Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1911-07-05
PETITION FROM
LEWIS STREET
Property Owners Protest to
City Council Against Lay
ina of Cement Mixture.
WANT CONCRETE REMOVED
Claim II Is Deficient In
QuaIity--Mattsr Referred
to Street Committee.

Property owners along Lewis
street object to the new pavement
being laid by the Hastings Pavement
Company and refuse to allow the
work to be finished before new
concrete foundation has been laid In
accordance with the specifications for
the same. They adjudge the concrete
deficient in quality and quantity and
in a petition to the Board of Alder
men Monday night offered their pro-
test against the laying of a cement
mixture over the present concrete.
TIL document was signed by twenty
five property owners who petition
for the removal of the present con-
crete and the laying OF new body in
conformity with the specifications for
the work. The petition was read and
referred to the committee on streets
and sewers, which held public hear
ing on the subject few weeks ago.
Petition In Full.
The aldermen seem unanimous in
their opinion that the concrete as laid
Is deficient In thickness in places. 1t
has been decided, however, that the
foundation was sufficiently good If
sealing coat of cement and sand, one
inch thick, was laid over 1t. The pc
tition follows:
Perth Amboy, N. j.,
June 30th, 1911.
To the Honorable Board of Aldermen,
City of Perth Amboy, N. j.,
Gentlemen:
We, the undersigned property own
ers along the line Of Lewis street, do
hereby protest against the laying of
cement mixture on top of the present
concrete as suggested at the meeting
of the Street Committee of your
Honorable Board, together with the
officials of the Hastings Pavement
Company.
We further petition you to cause
the concrete that has been already
laid to be removed, as it has been
shown to be deficient in quantity and
made to your Honorable Board by
the City Engineer, and that you cause
the concrete to be replaced upon the
said Lewis street in accordance with
the specifications for the work in
question and we do and will protest
upon the further completion Of the
pavement upon the present concrete
base now laid upon the said Lewis
street.
Signed: Stacy M. Coutts, D. A.
Shirley, James Henderson, w. H.
Bath, Isaac Beers, B. Wilentz, Hans
Krogh, Frank L. Harrington, John
J. Gray, James @. Rossi, George H.
Coates, Lewis Rudders, Morten j.
Nielsen, A. NJ. Dunham, Heman An
dersen, H. P. Slaight, R. ]. Bath, B..
S. Gunderson, John G. Hornsby, M.
j. Pickersgill, Joseph Clark, repre-
sented by John Clark; A. P. Ken
nedy, Franz Roessler, Harry L.
Wolff, Susan w. Fraser
Contract For Bridge Plankfng.
Martin Hansen, the lowest bidder
for replanking the city's end Of the
Raritan river bridge, was awarded
the contract by a resolution passed
He bid s4250 a thousand feet Of yell
low pine planking laid and offered to
buy the old planking at 81 thou
sand feet. Approximately $4,000
feet of planklng is to be laid. Other
bids were: MAIDS J. Dinesen, 5 1 535,
for $4,000 feet with deduction Of
$66 If old wood was given to him;
Paul M. Janderup, $3.50 per thou
sand feet of planking, $65 per thou
sand feet of stringers and guard
rails and $40 per thousand feet for
old material used again; General
and Engineering Com
pany, $3.50 per thousand feet; w.
K. McGregor, 81. 1925 for 33, 900 feet;
D. j. Currie, $43 per thousand feet;
Ira R. Grouse, $44.45 per thousand
feet.
Five public scales have been desig-
mated by Mayor Albert Bollschweil-
er for the weighing of coal, Ice and
the like. The council received COM
from the executive Mon |
day night on the subject, which was
received and spread on the minutes. |
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