Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-15
RECEIVED
FOR KEYPORT
Work on New Sewer in Main
Street to be Started Other
Borough Business

KEYPORT, Aug. 15-At the meet
ing of the borough council held on
Monday evening only one bid was
received for the laying of the new
sewer mains on Main street from
Hurley to Jackson streets and from
jackson to Broad streets. The bid
received came from Stryker & Stry-
ker of Red Bank and amounted to
S4,469 for the laying of about 1885
linea1 feet and the building of four
manholes. The bid was accepted and
an ordinance for the laying of sewer
mains on these streets wa passed on
the first and second readings.
A communication was received
from the Jersey Central Traction
Company asking permission to re-
move the tracks in the borough. The
matter was discussed and the clerk
instructed to have superintendent
william H. Hitchcock present at the
next meeting.
The matter of laying water mains
on Main street while the road is torn
UP for the laying of the sewer mains
was brought up and discussed and
the matter placed in the hands OF
the water committee.
Harry Aumack. of the Hook and
Ladder Company, asked that the
floor of that company's room in the
borough hall be again strengthened
or rebuilt as the greater part of the
new fire alarm system Will be placed
there and more weight will Of neces-
sity have TO be carried by the present
floor beams. The matter was placed
in the hands of the borough hall
committee.
LAWYER Lovely, of South Amboy,
asked that James Doukas, of the
same city, who is now operating a
local bus line on a temporary per-
nit, be granted a permanent permit.
He was instructed to have Mr..
Doukas apply for the permit in writ
ing. At the same time the temporary
permit granted to David Hall, of the
Seashore bus line of Newark, was re-
voked. as Mr.. Hall has not carried
any passengers in the borough for
the past ten days.
The Beach Park commissioners
were appointed as follows: Peter A.
Sondergaard Rev. F. T. B. Reynolds
and Miss Alma Lockwood. The Mon
mouth Lighting Company was in
structed to have a light placed in the
park.
r.. N. Cramer of Keyport was
awarded the contract to lay side
walks in the borough now covered
by the borough ordinance.
Mayor Smith reported that he had
beer served with papers in which
the borough would be the defend
ant in a law suit brought by Mr..
and Mrs. Peter Ansbro, of East Key
porNagainst Borough Engineer HE'S
ezWhod Mrs. Wallace of Walnut
~Ft. The suit was recently tried
Freehold and dismissed. Mrs.
.sbro claims that she fell over a
AXE on the Wallace property placed
here by the engineer for grading
.apeP&es-hypermission of the street
committee of the council.
A matter Of interest wos the dis
cussion relative to the placing of a
green house on Main street by Amos
c. Brown after he had been granted
a permit by the building inspector.
Charles v. Kruser to place it IN the
rear of his lot on Maple Place. AS
It now stands the green house is
eighteen inches from the dividing line
of the Brown and Cherry proper
ties and is declared a n by the
fire chief. Upon discovering where
Mr.. Brown was removing the build
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building inspector who claims that
Mr.. Brown continued the work.
Attorney Howard Roberts read
from the building code and also
proved conclusively that permission
to place a building on Maple Place
did not mean Main street and after
slight discussion the building COM
mittee and inspector were instruct
ed to meet during the next two weeks
and settle the matter reporting at
the next meeting of the council.
Mrs. G. J. Post was present and
reported relative to the sewer main
on Snyder street at East Keyport.
Mrs, Post had these mains laid at
heH own expense and T. ". Snyder
asked permission to have them ex-
Eended to his property. After a
thorough discussion of the matter
the permission was not granted.