Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-04-06
"a INCH MAIN
WILL BE LAID
Resolution Adopted BY Wat
er Board--C Engineer to
Make Specifications.
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS
City Attorney Gives Opinion
About Payment --CertaIn
Part Can Be Borrowed.
ADVERTISE FOR BIDS

Acting under an opinion received
from City Attorney Hommann per-
mitting~the use of the water depart
ment funds for improving the
system, the Board of Water Com
missioners last night passed a reso-
luton instructing City Engineer
Samuel Mason to prepare specifica-
tions for new twenty-four-inch
main under the Raritan river and to
advertise for bids for its construc-
ton. In the passing of the resolu-
ton President Charles D. Snedeker
said that the proposed main was the
second of a series of three twenty
four-inch units which he hoped to
see connecting this city with the
water works at Runyon.
Present Conditions.
At present there is one twenty
four-inch main and one sixteen-inch
main in use. The sixteen-inch main
is practically useless because of It's
of Commissioner C. G. Sibley, the
city engineer was instructed to pre-
pare an alternate proposition for a
main to go across the meadows, over
similar route to that now taken by
the sixteen-inch main. The main
argument, however, has been in
favor of main under the river. The
twenty-four-inch main now in the
river has given practically no trou-
BILE, while the sixteen-inch main on
the meadows has been the source Of
repeated annoyance.
City Attorneys Opinion,
In his opinion the city attorney
quoted various statutes bearing on
the question and stated that the
water board could borrow for i'm
provement up to fifty per cent. of its
anticipated yearly income. Money
borrowed, however, can only be for
period oxnandir s--aisz- nj he-
Following the reading of the opinion
Commissioner Edwin G.. Fraser sug-
gested that the board adopt resolu-
tions at the present meeting proyid-
ing for the laying of the main in
question across the river. This
course was followed.
Tap for Barber Asphalt Co.
Permission Will be granted the
Barber Asphalt Company to tap the
eight-inch main at Maurer with a
four-inch pipe in connection with the
new plant at that point: This will
be a permanent connection and will
make big drain on the system In
that section. The building of large
plants in that locality will, In the
minds of the water board, soon mean
the further extension of mains to
that territory to give adequate water
supply.
Company Wants Payment.
The Engineering Company asked
m vi %ho ~ Nv
per cent. on their contract of $1,254
for an engine and blower and bal
anced draft system in connection
with the new pump at Runyon.
There ia some misunderstanding be-
tween the contractors and board as
to the number of boilers to be sup
piled with controllers In connection
with the balanced draft system. The
contractors say two and the board
says four. The matter is being ad-
iusted. The fifty per cent. asked by
the bidders will be forwarded upon
the arrival Of the apparatus.
Renew Plumbers Licenses.
April /, according to the ordi-
nance, being the time for the renew
al of plumbers bonds and licenses, a
number came before the board last
night for acceptance. Ten applica-
tions and bonds were approved.
There are ten other plumbers, how
ever, who failed to renew their
bonds and licenses. The board will
do no business with these firms In
regard to issuing permits to tap
mains, etc., until they have COM
piled with the ordinance.
Members present at last nights
meeting were: President Charles d.
Snedeker and Commissioners Edwin
G. Fraser and c. C. Sibley.