Perth Amboy evening news., 1907-12-19
WATER BOARD
RECEIVES BIDS
For Old Main and
For Eag|esWood
Ice Privilege.
PAY RUNy0N TAX

At meeting of the Board Of
Water Commissioners, last night at
city hall, bids were received for re-
moving and also for purchasing 166
lengths Of pipe, composing the
abandoned sixteen-inch main under
the Raritan river Three bids were
received, each showing the price for
removing the pipe and conveying it
to wharf designated by tho COM
missioners and for the purchasing OF
the pipe and lead. There are be-
tween 400 and 500 pounds of lead
The bids were as follows:
Duncan J. Currie, IS per length,
or $1.32S for removing it; IS per-
length, or $3.50 for purchasing the
pipe; and 2ia cents paid for each
pound of lead. John II. Gregory,
SIT per length, or s2,S22 for re-
moval; $3.50 for it's purchase. Mer.
ritt-Chapman Derrick and Wrecking
Company, $1080 for its removal,
total, $1,792.80, and s4.o5 Per
length for its purchase. or $672.30.
The bids We're referred to a commit
tee of the whole.
Joseph 4. Stricken was present
and submitted bid for harvesting
ice from the Smith street reservoir,
for the Perth Amboy Coal Company.
They offered 500 a~year for the
privilege, providing the commission
ers would take ten-year lease and
allow them a strip of land on the
banks of the pond on which to erect
an ice house.
The board carefully considered
this bid and referred it to the COM
mittee on real estate, who will seek
the advice of the city attorney as to
whether the board has power to in
clude the strip of land in the lease.
The board also considered that ten
years is too long. A fve-year con-
tract will probably be given and
made out so that the city may claim
its property at any time in case of
necessity.
E. ]. Dorsey claims to have five
year lease for the privilege of bar-
vesting ice from that pond, which
he claims was granted him by the
council. He has been asked by the
water commissioners to produce the
lease, but as yet has not. Should
Mr.. Dorsey not have lease for this
privilege. it will in all probability
go TO the Perth Amboy Coal Com
pany.
To Pay Runyon Tax Bill.
The following communication in
regard to the taxes on the city's
property at Runyon, was received
from E. Barker, collector Of Madison
township:
IT, B. Tice,
Clerk of the Water Board.
Dear Sir:
l have been instructed to return
the bill of the Perth Amboy water
works to you, as the assessment is
about the same as the county and
state boards passed on last year.
The only difference is that the as
SCISSORS have added $1,000, and if
the water commissioners think that
the assessment is too high, they can
appeal to the county board of taxa
ton, and then the township will
have to abide by it's decision"
The bill was for S163.S0, on a
$4,000 assessment The board de-
cided to pay the bill without ap-
pealing to the county board, as the
difference in assessment only in
creased the bill So over that of last
year.
A communication was received
from John G. Sparks. of New York,
a chemist and expert in water anal
ysis, soliciting any work that the
city might have in that line. The
communication was referred to the
engineer.
This was the last regular meeting
of the present board and tho mem
berS had n few warm words for
Commissioner Voorhees,, who retires
January 1.
Present were President Clark and
Commissioners Voorhees,, Grouse
and Haney; Clerk Tice; Superin-
tendent Burns and Engineer Mason.