Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-13
assessments
WILL STAND
No Change to be Made on
South Main Street Job,
Metuchen

METUCHEN, June 13.-In re-
turning to the borough council its
report regarding the assessments on
the South Main street paving propo-
sition at the special council meeting
last night. the board of commits
sioners refused to change its assess
ments, maintaining that a they
stand now the assessments are le-
gal and must remain in their pres
ent form.
The previous report of the board
Of assessors was the cause of objec-
ton on the part of residents of
South Metuchen who thought the
assessments were too high, and was
referred back for revision. Various
objections were filed last night to
the latest ruling of the assessors but
the council voted to confirm the re-
port.
A resolution was passed directing
the collection of the assessments in
ten annual installments. the first
due in August of this year and the
remainder each succeeding August.
John Leis, spokesman for the
South Metuchen delegation asked
the council to appoint a rev COM
mission &c reconsider the assess
| ments, but Wesley Benner, borough
attorney, pointed out that such ac-
ton was impossible, because the
statute was very specific in it's ref
erences to such cases. The borough
attorney said the only things the
council could do would be to return
the report for correction, as had
been done, appoint a committee
from the council to review the as
sessments or else make the revisions
themselves.
George Dinnebeil, also of the pro-
tective delegation. suggested that a
committee be appointed to review
the assessments. but the c%oncensus
of opinion among the ccuncilmen
"a that competent men had made
the present assessments, had done
their work efficiently. and that their
reports would stand.
A letter was before the council
| from Julius Holman, who contend
ed he was assessed on a thirteen
foot driveway that was practically
| public property. The communica-
ton was referred to the board of
assessors. who will undoubtedly re-
nit the assessment to some extent il
it be proven that Holzman's conten-
ton Is correct.
A. u. n. Conover again appeared
before the meeting with numerous
queries as to what the council in
tended to do with reference to the
property lines on South Main
street. He maintained that the
council has violated the ordinance
authorizing the improvement. in
view of the fact that they have not
forced property owners to confine
their terraces whiting the property
lines.
1t was brought out during the
hearing that Mr.. Conover himself
was encroaching upon public prop
erty in that a cesspool in his front
yard was partly outside the property
line. Conover, however. could not
see how this reference bore on his
contention, and said:
II refuse to pay my pro rata share
of the anticipated assessment on my
street until the road is made accord
Ing to the ordinance, which provides
for a road sixty-six feet wide from
property line to property line
The protesting residents admitted
under questioning that his lawn TX
tended as far out as the lawns of his
neighbors but again maintained that
was no reason why the borough
should not compel the terraces to be
cut back to the property lines,
threatening court action if the bor-
ough fails to act in accordance with
his wishes in the matter.
The South Metuchen delegation
also threatened legal procedure on
the South Main street paving assess