Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-06-12
INFORMATION
ABOUT SEWER
Bonding Company Questions
the Report Council.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
Keyport, June Irregular meet
ing of the borough council was held
Monday night, Mayor w. f. Warn
and Councilmen Aumack, Cherry,
Walling, Latham and Smith were
present.
A communication was received by
letter from Mrs. Folan, OF Broad
way, that her drain pipe was stopped
up, owing to its being broken by the
contractors when the sewer was put
In and she wanted It attended to at
once. The matter was referred to
the street committee.
A communication was received
from the Central railroad of New
Jersey, saying that a large amount
of the surface water came from the
Conover and Young's factory and
Stultz's ice plant and from the
streets adjoining the railroad. The
letter was a reply to the commun-
ication to the railroad company, fol
lowing several complaints from
property owners asking them to
take care of the surface water, which
runs down Atlantic street n
which rests in stagnant pools along
the tracks between Atlantic street
and Green Grove avenue. 1t was
decided to have the superintendent
of public works, A. d. Bedle, meet
the railroad officials and see what
might be done. Clyde Potts, civil
engineer. requested the attorney to
have the clerk notify him by letter
of the councils action on report.
A bonding company requested In
formation about work that is still
to be done on sewer and approximate
cost OF the same and amount of
money due the Harrison Construc-
ton Company. Patsy Antico entered
bids for As cents per DOT for lateral
connections and so cents per foot
in box or wet places, extra work,
etc, to be agreed upon. Council
man Latham OF the sewer commit
tee, reported that he had seen Mr..
Potts and that he had advised
AGAINST having work done as had
been agreed with the Monmouth
contracting company of Red Bank.
Mr.. Potts also said hat $500 should
put the sewer system III good shape
and recommended the superinten-
dent of public works to do the job.
A great deal of discussion followed
regarding this matter, some OF the
councilmen thought hat Mr.. Van
Zee, a representative of Mr.. Potts,
should do the work, and others that
the Price deal, as discussed at the
last meeting should be carried
through. ~
The clerk, A. M. Walling, was in
structed to notify the bonding COM
pany of amount due the Harrison
Construction Company, namely SILL
482.13, and the report of unfin-
ished work and that the exact cost
CT completing eve could not be
estimated.
Edward Currie, who was present.
complained of conditions of Broad
street north of railroad track, ana
Charles Tuthill, of the Board of
Health, reported that the drain on
Spring street was in a bad condition,
and q danger to the health of the
community and asked to have the
ditch, which the drain runs into,
dug out. The street committee was
INSTRUCTED to have the ditch cleared
out and to remedy the condition.
A resolution was passed to COM
plete the work on the W under
the direction of the superintendent
of public works, he to have the &c
essary men, tools, etc, and cost of
same to be charged to the Harrison
Construction Company account and
deducted from their amount. Mr..
Van Zee, a former superintendent
Of the sewer work here, is to super
wise the work.
Mr.. E.. E. Cline reported that he
had set Mrs. Folan's curb according
to the borough engineers grade,
and that she had refused to pay the
bill, as the grade was not correct.
The matter was referred to the
street committee with power to act.
Bills were presented and paid to
the amount of $~1,056.43.
The question of appointing a dog
catcher was laid over until next
meeting. The matter of fixing Broad
street just north of railroad track,
was left to the street committee.