Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-02-23
AVENE[
RECEIVED MANY
IMPROVEMENTS
Mayor Neuberg of Wood
bridge Denies Claims Made
by Residents There
Shows If Borough Is Formed
Section Must Wait Years
for improvements

AVENEL, Feb. 23.-"Residents
and taxpayers of the Avenel section
of Woodbridge township have no
just cause to complain" was the
opening remark of Mayor Louis
Neuberg. when shown a copy of the
Evening News bearing the report
that taxpayers of Ayenel have band
ed together to form q borough gov
ernment of their own. Mr.. Neuberg
said that the township government
has always looked after the interests
of Avenel as they did for other parts
of the township and no time have
they Disseminated the Avenel peo-
pie. Mr.. Neuberg believed that Ave-
mel, as far as improvements are con-
cerned should be we'll satisfied, be-
cause considerable progress has been
made there in the last two or three
years.
II will not say that Ayenel receiv-
ed its full share in improvements.
but they certainly should. feel that
the present township committee has
done much for that section
Mr.. Neuberg then related how the
committee sacrificed other impor-
tant main arteries of travel to inn
prove Avenel street. The mayor said
that the township could have i'm
proved Upper Green street, or Rah-
way avenue or a number of other
streets with the allotment from the
county, but the committeeman be-
lieved that the need of improving
Avenel street was necessary not only
for the benefit of the citizens but
for the benefit of the steel equipment
concern, which is a large taxpayer.
The mayor was of the opinion that
the people of Avenel have forgotten
that in the last two or three years,
a sewer system was installed, a wa
ter system put through, Burnet
street, Manhattan avenue and a
number of other streets were inn
proved There are many sections,
outside of Avenel that have been
probably neglected" hinted the
mayor. 'Iselin for instance, or the
Pollak tract" he added.
Speaking of taxation, Mayor Neu-
berg revealed that taxes in the
aownship have reached the peak
and that plans are being formulated
whereby the local government y.l
be able to reduce taxes annually, in
stead of incre asing thern Until t, "
reach a normal poi-f. The mayor
would not divulge his proposed plan
for the tax reduction, but remarked
feature under which the taxation
plan will be worked out. "I will
have a concrete form ready within
the next few days" Mr.. Neuberg
added.
The mayor said that Woodbridge
Township had an unanticipated
growth, particularly in the last few
years. What Woodbridge has ac-
complished in improvements during
the last five or six years. other mu-
inequalities do in twenty years, he
declared. adding that too rapid
growth was the apparent cause of
the present high taxation.
Asked whether Avenel as a bor-
ough could sustain itself, Mr.. Neu-
berg said that it probably could, ii
1t makes no improvements for the
next ten years. 'If Avenel would
proceed making improvements as
the township has done. the tax rate
In the borough of Avenel would be
soaring yearly and reach a much
higher peak than it has in Wood
bridge"
Joseph FELTON,. committeeman
from the third ward. in a Wood
bridge Township paper yesterday ad-
mitted that a borough movement
was afoot for some time, but declares
that the report of the plan is pre-
mature" Mr.. FELTON, is also quoted
as saying that 1--WE have been talk
ing about the possibility of such
step, but it will take facts and fig-
ures and serious thought before it
could be accomplished. Mr.. FELTON,
is also reported to have stated that
1.-THE time was not ripe to spring 1t OF
the public of Avenel."