as standard. This seems to
be a move in the right direction, as
the Chamber of Commerce a short
time & stated that it was almost
next to impossible to get factories
to locate here, SO now a movement
has been taken up to make this city
a residential section of the STATE
instead of a manufacturing center.
Councilman Lovely moved that the
communication be received and re-
ferred to the council rs z whole to-
gether with the city solicitor.
Communication was rea from J.
j. Mccormack and Edward J.
O'Leary inviting the members of the
city council to attend the convention
of the Patrolmen's Benevolent AS
ISOLATION to be held in Paterson on
September 20. On motion of Coun-
Gilman Delaney the invitation was
accepted.
Permission was granted Miss
Whitcomb of the State College to
use the council chamber for a lee
ture on home economics to be held
September z.
Invitation was extended to the
| mPmhprc nf tho rn11nni1 hu tho Dan-
pies Independence Hose Company
to attend a firemen's parade to be
held at Red Bank September IA. BY
motion of Councilman Delaney the
invitation was accepted.
On request of Lieutenant ]. J.
keenan, the following were appoint
ed by Mayor Stanton to serve as
special officers without pay for the
Pennsylvania railroads: Frank e.
Meinzer, Frank Estelle, Harry A.
Kelly, J. T. Doyle. w. j.. Crozier,
John Dooling. john Salmon, Charles
kreig and Norman Estelle. The ac-
ton of the mayor was confirmed by
motion of Councilman Lovely.
Through their secretary. Miss
Ruth H. Newton, the Women's Re-
publican Club requested the use of
the council chamber for a meeting
to be held September ID. Council
mar Delaney by motion granted the
request.
A resolution was adopted empow-
ering the city clerk to advertise for
bids to lay sidewalks and curbing
on both sides of David street, from
Stevens avenue to Feltus street, the
bids to be opened at a meeting to
be held in the city hall September
IS. The ordinance covering this
Improvement was passed at a meet
ing of the council a few weeks ago