Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1910-06-02
CONTRACT FOR
TWO BOILERS
TO HEINE co.
Water Board Receives AppIi-
cation From Morgan For
Water Insurance Matter.
TEST OF RIVER MAINS
SHOWS LEAKAGE

Although 1t was decided in COM
mittee session Tuesday night to
award the contract for furnishing
the two zoo horsepower, 175 pound
steam pressure, water tube boilers,
to be used in connection with the
new 100000 900 gallon pump at Run
yon, to the Erie City Iron Works,
the lowest of six bidders, the
Board OF Water Commissioners last
night reconsidered their decision,
lasting almost an hour, awarded the
contract to the Heine Safety Boiler
Company, of New York.
The second decision was reached
after 1t had been ascertained that
the dimensions Of the boilers Of
fered by the Erie City Company
would not warrant sufficient horse
power to meet the purpose for which
they we're to be used. Four thou
sand seven hundred and seventy-flye
dollars was the bid of the Heine
Company, exceeding the bid of the
Erie City Iron Works by $440.
Bids for the boiler were received
at the last meeting, May Is, and
were considered Tuesday night in
committee session. The board had
fully decided to purchase the Erie
City Company's product until it was
ascertained that they would not meet
the requirements. The board was
also Influenced in deciding in favor
of the Heine boiler by John L. DAILY,
a representative of the company, who
appeared and extolled the boiler
manufactured by his company. He
stated that they were in use at the
plants of the G. Pardee Works.. and
the Standard Underground Cable
Company. Forty days after the
execution of the contract, the boil
ers are required to be in place.
Joseph Massopust, of the real es-
tate and insurance firm of Masso-
pust Brothers, was present and as
sailed the board in heated terms con-
corning the disposal of the $4,000.
worth of insurance carried on the
pumping station and plant at Run
yon.
The insurance, In a committee
session few days ago, was placed
by the finance committee with Boyn-
ton Brothers, and Mass0pust wanted
to know why the amount had not
been, or could not be, divided among
the various local real estate and in
surance dealers. He was told that
as it had been given to Boynton
Brothers, 1t could not be rescinded.
Upon being further informed that
the beard would take no action along
the lines he suggested, this year, Mr.
Massopust said, well, it looks queer
to me that 1t all should have been
placed with one company and with
short, Thank you, gentlemen,
left the building.
Last year, the first year insurance
was carried on the water works, it
was placed with Fraser Brothers. 1t
expired on June /, yesterday, and a
few days ago was renewed and
placed by the Finance Committee,
of which Commissioner SnedelJor is
chairman, with Boynton Brothers.
There are nine fire insurance agents
in this city, according to Mr. Masso-
pust, which, If the board adopted his
suggestion, would each be given
more than $4,000 Of the entire in
Burance.
Property owners and residents of
Morgan Station made formal appli-
cation to the Water Board last night
for water from the Runyon wells. To
allow time for consideration of the
project, however, the application
was referred to the committee, of the
whole. The application was in the
form of letter, signed by the Jer-
sey Central Realty Company and the
Morgan Heights Land Company.
They ask for an extension of the six
inch main from just outside the city
limits of South Amboy to Morgan.
A report Of the Pitometer Com
pany, attested by Commissioner
Grieve, relative to the recent test of
the main under the Raritan river,
was read. It shows the daily leak
age of the submerged mains to be
about 306,50 gallons, while total
leakage of the pipes between the
south shore of the river and Runyon
amounted to about 574,171. In de-
tail, the report of the test, for
duration of twenty-four hours, was
as follows:
."rotal gallons pumped at Runyon,
by register, -6,O99,467. Gallons me-
tered in adjoining towns. 800, ,6s6.
gallons unaccounted for between
of river, by register, 4,708,771.
Gallons measured by pitometer at
south side of river, 4,134,60O. To-
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