Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-08-22
Fred Christensen Would Place
the Surveyor Generals Office
on New Site For That.
COUNCIL ROUTINE WORK
Accent Firemen's Invitation 10
Parade With Them October
l7.-0lher Matters.

Three bids were received by the
Board of Aldermen last night for
moving the surveyor generals Office
several feet north. to allow of the
addition to city hall. |. r. Grouse bid
$1,135; Martin Hansen bid $945, and
the Fred Christensen Construction
Company bid $500 The contract was
not awarded, but will be held over
until the next meeting of the council.
Two bids were received for side
walk work on New Brunswick avenue
Martin Hansen bid $1,022, and Gra-
ham & McKeon bid 1859. The work
is to extend from. the Lehigh Valley
tracks to Convery place. Graham &
McKeon got the contract.
Accept Firemen's Invitation.
The fire department sent an invi-
tation to the mayor and aldermen to
participate in the parade October II
as guests. The members will go in a
body.
About twenty property owners or
New Brunswick avenue, Convery
place and vicinity petitioned for 6
light at the intersection of these two
streets. The matter was referred tt
the committee on lamps and lights
Hess Brothers petitioned for per
mission to remove trees in front OF
their stores at 157-163 Smith street
to allow of laying concrete walk
1t was referred to a committee of the
whole.
The agreement was read between
this city and the Board OF East Jer-
sey ProprietOrs for the transfer OF
land for the addition to city hall and
the surveyor generals office, the city
agreeing to bear the expenses of NOV
ing the Office. 1t was affirmed and
the mayor was requested to sign it.
Estimates showing $902.6O to be
due the Dahl & Dressler Realty and
Construction Company on the Charles
street sewer; and $465 to Chris Hyl-
dahl on the Neville street sewer, We're
received from City Engineer F. L.
Smith. Warrants were ordered drawn
for these amounts.
To Quiz the Central r. II.
A motion was passed that the city
clerk communicate again with the
Central railroad regarding the care of
their tracks under which the State
street sewer extension is to be built.
The Smith street paving assessment
was confirmed and referred to the col
lector of revenue for collection.
The ordinance to establish the
grade of Division street was passed
on second and third readings. The
work is to be done from Washington
street to the Lehigh Valley railroad
The ordinance to establish the
grade and to grade Carson avenue
m NI
lands was passed on second and third
readings.
The ordinance to grade Second
street, from Market street to Gordon
street, was passed on second and
third readings.
The street commissioner was di-
rected to advertise for bids for con-
structing the Penn street and Hall
avenue sewer.
Prospect Street Paving Bids.
An ordinance to pave Prospect
street, between New Brunswick ave-
nue. and Market street, with Warren
Brothers bitulithic or brick pave
ment was introduced and given its
first reading.
The ordinances to work Dekalb
avenue to grade and to establish the
grade, were introduced and given
their first readings. An ordinance to
establish the grade was also intro
duced.
The Perth Amboy Trust Company
objected, in communication, TO a
$12.45 item in their Smith street
paving assessment, on the ground
that they already had granolite there
1t was referred to the committee or
taxation.
The clerk reported that the mayor
had approved the following: A reso
luton returning the assessment fol
the Smith street wood pavement II
the commissioners of assessment;
resolution authorizing the certifica
ton of the tax budget the county taA
board; and a resolution to reconsider
the final assessment on the Smith
street wood pavement
Aldermen Van Pelt and Garland
were absent.