Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-01-16
WATER
BOARD.
ELECTS
Thomas ]. Clark Renamed Presi.
dent, and George ]. Haney
Succeeds William D. Voor.
hees as Vice President
Reward for Capture Of
Eag|eswood Thieves.

At the meeting of the Board Of
Water Commissioners in the council
chamber at city hall, last night,
Thomas ]. Clark was honored by the
rest of the members by being re-
elected president. George j. Haney
was elected vice-president to succeed
Alderman-at-Large Voorhees,, who
retired. The new member, Edwin G.
Fraser, who was appointed by the
aldermen Monday night, was present
The meeting was called to order
at o'clock by President Clark, with
the following members present, Com
missioners Grouse, Haney and Con-
very, and former Commissioner
Voorhees,. Commissioner Fraser did
not arrive until $3.50 o'clock.
The different committees reported
success in all matters on hand A
resolution that the proper officers be
instructed to have the note held by
! the Perth Amboy Trust Company
| for the water works department re-
duced to SIS, 700, was passed.
When the bill of a local man was
presented for payment and the board
was charged $40 for two common
horse blankets which the members
thought could be bought for half that
price, and 1915 for a curry comb
which one of the commissioners said
should not cost more than fifty cents,
1t was decided not to pay it, but to
refer it back to superintendent
Burns.
Commissioner Convery had a num-
ber of deeds to the property bought
from time to time by the Water
Works department at Runyon, and
he turned them over to the board. A
motion was passed that these deeds
be turned over to the comptroller, as
the proper person, after the clerk
had taken a note of them.
* Duncan J. Currie, who bid on the
purchase of the old sixteen-inch river
main at the last meeting, was on
hand. According to President Clark,
Currie would like to pay the board
twenty per cent. down and the eighty
per cent. when he started to work.
paid, so Currie deposited a check for
$1,000 and signed the contract. He
is to pay for the pipe at the rate of
S5 a length and for the lead at the
rate of 21a cents a pound. Currie
said he would not start to work on
the main until the cold weather and
the ice in the river would not inter-
fere with him.
Reward for Thieves Capture.
Superintendent Burns reported
that the 'Eagleswood pumping station
had been broken into and robbed to
the amount of 1856 in brass and
machinery and that the plant, as far
as pumping went, was now worthless.
The board decided to offer reward
of $50 for the arrest and conviction
of the thieves, and a number of local
private detectives expect to start at
work on the case.
| A motion that a report be made OF
all of the material now on hand, and
of the material used during the year,
was passed.
Engineer Mason made a report of
the recent trip of the board to Cam
den, where they inspected the water
works at that place. The report
suggested that it would be q good
plan If the board would have a test
we'll, 1000 feet deep, driven at Run
yon, to see just how much more
water was in the ground, also that
1t would be good plan to drive a
well like those in use in Camden.
The election of new officers took
place at o'clock, and President
Clark announced that he would make
up his committees during the week
and have them ready at the next
meeting Alderman-at-Large Voor-
hees told the board that they must
elect the new officers by ballot and,
as this had not been done, the cleo
tion was held over again. This,
according to the alderman-at-large
is the result of law passed about O
| year ago.
Engineer Mason reported that the
final work at Runyon had been
finished.