Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-05-17
NEW CHIMNEY
is NECESSARY
New Boiler and Engine at Water
Works Requires More
Changes.
NOT DRAUCHT ENOUGH.
Water Board, Last Night, Discussed
the Use of Soft CoaI-PetitiOn for
Main in Ridgway Street-Heard
Committees Report and Transact
ed Much Routine Business-BrealS
in Main at Market and High SITS.

Ell Much tOutlhe buSlneSS-bfeak
in Main at Market and High SITS.
At the meeting of the water board
last night in the council chamber,
Joseph Cottrell, chief engineer of the
water works at Rnnyon, was present
and notified the board that the new
pump and engine was now up, and
that in a short time all would be
ready to start, but that it would be
next to impossible to do anything
unless a new chimney was built on
the boiler house, as the present chin
ney, which is 80 feet high, was suf-
ficient only for the present system,
and hardly for that.
The engineer explained that the
present chimney was in use all the
time, that they could hardly ever
clean it and that it would not be pos
sible to do anything when the new
boilers were started unless some
thing was done to make more daught
The board discussed at some length
the idea of having forced draught,
of this, but others were not. The
matter, thought, is one that has to
be attended to at once so it was de-
cided to take the matter up at the
mex meeting and settle it.
Commissioner Haney wanted to
know If the plant had ever used soft
coal to any great extent, and If the
| oh inf erfv, al hnt hn
get good results from it. Mr.. Cot
trell said that they had never used
much soft coal, as it would mean a
man at the boilers all the time to
keep steam up.
A. petition, signed by Andrew Mar
tin and others. asked the water de-
padtment to have water main run
through Ridgway street so that they
could get city water.
Ridgway street is one of the new
thoroughfares near the new cigar fac
tory, in Neville street 1t is under
stood that the garbage being dumped
in the gully near that street has
overfiowed and polluted the water in
cisterns so that it is impossible to use
them. This matter may be called to
the attention of the board of health.
Commissioners O'Hara and Haney
were appointed a committee to see
If it would pay to run the main
that that street.
Reports from different committees
showed progress was being made on
numerous things. A number of bills
were ordered paid. Contractor Ed
ward Peters was present and notified
the board that he had finished the re-
pair work to the boiler at Runyon.
He was ordered paid 500.
Report was made that pipes had
been laid in the following streets:
Paterson, Maple, Water, Madison ave-
nue. and other side streets. The water
has also been turned on in the new
State street line, which, as told in
the NEWS, was recently completed
by Contractor Quinlan, of South Am
boy. A number of the old hydrants
have been taken up and new ones,
more up to date, have been put down.
Superintendent Burns requested a
number of supplies and was authoriz-
ed to get them.
Mr.. Burns reported that because OF
, break in the main at Market and
High street, he had been compelled tc
shut the water off on Market street
for over ten blocks yesterday after.
noon, while the repairs were being
made. The break was caused by the
city roller. The superintendent still
holds out hopes that the board will
shortly order the small pipe along
Market street taken up and a larger
. one put down.
The board decided to advertise al
once for coal They have a supply
on hand now to last about five
months. Commissioners Clark and
: O'Hara were appointed committee
to get the specifications ready.
Mr.. Burns reported that the work
of improvement at Runyon was get
ting along nicely. Commissioner Ha
ney wanted to know If any of the
S pipes were being caulked and If th'
superintendent was inspecting thi
: work. He was assured that the worl
. was being inspected. The superin
!. tendent was ordered to see the New
e York and New Jersey Telephone Com
r pany and have them put telephone
S in the water department Office. A
S the present time, the telephone is il
! the police station and it keeps thC
sergeant on the run going back ant
forth every time call comes for thu
water department people. Anothe
meeting is to be held next Wednes
! day night. President Convery wa
l not present last night and Vice Pres
; ident Voorhees, was in the chair.
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