Bridgeton pioneer., 1916-12-21

Commissioner. One was from F. L.
Fralinger, a former Commissioner.
the other from Cyrus d. Burgess.
The applications were laid over for
consideration at the meeting January
1st
A bill for $50 for fire insurance
premium upon City Hall, was ordered
paid, the money to be charged to the
incidental account
Another bill of $50 for boiler in
surance at the water plant, was ord
cred paid, charged to the Water De-
partment appropriation.
City Clerk Jones directed the atten-
ton of City Council to repeated re-
quest from high bidders upon water
pipes and supplies, for a return of
their certified checks.
Mr.. Hettinger said that probably it
was UP to him to say something on
this matter. The matter before City
Council, he said, was the acceptance
or rejection of bids received. Several
members of City Council have gone
over the matter very carefully and
they have come to pretty definite
conclusion that these bids should be
vejected. In explaining, Mr.. Hettin-
ger said things have changed some
what since the last meeting. The re-
cents news of peace in Europe led one
to believe that prices within the next
three months Will be in favor of the
city. That with other things, includ-
ing the fact that the Mayor has stat
ed that he will not sign any contracts
which might result in the appropria-
ton being exceeded. All this leads
US to feel that it may be well to re-
ject the bids. said Mr.. Hettinger.
Continuing, he said, it may be nee
essary to raise more money, and he
had taken up the matter with two of
the local banks, and the city could
sell notes for the money necessary,
payable in a few years, at per cent
This, Mr.. Hettinger thought, would he
an admirable way to raise additional
money. 1t may be, however, that by
waiting a month or two, the city will
not need much more money. Mr.. Het-
finger said that since the water pipe
matter had been before City Council,
pipe price had gone up from $27 ton
to $97 and $3S ton. These prices, in
his Judgment, were greater than they
should be, in other words inflated.
Giving all these things full considera-
tion, Mr.. Hettinger felt that all the
bids hould he rejected.
Much as he disliked to. Mr.. Hettin-
ger said that he would move that all
of the bids be rejected and the certi-
he'd checks returned to the bidders.
Mr.. Es.bill rather objected to this
action. He thought that it was a mis-
take to further delay this matter. For
three years he had urged water for
the Fifth ward and he wanted them to
have it no matter how much it cost.
He felt it was a mistake to throw
aside all that had been done and he
predicted that the city would be no
better off SO far as prices were con-
cerned.
There was some further discussion,
and when the roll was called upon
the motion to reject the bids, each of
the six members voted affirmatively.
Commissioner of Public Works
Friedrich said that the fire house on
Orange Street had received one coat
of paint, and further work was held
UP by weather conditions.
Corporation Counsel Stanger report
ed that Deputy County Clerk Robert
S. Schiller had discovered on error in
a deed from Walter E. Ware to the
city for new street leading off West
Avenue. The course as outlined in
the deed read "North 80 degrees, and
should read North 50 degreess,'' so
that the deed as recorded placed the
street at different angle from that
designed.
Upon motion of Mr.. Laning, the
Corporation Counsel was authorized
to prepare new deeds setting for the
correct lines of the street.
Council adjourned to meet at II
o'clock on the first day of January.