Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1912-08-06
PAVEMENTS To
Be PROTECTED
Aldermen Introduce Ordi-
nances--L Let Contracts for
Division and Mechanic SITS.
PARDEE MAY MAKE TERMS
Fire Heuse Janitors Want
Kore Pay Unusual Amount
of Business at fAeetinQ.

paVementS IN the future, ordinances
were introduced and passed upon
their first reading at meeting Of the
Board of Aldermen last night to
have the city engineer, street COM
missioner and inspectors of public
works make reports, take measure
ments and draw maps of under
ground lines, and to require that
sewer, water and gas lines be placed
in streets before pavements are laid.
The Hastings Pavement Company
and the Standard Bitulithic Company
were awarded contracts for paving
Mechanic and Division streets, re-
spectively, and several other street
Improvements were authorized.
One Of the ordinances, If finally
passed. will provide that the city en-
gineer make series of sewer maps
from measurements taken by inspec-
tors on the various jobs as sewers
are laid. The street commissioner
will be required to see that the ex-
act measurements are marked on
the various maps and that a rod ls
run from within a foot of the sur
face Of the ground or pavement to
the bottom of the pipe trench. 1t
will further provide that house con-
nections be run from sewer lines to
fourbs every twenty-five feet and that
sewers be equipped with manholes,
etc.
| The other ordinance will provide
that streets for which requests are
made for pavements have the re-
quired sewer, water, gas and other
underground lines and that all pri-
VOTE ha1
sary by the city engineer, be recon-
structed.
| Pardee Willing to Accept.
| The Pardee interests are quite
willing to accept the city's offer of
Convery Place if the city will let the
| corporation be exempt from assess
ment on improvements made by cut
', ting the street through, according to
a communication from Charles H.
Edwards, which was before the coun-
Gil last night. 1t was received and
on suggestion Of Alderman Calvin,
Acting Mayor Garretson appointed
the committee on streets and sewers
to wait on the Pardee officials in an
effort to bring about an amicable
adjustment.
In the communication Superin-
tendent Edwards acknowledged re-
ceipt of the offer of $4,000 from the
city. He stated the company did not
desire to do anything to cause them
to stand In the way of public i'm
provement. He let 1t be known that
the concern had purchased the land
for manufacturing purposes and
| hoped to extend their plant in the
future. He declared the cutting
through OF Convery Place would Of
course be detriment to their prop
erty and would cause the concern to
| feel a hardship, but nevertheless In
view of the improvement for the city
they would be quite willing to ac-
cept the offer il they could be rea-
sonably assured that no assessment
would be made upon the concern
for the street improvement. The
letter was referred to the committee
on streets and sewers.
| Bids for Pavements.
! Two bids were received for each
of the Mechanic and Division street
pavements. They follow: Mechanic
street-Hastings Pavement Com
pany, excavation, 6S cents cubic
yard; concrete, 1915 cubic yard;
old curb reset, so cents lineal foot:
new curb, 80 cents lineal foot; as
phalt block top surface. $1.52 a
square yard. Barber Asphalt Paw
| ing Company, excavation, s1.10 a
cubic yard; concrete, $3.50 a cubic
yard: old curb reset, 65 cents lin
cal foot; new curb, SLIT a lineal
! foot; asphalt block surface, S1.24 a
square yard. Division street-Stan-
dard Bitulithic Company, excavation.
so cents a cubic yard; concrete, $5
a cubic yard: new curb, "A cents g.
lineal foot; bitulithic surface, S1.57
a square yard. Newark Paving Com
pany, excavation, 40 cents a cubic
yard: concrete $3.50 a cubic yard:
new curb, rs cents lineal foot; bit
ulithic surface, $1.61 a square yard.
| Resolutions were passed to give
public notice of intention to lay out.
| open and extend Garretson avenue,
from State street westward under
the Central and Pennsylvania rail-
road tracks to Pine street, thereby
making a connecting link between
the northeastern and northwestern
parts of the city.
Water Street Pavement.
Following receipt of a petition
from J. N. Wester and twenty other
property owners along Water street
the council passed resolutions to
give notice Of intention for paving a
thirty-foot strip on that thorough
fare from Smith street to Lewis
street and to have the curb lines
moved out thereto, SO as to make 1t
more attractive residential street.
The top surface is to be OF two-inch
asphalt blocks. Plans for a bulk
head at Lewis and Water streets
were approved and adopted by reso-
luton and another resolution was
passed to have the street commits
sioner advertise for bids for con-
struction of the proposed bulkhead.
Bids will be received August 10.
Resolutions were also passed to
give public notice of intention for
paving Paterson street, between
State street and Madison avenue,
with a six-inch bituminous top, and
to instruct the city engineer to pre-
pare plans and specifications for the
same.
The following street improve
ments were authorized by motion:
That the street commissioner adver-
tise for bids for sewer lines In West
Side avenue and Jeffreys street and
,, for working Johnstone street to the
established grade. and to instruct
the street commissioner to serve