Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-06-02
New Brunswick Ave. from Le-
high Valley R. R. Tracks to
Convery Place to be Paved
With Brick or Asphalt Block.
AT MEETING LAST NIGHT
Amboy Avenue, Between New
Brunswick Ave. and North
erly Line of St. Mary's R. C.
Cemetery Also to be Paved.

New Brunswick avenue, from the
Lehigh Valley railroad tracks to Con-
very place, is to be paved with either
brick or asphalt blocks and Amboy
avenue, between New Brunswick ave
nue. and the northerly line of st.
Mary's R. c. cemetery is to be perma-
Snently paved with asphalt block and
1}anite block, according to action
= taken by the Board of Aldermen last
night. A resolution was passed, en-
poWering the street commissioner to
proceed with the repairing of macad-
am on the remainder Of the thor
oughfares, which lie within the CITY
E1mits. The street commissioner was
authorized by motion to advertise for
bids for paving Cortlandt street, Oak
street and Mechanic street, Liddle G.
PfelHer were awarded a contract for
repairing sewer outlets at Madison
and Brighton avenues and several
other subjects came before the board
at lengthy meeting held last night.
In view of the intention to place
granite instead of asphalt block on
the hill section of Amboy avenue to
avoid slipping and skidding of horses
and vehicles, Mayor Ferd Garretson
returned the original resolution to
give notice of intention for asphalt
block, unapproved. 1t was received.
A new resolution providing for
granite block having been passed at
IA special meeting on Friday night,
, no further action was taken in rela-
ton to the subject.
Max A. Shapiro and about forty
others had petition before the
council requesting that New Bruns-
wick avenue, from the Lehigh Valley
railroad tracks to the westerly side
of Convery place, be paved with
three-inch asphalt block, except on
the hill section, which should have
granite block surface. The COM
munication was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and sewers. That
committee recommended that the
thoroughfare be paved with some
substantial material, which recon-
mendation was adopted. A resolu-
tion was then adopted to give public
notice of intention for paving the
thoroughfare in question with either
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for this action was a disagreement
among property owners as TO the
kind of pavement desired.
Bids will probably be received at
-the next meeting for asphalt block
pavements to be placed in Cortlandt,
Oak and Mechanic streets.
There were three bidders on the
work Of repairing sewer outlets In
the southern section of the city. Lid
idle & Pfeiffer, the successful bidders, |
offered to take up and clean twelve !
inch pipe as required at 81 foot; !!
to install eight lengths of pipe at 81
a foot, to furnish eight lengths as
a cubic yard. Carl Poulsen offered
to take up and clean pipe for $1.25
foot, to furnishe eight lengths as
required at S2.10 foot and concrete
at $12 a cubic yard. Martin Hanson, |
offered to clean pipe at $3.50 foot,
install additional lengths at So foot
and furnish concrete for SO cubic
ward. The committee of streets was
empowered by resolution to have
sewers at Madison avenue and First
street pumped out cost not to ex-
ceed $50 each.
new foundation for the opening
and extension of Garretson avenue
in the northern part of the city, as
recently requested by Joseph Masso- !
pust, was laid by the receipt Of a pc
fition from ne Massopust Realty
company and about thirty others,
which was referred to the committee
on streets and sewers.
[ Ordinances were finally passed on
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lowing: To place ten-inch sewer
in Carson avenue, from Brace avenue
.x-,29ds Of Henry Maurer q Son;
=, - lian,a ten-inch sewer in Donald
avenue. from Kennedy street to the
lands of Henry Maurer & Son; to
place a twelve-inch sewer in Jacques
street, from Hall avenue to Sutton
street; to place twelve-inch sewer
In Johnstone street, from Hall ave-
nue to Meredith street; to place a
ten-inch sewer in Cornell street, from
Han avenue to the Alpine cemetery,
and to install a fifteen-inch sewer in
Amboy avenue from Hall avenue to
the northerly line of St. Mary's r. G.
cemetery.
The committee on streets and
sewers was empowered by. resolution
to extend the sewer at the foot OF
Lewis street a distance of fifteen feet
at a cost not to exceed $500.
An ordinance relating to obstruc-
tions of streets with building and
other material, was finally passed
Following a squabble over the re-
osfpt OF bids for auditing the city
books, bids on hand were returned
unopened and two letters from the
audit Company and the UNIVERSAL
Audit Company were referred to the
finance committee.
A resolution was adopted to au-
thorfze the issuing of bond fori
sa.5oo to reimburse the street de-
fund for money expended
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