Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-10-25
LARSON GIVES
HIS POLICIES
He Also Answers Attacks
Made on Him in Wood
bridge Township
sALTER GIVES RECORD
Talks of Tax Rate-McKeoWn
Pledge Tax Equality
Hear All Candidates
sALTER GIVES RECORD

WOODBRIDGE, Oct. 25.-Town-
ship affairs received their share Of
attention at the big Republican rally
held last night in the Sabo building
auditorium in Main street and those
present had an opportunity to see
and hear all of the district and coun-
ty candidates as we'll.
The meeting was addressed by
twelve speakers during the two and
a half hours session, eleven of whom
different argument in order to secure
the voters support at election, one
week from next Tuesday.
Walter H. War;, president of the
Coolidge Dawes Club, presided and
conducted the meeting in an excel
lent manner, making few introduce
tory remarks in which he pointed
out the need of workers speeding up
the work for the candidates now that
election is only a little more than
one week away.
State Senator Morgan F. Larson,
of Perth Amboy, answered the at
tacks made against him as Wood
bridge township engineer regarding
the fees paid him for engineering
work done in the township. Senator
Larson declared that most of these
accusations come from irresponsible
people who have no foundation upon
which to base their attacks. The
senator said he has charged the
legal rate for his work and no more.
He gave figures showing that it-takes
$4,000 a year to manage his office
and explained that the fact that he
Is a successful engineer is the rea-
son for others to criticize him and
his fees.
The township attorney, j. H.
Thayer Martin, is in the same situa-
ton as the township engineer, Sem
ator Larson said. There are those
who constantly criticize the attor-
ney's fees but the senator pointed
out that Mr.. Martin is an excellent
attorney, thorough in his work and
every piece of legislation that passes
through his hands is well done. "You
have never had any trouble over
legal technicalities nor any lawsuits
since Mr.. Martin has been your at
torney," Senator Larson said, ex-
planning that good engineering work
is on a parallel with good legal SER
vice.
Senator Larson spoke of the prog
ress of Woodbridge, its wonderful
growth and popularity with those
seeking an ideal home town. He said
that as he glanced over the audience
he could see so many former Perth
Amboyans that 1t was hard to real
ize he was not speaking in his own
city. He remarked particularly
about the growth of Fords. He also
spoke highly of DIR. Salter who seeks
reelection this year as committee
man in the first ward, asserting that
the present incumbent had done his
best for his district and is deserving
of reelection.
The senator spoke on state affairs
to considerable extent, explaining his
work in favor of the ship canal from
Morgan to Bordentown. of the diff
Guilty experienced in getting the
moneys from the Morris Canal abar-
donment to purchase the necessary
rights of way and of the possibility
of still getting part of the Essex
canal money for this purchase.
With reference to the Perth Amboy-
Tottenville bridge the speaker told
of the way in which it could be fl
nanced by the issuance of bonds by
the Port of New York authority.
without any expense to either state,
and the tolls from the bridge would
be sufficient in eighteen or twenty
years to pay the cost of construc-
tion. He also spoke in favor of
making the Trenton pike a state
highway.
DIR. Salter, in his talk, explained
, what he termed the tax bugaboo''
propaganda of the Democrats In
in which they accuse the Republican
township committee with being re-
sponsible for the tax rate. "The
township committee is responsible
for only twenty-seven points of the
81 upon which the tax is based, the
speaker said. 1.-THE school tax,
which is voted for separately by the
residents of the township, amounts
to forty-two points; lights and fire,
also voted for by the people. totals
eleven points and the remaining
twenty points of every $1.0o repre-
sents state and county tax over
which the township committee has
no power to reduce or increase. Thus
1t will be seen that of evey 81 tax
charged outside sources other than
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