Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-03-15


Commissioner Thomas Clark S motion
that the board award the contract for
printing the minutes of the board to
the Perth Amboy EVENING NEWS
and Chronicle caused a lengthy dis
cussion. Commissioner voorhees, said
he thought it waste of money to
/ print the minutes
At the last meeting, as told in the
/ NEWS, Mr.. Clark made similar mo-
( ton regarding the printing of the
minutes. He told what it would cost
and gave other desired information,
but Mr. Voorhees, wanted a commit
tee appointed to look into the mat
ter. Mr.. Clark consented and Presi-
dent Convery appointed Messrs. Clark
and Voorhees,.
Had Seen the Papers.
Mr.. Clark said that he had talked
10 the managers of the papers and
stated the figures which they had Civ
en- him. Mr. VOORHEES, said he had
tried 10 get an answer from the pa
pers but had not as yet received a
reply He asked H. E. Pickersgill,
editor of the Chronicle, who was pres
ent, if he had any information ready.
Mr.. Pickersgill said that when Mr..
Voorhees, had called on him and ask
ed for a price on the work at so much
per line, he understood that the
NEWS wanted TO be paid by the col
umn and as he thought that this was
the best way he stood ready to give
the same figures that they did.
MI. Voorhees, said he did not think
that it was right to charge by the
column, as some meetings of the
board did not run to one quarter of a
column. He thought the matter
should be paid for by the line. Final
ly Mr.. Voorhees, said he did not see
why the board wanted to advertise its
minutes, anyway. He declared that
the reporters were always at the
meetings and could get all that was
said. He thought it was a waste of
money.
Thought 1t Waste of Money.
President Convery said he also was
money to have the minutes printed.
He asked Mr. Clark why he wanted it
done. Mr. Clark, Mr.. Haney and Mr..
O'Hara said that many people had
stopped them and wanted TO know
why the minutes were not published.
The president said that he did not sec
why the commissioner did not want
the minutes published in the Hungar-
ian, Jewish or Danish papers.
Mr.. Clark said that he thought that
the chairman was inclined 10 be
sarcastic.
Mr.. Voorhees, said he wished the
matter could be laid over until the
next meeting. Clark, Haney and
O'Hara wanted to see il finished at
once. After some more discussion,
Messrs. Clark and O'Hara voted to
lay the matter over. but Commission
er Honey voted No" The matter,
it is expected, will be settled at the
next session.
Wants House Built for Him.
A letter was received from Henry
Decker. of South Amboy, in which he
asked the board. as an employe of the
water works, 10 build a house for
him. He rents a house at the pres
ant time, but the property has been
purchased for the new P. R. R. stor-
age and he will shortly have TO move
out.
Mr.. Raney said that he did not see
Why the board should build houses
aor its employees. If they were going
to start they might just as well build
sor all employees. The matter will
most likely be taken up at the next
meeting.
Inspectors Named.
I Superintendent Burns submitted
/ he following names as inspectors;
I Robert w. Macan, John Cluney, Jo-
seph B. Quick, Walter Lembcke, Will
liam Hewitt. and Daniel Bachmann.
I rhev will commence work Monday
morning and will receive So per day.
A communication received from
/ Mr.. Burns told the board that a petit
ton TO pave Market street was now
being circulated, and that it would
/ shortly be presented to the Board OF
Aldermen. He thought the present
pipe along Market street, which is of
different sizes. should be replaced by
an eight-inch pine. This would mean
about 5000 feet of new pipe. The
matter was laid over until the next
meeting. A bid from the A. D. Gran
ger Company, who are doing work at
Runyon, for new smoke stacks, was
also laid over. The report of the
Hartford Boiler Company that Chief
Inspector Murray had inspected some
of the boilers and found them TO be
in good condition, was filed.
Bids for Laying Pipe.
Bids for laying the pipe for the
new ground storage we'll al Rnnvon
aislin1 nd laad ana doing M Of