Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1906-04-25


the Board of Aldermen last night as
to what route along the line of Sheri-
dan street should be taken for the
proposed trunk sewer. The matter is
of great Importance, as the proposed
sewer is to be a large trunk sewer to
relieve the western section of the
city.
The c. Pardee Works were repre-
sented by Adrian Lyon, who urged
that it would be more economical and
practical to lay the sewer in the gully
just west of Sheridan street than in
Sheridan street. If laid in the gully
the sewer would be on Pardee land.
Several property owners of that To-
cality opposed that route and assert
ed that the sewer should be in Sheri-
dan street, as, if not, another sewer
would be needed in Sheridan street,
in a few years, and they would be
. assessed twice for a single benefit.
Over a score of interested property
owners and citizens were present in
the council chamber at city hall when
Alderman-at-Large Pfeiffer called the
hearing at $50 o'clock.
The clerk read the notice of inten-
ton to construct this sewer which
was adopted at the council meeting
July II last.
Description of the Sewer.
I The proposed sewer is described as
follows: A six-foot brick sewer in
Sheridan street, and in Market street
between Sheriden and Grace streets,
and in Grace street to Smith street; a
four-foot brick sewer in Clifford
street, and in Smith street from Gift
ford street to Grace street; a two by
three brick sewer in Smith street
from the top of the hill west of the
/ Grove Hill road 10 Grace street, and
two by three brick sewer in Mar
1 ket street from Grant street to Sher-
idan street; and a twenty-four-inch
/ pipe sewer in Bertrand avenue, Good
win street and kirkland place.
Alderman-at-Large Pfeiffer an
nounced that the hearing was open
for all who wished 10 speak. Judge
Lyon arose and stated that he was
present in the interest of the c. Par
dee Works. He presented map
showing the route of the proposed
sewer. He asserted that to construct
the sewer through Sheridan street, as
proposed, would entail considerable
more digging and consequent expense
than to lay it in the gully 10 the west
of Sheridan street. In some places, /
he said, on Sheridan street, it would
be necessary to eXcavate for twenty
feet, but that he assumed that all
persons in the locality and the city at
large want the sewer constructed as
cheaply as possible. Mr.. Pardee. he
said, is among those who want to see
it done as economically as possible,
and it appeared to him that it would
be more reasonable TO construct it in
the gully than in Sheridan street.
That is the natural place for it. he
said, entirely on Pardee's land.
Willing to Negotiate.
Mr.. Pardee is willing, he stated. TO
negotiate with the city for the CON
struction of the sewer there, Judge
Lyon asked the aldermen TO consider
the question carefully. If the sewer
were laid in Sheridan street, he said,
piling would be needed in crossing
the gully. whereas. that might be
avoided, he believed. by putting the
sewer in the gully, as it would be on
solid ground 1t is not proposed TO
carry the sewer to the north OF Smith
street except in kirkland place and
! the gully strikes kirkland place
north of Smith street. Judge Lyon
said that Mr.. Pardee's proposition
was made in the interest of economy
and that he does not wish TO be as
sessed for the sewer and offers TINS as
a way 10 be exempt himself AID less
II en- the cost for others.
Mr.. Overgaard Objects.
A. Overgaard said that the cost OF
|. excavating in the gully would be all
most. if not as much as in Sheridan
street. and that concrete would be
I necessary in the gully, which would
make the cost greater. He declared
that a sewer would be needed IN
Sheridan street anyhow in few
years. He believed that the sewer
would settle in the gully and asked
whether the Pardees would allow
them to go on his land to make re-
pairs Buildings might be there
then, he said.
+ c. Anderson was opposed to hay-
ing the sewer constructed in the gully
4 because that would make two sewers
h necessary instead of one. He gave IL
as his belief that piling would ne
needed in the gully.
Mr.. NIundy's Opinion.
John L. Mundy. an engineer at the
vaseline works, spoke in favor of the
Sheridan street route. Fie said that
almbst as much excavation would be