Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-14
kEYPORT ACTS
ON POOL ROOMS
Complaints From Churches
That Pool Rooms Are Open
Sundays Must Close

meeting of the mayor and council
held Monday night considerable at
tention was given by the board to
the way in which the various pool
rooms in the borough are run. The
board was in receipt of letters from
the congregations of the First Bap-
fist, Reformed, First Presbyterian !
and Calvary NJ. E. churches calling
the attention to the utter disregard
for the law by those who conduct
the rooms.
\ 1t was claimed that the pool rooms
are kept open on Sunday, and the
mayor stated that he had received
complaints prior to this time and
had ordered them closed. The may
or's action was sustained by the
board and the proprietors will be
told TO close the rooms at midnight
Saturday and keep them closed I'M
til Monday morning. Any violator
of the law will be brought before
Recorder johnson and a heavy fine
will be imposed.
The communication from the
churches follows:
THE ministers and Christian peo-
pie of Keyport desire to call your
attention to the fact that the law is
being violated in our midst in the
matter Of open pool rooms on Sun
nay dIu III III ways l
You have been elected to office
to maintain and enforce the laws
and to safeguard the rights and in
terests and morals of the community |
80 far as the law provides for the
same. This you have sworn to do,
and his we believe you are ready
and willing to do so far as it is with
in your power and line of duty.
I'VE, therefore, the citizens OF
Keyport and members of Christian
churches, respectfully request you
to require the borough police to en-
force the law against all gambling
places, and also to close all pool
rooms on Sunday, that u COM
munity may conform and be ODE
dent to the law of the land"
Considerable discussion was given
to the matter of the purchase of
new hose. Councilman Bailey.
chairman of the fire committee, pre-
scented several qualities of hose and
Edward J. Currie, Jr., a representa-
!. tive of the Goodrich people who was
! present in person, submitted SAM
] Piles and addressed the council. The
fire committee and fire chiefs will
meet tonight at $3.50 o'clock to dis
cuss the matter.
Contractor Charles r. Dawson in
charge of the Improvements at the
water pumping station stated that
the work was somewhat held up ow-
Ing to the iron structures not being
completed. Councilman Polling stat
ed that the e%jector recently placed
on the sewer plant at h pumping
station was working in a satisfac-
tory manner and the mayor report
ed that a large quantity OF solid
matter had been removed from the
septic tank, but that much more
work raj necessary.
Lester Brown, driver for the Rari-
tan Hose Company, was present and
stated hat in the recent accident
whereby Edward Woolley's car was
damaged when Brown drove the
Raritan hose engine through a small
space, that the accident was unavoid-
able, that he thought he would be
able to run the truck through n
also stated that the fire police were
very lax in allowing so many cars
to crowd in AROUND the scene of the
fire and thus retard the progress OF
the engines.
The bill for the damage to Mr..
Woolley's car was then ordered paid
by the borough. The committee
named to secure prices OF fire chiefs
badges reported that the badges were
about $50.
A matter of interest was the dis |
cussion of the proposed increase in
the rates of the Monmouth Lighting
Company. 1t was brought out tina.
about one-third of the companys
output produced at a cost of about
three cents per kwt. was in turn
sold to the Jersey Central Traction
company at two cents which matter
will be brought to the attention of
the Public Utilities Board at the
hearing to be held this week,
The matter OF repairing the bulk
heads at the water pumping station
and the need for a water hydrant on
Provost mi were brought to the
attention Of the water committee
and placed in their hands.
The next matter of importance
was the discussion of the bus lines
running through the borough when
It was stated hat the buses often
stop and take on passengers. 1t was
announced that a bus has the same
right as a private car and must be
governed by ar ordinance If not
wanted to stop. "a
It was ordered that the traffic Of
fcers enforce the speed law in the
borough which is twelve miles an
hour. 1t was also decided to place
new sign boards at the busy street
corners
me bOaru or r~reenolQerS Will De
notified OF the condition of the drain
on Waverly street. also the condition
of Second street at the end of the
concrete road. Several notifications
have been ignored. A communication
from the Central Railroad of New
Jersey stated that the company
would repair the crossings on First
and Second streets as o o as pos
sible.
The mayor stated that the water
works was not a paying proposition
and considerable time was given to
the discussion of the same and 1t was
voted to turn off the water of delin-
Quent water tax payers for two quar-
ters. Among these are the Keans-
burg Steamboat Company.
A bid was received from contrac-
tor F. S. Rogers. stating that he
would lay sidewalks in the borough
for 22 cents per square foot. The
contract a awarded to him with
the understanding that he would be-
gin work before June 49,.
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