Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-02-05
W|LLPURCHASE
100 -ACREPL0T
NsOUTH RIVER
Aldermen Authorize Purchase
Of Additional Property Near
Runyon Station.
TO SELL 100000 IN BONDS
In Anticipation of Taxes-Con-
tract Awarded for 5000
Feet of Fire Hose.
TO SELL s1oo, 900 IN BONDS

s;ss;nrors to proceed with the pur-
chase Of a tract of land IN Maoison
township for use Of a water shed IN
coni,Inction with the Runyon water
niant which supplies this city. Inc
hoard likewise received bids lor nre
hose, fire apparatus and ponce 70.
troll. The former was AWARDED 70 e4e
Eureka Fire Hose Company; anu ~
KeIlv &. McAlinden, of this CITY, wniIe
tha award of the two contracts Tor
s,,tomobile apparatus was laid over
Tor consideration at an ad1ouineo
meeting. which will be held on Frloay
-toht The aldermen likewise ap-
nroved the construction OF sewers IN
cleveland avenue and Seaman stree.
and ordered the issue OF tax JreYenue
bonds in the sum of $loo,Vov, IN @n- rn-
ucipation OF the receip' VI
the year Of 1918.
siThe nroperty in South River ad-
4oins that already owned by the ci1y
and that Of the Runyon producing
nlant is between seventy and one
hundred acres in size, and Is wahteu
hv the water board as an addltlonai
waterGhed. The land has been vleW W :
a AID passed upon by .1oipt ,coHHlt,, ~,
tees 81 the Board Of Aldermen 1as. =
the water board at has come up y
tha rnecihcatIona and ideals Spk 4k14e !
AnRine9IS
and the city engineer.
The property Is bounded on tne
,ortheast by the road laid out py the
estate of j. Smith, and the preseh.
Hrd ~ the City Of Perth Amboy; on
~. south by the Old Stage road, ana
On the west and north by the stream
Known as the South river. The au.
fhorization for the purchase was a'
the lowest price obtainable.
The bids received Tor the nre nose a's
wera as follows: Charles Rossi. on
umdson hose. 81 a foot; on Central
hnsa the same. and on National hose
e1 % a foot; Samuel Polkowitz, on
Endurance hose, $1.05 a foot; the
Fabric Hose Company, on Pauol
hose. S1,15 foot; on Arrow nose
Si.1o q foot; on Safety hose, II
loot and on Yale hose. IS cents
foot: the Woodhouse Manufacturing
Company, 81 a foot; Kelly & McAnn-
den Company, on Maltese Cross nose
S1.5O a foot; on Baker hose, $l.ZO g
foot: on Princeton hose, $1.O5 a FOOT
and on Rescue hose, 95 cents foot;
the Eureka Firehose Manufacturing
Company. on Paragon hose, $1.S5
foot: the United & Globe Rubber
Company. on United and Globe hose
at 30 cents a foot; and the Channel
Packing & Rubber Company, through
George e. Mills. agent, at $3.50 foot
After q caucus the contracts were
awarded to the Eureka company fol
$500 feet of Paragon hose at $l.3t
a foot, and to Kelly & McAlinden FOL
500 feet OF Baker hose at $1.20
foot.
At the caucus session the board
likewise considered the bids on fire
apparatus for the Washington Hose
g. Chemical Company, whose present
horse-drawn apparatus Is declared tC
be unsafe; and also on police patro
wagon, motor driven. to replace the
present more or less dilapidated and
decrepit patrol. The contracts fol
the foregoing were not awarded, but
will be taken up Friday night.
The bids on the fire apparatus
ell, agent, $4,500; Perth Amboy Ga.
rage Company, on a Republic truck
s4.475: on a Garford truck, $4,000
on White truck, $4,975: c. A. Sex.
ton, on q REQ truck, $4,425; Frank
VanSyckle, on a Stewart truck, 81, 400
on a Brockway truck, $500; on 6
Seldom truck, $4,000 and on another
Seldom truck, $3.50.
On the police patrol. the bids were
Frank Van Syckle Garage Company
on Studebaker truck, $3,485: on ;
Stewart truck, $2,500; on a Stude
baker, four cylinder truck, $1.75O
and on Dodge Brothers truck. 81.
525; William Cewell on a g. NJ c
truck, $2,600; Central Garage Com
pany, on Commerce truck, $4,000
Perth Amboy Garage Company on {
Republic truck, $500, and on /
White truck, $3.975; c. A. Sexton OF
q REQ truck, $4,000.
City Attorney Goldberger reported
on the matter of the city's fight fo
the granting Of riparian rights to tn,
foot sof Broad street, that the city hai
fair title to the property, but tina
the proof of that title would lead I,
costly litigation, and that the new
policy OF the State Department o
Commerce and Navigation, calling 10
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