Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-08
IA NEW WELLS
TO BE DRIVEN
Action by Water Board Last
Night to Insure Sufficient
Supply for City.
CONNECT UP NEW LEG
Overland Mstor Truck Pur-
chased for Department. -Es-
Inmates for Pipe Petitions

ible type with gravel screens were
contracted for and it was decided to
make temporary connections with
| new wells in the southerly leg of
| the water works system at Runyon
| to give the city an abundant supply
of water, at a regular meeting of the
! Board of Water Commissioners last
| night The board awarded a contract
| for pipe and specials for connections
in the new leg, to R. D. Wood &
Company, of Philadelphia, and
awarded the contract for motor
truck to the Perth Amboy Garage
Company for an Overland machine.
The new gravel-screen wells were
ordered from the American Aerator
| Company, through its representative,
George Pfeiffer, Jr, of Camden, who
was present. Inasmuch as the COM
pany had its apparatus on the ground
following the sinking of several new
wells at Runyon, it agreed to con-
struct additional wells at the re-
duced price of 1915 each. The regu-
lar price charged Is s400. The COM
m1ssioners did not seem in favor of
sinking additional wells when ex-
pressions were made at the commit
tee meeting Tuesday night. The Of
fer Of reduced price, coupled with
recommendation of Engineer s. J.
Mason that fourteen additional wells
! be constructed, caused the commits
sioners to take favorable action. In
/ addition Engineer Mason recommend
ed a temporary connection be made
/ to new wells in the southerly leg of
| the water system, which was also
adopted.
R. D. Wood G. Company, of Phila-
delphia, successful bidders on pipe,
and specials consists " Of reducers,
Y's and bend, estip, ited as fol-
lows: Pipe, $20.S0 a ton; specials,
2h cents pound. Pipe itemized:
ESQ feet of ten-inch, $20.S0 ton;
$50 feet of twelve-inch, $20.S0 a ton;
1000 feet of siXteen-inch, 5000
ton; 2,750 feet of twenty-inch,
5000, ton. Other bids follow:
Standard Cast Iron Pipe and Foun-
dry, Bristol, Pa, pipe, $20.80 ton;
specials, 2 Il cents pound. United
States Cast Iron Pipe Foundry, of
New York City, pipe, s21.15 ton;
specials, 2 1ac a pound; John Fox &
Company, of New York City, pipe,
$21.S5 ton; specials, 2 " cents a
pound. The material will be used for
| connections to new leg, which will
make a line almost mile in length.
! The board contracted for a model
SO Overland car, with express body
and additional rear seats SO that 1t
may be used for express and passen-
ger service. 1t will be a four-cylin-
der and thirty horsepower machine
to cost $1,075. Other bids for auto
mobiles received follow: Frank Van
Ill Ey NJ N nh Cio
complete with panel or open body,
$1,250. Frank Van Syckle, Lipp' rd-
Stewart truck of 20-22 horsepower,
standard express body, complete F.
O. B. Buffalo, $1,775. Frank Van
thirty horsepower; chassis, $1,000;
Wis, s1,75O. White Company,
White motor truck, thirty horsepow-
er, stripped, $2,100; with standard
express body, additional seats and
complete supplies, $3.50. Buick
Motor Company, Buick delivery truck
to carry 1900 pounds, twenty-five
horsepower, $1,000; complete with
express top, s1,075. Garland Auto
mobile Company, of New York, We
lie 1,500-pound truck, forty horse
power, F. .. B. Perth Amboy, S1,650.
A. Jensen, Ford car with express
body, twenty-five and half horse
power, to carry up to 1900 pounds,
F. O. B. Perth Amboy, $640. c. A.
Sexton, REQ 1,500-pound, thirty
horsepower truck, f. o. Perth Am
boy, $3.50.
A petition received from A. Lasky
and five others, requesting that wa
ter main of suitable size be laid IN
Laurie street, between Penn street
and land of the Perth Amboy & Eliz-
abethport railroad, was sent over the
usual course and referred to the COM
mittee on pipe.
Harry R. Cooper, counsel for Geo.
B. Kissner, notified the board by let
ter last night that Mr.. Kissner's we'll
patent had been infringed on by
means of the support the city had
used for screens on Its wells at Run
yon. The communication was ordered
laid on the table until the next meet
ing of the board.
A complaint from A. r. A. Over
gard that an unreasonable charge
was made for water used in his tene-
ment house at Hall avenue and Penn
street. was referred to Superintend-
ent A. H. Crowen for a report at the
next meeting. Mr.. Overgaard set
forth in his complaint that the charge
made for six months was greater
than had been made for any previous
year. Some Of the commissioners
were inclined to believe there is Sc
rious leak on the premises. Sug-
gestions were made that the board
send men to the property and watch
in an endeavor to learn where the
water goes to, but this was deemed
| impracticable.
The board was apprised by letter
from Dorchester, Mass, that Mrs.
Mary Anna Seagrave had a lot at
Runyon which might be OF value to
the city for addition to its water sys-
TEN, and that it was for sale. The
matter was referred to the Jersey
City lawyer who handles real estate
transactions for the board, to open
negotiations for purchase of the
same.
Pursuant to request of bonding
company that there be no flaw in
transactions for issuance of water
bonds, an ordinance authorizing the
issuance of water bonds for $4,000
was again introduced and repassed on
a first reading last night. The
money Will be used to pay for I'M
provements and extensions to the wa