Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-06-18
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Contracts Awarded for Grading
Barracks 81. and New 81.
Three Bids for Each.
TWO JUNKMEN TURNED DOWN.
Ordinance for Hall Avenue and Penn
Street Sewer Was Declared Out
of Order and Rel introduced.

The Board of Aldermen held a reg
ular meeting last night which lasted
until about 10 o'clock.
Petitions to extend Charles street
from its southerly terminus across
the lands of the Lehigh Valley rail-
road company to connect with North
First street were received from TWEEN
ty-eight property owners. Referred
to street and sewer committee.
Five petitioners asked that Carson
avenue be graded from Brace avenue
to the Maurer property 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on streets
and sewers.
A motion that the. Jersey Paving
Corporation beSnotified to begin the
upper Gordon street pavement in fif-
teen days was adopted. Also to w.
G. Coates to begin the Maple street
pavement in fifteen days. al
On recommendation of the street
and sewer committeenp petitions were
granted for grading Fayette street,
from Stockton street. to the Il. v.
r. r. spur; grading Division street
from Washington street to the l.. ".
R.. r., and for grading sidewalks on
New Brunswick avenue from the T..
". r. r. to Convery place.
The dog catcher gets S5 o o f0i if4's HI
work thus far.
D. Shumsky's petition for a junk
license transfer to ri Feldman was
not granted, on the ground that the
latter is not a proper person for a
| license.
The judiciary committee recon-
mended that d. Wolfson's junk IL
cense be not granted. Such action
was taken.
Junk licenses were granted to H
Effren, G. R. Bunten & Sons, b. Fran
kel, ]. Fingerqte andsS. Marcus &
lfcr.
The Perth Araboy Foundry and Ma
chine Company was granted permis-
sion for scale on upper Washington
street, on condition that the public
have the use of 1t.
To Move Alarm Box %.
The clerk will communicate with
the Raritan copper works to learn
whether they have any objection to
moving fire alarm box No. 23 else
where. 1t is practically useless where
it is.
The street commissioner was di-
rected to buy 200 tons of crushed
stone for street improving
Grading Contracts Awarded.
Three bids were received for grad
ing New street. Martin Hansen bid
46 cents per cubic yard; Liddle e.
Pfeiffer AZ cents for excavating, and
19 cents for filling in. Graham &
McKeon submitted lump sum bid of
$145.
Three bids We're received for grad
ing Barracks street. Liddle & Pfeif-
fer bid 1870 per cubic yard; Mar
tin Hansen, 40 cents; Graham & Nc
Keon bid total of $412.65.
After recess Martin Hansen was
awarded the Barracks street contract,
and Graham & McKeon got the New
street job. Martin Hansen's bid on
5 New street was declared informal, as
he bid only on excayating, and not on
: the filling.
: The ordinance to build sewer in
Hall avenue from Penn street to
: Woodbridge road, and in Penn street
northerIy to Hall avenue, was declar-
ed out of order, simply because 1t
was desired to make change In It.
The desired change was made and the
ordinance was re-introduced on first
: reading. 1t was changed so as to
have an eighteen-inch sewer in Penn
! street from Ridgely street to Sutton
street, instead of one fifteen inches
in diameter.