Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-01-13
COUNCIL MINUTES
Proceedings of the Board of Alder
men of the City of Perth
Amboy, N. j.
January 3rd, 1910.

Regular meeting of the Council of the
City Of Perth Amboy, N. j., held Jan
uary Sd, 1910 The members present
were Aldermen Seaman, Calvin, Larson
Dalton, Sandback and Alderman t-large
Voorhees,.
On motion the reading of the minutes
of the last regular meeting of Dec. goth,
1909 and of the Adjourned meeting of
Dec. 9th, 1909, was dispensed with and
the minutes were approved as printed
on slips.
Bids were received and opened for
laying a fifteen inch pipe sewer in Hall
Avenue from Pacific Avenue to Amboy
Avenue as follows
Johan Jensen-$1.07 per lineal foot
for pipe; $4,000 each for manholes; $40
90 each for reeeiping basins.
Meagher & Smith-Pipe $l.30; man
holes $4,000; receiving basins $500.
Martin Hanson-Pipe $l.15; man
holes $500; receiving basins $1,000.
Louis Jacques-Pipe $1.20; manholes
$4,000; receiving basins $500.
On motion recess was taken to con
slider the bids.
| OH G6COuNtulnS, tut IOllONlhS iSS|i"
ton:
Whereas, Johan Jensen, having pro.
posed to construct Is inch pipe sewer
in Hall Avenue from Amboy Avenue to
Pacific Avenue for the sum of $l.07 per
#. for pipe sewer, $50 each for man
holes and $500 each for receiving
basins and he being the lowest bidder,
Therefore be it resolved that the
contract be awarded to said Johan Jen'
sen at the above named price,
was introduced and on motion adopted
by the following vote: Yea Seaman!
Calvin, Larson, Dalton, Sandback and
Voorhees,. Nay-None.
A communication from the Board OF
Trade calling attention to the public
hearing to be held in New York on
January 9TH, on the subject of the ex'
tension of the pier line at Tottenville
was received and on motion the City
Attorney and the City Surveyor were
instructed to attend the hearing in the
interest of Perth Amboy.
The following letter of appointment
by the Mayor:
TO the Board of Aldermen of Perth
Amboy, N. j.
Gentlemen:-I respectfully make the
following appointments:
For Trustee of the Public Library,
for full term of five years (5), Mr..
Fred J. Cox.
For members Of the Board of Health,
to succeed themselves for full term of
three (3) years, Messrs. Jacob Kreiel-
sheimer and P. n. Kennedy.
Respectfully submitted,
POI I SCHW Ell IER
Mayor.
was received and on motion the ap-
pointments were confirmed by the fol
lowing vote: Yea-Seaman. Galvin-1171aa,, z r
son, Dalton, Sandback <i4l.I Voorhees,
On m9+.4rf the Clerk was instructed
-.-o order copies of Legislative bills from
+. ]. Burke, introduced at the coming
session of the Legislature at the usual
price Of $25.00 for the term.
A report from Liberty Hook & Ladder
Co. No. .. of the election to member
ship of Frank Andersen and Anton
Wais. was received and referred to the
Committee on Fire.
The Committee on Fire, to whom was
referred the communication from LIB
erty Hook & Ladder Co. No. 2, report
ing the election to membership of Thom-
as Mosko and Michael Burke, recon-
mended that the action of the company
be confirmed and the names be added
to the City Fire Roll, which recon-
mendation was on motion adopted.
The following report of the Commit
tee on Fire:
"The Committee on Fire. to whom
was referred the communication of Mr..
w. II. Kehoe, in reference to the rein
stating of Mr.. D j. M. Bachman in the
Protection Hook & Ladder Co. No. ],
would report that the matter was taken
up by the Committee of the Whole at
a meeting held Monday evening, Dec.
9th, 1909, and after carefully going
over the report from the Protection
Hook & Ladder Co. and also Mr.. Ke-
hoe s communication, the Committee de-
cided not to take any further action in
the matter, and requested that the City
Clerk notify Mr. KehOe to that effect, -
was received and placed on file
The Comptroller having audited bills
q l &c.