Bridgeton pioneer., 1911-07-20


X. Barton. Aaron Smith, Charles
Gauu, Frank Bacon Oliver Bacon and
George Hamlyn, be each of them is
hereby appointed with full power and
authority in this city to kill any dog.
male or female, found running at
large without muzzle proclamation
having been issued by the Mayor
pursursnt to the statute
Mr.. Whitaker called attention to the
room taken in the centre of the city
by the trolley cars standing on the
main line tracks, waiting the
schedule time to start, and the danger
resulting to pedestrians from the con-
gested conditions. Also to the con
dition of the plauking along the tracks
In some parts of the city, and par
ticularly to the condition at the switch
on Laurel street, south of Marion.
On motion the Clerk was directed
to communicate with the officials of
the Bridgeton and Millville Traction
Company, and request that cars awAit-
ing schedule time, to be placed on the
sidings. and that the company give at
tention to the condition of the tracks
referred to by Mr.. Whitaker.
On motion OF Mr.. Mulford, the Com
missioner of Streets and Highways,
was directed to procure from the city
engineer, the street grade on Penn
street, in order that property owners
might make sidewalk improvements.
The commissioner was also directed
to report at the next meeting of
council, on the nearest location of
street arc lamps, to the Hess Steel
Plant.
On motion of Mr. Whitaker, the
commissioner was directed to remove
the present culvert drain pipes at the
corner of Giles and West Commerce
streets, also Giles and Vine, and re-
place them by building hrick and
fiagstone culverts of larger capacity.
Mr.. Mulford also called attention to
drainage conditions for surface water
on South Avenue near the school, and
at the corner of Walnut and Com
merce street. Drainage conditions in
the center of the city, near Laurel
and Commerce, also came in for a
part of the discussion, as a result Of
tne, recent cloudburst, when streets
were covered with water, and cellars
filled by the overflow
On motion of Mr.. Whipple, the clerk
was directed to re-advertise for bids
for Section of the water filtration
plant, from plans to be prepared by
the consulting engineer, Clyde Potts
On the original specifications the
section referred to was bid as a whole,
in the Reimbursement it will be
specified in two parts. Filters, and
Filter Equipment The bids are to
be opened on Tuesday evening, Aug
ust 1st, at eight o'clock Several bid
ders who were present, were given an
opportunity to address council.
H. H. Hankins, of the firm of Han
kins & Brother, stated that ne had
bid on the entire contract, and had
submitted an honest proposition to
the city. If given the contract he had
intended to build them an honest job.
He felt that it was hardly fair to ad-
vertise again as it gave the outside
bidders an opportunity to know ex-
act figures and they could prepare
their bids accordingly. The number
of bids received, indicated to Mr.. Han
kins that the bids had been carefully
prepared and gave very wide range,
and in his opinion it was a mistake
to again advertise.
From the tenor of his remarks, Mr..
Hankins left the impression that his
firm would hardly be possible bidder
on the water plant on the re-adver-
tisement.