Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-12-18
SEVER
FOR METUCHEN
Ordinances are Passed at
Meeting of Borough Coun-
Gil Held Last Night

METUCHEN, Dec. 1S:-Ordi-
nances were passed on first and see
ond reading last night by the bor-
ough council as the preliminary
steps in getting the construction
work on the new borough hall under
way, and final action on the ordi-
nances will be taken early in Janu-
airy.
Under the terms of the ordinances
adopted the plans of the proposed
structure were approved and $25,O0O
was appropriated to meet the cost of
the Improvement. Bids on the work
are expected to be asked for at the
earliest possible moment so that no
time will be lost in starting the
work.
T. G. Van Kirk, president of the
! library association, appeared at the
meeting and advised that the con-
tract between the borough and the
association. providing for perma-
nent quarters for the public library
in the proposed borough hall, was
acceptable and would be signed.
Under the agreement reached the
$4,000 building fund of the associa-
ton will be donated toward the
building of the borough hall in re-
turn for free permanent quarters IN
the building.
Resolutions were adopted direct
ing the clerk to advertise the results
of the special sewer election, and ap-
proving the appointment of a board
of commissioners OF assessment. This
body will serve for a three year term
and make all assessments for public
improvements, including the build
ing of a sewage disposal plant. The
men named to the commission were
Washington Wilson, Frederick =.
Ayers and William NJ. Thornall. An
ordinance authorizing these appoint
ments was passed on first and second
reading.
Eight bus permits held by Axel
Faulkenstrom Of Perth Amboy, five
on the New Brunswick-Perth AM
boy and three on the Plainfield runs
were ordered transferred to the Gray
Bus Line, Inc, which company has
acquired these lines.
A general increase in the water
rates to the Metuchen consumers as
proposed by the Middlesex Water
Company was before the council for
consideration, and Borough Attorney
Wesley Benner was directed to at
IGDu lHe ntdlli6 Oll III opDAANbtAoN
which will come before the Public
Utilities Commission early in Janu-
airy.
Under the schedule of increases
filed, the cost of fire protection will
be advanced about 800 per CEN and
the minimum meter rate for house
use will be increased from $3.50 to
$40 per thousand cubic feet. The
! revised schedule of rates If allowed
bv the utilities commission will pro-
vide for a general increase of sixty
per cent over the amount now being
paid for water.
No added advantage or increased
fire protection is to be received IL
the new rates are permitted accord
ing to the water company, the reVl-
sion being made for the sole purpose
CT giving the company a fair return
on their investment and provide for
an expansion of their service.
The report of John mclaughlin,
Howard Nook and Charles Tausig
as commissioners of assessment on
the north Main street paving job was
accepted by the council, there being
no objections to that procedure at
the time of the hearing on the mat
ter.
John Gallagher, secretary of the
South Metuchen Social and Civic
League, in a communication to the
council advised that the seams in
the concrete pavement on south
Main street were opening up and in
need of attention before the arrival
of severe freezing weather. The
complaint was referred to the Dor
ough engineer for investigation.
A formal request to the council.
protesting against the presence of
mail boxes and a gas supply station
near the Abel Hansen property on
Amboy avenu was received from
Thomas Brown, counsel for Mr..
Hansen. The police department was
instructed to make an investigation
of the location of the boxes, which
are thought to be out of the borough
limits.
The complaint against the gas sta
ton is expected to come before Re-