Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-06-02
For J8. .ersOn and
Maple ST. Pave
mentS Numer-
J GUS Proposals
Bids for the City
Hall Grounds.

A number of bids were opened by
the Board of Aldermen, last night,
and, after some discussion, they were
referred to the committee of the
whole. There was so much other
business last night that there was not
time to examine them carefully, so
when the board adjourned 1t was to
meet again next Monday night. Bids
were received for constructing vitri-
fed brick pavement on Maple street,
from Market street to New Bruins
wick avenue, as follows:
Henderson Brothers-Excavation
48 cents per cubic yard; concrete,
$4.08 per cubic yard; old curb reset,
"a cents foot; new curb laid, So
cents a foot In concrete; Kushequa
brick, $1.72 per square yard; Scran-
ton brick, $3.50 per square yard;
Reynoldsville brick, $1.64 per square
yard; Metropolitan vitrified brick,
$1.73 per square yard,
Johan Jensen=Excavatio So
cents; concrete, $3.50; old curb re-
set, 28 cents; new curb, 68 cents;
Mack shale brick '1.48.
Standard Bitulit-ic Company-Ex-
cavation, 40 cents; concrete, 81; old
curb reset, 81 cents; new curb, 70
cents; Sunbury repressed shale block,
$1.79; Pennsylvania vitrified brick,
$1.S4; Metropolitan block, $1.97;
Morgantown block, $1.59.
Ira R. Crouse-Excavation, 45
cents; concrete, $4.9S; old curb re-
set, IL cents; new curb, SO cents;
Scranton, Shawmut and Kushequa
Buck, $1.22, $1.38 and $1.58, re
s~actively. Metropolitan block, $1.58
Meagher & Smith--Bxcavatio
52h cents; eo1crete, $5.S1; old curt
20 cents; net. curb, 81 cents; Kushe-
qua, Scranton and jamestown brick
$1.48. $1.41 and $1.53, respectively
Jefferson Street Paving.
For paving Jefferson street, from
New Brunswick avenue to Maple
street, with vitrified brick, the bids
were:
Henderson Bros. Excavation, As
cents; concrete, $4.G9; old curb re-
Ku. iequa, Scranton, Reynoldsville
brick, $1.72, $1.59 and $1.64. respec-
lively. Metropolitan brock, $1.79.
ira R. Grouse Excavation, 45
cents; concrete, $4.SS; old curb re-
L L
Scranton, Shawmut and Kushequa
brick, $1.22, S1.88 and $1.5e respec-
lively. Metropolitan block, $1.58.
STANDARD Bibllitnic Company-Ex-
cavation, 40 cents; concrete, $500;
10 cents; Sunbury, Pennsylvania and
Metropolitan bri,k, $1.79, $1.S4 and
-respectivel. J. Morgantown re-
n1x h,.4A
Meagher & Smith-Excavatio
521a cents; concrete, $5.s1; old curb
reset, 90 cents; new curb, 81 cents;
XII .Jhequa. Scranton and Jamestown
brick, $1.48, $1.41 and $1.53, re-
speotively.
Johan Jensen-Excavation 53
cents; concrete, $3.50; old curb re-
set, 2S cents; new curb, 6S cents:
Mack shale brick, $1.48.
City Grounds improvements.
For building concrete sidewalk
Snd driveways around city hall and
to move and grade for band stand
the following proposals were re-
Ceived:
Johan Jensen-Concrete sidewalks
square yard, 22 cents: driveway,
cents; cubic yard of concrete, $500;
% cents foot; grading and moving
band stand, 5000.
Carl G. Christensen-Sid pei
square foot, 28 cents; driveway, 15
cents; cubic yard of concrete, $3.50;
new curb per foot, So cents; old curb
per foot, 25 cents; moving and re-
pairing band stand, $795.
Walter G. Quackenbush--Std
24h cents; driveway, 175h cents;
cubic yard of concrete, $3.50; new
curb. .92 cents; old curb, 80 cents
grading grsss plots and stable yard
3 cents per foot; moving and repair
Ing band stand, $500.
Charles atasio-Sidewalk pei
square foot, 28 cents; driveway, IL
4. ents; cubic yard of concrete, S5.85;
KneaI feet of new curb, SO cents; old
curb. 35 cents; moving and repairing
bahd stand, $247; SOW grass for city
hall and New Brunswick avenue, z
cents per foot; removing the trees
each $40.
n. K. jensen Sidewalk, 26 cents;
driveway, 10 cents; cubic yard oi
concrete, $6.25; lineal feet of new
curb, 68 cents; old curb, 16 cents;
grading grass plots and moving band
stand, SAT-.
Meagher & Smiths Sidewalk, "a
cents: driveway, 10 cents; cubic yard
Of concrete, $500; new curb, II
cents: old curb reset, 20 cents; grad
Ing and moving band stand, 1852.
Contractor Ira r. Grouse. who was
In the audience, remarked after the
meeting that he believed the band
stand only cost about $500, yet some
the bidders wanted more than
that to move 1t.
II you are troubled with corns and
bunions Miss Gregory, of New York