Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-18
new MAIN TO
COST $4,000
Merritt & Chapman Co., of
New York Submit Lowest
Figure for Work.
CONTRACT IS NOT LET
John H. Gregory Other Bid
der--Water Beard Plan
New ReadoW Line.
CONTRACT IS NOT LET

Instead of a 100000 proposition
as originally contemplated, the Board
of Water Commissioners have sifted
the cost of the new main to be placed
across the Raritan river down to
one-third, or about $4,000, includ-
ing end connections. Two bids were
received at last nights meeting of
the board for the construction of a
twenty-four-inch main, as another
link between the city and the Run
yon water works. John H. Gregory,
of this city, bid $28.75 a foot for ap-
proximately 1900 feet of main, or a
total of about $4,000. The Merritt
& Chapman Derrick and Wrecking
Company bid 1882 a foot on the
specifications and presented an alter
nate bid on other specifications for
s14.43 q foot. for approximately g.
900 feet, or a total Of about s31,S4O.
Contract Be Awarded Later.
The contract was not awarded at
last nights meeting, President Sne-
deker stating hat there were certain
formalities to be gone through with
before the award was made. A spe-
cial meeting will be called in the
near future to award the contract.
Certified checks for $4,000 accompa-
MED the bids submitted last night.
The construction of the main will
be financed from the funds of the
water board. At the end OF last
month the board had a balance OF
~s25,424.99. It's monthly income is
between $4,000 and $4,000, which
doubles up every third month with
the receipt of the quarterly water
rents. BY the end Of next July the
board should have received about
$4,000 more In rents in addition to
its balance Of April so. The revenue
of the department in 1910 was $l09,-
I891.O4. The net earnings were s48,-
317.46.
1t was originally planned to Is
sue bonds for the construction or the
main in question, but after consider
ing the financial condition OF the city
at large, the board decided to con
struct the main from Its W FUNDS
Run West of County Bridge.
The new main will run from the
north and south banks Of the Rarl-
tan river, to the west of the county
bridge. 1t was originally planned to
run the main to the east OF the
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span Of pipe about twice the length
of the contemplated improvement.
The board Instructed S~uper1nten-
dent Crowell to advertise for 4,0oo
feet of six inch pipe for the placing
of mains in the following streets
Lawrence street, 1900 feet; Penn
street, 500 feet; William street
400 feet; Meade and Gordon streets,
500 feet; Brighton avenue, 300 feet-
This work will cost about S5,5Oo,
which with work already under way,
will mean the expenditure OF 0
$4,000 for water main tnls
spring.
e. ]. switzer complained to the
board about a big increase In his wa
ter rent at 139 Smith street. The
matter was referred to S~uperinten-
dent Crowell to report back.
The Perth Amboy Trust Company
was designated as the depository for
the general account Of the board ana
the Perth Amboy Savings Institution
as the depository Of the sinking fund
of the board. These houses were
designated upon request OF bonding
firms.
Members present at last nights
meeting OF d board were rfesl-
dent Snedeker and Commissioners
Fraser and Grouse.
New Main On Meadows.
With the completion of the pro-
posed twenty-four-inch main across
the river for which bids were re-
| ceived last night, the board proposes
to lay another main on the meadows
to suppIant the present sixteen-inch
main which is out of commits
sion on account Of a break. This
main will also be tw~enty-four Inches
in diameter and will connect with
the twenty-four-inch main to be laid
under the river. The main in the
meadows will probably run over g.
900 feet long, but Its cost will only
be about one-third of what the main
under the river will be.