Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-15

III leSS ilHc JldH IL lakes W tell IL
the water board, last night, reap
pointed Joseph G.. Burns, superinten-
dent of the water department for a
term of three years. 1t came as
somewhat of surprise to some AZ
no other name besides that of Mr..
Burns was offered. His nomination
was made by Commissioner O'Hara
and was seconded by George j. Ha-
ney.
1t was but few months ago that
the board adopted report at spe-
cial committee that the Offices of SUI
perintendent, assistant superintend-
ent and engineer of the board be
abolished and one man, who should
be an experienced engineer, be placed
in direct charge of all the work. AS
Mr.. Burns is not an engineer, this
was thought to mean new man en-
tirely BY the action last night the
water board seems to have forgotten
its previous determination.
When the matter was brought up
last night, some discussion took place
as to whether or not the nomination
should then be made. 1t was unani-
mously decided to do so and Mr.
O'Hara had Mr.. Burns name before
the board in an instant. 1t is ex-
pected that Mr.. Burns term will COM
mence with January l, of this year.
Plants Want Water.
Henry w. Jones, of "A High street,
chief clerk at the local plant of the
American Smelling & Refining
Works, attended the meeting last
night as a representative of General
Manager Walker, to answer any ques-
tions that the board might care to
ask regarding the intentions of the
smelling company TO use city water
in the event of the new pipe line,
which they have requested TO be put
in bing constructed.
Mr.. Jones said that he hoped the
hoard would decide to put in the sec
ond pipe and that it did not make any
difference to smelter people which
way the line was laid, that it could be
out State street, or Woodbridge road
would not be without water. They
depended on the city for water for
the use of their boilers and engines
Mr.. Jones further said that at the
present time the American Smelling
& Refining Company uses over ten
million gallons of water per month;
and that as long as they can depend
on the city for water they will not
put in any private line or wells.
Wanted Prompt Action.
Mr.. Jones made a plea that this af-
fair be attended to at once, as he said
his firm was now using more water
than ever before and in q short time
the demand would no doubt be great
er. He said he thought that the lead
works would get all the water they
needed from the city, and that the
Barber Asphalt people might use
great supply of water. He spoke of
V he many vacant lots out that way
I 4 of the buildings which must in
\e be erected on them.
was figured out that at the pres
\ time the city supplies in the
heighborhood of fifteen million gal
Ions of water per month to factories
on the State street line. This brings
in an income of over S1,100 month
and to lay the second pipe line would
cost only about $1,000, so they
thought it would certainly pay.
MIR. COnvery's Remarks.
President Convery said he hoped
that Mr.. Jones would readily see why
the board wanted to go carefully and
be certain of what they were doing,
as they represented the taxpayers of
the city He told of how some time
ago tn Chesebrough Vaseline Works
asked permission to tap the 24-inch
main and that it was not given to
them because it was thought that 1t
would impair the flow of the water,
but that an eight-inch line was ex-
tended to the plant and that when the
work was about completed the board
was told that the water was not
needed.
Mr.. Jones said that the American
Smelling & Refining Works had been
uoihS 'He citf ""'oi ioi "'0i va
years now and that they were increas-
ing the amount they were using all
the time. They do not need the wat
er for fire protection, as they have a
pump (which is connected with a
1kond, for this, purpose. but that they
~ il for, almost everything else
-
- 9to Lay the Main.
-, talked over the matter
~ solia5.stfme and it was finally de-
cided that it would pay to lay the sec
ond line. A question then arose as
to whether the contractors who are
laying the new pavement along State
street would allow the board to go
ahead with the work of laying the
pipes. AS told in the NEWS some
time ago. Contractor Sweeien gave