Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-06-13

on Paving of Maple
PIace-0ther Street Mat
tiers Are Acted Upon

kEYPORT, June 13:-Consider-
able business or Importance was
transacted at the meeting of the ma
yor and council Monday night. A
petition presented at a previous
meeting by Paul G.. Zimmerman
asking for two sections of concrete
10 be laid on Maple Place instead
OF n twenty-four foot roadway,
plans of which had been previously
accepted by the council and board OF
treeholders, was discussed. Several
property owners of Maple Place were
present n asked that the matter
be given consideration by the coun-
Gil. Since Maple Place is a county
street, the Board of F~'reeholders had
agreed to lay a twenty-four foot road
way down the center.
The property owners then asked
Tor two lever foot sections with
a ~twelve-foot parkway in the center
which the board would not agree to-.
stating that they would agree to two
twenty foot sections, if the property
owners would pay for one. AS the
matter now stands Engineer Hopkins
was instructed to draw plans and
make an estimate of the cost, the
county to half and the resi-
dents half. Upon securing the esti-
nation Mr.. Zimmerman was asked
to take charge of interviewing the
property owners and as%certaining
their Willingness to pay half the
cost. If the project is carried, the
borough will pay for the street in
tersections.
Another matter of particular i'm
! portance was the readings of the or
dinances governing the laying of
sidewalks on Green Grove avenue
n West Front street from Broad
way to Washington street. The mat
ter was laid over but the property
owners seemed willing to assume the
cost when told the payment would
extend over a period of years.
The ordinance for the concreting
of Church street from Second to
Third was read and passed on the
second and third readings.
A contract for the purchase of a
fire alarm system was given to the
Gamewell company, the cost to be
$500,
A general discussion relative to
the concreting of First street follow
ed. The matter has been discussed
for some time past, the majority of
property owners being willing to bear
the cost of laying a concrete street.
Elmer e. Morris, Edward Snyder,
l. ~ oilSuCI dilh " II. w dltlilB
spoke against the project. Mr.. Wal
ling's contention was that the coun-
ty paved Second street from Church
to Front and Front to Broad streets
n the state Front street from
Broad to Broadway and the
county from Broadway and West
Front to the Matawan car tracks
and the county was now considering
paving Maple Place. He thought the
property owners on First street
should not bear the expense. As First
street is neither a state nor a county
road the cost must be assumed by
the property owners, the majority
of whom seem to favor 1t. Those
who spoke for the improvement were
Harry West, C. j. Post, A. Fields,
George Henn and others. The mat
ter was laid over until Monday night
when an adjourned meeting will be
held.
The ordinance covering the laying
of sidewalks on Washington street
was to have come up at this meet
ing but a petition signed by thirty
nine property stating that
they were against the laying of the
sidewalks was presented. Several
spoke against it. A peculiar feature
OF the petition is the fact hat several
property owners who asked that the
ordinance be drawn up and that the
Improvement be made as soon as
possible signed the petition against
it.
Those who signed the petition
asking that the sidewalks be not
laid include August B. Schaffe~,
Mrs. Florence Cottrel1, John t.
Cottrell, Mrs. Elizabeth Howard,
Harry Polling. William Granhanl'
Helen A. Cottrell. Frank e. CottretI
Michael Uhl, Anna NJ Frank. Susie
G. Frank, Charles Heyer. Jr., AL
bert Beers, Joseph Beers, E.. NJ.
Raymond. w. s. Conover, Russell
Conover, j. Flynn. John J. Haley,
Mrs. Ann Folan. Kitty v. Folan'
Mary A. Harrison. Charles Miller,
G. f.. Thomson. T.. A. Jorgensen
Mrs. Rachel Stidfole G. c. Thomson,
Matte NJ. Butler. John J. FLYNN,
Winfield H. Bailey. Edward Walter,
Florence Walters. Mrs. F. Pease,
Harold O.. Larkins, Ferdinand
Mag, Charles Bailey and John r.
Latham.