Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-06-29
Water Board Committee Suggests
the Offices Of Superintendent, As
sistant and Engineer Be Abolished
andCivi| Engineer Be Employed.

As predicted in the NEWS, the
committee which was appointed at the
last meeting of the water board, to
suggest changes for the department,
made "a report last night and recon-
mended some radical alterations.
The committee, which was COM
posed of Commissioners Jensen and
Voorhees,, went over the entire system
OF the water department and they
reached the conclusion that the Offices
Of the superintendent, assistant super
intendent and engineer be consolidated
into one and that position be held by
a man who shall be civil engineer;
that clerk be employ ed to keep the
records of the department His hours
OF duty to be from o o'clock in the
morning until II O'Clock noon and
from o'clock in the afternoon until
s o'clock, also to be on duty Monday,
Wednesday and Friday nights. 1t was
also recommended that the twenty
four and sixteen-inch water mains be
run independent of each other, abolish
ing the cross sections of pipe which
now exist. II this is done, when one
main breaks, rs in the case of few
days ago, the other can be operated
without any trouble and the city
will not be without water. and there
will be no need to worry in regard to
fires. The committee suggested that
an indicator be placed at each flush
pipe, check valves on the north side
of the river, cross check valves on the
twenty-four and sixtecn-inch mains
ON the South Amboy side. If these
plans are carried out it is believed the
city will not be without water in case
Of break.
The committee thought 1t would be
good Idea for the water department
to own rowboat and horse and
wagon, also to build an independent
telephone line to Runyon, to have in
the employ OF the water department
two men who shall work for that de-
partment alone. These men to be on
duty to look over the mains, to see
that breaks do not occur or any other
trouble result and when they are not
thus employed TO be put at some other
work, Of which the department. always
has plenty. The report was carefully
gone over by the board and laid on
the table unit the next meeting,
when II will probably be adopted.
+. AT the present time Joseph Burns
is the superintendent, George Hardi-
man the assistant superintendent. and
Samuel Mason the engineer of the
water department. The adoption OF
the report by the board would mean
the ousting bf these three II is moi
known who Is slated for the position
OF chief engineer, but Ms the board Is
composed Of four democrats and ont
republican and the report calls thai
The superintendent Of the department
be a civil engineer, II looks as II Mr.
Mason Is the man for the job.
When The hoard first got together
last night It was decided to take re
cess. 4 he members retired to th'
room In the rear OF the council cham
her, where they we're In secret session
for fully one hour. Upn conveninl
In open session the report Of th'
superintendent regarding the vel
known as No. II. WAS read. 1t showct
that al The boring Of . feet yellow
sand had been struck. at Is feet Whit
and yellow sand, at 1876 common
white sand. al 10 feet q inches o
clay, At i5la, yelIow and white clay
In two days between - and J5 eubi
feet per minute was the force. II
eight hours IL was thought that VI
so gallons were bumped or about ia
Ol6 gallons per day.
The clerk read the agreement be-
tween the water department and Ih'
firm Of Donehue h Leavy for tn
work % be done at the old mill.
was signed by the proper officers an'
placed On ille.
Commissioner Clark and Jensen
who had been appointed cominitte
10 write % experts regarding tn
drawing Of specifications for the IN
stalling OF the new eight million gal