Perth Amboy evening news., 1918-11-21
ALL. LAND NEEDED EXCEPTING
TRACT ALONG SOUTH RIVER
IS NOW CONTROLLED BY CITY
Joseph AIIgalr and Wife OF So.
River to be Offered $500
an Acre

Bv a resolution which they passed
Mt their meeting at City Han last
night the Board of Water Commls-
sioners authorized the real estate
committee to offer to Joseph Aligalr
and wife of South River, $SoO per
acre for eighteen and one-tenth acres
of land which they own along the
south river at Runyon. If the ALL
gairs refuse to sell at the figure
named condemnation proceedings
will be resorted to.
II was brought out at the meeting
that the board has many times oner-
ed the Allgairs $500 per acre for
their land, but they have always re-
fused, claiming that they would not
take less than $500 an acre.
The commissioners reported last
night that they now have purchased
ali of the land on both sides of the
South river with the exception OF the
few acres owned by the Allgairs. The
highest price paid for any of the land
has been 5000 per acre and 1t Is the
opinion of the commissioners that
the Allgair tract can be secured for
that sum even II the property has to
be condemned. The~committee plans
to go to South River not later than
Saturday.
superintendent Samuel ]. Mason
were authorized to go to Madison
township this afternoon to attend a
meeting OF the township committee
to ask that body to allow the water
board to close certain dead end
streets near the water plant at Old
Bridge. The real estate committee
took this up with the Madison town.
ship committeeman some time ago
and those officials agreed that II a
~Nnx- ~
they would see what could be done.
In return for the abandonment OF tae
dead ends the water board will petit
ton the aldermen of this city to al
low them to turn over to Madison
township certain new streets which
they are constructing or will con-
struct
Owing to the fact that the super
intendent is not able to get enough
men to do the work at this time, 1T
was decided to advertise for bids for
the building of a new pump house
which is to cost between $500 and
$4,000, the laying of considerable
pipe. the grading of a street and the
installing of wells. All Of this work
is to be done at Runyon. The bids
are to be received at the next regu-
lar meeting of the commissioners,
December 4.
A ueieBatOn OF properly owners
from Meinzer street appeared before
the commissioners and asked that
waterpipes be laid in that thorough
fare. They stated that there were
nine houses there. some with two
families in them. The estimated cost
of doing the work will be about $500
and the water department will re-
ceive in water rents at least 500 g.
year. 1t was decided to lay the pipe
line, the work to be started in a week
or two.
Letters were received from the
United States Housing Corporation
telling the board officially that the
proposition to erect houses at both
Ernston and this city was a war time
measure and now that the war was
over the houses would not be built
1t was officially reported that the
Babcock engine at Runyon had been
inspected and found to be in perfect
working order and could carry as
high as 175 pounds OF steam IL neces-
Gary.
ALI of the commissioners were
present last night