Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-10-21
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Aldermen Hear Pleas Of Banks
for Protection n--POIiCe Com
mittee Report Acted Upon
Receive Bids for Grading at
Busy Meeting.

A petition signed by officials of
every bank in this city was present.
ed to the Board of Aldermen last
night with the request that Chief Of
Police Patrick j. Burke detail officers
to their banking houses from 8
o'clock in the morning until o'clock
in the afternoon. This petition was
the result of recent bold holdups in
this section of the state and country
which in some cases has resulted in
harm being done bank employees. The
aldermen are asked by the petition
ers to safeguard the banks of this
city against any repetition of these
robberies. The matter was referred
to the police committee. Officials of
the First National Bank, Perth AM
boy Trust Company, Perth Amboy
Savings Institution, Raritan Trust
Company and the City National Bank
signed the petition.
Three bids on the Arnold avenue
grade were received, all being refer
red to the street committee and en-
gineer for compilation. The bids
were all accompanied by certified
checks for $500 and were as follows:
Graham G. McKeown, $4,000; Jens
L. Mathiasen, $13,500; Peter Hansen,
$4,000.
But one bid was received on MAX
ing repairs to the Municipal Electric
Light Plant here, it being from Wat
son Flagg Engineering Company. The
amount bid was $3.50, which was re-
ferred to the committee on lamps and
lights.
The grading Of Hanson avenue re-
suited in four bidders making esti-
being as follows: Graham & McKeown
$7424; Hans P. Hanson, $500; Jens
L. Mathiasen. $725o; Peter Hanson,
$7540. All bids were referred to the
street committee and engineer.
Two bids were received on the Ar
mold avenue sewer, the bidders being
Jens w. Rohr and the East Jersey
Bridge Company. Their estimates
were as follows: IL inch vitrif1ed pipe
filing and IL foot cut, Rohr $2.18 per
lineal foot. East Jersey Bridge Com
pany $3.50; Is inch pipe, similar to
above specifications, with 10 foot cut,
Rohr, $2.17 per foot and E. ]. Bridge
Co., SO; Same pipe as above with IL
foot cut, Rohr. $2.4S E. J. Bridge
Co. So; Same pipe as above with IS
foot cutt, Rohr $2.43. E. j. Bridge
Co.. $3.45; Same pipe as above with
Co., s3.45, Manholes Rohr. $135 and
E. ]. Bridge Co. $125; Sheathing,
Rohr, $79 m. b. f., e. J. Bridge Co.
$125 per m. b. f. These bids also were
referred to the committee on streets
and the city engineer
Contracts will probably be award
ed at an adjourned meeting of the
Board to be held on Friday night OF
this week.
The report of the police committee
upon the trials granted Patrolmen
Joseph Gaydos and Frank Tonghini
was received and confirmed by the
Board. The former, who was charg-
ed by Sergeant Nfels J. Tonnesen with
not wearing white gloves while on
traffic duty. pleaded not guilty to the
charge when arraigned for trial on
Oct. 49, It developed that there was
some misunderstanding with regards
whether or not the Sergeant had told
Gaydos to go home and get them. He
admitted not having them on. The
Sergeant was also instructed to see
that the men in his platoon were pro-
perly outfitted before starting out on
tour of duty. Owing to the fact that
this is the first time charges had ever
been preferred against Gaydos the
Aldermanic police committee decided
to dismiss him with q reprimand
The charges against Tonghini were
more serious than those against Gay
dos, being that he used profane langU-
age to his superior officer. The cause
of the disturbance. it was said in the
report was the fact that the patrol
man. who Is an ex-service man, was
"sore" because he did not get ten
DAYS vacation upon his return to the
force.
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