Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-23
MINUTES
Proceedings of the Board of Aldermen
of the City of Perth Amboy,
New Jersey.
July 18, 1910.

Regular meeting of the Council of
the City of Perth Amboy, New Jersey,
held July 18, 1910. The members pres
emit were Aldermen Hornsby, Seaman,
Calvin, Larson, Dalton, Sandbeck and
Alderman-at-large Voorhees,.
The reading of the minutes Of the
last regular and adjourned meetings of
July 4th and 9Th was dispensed with
and the minutes were approved and
printed on slips.
A petition from Frank Stas and
Others for paving Penn street from
Washington street to Hall avenue, with
some permanent and durable material
was received and referred to the Conn
mittee of Streets and Sewers"
A remonstrance signed by John l..
Dwyer and others against the paving of
Brighton avenue until the present per-
iod of commercial depression is past,
was received and on motion the said
paving was deferred as asked for by the
demonstrators.
A petition from e. Heusef for a Ii
eense for a junk shop at No 8 Smith
street, was received and on motion the
license was granted.
A communication from Protection
Hook and Ladder Co. Ne. l asking for
an exemption certificate for Edward I'll.
Dilts, was received and request granted
and the Clerk instructed to issue such
certificate.
The Committee on Public Grounds
and Buildings in reporting on the mat
ter of heating the City Hall and Po-
lice Station, submitted the folk wing
communications:
Perth Ambey, N. j., July Is, 1910.
Mr.. F, A, Seaman,
Chairman of Bid. Committee,
Board of Aldermen.
Dear Sir:
After thoroughly investigating the
heating system of the City Hall and
the Police Station, I find that the GU
bical contents of the Police Station is
$4,000 Gu. #, and according to tables
steam boiler to properly heat the build
ing Of a capacity Of $50 So. fit. of Ra-
diatien.
The cubical contents of the City Hall
is as follows:
The second floor ........ 47S80 Gu. TT.
The third floor .........4 10000 Gu. TT.
1Oldl ............ L1SOff Gu. IL.
According to above cubical contents,
the City Hall should have a boiler ca
paeity of not less than 1900 SO, TT. to
properly heat the building. There are
now installed in this building two boil
ers, heating together the City Hall
and the Police Station. One Thatcher
boiler with a capacity of 1900 So. it,,
and one Model boiler with a capacity
of 1900 SO. #. together 1900 So. fit.
If the Thatcher boiler which is about
IA years old, is moved owe to tho Po-
lice Station, this building will have
about $50 So. fet. of radiation more
than is necessary, to properly heat the
building.
The Model boiler with its capacity of
1900 So, fl, will when the Thatcher
boiler is moved have to take care of the
entire City Hall and according to ia
bles used for estimating heating will
be 800 SO. #. too small to do the work
in extreme cold weather, unless it is
forced too much, which is damaging
to the boiler.
According to the capacity of both
boilers, now installed and the age OF
the Thatcher boiler, I think It would
be advisable to Install in the Police
Station a new boiler with a capacity OF
1000 SO. TT. which would not cost ovei
$250.0O and let the two boilers in the
City Hall remain in their present PEST
tion, as by doing so there will be con.
siderable less changing of the pipe sys
tenn to be done which will offset to a
certain extent the cost of the new boil
er, and then you will in all kinds OF
weather have ample heating capacity
for both buildings.
In regard to smoke fues, l find that
on the north end of the City Hall, there
is an old smoke iue, the bottom OF
the same begins at the hoor4ef tht
Council Chamber in the rear of the
presiding officers chair. The size ot
the hue is 8 inches by IL inches with
out any fne lining, which according