Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-11-15
IN
SOUTH AMB0Y.
Council Decides to Pave
Broadway With That Material
Special to the EVENING e

were present at the regular meeting
OF the common council last evening
Mayor Welsh. Messrs. Manhattan,
Berrian, O'Connor, Stanton and
Stuart, also Clerk Fulton, Solicitor
Pearse. Engineer Mason, Treasurer
Perrine, Water Superintendent Mar
tin and Street Commissioner Con-
nors.
Clerk read communication from
the New York Telephone Company
requesting permission to erect a pole
on the east side of Henry street near
shore in order to make telephone
connections with the Androyette
Towing & Transportation Company.
Upon motion of Mr.. O'Connor the
permission was granted.
Upon motion of Mr.. O'Connor the
bids for paving Broadway were or
dered opened. The bids were read
in detail and turned over to the city
engineer to figure the total cost.
After making the calculations Engf-
neer Mason announced the bids in
total to show as follows: Maher &
Smith, 211 Market street, Perth AM
boy, s30,S40: Hastings Paving Com
pany, 25 Broad street, New York
city, ~S33,630; Standard Bitulithic
Company, so Church street, New
York city, sS0,273; Barber Asphalt
Paving Company, 80 Church street.
New York, $32,015.
The price per square yard was:
Maher & Smith, s2.37; Hastings
Paving Company, $3.50; Standard
Bitulithic Company, s2.31; Barber
Asphalt Company, $3.50.
Maher & Smith bid on furnishing
vitrifed brick, Hastings Paving Com
pany and Barber Asphalt Company,
asphalt blocks, and the Standard
Bitulithic Company for furnishing
bitulithic.
Mr.. O'Connor moved that the city
solicitor be directed to draw up an
ordinance for paving Broadway with
Standard Bitulithic pavement.
The representative of the Barber
company asked the privilege of the
floor and proceeded to explain the
merits of their paving as against
bitulithic and pointed out what he
considered the weak points of the
latter. He went into the matter in
great detail, explaining the various
compositions, etc. He advised the
council to proceed slowly in the mat
ter. that they had better reconsider
the matter; told of trouble exper-
fenced with the bitulithic pavement
and claimed the advertising for bids
was unfair In that 1t required bid
ding on asphalt blocks of three inch
es thickness whereas 1t only speci-
fed the bitulithic should be of two
inches thickness. The Barber repre-
sentative was followed by MIR. Harms
of the Bitulithic company, who re-
pudiated all that was said by his
competitor and went into further ex-
plantations as to composition and
'caffeu attention to ting worry svoala
points Of the asphalt block pave
ment.
Councilman Stanton did not think
1t hardly fair to make n company
bid on material three inches in
thickness and another company on
material two inches In thickness.
Mr.. O'Connor stated he was willing
to vote for the lowest bidder wheth-
er 1t was blocks, brick or bitulithic,
but wanted to act in accordance with
the wishes of the property owners
who had named all three materials
In their petition and asked that the
lowest bid be accepted. Mr.. Berrian
stated he wanted 1t understood he
would not vote for bitulithic IL 1t
was put down for one dollar per
square yard, that his idea of a pave
ment Is one when at times 1t de-
yelops holes YOU do not have to get
a steam roller and all such things to
repair it. Mr.. Stuart stated thar
personally he did not really care
what kind of pavement they put
down but wished 1t distinctly under
stood he had made a personal inves-
tigation of the different pavements
and he would not vote for asphalt
block IL 1t was done for one dollar
per square yard. Mr.. Berrian stated
he did not favor asphalt blocks
either. Mr.. Manhattan stated he
was the same as the others. he did
not care what it was paved with so
long as 1t suited the people. Mr.. P.
j. Monaghan stated he happened to
be a member of the committee and
the petition submitted called for Bit
ulithic, two-inch asphalt block and
vitrified brick. We did not ask you
to advertise for ~three-inch block; we
~contended two-inch asphalt block
would compete very f~ayorably with
a bitulithic pavement. The petition
referred TO was read and found no
melton was made as to the thickness
of the asphalt blocks. The motion
that the city solicitor draw up an
ordinance to pave with bitulithic
was carried, Berrian and Stanton
voting against.
Upon motion of Mr.. Berrian the
certified checks accompanying the
bids were ordered returned to the
bidders.
Bills amounting In total to ST.
S20,62 We're ordered paid.
Mr.. Stuart stated he understood
there were q number of bills account
members OF the Board of Election,
that the Board of Freeholders had
provided in their budget for paying
these bills, but there was some ques-
ton in regard to the matter aud it
was held up for a decision from the
chief justice, but payment would be
made before Thanksgiving.
The clerk read notice of publica-
ton in connection with ADVERTISE
ment for bids for the MechanicsyiIIe
section OF the sanitary sewer. Upon
the bids being opened there we're
found to be but two bidders, P. j.
Monaghan, South Amboy, who bid
$9,944, and Liddle & P~feiffer, of
Perth Amboy. who bid $40, 500. Fhe
bids were referred to the committee
on sewers to examine and report at
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