Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-09-19
NO ACTION YET
ABOUT MARKET
Petitions Presented to Alder
men Last Night Protesting
Against Limiting Hours.
COMMITTEE 70 REPORT
Bids Received for Brick
Pavement on Penn Street.
Contract Is Not Awarded.

No definite action was taken BY
the Board Of Aldermen last nizht
regarding the request Of the Board
OF Trade 10 close the public market
at : O'Clock in the morning. as a
large number of citizens have Wig
orously protested against any at
tempt to limit the hours Of the farm
ers. a petition signed by 246 resi-
dents, including many prominent
ciuzensfrom various parts of the
city, was received and read at the
meeting last night and was referred
to q special committee which has
the subject in hand.
Committee Reports Progress.
Chairman Richard J. Calvin of the
committee on which F. A Seaman rs
the other member, reported pro-
gress. He said the committee was
working fndHstriously getting data
n information On the subject and
expected TO have matters in such
shape as to render q complete report
al the next meeting. The aldermen
are going carefully into tha open
market subject. They say they want
70 do everything that fs fair to the
farmers. Il is the farm product
ralsers whom they want to encour-
age 70 keep coming to Perth Ambov.
contending 1t to be well that resi-
dents mere may ecure fresh farm
products at COED rates twice a week.
several Of the aldermen have ex-
pressed themselves As vigorously Cd
posed to any plan to let the market
be an open one for hucksters and
all ah6e during september, For like
reasons, If ths farmers are not de-
slrous OF having the market closed
az , O'Clock DIT any other hour be-
FORE they have had sufficient time
TO dispose Of their products, the
city fathers VIII not grant the re-
quest, it appears.
Fenn Street Pavement BIDS.
Bids were received for LAYING a
brick pavement on Penn street, be
tween Hall enQ and Washington
street. The lowest bidders were
Meagher & Smith, but as they esti-,
mated on several kinds of brick, the
matter OF awarding the contract was
laid over until tomorrow night, when
a meeting viii be held especially for
the purpose Of deciding the subject.
The three lowest bidders We're
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opened follow
Martin Hansen, SIS cents per cubic
yard for excavation, $3.50 per cubic
yard for concrete, s~eFenty-fve cents
per ltneal foot for new curb auS
$500 per square foot for Metropoli-
tan brick
Johan Jensen, ffty-two cents per
cubic yard for excavation, 1878 per
cubic yard for concrete, seventy
eight cents per Iineal foot for new
curb, S1.75 per square yard for Met
ropolitan block
Lidd1e & Pfeiher. forty cents per
cubic yard for excavation, $3.50 Der
cubic yard for concrete. seventy-nine
cents per HneaI foot for new curb.
and S1-s2 for Metropolitan block.
j. c, Fowler, thfrty-seven cents
per cubic yard for excavation, s4.75
per cubic yard for concrete, eighteen
cents per lfneal foot for resettfng old
curb, seventy-one cents per IineaI
foot for new curb and S1-91 for
Metropolitan block.
Meagher & Smith. ffty-four cents
per cubic yard for excavation. $3.50
per cubic yard for concrete. S1.39
for kushequa brick, $3.50 for Net
ropolitan block, s1-3S for Shawmut
brick, $1-45 Tor C1earfeld brick and
fifty cents per lineal foot for curb.
Adopt Mufier Ordinance.
An ordinance providing for the
use Of mufiers IN connection with
gasoline engines il automobiles, mo-
tor boats, motorcycles and the like
vas taken up and passed upon its
second and final reading. It must
now be advertised for ten days after
which it becomes q effective.
An ordinance providing for a bond
issue lot to exceed SS7 900 for
street improvements, was passed up
on its second and third readings.
An ordinance was introduced for
laying an e~ighteeninch pipe sewer
in WeStside enu between Hall
avenue and Eagle avenue TO connect
with the sewer nov in Eagle avenue.
1t was passed upon its first reading.
Reports OF the street and sewer
committee recommending establish
ment of grades on Mechanic street,
Barclay street and Convery place,
between New Brunswick and Brace
avenues, were received and adopted.
Want Anton Street Extended.
A petition signed by Massopust
brothers and fifteen others in Inslee
street and vicinity, asking that An
ton street be extended beneath the
Central Railroad tracks to connect
with State street, was referred to
the committee on streets and sew
ers.
A petition signed by the Cheese
brough Manufacturing Company.
George Westerfeld and the Perth
Amboy Trust Company, requesting
establishment of a grade on Grant
street, was also referred TO the COM
mittee on streets and sewers
Resolutions for applying to the
| county court for three assessors each
] for lerying assessments on the bith-
ulfthic pavements on Park avenue.
New street and Barracks street,
were adopted unanimously.
Convey Place Resolutions.
The board received a set of reso-
luton from residents in the western
and northwestern parts Of the city,
regarding the extension of Conyery
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