Perth Amboy evening news., 1909-12-16
Woodbridge Township Com
mittee Changes It's Mini
and Signs Paper.
RECEIVED BY WATER
BOARD LAST NIGHT
Farewell to Mr.. Clark
Ground Storage Supply
LOw--A Busy Session.

Lee, chairman, Aand J. Edward
Harmed, clerk, of the Woodbridge
Township Committee, the contract
which had been entered into ah the
previous meeting of the Board of
Water Commissioners of this city to
supply Keasbey with water for one
year at meter rates, was received and
accepted by the board last night. The
commissioners were surprised when
Clerk Tice exhibited the document.
They stated that they had been told
that the township committee had de-
cided not to take up the contract
Superintendent Crowell said that he
could enlighten the board He said
that he had learned that the town
ship committee had met last Wednes-
day night and by a close ballot
turned down the contract, but at an
adjourned meeting of the committee
last Friday night one of the COM
mitteemen who had voted against 1t
lat the previous meeting voted in fa-
vor OF 1t, and 1t was carried
President Clark said that he re-
Iceiyed the contract from the com
mittee yesterday and turned 1t over
to Mr.. Tice. The contract was In
duplicate. After both copies have
been signed by Mayor Bollschweiler,
one VIII be kept by the board and the
other sent to the township commit
tee The contract also bears the
name OF President Clark. One of
the commissioners said that he un-
derstood that Nathan Robinson and
number of residents of Keasbey
had furnished the township commits
tee with bond for $4,000 as a guar
antee that no money would be lost
by the water project.
Ground Storage Supply Low.
Just before the close OF the ses-
sion, Superintendent Crowell said
that the ground storage supply of wa
ter at Runyon was very low and that
strenuous efforts were being made to
Keep up the pressure. He declared
that at times during the day the
pressure ran as low as eighteen
pounds at city hall and during the
past few days numerous complaints
had been received from the northern
section Of the city that they could
not get water. Mr.. CrowelI added
that the need of more water was ap-
parent every day as the level of the
ground storage was dropping rapidly.
He said he was sorry that Engineer
Mason was not present so that the
board could take up the matter of
placing more storage wells at Run
yon. Mr.. Crowell said that more
wells we're needed and that he had
written to Mr.. Stutoff, a well driver
at Pennington with whom the board
recently had some dealings, to come
to Runyon and put two of the ground
storage wells, which have been shut
off, In commission.
The commissioners discussed the
situation and decided that immedi-
ate action was necessary, On mo-
tion of Mr.. Haney, the clerk was in
structed to request Mr.. Mason to at
tend the next committee session. at
which the matter will be gone over.
President Clark said that the low
level of the ground storage was due
to the very dry summer and fall. He
added that 1t had been an excellent
test for the system and that IL might
be years before such condition
would occur again.
Report on Main Cleaning.
General Superintendent Burt B.
Hodgman,. of the National Water
Main Cleaning Company, Of New
York, with whom the board had en-
tered into contract at the previous
meeting, to clean the six-inch main
in High street from Gordon street
to Lewis street, and the four-inch
main from Lewis street to the river.
reported that the work had been sue
cessfully accomplished and he re-
Quested contract to clean the four-
inch main in Lewis street, which he
stated was very necessary as the
street is to be paved in the spring.
Mr.. Crowell stated that he had wit
messed the cleaning and the meter
tests and that the figures in the fol-
lowing report, which was submitted
by the cleaning company, were cor
rect:
Honorable Board Of Water Commits
s.oners,
Perth Amboy, N. ].
"Gentlemen:--
II have the honor to report to you
the results of tests and clean
ing Of six-inch and four-lnch main
in High street between Gordon
street and the river.
The six-inch before cleaning for
a flow of SCI gallons per minute
there was loss in pressure of seven
teen pounds in col feet. After
cleaning, we had a flow of 739 gall
Ions per minute, with lossSof only
twelve and one-half pounds for col
feet.
The actual increase in discharge
for the six-inch line was 178 gallons
per minute or S1.7 per cent. The
theoretical increase was ifty-one
per cent.
THE four-inch line from Lewis
street to the river gave discharge
of BAT gallons per minute before
cleaning with loss OF SO pounds.
After cleaning, there was an actual
discharge of All gallons per minute
with a pressure loss of 31ik pounds.
This Is an actual increase OF 9O.7
per cent or theoretical increase of
Q per cent
There was considerable dirt and
incrustation taken from this main
and very decided odor was notice
able, especially from the discharge
of the four-inch.
I'VE respectfully submit our prop
osition for cleaning the four-inch
main In Lewis street This will not
only be great improvement to this
street from the standpoAnt OF clean
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