Bridgeton pioneer., 1915-03-04
MEETING BY
FITS & STARTS
Council Session Was Ir-
regular.
MUCH TALKFEST
Various Matters Occurred to Break
Up the Regular Order of
Council Events.

When President John Evans called
City Council to order for the first
March meeting, Mr.. Fox and Mr.. Esi-
bill were not present. The latter came
In little later. Mr.. Fox was not
present owing to illness.
1t was expected that the ordinance
granting the Bridgeton G Melville
Traction Company a franchise to ex-
tend its tracks from Cohansey Street
to its private property, would come
up for final reading. Mr.. William A.
Logue, for the Traction Company, ex-
planned that the extension of Wash
ington Street by the Franklin Real
Estate Company had not been adjust
ed, and consideration of the ordinance
was postponed until the next regular
meeting.
Immediately after the roll call, the
minutes of the previous session were
read by City Clerk J. B. Jones and ap-
proved.
City Comptroller s. P. FIthian pre-
sented his monthly report of the f.
nances of the city, which was read and
ordered flied.
Mayor Whitaker presented his re-
port for February showing the re-
ceipts of fees, $500, fine, $500; costs,
$50, a total of $4610.
The report of the Commissioner of
Puzzle Safety was presented, read and
filed. 1t is printed elsewhere in this
issue in full.
The report of the Commissioner of
Public Works, a lengthy one, was
read and filed. The report will be
printed in full tomorrow in the Pho
neer.
The report of Commissioner of
Highways Gilbert r. Bonham gave the
details of the road work done by this
department. The Commissioner also
asked if there was not some way IN
which labor on streets could lie
paid for weekly. Commissioner Bon
ham presented estimates showing the
cost of permanently improving East
Commerce street eastward from Bank
street to the crossing of the West Jer-
sey and Seashore Railroad Company
as follows:
Asphalt, s1.60 per square yard, to-
tai cost of $14,2496O.
Amesite, $3.50 per square yard, to-
tai cost, S13, 3,359,OO.
Concrete, $1.4O per square yard, to-
tai cost, $12, ,46S 40.
Macadam, $1.15 per square yard, to-
tai cost, $1O,241.90.
To the latter must be added 81 800 90
for concrete cutters. The excavation
of the street would be $650.00
Council opened bids for 500 feet
Of fire hose. Whenever there are bids
for fire hose there are representatives
of manufacturers present, and that al
ways means a lot of argument for the
representatives know their business
and they can always tell all the good
qualities of the hose they represent
and point out the defects which they
find in the other fellows hose.
There were five bids received last
night, but three of which were con-
sidered The bids were as follows:
Eureka Fire Hose Co.,
Paragon, $1.1O per foot
Red Cross, $1O0 per foot
Double Jacket, 79c per foot.
Fabric Fire Hose Company:
Knickerbocker, 90c per foot
Black Diamond Jacket, 9Oc per foot
Yale Jacket, soc per foot.
Arms & Hammer, S5c per foot.
c. F. Dare & Son, agents for Good
rich Company:
No. 1 Special, S5c per foot.
No. 2, Grey, soc per foot
No. 8, White, soc per foot.
There was a bid of the United &
Globe Rubber Company, at &c per foot,
and the Gutta Percha Co., at Csc per
foot.
Council retired to the committee
room after hose representatives had
orated, and considered the hose bids
and examined the samples submitted.