Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-03-15
WOULD SETTLE
SEWER MATTER
Company Wants Final Pay
ment-- Will Report.
sssosa, to tho EVENING NEWS.

u AmDoy, March 15:-There
were present at the adjourned meet
Ing OF the common council last even
ing Mayor Welsh, Messrs. Berrfau,
Manhattan, O'Connor, Stanton and
Stuart, also Street Commissioner
Connors, Counsellor Pearse and
Treasurer Perrine. In the absence
OF Clerk Fulton, Richard Mack acted
as clerk pro tenn.
The clerk read the resignation of
Mrs. Carrie B. Cook as matron of
Tompkins Home. Upon motion Of
Mr.. Stuart 1t was accepted.
Communication was read from the
South Amboy Terra Gotta Company
requesting that their Waterman.
Robert Hunt, be appointed a special
marshal, they stating they had found
this necessary in view of the recent
depredations. The clerk was in
structed to communicate with the
Terra Gotta Company to the effect
that II they would furnish the neces
sary bond their request would be
complied with.
A bill amounting to SIS in favor OF
F. 3. DeGraw for postage, etc., was
ordered paid.
Petition was read from residents
and property owners requesting
crosswalks be laid across Catherine
street at the intersection of Broad
way. II was referred to the street
committee.
The Sewer Matter.
Mr.. Cantrell, of the Cantrell Con-
struction Company, was given the
privilege OF the floor. He stated be
was present with the idea Of endea-
voring to collect the ten per cent.
which the city was holding back on
their contract and offered to give a
bond to protect the city. He stated
arrangements had been made with
Mr.. Thomas, of South Amboy, to
look after the iron pipe that needed
Strengthening up at the very earliest
possible date that the weather would
permit, thatthe sewers were being
tapped, had been used now for a
considerable time, that the Job had
been finished for a number of
months and they would like to use
the $2,961 due them If the city could
accommodate them by paying over
that amount and accept a bond
which was the usual practice with
all cities In such matters.
Considerable discussion ensued,
Mr. Stanton of the committee on
sewers, claiming the council was not
In a position to accept the sewers un-
til the city engineer assured them in
writing that the sewers were prop
erly constructed and that he aeon
mended acceptance of same. Mr..
Cantrell stated he was under the I'M
preston that the city engineer had
reported fayorably on the sewers
Mr.. Berrian brought up the matter
OF the bill of the N. Y. & l.. B. r. r.
amounting to over five hundred dol
lars for work done in passing under
tracks on Henry street. Mr.. Can
trell thought the bill was %unreason-
able, that the estimate the city en-
gineer made, also their own estimate
was much below this amount. but
that he was willing to do whatever
was considered fair In the matter. ii
was finally decided that the city en-
gineer should be requested to ap-
pear at the meeting of the council to
be held next Tuesday night and be
prepared to either accept or reject
the sewers and also be able to give
some ideal of what 1t was thought
fair to charge the Cantre1l Construc-
ton Company for the work of get
ting under tracks on Henry street,
so that the whole matter might be
disposed of.
Main Street Bridge.
Mr.. O'Connor asked the city So
hcitor what has been done In the
matter of the Main street bridge. Mr..
Pearse stated petition had been pre-
scented to the Public Utilities Commits
sion and date is being arranged for
a hearing.
Mr.. O'Connor moved that the city
solicitor be instructed to prepare an
ordinance for the new Board of
Health that will be organized with
reference to compulsion in tapping
the sanitary sewers. He stated his
reason for making the motion was,
he thought the present system of
tapping should be stopped and that
they should commence on one street
a9d finish it up. As 1t was possible
that In a short period they would i'm
prove Broadway by paving, he
thought that would be a good street
to commence on and finish 1t up. Mr..
Stanton inquired whether tapping
could be made compulsory. Mr..
L Oot Dc ptolCd IL tOui0-
Mr.. O'Connor again brought up
the matter of the pipes for carrying
surface water under the tracks of
the Jersey Central Traction Com
pany at the intersection OF Broadway
and Main street, stating about a
month ago the clerk was instructed
to communicate with the trolley peo-
pie In regard to remedying the hor-
|rible conditions existing there but
that nothing had been heard from
them. The matter was discussed at
some length, 1t developed that the
traction company had a couple of
Lengths of s~ixteen-inch pipe under
their tracks, that 1t was then con-
neeted with by an eight or ten-inch
pipe, which had Allied up and no wa
ter passed through at all. Mr..
Pearse referred to a copy of the or
Idinance and quoted Section 8, when
ever tracks cross cutters they shall
be laid over iron pipes or some other
conduit which shall be of a size and
kind to meet the approval Of the
street committee and common coun-
ell and shall be provided without ex-
pense to the city and shall extend
from gutter to gutter, etc. So that
the traction company were obligated
to lay enough additional pipe to at
least the northerly side of Broad
way.
Mr.. OsConnor asked what the PEN
atty waa for not living up to the or
sdfnance. Mr.. Pearse requested that