Bridgeton pioneer. (Bridgeton, N.J.) 1884-1919, 1915-10-07
So, 100 New Buildings APP
piled For.
DETAILS OF WORK
Commissioner Dayton W.Fredrick
Tells About Water Plant,
Sewers and New
Buildings.
Bridgeton, N. j., Oct. 5, 1915.
To the President and Members Of

Bridgeton, N. j., Oct. 5, 1915. >
To the President and Members Of
City Council:
Gentlemen:-
The pipe lines leading from the ori-
. flee feed tanks to the mixing chambers
in the coagulation basin have been
giving US some trouble for the last
four or five months. They seem to
get air bound and will not allow the
solutions to pass through, and as the
pipes pass through the floor of the
Laboratory and under the concrete
floor of the middle room there was no
way to get at them to relieve the air,
and when the pipes became full of air
it forced its way back through the
pipes and carried the solution with it,
flowing over the laboratory floor and
wasting to the sludge well. During
the last week we have had these pipes
changed to an overhead system, there
by forming no traps and where they
can be taken care of at any time with
out tearing up the concrete floors.
Five applications for water have
been granted.
| Sewers
The sewer asked for by portion of
the residents of Taylor Street has been
completed. There is a private sewer
of about one hundred feet Of five inch
pipe on the south side of the street and
after some consideration we decided to
continue the sewer on through to
Hampton Street while we were there
and abandon the five-inch sewer, also
to have the entire line under the con-
troll of the Department of Public
Works and Buildings.
We have finished the erection of the
new centrifugal pump at the Glass st.
Disposal Plant, and at present they
,, are giving excellent results. On test
of six hours we find that after the
system has been emptied that the
pumps remain idle lone hour and run
twenty minutes, this means that with
the current on them continually they
will run six hours out of twenty-four,
and at the same time we tested for
capacity and find that they will pump
more sewerage than they were guar
anteed for, and 1 would suggest to
you for the City to close the contract
with the Buffalo Steam Pump Com
pany and order the Comptroller to
draw a warrant for the amount.
Five applications for Sewer Taps
have been granted.
Buildings
L. Serata, repair store, South
Pearl st. announcements 200 90
VIM. Frazier, repair dwelling
| 43 Oak St ................ $50 90
CARL & Carll, lumber shed, s.
Laurel st. ............... so 90
chester G. Young, repair store,
299 Irving Ave. ........... $50 90
Geo. Lockman, dwelling, Vine
Street .................... =. 900 90
Oberlin Smith, Conservatory,
e. Commerce st. =. 5000 90
Presbyterian Cemetery, Chap
ell, Broad st. 400 90
| In regard to the complaint of Ameen
Baroody, of IL West Commerce ST.,
that sparks from a defective smoke
stack set fire to his building, 1 find
that the matter was investigated by
another City Department on the day
Iof the fire and at this time there was
badly rusted smoke stock which has
been replaced by a new one and after
carefully looking over the property, I
ind no cause for the City to take any
faction.
Respectfully submitted,
w. DAYTON FRIEDRICH.