Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-02-20
Says Work Should Have Been
Started During the
Night
HIGH TIDE IS REPORTED
Cellars Flooded, Roofs Leak
-SIush Covers Street
from Walk to Walk

Although the street depart
ment have men at work clearing
the cutters, the conditions in the
city this afternoon show but lit
tie Improvement over this morn
ing and many complaints are
being heard on all sides Every
district in the city was affected
by the storm, and traffic both on
foot and by vehicle was practi-
cally at standstill during the
early morning hours.
Street department workers
with the assistance of the city
plows are at work clearing
the cutters in all the city streets,
but this is giving little relief as
the slush has blocked to consider
able extent the catch basins of
the storm sewers and these are
not taking care of the water in
the proper way. Street depart
ment workers are stationed at
nearly everyone of these catch
basins and as fast as they become
clogged with the slush efforts are
made to open them again SO the
water will be taken care of.
AS soon as people found out that
they could not navigate the streets
without going into water over their
shoetop complaints were telephoned
to the mayor, the street depa. II .ent
and the Evening News. These COM
plants were at once acted upon and
some relief obtained. Some of the
streets are in such a bad condition
that only one mail delivery was
made by the carriers from the local
office. Some of the men who left the
post office for sections near the city
line were not back from the first de-
livery at 1880 o'clock, although they
had been heard from.
Mayor Wilson declared the city
to be In a baf mess and said that
complaints coming into him were
that water in some places was up
to the stor, doors and it was impos-
sible to cross the street unless one
went in owe .-eir shoe tops. He
declared that the city has snow
Dlows which were purchased some
time ago for Just such an occasion.
but that these were laying idle and
rusting He .ield that the street
department should have had the
plows working Ill night, and that If
this had been done, the city would not
have been in such bad condition
today. He condemned the street de-
partment for not taking action
when the snow first began to fall.
Mayor Wilson declared today that
Street Commissioner Adam Jeanetty
is in no way to blame for the deplor
able condition the city found itself
in following the storm OF last night
and this morning.
From the street department 1t is
lear I'D that the plows have been
PLACID in use and that four are now
j going about the city cleaning the
streets and cutters so that the water
may run off. Three of the plows in
use are city owned and one is Ford
tractor, the property of the Dorsey
Motors Inc.
The streets were not the only
things that gave trouble during the
/ storm. however. Many of the roofs
on the buildings in the city sprang
alea4 Ind in some instances stores
were almost flooded. The large
amouiA of water in the streets ran
over on the sidewalks and in SO do
ing flooded cellars In various Sec
tions.
Although there was an exceedingly
high tide, no damage had been re-
ported from along the waterfront up
to noon-time. At the pilot office it
was said that II was he highest tide
which has visited the city in iome
time and that the fact no damage
was done to shipping was because the
smaller vessels were tied up. The tide
was flush with the city dock and also
flush with the dock of the Raritan
Copper Works. At the latter place 1t
was said that shipping was interfered
with considerable due to the fact
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