Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-04-14
ST.
PAVING FIGHT
Some Want Brick and Some BIZ
tuIithiC, While Many Desire ts
Have Competition.
MUST SPECIFY ONE MATERIAL
Aldermen Tell Property Owners That
They Would Like to Advertise
for Both Kinds of Material and
Decide on the Cheaper, but the
Law Stands in the Way-WouId
BE Unable to Sell the Bonds.

AS result of the reading OF
communications from property-own-
ers along Prospect street and ex-
pressions of opinion by several OF
them at an adjourned meeting of the
Board of Aldermen, last night, 1t
appears that some of them want a
brick pavement; some bitulithic; and
many would like to see competition
between brick and bitulithic bidders,
the cheapest to get the contract.
But the latter is impossible, as was
explained, because the law requires
that one material be specified, or the
city cannot sell the bonds. For this
reason the council recently gave
notice OF intention to pave the street
with bitulithic.
According to law, the city can pave
any street with any material, regard
less of the property-owners, but, said
Alderman-at-Large voorhees,, the
aldermen, do not wish to take advant-
age of this, as they want to do the
will Of the people who must pay the
major portion of the cost. /.
A petition dated May of last year
was thrown out, because it did not
specify whether brick or bitulithic
was preferred, except in the cases OF
few landowners.
August Kroeger, last night, spoke
for bitulithic. He said the brick
pavements on New Brunswick and
Madison avenues are noisy. John
lChristiansen spoke for brick. Soren
Olsen wants the street paved, and
would prefer the cheapest. John
Anderson was of the opinion that the
street should be paved, but he would
| like to see competition.
| Alderman-at-Large voorhees, ex-
planned that one material must be
specified and said they stated btu
llithic in the notice of intention be-
cause the company was doing other
work here and had their plant here
and it appeared cheaper. He said he
was informed that there were sixty
three property-owners along the
The clerk read a remonstrance
against selecting bitulithic to the ex-
Iclusion of brick. 1t bore the sigma
lures of Bernard McNally and twelve
others. Letters were also read from
six property-owners. Five favored
hituIithic and to the other it was Inn
material.
John Anderson said there was like
/ ly to be fight and he reared an IN
! junction might tie up the matter
The street in its present condition
he said, is detriment to the city.
Alderman Schultz said the proper
ty-holders should decide what they
want. r. R. Hoyt and r. w. Turner
of the Standard Bitulithic Company
said there is competition in bitulith-
ic. as we'll, as brick, and said they
would sell the mixture to, and aid
any contractor at their price on file
with the city.
The alderman-at-large said: III
we went ahead with an ordinance fol
bitulithic and found 1t cheaper than
the bids for brick in Maple street
which are to be received in the 'neal
future, would be property-owners be
satisfied?" To this several of them
replied that more grading is neces-
sary on Prospect street than OF
Maple. Mr. Hoyt said he did not
think so. Peter K. Jensen said Il
was so. Mr.. Turner said their bio
would speak for itself, If bitulithiC
should be decided upon, and ht
promised their price would be less
than $3.50 a yard. Mr.. VOORHEES,
stated that they could let the matter
lay over until after the Maple stree
brick bids have been received.