Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-26
STATE ROAD IN
SOUTH AMBOY
Stevens Avenue Improvement
Before the Council.
special 70 rhe EVENING NEWS.

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South Amboy, June 26:-There
were present at the regular meeting
of the common council last evening
Mayor Welsh, Councilmen O'Connor,
Manhattan, Stanton, Stuart and
slower, also Clerk Mack, City Solici-
tor Pearse, City Engineer Mason,
Treasurer Perrine, Water Commits
sioner Martin and Street Commits
sioner Connors.
Communication was read from
Water Commissioner Martin calling
attention to the excessive use of
~hydrants on Broadway for purposes
other than>that for which they were
installed, and suggested that water
for sprinkling purposes, ETC., be
taken from dead ends in side streets.
1t was received and the request of
the commissioner ordered complied
with.
Application was read from J. P.
Halliday for plumbers license and
after being referred to committee on
licenses was granted.
Application for transfer of license
to keep saloon from John Korka to
Frank Waskowski was referred to
committee on licenses and later
granted.
Petition was read from practically
all property owners abutting on Stew
ems n requesting that necessary
steps be taken to pave that avenue.
1t was received and referred to COM
mittee or streets.
Communication was read from
the New York Telephone Company
enclosing acceptances duly executed
on part of thai company covering
permission to run wires underground
OF Augusta street. The communica-
tion was received and filed.
Sealed bids for repairing the city
dock were next taken up and opened.
But two bids were received, one
from Fred Wheeler, $795, and one
from P. ]. Monaghan, $1,098. Bids
were referred to committee on pub
lie buildings and grounds with the
city engineer for tabulation and
later awarded to Mr.. Wheeler as he
was the lowest bidder.
Bills amounting in total to $1,354
were ordered paid.
Mr.. Pearse stated the contract be-
tween John Quinland and the city
for constructing on Borden
town avenue, also bond, had been
submitted but he wishes a little time
to look same I'VE before approving
as to form. However, If the council
would approve the sureties, David
Q~uinland and P. f. Fallon, he could
approve the bond later as to form
and It would not be necessary to de-
lay the work until the next meeting
of the council. Upon motion of Mr..
onhotton tho nnInpi1 annrNUpd tho
sureties.
On the question of the Mechanics
Vile section of the sanitary sewer
system Mr.. Pearse stated he had ap-
proved the contract as to form, but
the bond had not as yet been pre-
scented. However, the sureties were
Collins & Gundrum and j. II. Cor
don and If the council would approve
these sureties the bond could readily
be prepared and the work not delay
ed until the next meeting. Upon
motion of Mr.. Slower the sureties
were approved.
Mr.. O'Connor: "I wish to state
that the committee appointed some
time ago to meet the state road COM
missioner has fulfilled that duty last
Tuesday a week ago, with reference
TO the Improvement OF stevens ave-
nue. and the roads that are now be-
ing used by the state people and the
road formerly owned and controlled
by the Board Of Freeholders. Col.
Stevens gave us a very nice reception
and l think somewhat good encour-
agement. He stated the condition
the roads we had inherited were in
anything but good condition at the
present time. He stated the position
the state had taken was that the
state should contribute SO much
money towards improving these
roads and annually. Mr..
Stevens stated that the matter now
was in the hands of the attorney
general and that there were three
roads that had been contemplated to
be built by the State of New Jersey
by the state road commissioners, n
between Jersey City and Camden,
one between Camden and Atlantic
City and one from Railway to the
Jersey shore, which will take in the
links we represented to the road
commissioner and he gave US his as
urance that as soon as he could
hear from the attorney general that