Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-25
KEYPORT ACTS
ON LIGHT RATE
Want Large Delegation to At
tend Hearing Borough
Council at Meeting

KEYPoRT, May 25.-At the reg
ular meeting of the borough coun-
Gil held this week, Attorney Arthur
$. Van Buskirk reported that the
hearing before the public utility
commission on the proposed increase
of the electric light rates by the Mon
mouth Lighting Company has been
postponed until May 81 at Newark.
He suggested that a large delegation
attend the hearing and the mayor
| appointed the council as a whole to
attend.
Attorney Van Buskirk reported that
he talked with officials of the pub
lie utility commission concerning
the safety standards for one-man
trolley ears and was told that the
commission had such standards and
that If the Jersey Central Traction
Company did not improve their cars
to notify the board and that an in
spection would be made immedi-
ately.
A letter from the Jersey Central
Traction Company in reply to a no.
tice from the council was read stat
ing that the company would make
such Improvements in about thirty
days. The clerk was instructed to
notify officials TO do so at once or
a complaint would be made to the
public utility commission.
A communication was received
from the Borough Clerk of Keans-
burg thanking the fire department
for the help at the recent Hotel Nah
Ter fire. An invitation was received
from the Shackleton Post, G.. A. r.
to dinner at the post rooms on Deco
ration Day and the invitation was
accepted with thanks.
Mr.. Van Duzen, of the Monmouth
Lighting Company. complained of a
nuisance caused by a chimney on
the property Of Mr.. Hines on Allan
tic street and said that the smoke
and sparks caused a nuisance and
fire danger. The complaint was re-
ferred to the fire chief and fire mar
shall.
On the motion of Mr.. Schanck, an
engineer is to be engaged to look
over the laying of a sewer main on
Main street from Hurley street,
southwark about 500 feet, to report
the approximate cost and if the
same can be done this sewer line
will be the next extension.
Edward WoolIey. of South Key
port. presented a bill of s24.40 for
damages done 10 his automobile by
the Raritan Hose oto truck on
Main street when answering an
alarm on Sunday afternoon. The
truck was driven by Lester Brown
and Mr.. Woolley stated that he
warned Mr.. Brown that there was
not room to pass when he went
through and struck the Woolley car.
Fire Chief Clark presented a sam
pie of fire hose at SLIGO per foot
and said 1t was necessary TO purchase
more hose. Chairman Bailey of the
Fire Committee was instructed to
obtain prices for the next meeting.
1t was reported that Mrs. Gorge
had paid the money due on her prop
erty on Broadway and the water SER
vice was ordered to be again extend
ed to her. Councilman Bailey re-
ported that the sewer pipes on mea-
dow between Third and Second
streets were badly out of line and
the same was referred 20 the sewer
committee.
The clerk was instructed to notify
the Telephone Company that it's en-
ployes had badly demolished a sewer
manhole at the Oyster creek bridge
and the same should be repaired
under the direction of all engineer.
AA1 a. W. <htOANVA VI t. IAtl-
Ter for auditing the borough books
for 1920-21 amounting % $1,000 was
ordered paid and Auditor Keller
was engaged at a salary of $500 per
year TO audit the books. 1t was also
decided that the finance committee.
the collector and Mr.. Keller should
open a set of books to conform with
the state law. A synopsis of the au-
ditorS report was ordered TO be pub
lished.
An ordinance providing for the re-
%surfacing of streets with n hard sur
face when the majority of residences
on the street or portions thereof
voted for it the same TO be assessed
against the property a read and
turned over to the street committee
for further investigation and to re-
port at the next meeting.
The ordinance for the laying of
sidewalks on Myrtle avenue and Di-
vision street was passed on the sec
ond and third reading and the clerk
was instructed TO advertise for bids
for the laying of sidewalks on the
streets where such has not been COM
pleted.
The clerk was instructed to re-
quest the Keansburg Steamboat
Company TO remove the old timber
stored on their land near Beach
Park.
An ordinance prohibiting the
hitching or left standing of any ami
NAL or vehicle or the parking of an
automobile in front of fire houses
was passed on the first reading and
ordered published for a public hear
ing in two weeks and has the APP
prevail of Commissioner Dill.