Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-03-26
NO PERMIT TO
USE THESEWER
South River Officials Learn
Something New to Them.
peoial TO ths BvBNYNG NEWS.


Special to the BVENTNG NEWS.
South River. March 26:-At a
meeting Of borough council held last
night at s O'Clock. Ross Hendrickson,
a local plumber, asked Mayor Mark
for the privilege of the floor, which
was granted. Mr.. Hendrickson adj
dressed the a and council re-
garding the adoption of an ordinance
to regulate the time and manner of
connecting houses with the sewer
and water systems. He asked Mayor
Mark If n plumber, or IL any pri-
vate citizen, had a right to make
connections with either system be-
fore securing a permit from the clerk
or the proper authority. Mr.. Hend-
rickson declared that there are a
number Of citizens who are using
the sewer and are also using Dor
ough water, and as the oficials do
not know it, these citizens are en-
joying these conveniences without
cost.
Mayor Mark told the speaker that
he was not aware that anyone was
using either system and did not
know that any permits had been
granted to connect with the munich
pal systems, except to residents on
Thomas street SO the new macadam
road could be laid without any tear
ing up after it had been completed.
Mayor Mark declared that using
the systems without a permit from
the borough to do SO was a criminal
act, and those who are guilty of the
offense could and would be prosecut-
ed. He also added that anyone who
is using borough water without the
privilege to do so would be arrested
the full penalty of the law. The
An investigation will be made and
perhaps some arrests will follow.
Expensive OH.
A bill of the National Meter Com
pany, amounting to $120 for gas en-
CINE oil sold at the rate of fifty cents
Eper gallon, was held up by Council
man Whiteman, who declared the
charge to be entirely too high as the
same oil, or an oil equally as good,
could be purchased for much less.
He also declared that the National
Meter Company charged $3.50 for
each barrel and made no allowance
for those returned, while another
company which he has had dealings
with made no charge for barrels ana
allowed e~ighty-fve cents for each
one returned. He declared the mat
ter to be O fair business proposition
and that the matter should be In
vestigated for the interest OF the tax
payers. 1t IA said by one of the
advisory committee that the same
oil could be purchased for thirty
cents per gallon with no charge for
barrels.
Contractors Insurance Expires.
P. Riddle, representative of an ac-
cident liability insurance company,
notified the mayor and council that
the liability insurance of Melee &
Bruno had expired and said the con-
tractors were without protection In
case of accident. AS this is In VIOLA
ton of the contract the contractors
were notified to obtain insurance,
protecting them and the borough In
case of an emergency. The contrae-
tors agreed to attend to the matter
at once.
Must Have Disposal Plant.
Mayor Mark addressed the council
and members of the advisory COM
mittee on the matter of building a
disposal plant. He said that every
step taken so far regarding the mat
ter had been an indefinite n and
that no end had been reached in any
of their planning. He declared that
the whole W system would be
useless without the disposal plant
and that the various committees
should come together and take def
mite steps, one way or the other, re-
garding its construction. The idea
OF forcing Melee G Bruno to con-
struct a disposal plant, notwithstand-
ing they bid to do so, for S12,500, is
illegal. The bondsmen of Melee &
Bruno claim that the disposal plant
was not opened to competitive bid
ding and that the contractors were
led to believe by Engineer Young
that the plant could be completed
for the amount of their bid, whereas
experienced engineers have declared
that it would cost $4,000 if the
specifications and plans were carried
out.
Engineer Young interpreted the
collecting drain specifications, and
contractors were requested to sub
nit new bids accordingly.