Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-02-06
Commissioners Bar the Press While
They Hold a Discussion Lasting
for An Hour and a Half.
START TOMORROW MORNING
Visit to Water Works at Atlantic
Citv and Gloucester City and
Trip 10 Philadelphia.

AT the meeting of the water board
last night little business of import-
ance was done, but at private ses-
sion, held after the regular meetiI &,
and from which the newspaper mel
and others were barred, a number
of matters were talked over, and
plans were made for taking trip to
Gloucester and Atlantic City, which,
1t Is said, will cost over $3.50 and
expenses for the board Rnd engineer,
Samuel j. Mason.
The regular meeting lasted from 8
o'clock until $50, at which time the
board adjourned, after which they
sat and talked for while, and then,
as Commissioner Convery was about
to go home, Vice President George
j. Haney said he wanted to see him,
as they had something important to
talk over Mr. Convery, turning to
an EVENING NEWS reporter, who
had attended the meeting, said: you
get the hell out Of here. We want to
do some business and do not want
you here" The reporter replied that
he thought he had right to remain
and the public should know what
was going on, and he was again re-
quested by Mr.. Convery to leave, but
{ he refused to do so.
Finally Mr.. Haney told the report
er to get out, and offered him a
cigar, but he replied that he did not
smoke, but things were finally made
so warm for him that he withdrew.
This session lasted from $3.50
until 1920 O'Clock, and, 1t is under
stood that the principal thing dis
cussed was the trip which the board
will take to Gloucester aad Atlantic
City, Friday and Saturday.
1t was decided to leave here tomor-
row morning for Gloucester over the
Central railroad at 1910 o'clock.
The board will be accompanied by
Engineer Mason and Superintendent
Burns. The day will be spent at
Gloucester, where the water works
will be looked over, as they are on
similar plan to the water works at
Runyon, and at night the board and
others will take trip to Philadel-
phia, to spend the evening. In Phila-
delphia they will put up for the night
at the Bingham well-known hotel.
Next morning they will start for At
lantic City where the water works
will be visited, and, If the reported
plans do not miscarry, the commits
sioners and guests will stay either at
Atlantic City or return to Philadel-
phia for Sunday, and the start for
home will be made Sunday afternoon
or night.
Discussion Over Committees.
President Clark announced that
he had made up his list of commit
toes and he was about to announce
them when Mr.. Haney suggested that
hn r,1o oil mi r
tees, instead of two. MI. Haney NOV
ed for it, and it was adopted. 1t
was then necessary for President
Clark to make out new list of COM
mittees. He appointed the two re-
publicans on all four committees and
each democrat on two.
The committees are as follows:
pipe, Haney, Grouse, Fraser; power,
Grouse, Haney, Convery; finance,
Fraser, Grouse, Haney; and resolu-
tions, Convery, Haney, Grouse. After
appointing them, President Clark left
and Vice President Haney took
charge. A report from Superintend-
ent Burns requested some Office sup
plies and some oil for use at Runyon.
Oil Price 65 Cents.
The board now pays at the rate OF
sixty-five cents a gallon, for machine
oil, for use at Runyon, and Commits
sioner Fraser thought that this was
too high price to pay. Commits
sioner Convery said the board had
tried all sorts of machine oil and
that they found that the best oil was
the kind that now in use, and said ii
does not pay to purchase poor grade
oil, as 1t Injuries the machinery and
the board would have to pay bills
for repairs.
Some people who considered that
they had been charged too much for
water rent wanted reduction and
in all but one case, 1t was granted
An inventory of the material pur-
chased by the water department. dur
ing the past two years and that now
on hand has been taken and the re-
port was turned over to the new fl.
nance committee.
The report of R. X. Murray, chief
inspector of boilers for the Hartford
Boiler Company, stated that the boilers
at Runyon are in good condition. The
real estate committee reported two
deeds in It's possession, one recorded