Newark evening star and Newark advertiser., 1916-01-27
IS
TO Be HELD TO
HIS AGREEMENT
James F. Kelly Given Three
Days to Perfect City Hall
Heating System.

After fault had been found with the
work being done in connection with
the heating and ventilating system in
The City Hall, the building committee
of Common Council, at its meeting
] last night. voted to give Contractor
James +, Kelly three days to complete
the contract
The matter was brought up follow
| ing a report made by Chief Engineer
GOttfried Dries, and in the argument
that ensued the work of the contrac-
tor was both upheld and criticised. In
his report MIR. Dries suggested that
electric meters be placed in the vari-
Gus departments in the City Hall, and
that each department be charged for
the amount OF current used. 1t would
mean revenue of 81 900 or $4,000 an
nually for the building committee ac-
count, he declared.
In his report to the committee En-
gineer Dries declared that the founda-
tion for the three vacuum pumps in
the municipal building was not solid
as provided for in the contract. He
stated that there was a space OF
about an inch between the pump and
the wall Aldermen Charles @. Hahn
and William Hodginson declared that
they had inspected the work and in
their opinion the wall was solid.
Alderman Hahn added that If there
was ground for complaint for the
work it should have been reported
before by Mr.. Dries. To this the en-
gineer stated that he called the at
tention of George w. knight. CON
sulting engineer of the committee. TO
a tunrk ~ In
take up the matter at once.
Alderman Thomas j. Lee. jr., chair
man of the committee, declared that
the work should have been completed
last fall and added that there was no
use of prolonging the discussion. He
said that there is still between $1,000
and $4,000 worth of pipe covering
work to be done and that Mayor Ray
mond has promised to make an in
spectlon of the building with the COM
mittee. The mayor, he declared is go
ing to have an engineer with him to
find out the condition of things.
1t was then moved by Alderman
+. Joseph Schmelz that Contractor
Kelly be given three days TO complete
the work and the motion was sec
onded by Alderman George III. Baker.
An amendment that the contractor
be given thirty days to do the work
was offered by Alderman Hahn and
was lost by a vote OF to 3.
Another amendment that the clerk
of the committee notify Mr.. Kelly to
proceed with the work was also lost.
The original motion that the con-
tractor complete the work within
three days prevailed. 1t was sup
ported by Aldermen Schmelz, Baker,
John j. McGovern and Chairman Lee.
The Electric Meters.
In his report regarding the placing
of electric meters In the various de-
partments, Mr.. Dries said that only
one department. the Board of Works,
is paying for current from the City
Hall plant. If each department was
made to pay for the light 1t used, he
said, the revenue would go a long
way toward paying the cost of gen.
Grating the current. He also re-
quested that a. new boiler be installed
in the City Hall. These matters Will
be taken up by the committee at a
later date.
Specifications and designs for the
furnishings and lights for the new
were submitted by Architect Harry j.
King. The committee decided to open
bids for these items on the day of its
next inspection, February %.
The committee, by a vote of to 3,
named Harry w. Woodhouse, of sc
Mulberry street, who was third man
on the civil service list, as elevator
man. Chairman Lee said that after
a. recent vacancy occurred in that
position, Woodhouse gave up per-
manent position to act temporarily.
On motion of Alderman McCrudden,
Woodhouse was named. Aldermen
Lee, McGovern and Schmeltz voted in
the affirmative.
Duryea Van Doren, of So Whitney
street the second man on the list.
was the choice of Aldermen Hahn,
Baker and Hodginson. The first man
on the list, Thomas B. Sheerin, failed
to appear before the committee.