Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-11-20
MADE
At WOODBRIDGE
In REGARD to Work Done on
Hurd'S Brook Committee
at Meeting

! WOODBRIDGE, Nov. 20:-The
township committee at its weekly
meeting held last night heard new
| complaints in regard to Hurd's brook
dredging work 10Y being done,
awarded the contracts for water
| mains on Jersey venue, Lillian
street and Jensen avenue, the con-
tract for the eve on Jensen ave-
nue., received petitions for lights in
the Iselin district, considered the
plan for a swimming pool in the
park and took action to place the
trolley tracks in a better condition.
General routine business was also
transacted.
Committeeman Leo McElroy adj
| vised the township committeeman
that w. A. Ryan, contractor has
| started work on improving of Hurd's
| brook, but objections were made by
| property owners of that vicinity,
| against placing of stakes too far
north, urging that the dredging be
done toward the retaining wall on
the southern side so as not to affect
the property located on the north
ern side. The engineer and mem
bers of the township committee will
meet tomorrow and act on the
recommendations and enact the re-
quired changes in the dredging work.
On motion of Committeeman Will
liam Hoy, the committee awarded
the contract for water mains on
Jersey avenue, Lillian street and
| Jensen avenue to George w. Fritz.
The contract for the W on Jen-
sen avenue was given to Jens w.
Rohr. The contract for grading of
Leone street was granted to w. A.
Ryan.
Committeeman Hoy presented a
petition from Iselin residents asking
that the light district No. 8 be ex-
tended into that section so as to in
clude the property of the Radio AS
sociates and the Newark Star Eagle
tract. The petition among others
bore the name of Henry Kuntz who
believed that the light extension is
warranted because some two hun
dred' permanent homes have been
erected there. Another petition was
introduced by Committeeman Hoy
and signed by Mr.. Kuntz and urges
that the township take among sew
eral streets in the Iselin section, in
Guiding Correja avenue, Leone and
Wilson streets.
Committeeman McElroy asked
that Park Commissioner David
Brown be authorized to dismantle
the abandoned town hall structure
and use the concrete bricks for the
swimming pool in the new park. He
asked an appropriation of $500 for
that work which would include the
erection of a cement floor for the
pool. Mayor Louis Neuberg was of
the opinion that this was a bad time
to act on the construction of the pool
pointing out to the more pressing
needs of the township at this mo-
ment. He also asked that more def
| mite plans be formulated in connec-
ton with the park so that the town
ship may have something tentative
to work on.
Following considerable discussion
on the subject Commissioner Brown
was authorized to secure bids for the
dismantling of the foundation for
the swimming pool idea.
Committeeman McElroy also ask
ed that the freeholders be urged to
include the repairs of Main street
and Railway e in their 1924 re-
pair budget. The repairs on these
roads were badly needed, it was
pointed out. Committeeman Hoy
and Salter will appear before the
freeholders on Thursday in regard to
these repairs.
Mr. McElroy urged hat a bronze
tablet bearing the names of the me-
mortal committee and township COM
mittee be erected in the new hall. He
was authorized to determine the cost
of that tablet for report at the next
meeting.
The clerk was authorized to notify
the Public Service Railway to repair
their tracks running through Rah-
way avenue, declaring them to be
unsafe for pedestrians.
The nuisance of stray dogs was
brought up again but no action in
that direction was taken. Mayor
Neuberg said that many complaints
have been received by him.
The Avenel Realty Company
through Leo G~oldberger petitioned
the council to connect the brook
running along their property with
the Avenel sewer.