Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-03-06
To DISCUSS CITY
RESERVOIR ON
MARCH 18TH
Proposed Plans and SpeCfiCa-
tionS Will Be Gone 0ver---
Meeting Held Last Night

The matter of Perth Amboy's new
distributing reservoir came up for
discussion at the regular meeting of
last night, it being decided to hold an
adjourned meeting of the board on
Monday night, March II, for the pur-
pose of talking over with the water
committee of the Board of Aldermen
the proposed plans and specifications.
The plans and specifications for the
reservoir which will be capable of
holding forty million gallons and
will serve, if necessary, TO future de-
velopment, as the first unit of
156, 100000 gallon reservoir located
on the property now owned for that
purpose by the city in the northwest
ern section of the city, were COM
pleted early last fall by George w.
Johnson, the expert employed by the
board to do this work, and the esti-
mated cost at that time w-s 100000.
II Is probable that the Y>,rk can be
done cheaper now that uere is not
such a demand for laborEor material
as there was during the war.
When the proposition was Z b..
before the Capital Issues Cor,
last September, however, t6 coai an'
the OK. of that body before epuh
! lst--ction could be started, ii did not
inject with the approval of the COM
missioners who declared that the is
sue OF reservoir bonds amounting to
100000 at that time would mot be
compatible With the national inter-
est" AS the result of the failure Of
the water board to secure the neces-
sary permission for this big construc-
ton job it had to be dropped until
the end of the war.
Time TO Act is Opinion
n. L. In ~ To-,
of the board, when action should
again be started to make the con-
sruction of such a reservoir here pos
sible. The water committee OF the
aldermen consists of Albert G..
Waters, Christian Anderson, Thomas
Patten and Benjamin Riedy. Some
definite action may follow shortly af-
ter the conference between the alder
manic committee and the water COM
missioners on March IT.
A communication was received by
the Board last night from the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company informing
the Board of the poor condition of the
trestle at Runyon and containing two
bIue-pFints of plans for the construc-
tion of new trestle. superintendent =
j. Mason reported that the work OF
| repairing the trestle had been begun
and that IL was being braced up at
OF about six inches owing the un-
firm condition of the ground upon
which 1t was built
An additional SIT was added to the
purchase price of the Allgair property
at South River, as recent survey had
shown 22-100 of an acre more than
the original price included. This ad-
ditional item made the total price of
the land S9.999,50.
superintendent Mason reported thai
but one car OF coal had been received
at Runyon during the past two week:
and that four months supply was now
on hand. He had been instructed at
the last meeting to cut down as mucl
as possible on the amount of coal be-
ing received I'm order that some of the
reserve supply on hand might be dis
posed of.
The report of the Collector of Reve-
nue. for the month OF February show
ed collections for the water depart
ment amounting to s2T.013.62. The
power committee reported that one OF
| the auto trucks had been repaired and
was authorized 20 investigate with tho
superintendent the adyisability ol
trading in one of the cars and pur-
chasing a new one together with a
tractor Warrants were ordered drawn
TO meet several bills. 1t was decided
10 go 10 Camp Raritan. Bonhamtown
Tuesday afternoon. for the purpose o.
eonferring with the government Of
ficers there concerning the matter OF
| this city supplying the plant will
water.
Those present at last nights meet.
ing We're: President Harry r.. Wilson
Harry Conrad and Charles A. Land
hack