Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-26
HEAVY TRAFFIC
CAUSES ACTION
Keyport Council Wants State
Assistance in Handling
Week End Auto Traffic

KEYPORT. July GA letter
from w. l.. Dill, commissioner of
motor vehicles, was read at the reg
uiar session of Keyport borough
council Monday night which had
been received by the borough clerk
i'll response to an appeal for aid in
handling the weekend traffic in
this borough. Commissioner Dill
stated that there were only forty in
spectors in the department and
that their tours of duty take them
into tw%enty-one counties SO hat he
Is powerless to assign other than
Inspector Weigand to this district.
He, however, stated that there were
six inspectors working in the shore
district. Another appeal for assist
ance had bee SEM to Col.
Schwartzkopf of the state police
department and in response to this
1t was stated that the letter had
been turned over to Lieutenant Nc
Donald in charge of the Freehold
Office and that he had promised to
cooperate in the matter.
Walter r. Darby. commissioner
of municipal accounts, informed
council that the audit of borough
accounts for the years 192o-21 had
been accepted.
Another communication was re-
ceived informing council of a meet
ing to be held in Atlantic City on
August 10 and IL for the purpose
of organizing the League of Atlantic
Seaboard Municipalities and to form
plans for the elimination of oil pol
luton of navigable waterways and
particularly waters along the JERSEY
coast. The letter was ordered
placed on file.
The Jersey Central Traction Com
pany stated that a communication
from the borough clerk calling at
tent-on to a hole in the roadbed of
the company at Walnut street had
been referred to the track depart
ment.
Richard Costello. of Provost ave-
nue., came before the council and
asked if something could be done
TO eliminate water from Broadway
flowing down Provost avenue and
Washington street. He was told that
1t would be impossible to put in gut
tiers which would care for the drain
age unless the property owners in
that avenue were willing to put in
curblngs. The matter was referred
to the street committee.
The clerk was directed to notify
the County Gas Company that
where it had excavated under the
cross walk at Broadway and Pro-
vost avenue to put in a pipe, the
earth had sunk and as a result a
stone on the cross walk had dropped
down and broken.
Harry Fl. Briggs, of Red Bank,
asked for a permit to operate a
bus line between Keyport and Red
Bank. He was informed that Key
port had no ordinance under which
it could grant such a permit but
h a n was being drafted and the
matter would be held over for two
weeks.
The mayor reported that the mat
ter of cleaning up Government Row
was under consideration.
Borough Attorney Van Buskirk
reported that an amendment to the
water ordinance had been prepared
with the exception of filling in the
new rates for water taps which he
vas waiting to receive from the
committee.
Councilman Ogden asked about
the matter of sewer extension on
the lower end of Main street and
was told hat by Mayor Mason that
a survey was to be made and an
estimate furnished. Councilman
IIoPhlilo Cdlicu GIlSllle6T f1euSeT Dy
telephone and was informed hat he
would attend to the work.
Chief of the Fire Department Dan
iel Clark asked about the rights of
the firemen in directing traffic and
was told that they had no more
rights than a citizen. 1t was sug-
gested that five firemen from each
company be appointed special mar
shals, when Councilman Ogden,
chairman of the police committee,
declared that there were too many
directing traffic now and too many
marshals who were inactive. He
said that some who had been assist
ing the regular officers at the week
ends had used good judgment, but
that some had not. He suggested
that the Mansion House be made
the official headquarters for police
calls and the matter was left in his
hands.
Several street drains were report
ed clogged and the attention of En-
gineer Bryne was called 70 these.
Complaint had been made that
First street had not been sprinkled
for several days, and Councilman
Hopkins said that the tongue to he
water wagon had been broken and
it was impossible to find another
that would fit so the old n had to
be repaired and that this work
would be completed in a day or two.
Engineer Bryne was directed to
see what could be done to eliminate
water flooding Walnut street, and it
was suggested that the cross walk
on Main street at the Baptist church
be taken up as it was being contin-
ually broken.
1t was reported that a three
months supply of Goa was on hand
at the water works. Collector Da-
VISIONS report showed a balance of
$7,3SO.84 on hand. Bills amounting
to $1.593 were passed and ordered
paid.