Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1908-12-03
Water Board Gets
Report from Its
Engineer.
D|VER'SOP|NION
Contracts Are Awarded for
Laying Six Inch Mains in
Three Streets -Hardiman
& DedrickSen theL lowest
of Three Bidders.

At last nights meeting of the
Board of Water Commissioners the
following report was received from
Engineer S. j. Mason, relative to the
Rbandonded sixteen-inch main under
the Raritan river, which is now being
removed by Duncan j. Currie. who
purchased it from the board several
months ago:
Dec. 2, 0s.
Board of Water Commissioners, of
the City of Perth Amboy.
"Gentlemen-In compliance with
your Instructions, the undersigned
herein respectfully submits a review
OF removing. the abandoned sixteen
inch submerged water main from the
Raritan river, between Marsh Point
and land of G. Pardee.
Based on the following bids, ETC.,
the lowest cost to take up the main
is $1,336 and the cost to relay same
would be approximately $4,000. The
number of pipe to be replaced not
known.
Considering that new twenty
four-inch main, which is adequate,
for our present supply, costs $40 per
foot, 1t was not deemed advisable to
spend Sc per foot to relay a small
main in an undesirable location to
Marsh Point, but to eliminate the
small main and meadow section en-
tirely from the system by construct
ing a new twenty-four-inch main
from the foot of Fouratt avenue to
Sheridan street.
The above and the following ex-
tracts from the minutes of the board,
together with communication from
diver that examined the main in
question, are respectfully submitted.
Very truly,
"S. ]. MASON,
Engineer
Divers Statement
To the report were attached extracts
from the minutes of various meetings
of the board when the main was DIS
cussed. The following letter from C.
P. Everett, master diver employed
by the Merritt-Chapman Wrecking
Company. of New York, was also in
cluded in the report:
= "Nov. 80, 'Os.
Board of Water Commissioners, City
of Perth Amboy, N. j.
"Gentlemen-In reply to your in
Quiry regarding my examination of
the sixteen-inch water main under
the Raritan river at Perth Amboy,
have to say that l examined this line
for you about two-and a -half-years
ago and found 1t in such poor .condi-
ion that it was impracticable to make
1t tight and serviceable.
in my opinion the only thing that
could be done with it would be to
take 1t up and relay 1t, which / rec
commended at the time.
Yours respectfully,
&c. P. EVERETT,
Master Diver"
After Clerk Tice had read Engin-
eer Mason's full review of the matter
the board, on motion, ordered it
placed on the minutes.
Mr.. Currie, who purchased the
main consisting of about 166 lengths
for IS length, stated recently to
NEWS representative that the thirty
lengths which he. has already remov-
ed We're as good as new and that he
was expected to make handsome
profit on his purchase. He also said
that he found the paint not even
worn off in most of the pipes.
Contract for Laying Mains.
Hardiman & Dedricksen were
awarded contracts by the water board
ApSs hi6he " idy dUOul I,OUU ISSt VI
six-inch water main, at TWENTY-FIVE
cents foot. John Quinlan, of South
Amboy, and Johan Jensen of this city
each bid twenty-eight cents a foot.
The bid of Hardiman G Dedricksen
was $45 lower on the total than that
of Quinlan or Jensen.
The successful bidders will dis
tribute and lay 500 feet of six-inch
main in Hall avenue, west of Amboy
avenue; 400 feet In Pacific avenue,
and 800 feet In Sheridan street. At
a meeting of the board on November
23 carload of pipe was purchased
from r. d. Wood & Company and the
clerk was instructed to advertise for
bids, to be received last night, for
laying them.
All of the board except Commits
sioner Grouse attended the meeting.
EXTRA SALEsPEOPLE WANTED