Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1913-10-07
AMEC|TE WILL
BE USED FOR
FIVE STREETS
Ordinances for Pavements In
troduced by Board Of Alder
men Last Night.
AWARD CONTRACTS FOR
SEWER EXTENSIONS

Ordinances were introduced to
place Amecite pavement material on
most streets in the southern section
Of the city, between the Central rail-
road tracks and Madison avenue, and
other street improvements together
at a regular meeting of the council
last night. Grades were established
and re-esta blished in several streets
ond contracts were awarded for sew
or extensions.
Ordinances were introduced and
passed upon their first reading for
the following: To pave Elm street,
between Market street and New
Brunswick avenue with six inch
concrete pavement to have blum
inous top; to pave First street from
Market street to point sixtythree
feet south of Lewis street, with
Amecite; to pave Brighton avenue,
between Lewis and Gordon streets,
with Amecite; to pave Paterson, be-
tween Madison avenue and Second
street, with Amecite; to pave Catalpa
avenue, between Brighton avenue
and Lewis street, with Amecite, and
to pave Lewis street, between Mad
Amecite.
Ordinances were also introduced
and passed upon their first reading
to establish a grade on Gadek place
from Pulaski avenue northerly and
to have it worked to the established
grade; to establish a grade on Buck
inEham avenue and have 1t worked
to the new grade, and to place a
twelve inch sewer In Laurie street,
between Cornell and Groom streets.
MAIDS J. Dinesen was awarded a
contract to place a twelve inch pipe
sewer In Neville street for s1.26 a
foot and to construct manholes for
$34 each. The only other bidder
was Carl Poulsen, who estimated
$3.50 for the sewer and $33 for each
manhole.
P. N. Janderup was awarded the
contract to extend the Gordon street
sewer out into the water, He Of
fered to do the work for $493.50.
The only other bidders were Liddle
& Pfeiffer, who estimated $506.25.
Upon recommendation Of the COM
mittee on streets and sewers, res
olution was adopted to place q
twelve inch pipe sewer in Gadek
place, northerly across lands of the
Lehigh Valley railroad to connect
with the seven foot trunk sewer.
The street commissioner was au-
thorized by motion to advertise for
bids to place sewer in Conyery
place, between New Brunswick and
Sayre avenues. A resolution follow
ed, that when the Convery place
sewer Is built, six inch house con-
nections be laid at the same time.
1t was also adopted.
Preparatory to paving New Bruins
wick avenue from the Lehigh Valley
railroad crossing, westerly, the al
dermen adopted a resolution to pro-
vide for proper sewerage facilities
between the railroad crossing and
the intersection of Washington
street Manholes will be built as
found necessary.
The grading OF Hommann avenue,
Hanson avenue, Lee street, Neville
street, Cornell street, and Laurie
street, was referred, by resolution,
to the commissioners of assessment
for street improvements for final as
sessment. Another resolution was
passed to direct the city attorney to
apply to the circuit court for COM
missioners of assessment on sewers
in Brodhead place and Elm street.
John Hanley was elected as in
spector on the Gordon street sewer
extension. Chairman Seaman, OF
the committee on streets and sewers,
inquired as to who Hanley was. Re-
ceiving but little satisfaction, he de-
clined to vote for the man and pass
ed
The passage Of an ordinance to
provide for the issuance of school
extension bonds in the amount of
100000 was authorized by a mo-
ton. A resolution was passed au-
thorizing the city treasurer to pro-
cure bonds In the amount of $40, 900
for the sinking fund.
Telephone extensions, to connect
with the city's central station in city
hall, are to be installed in the prin-
cipals room in the high school build
ing and in the manual training
school Resolutions providing that
the New York Telephone Company
be Instructed to install such exten-
sions, were adopted. Mr.. Seaman
pointed out that the city should pro-
ceed with care, as the telephone
company had bound it to pay about
$13 month for each additional ex-
tension. Clerk La Roe said that
new school buildings were exempt
from that clause and could be sup
piled with extensions free OF charge.
Superintendent Henry Toft of the
department Of weights and measures,
reported the receipt of s380.50 In
market fees during August and Sep
tember. Resolutions were passed to
give $151.S9 of that amount to the
Middlesex Retl Estate Company
and 1886 to the First National
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