Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1919-08-19
TWO ALDERMEN
PASS ON VOTE
Clark and Patten Refuse to Vote
on Improvement Proposition
A LARGE AUDIENCE PRESENT
Perth Amboy Trust Company
Gets City Bonds---Other
Matters Considered

6CsS OIey OouuS-.-OttlcF
Matters Considered
| The old controversy over the
paving of Laurie street and High
street was revived by the aldermen
last night when ordinances for the
| paving of sections of these streets
\ were Introduced on second and third
readings. The ordinances went
through over the protest of Alder
| man John J. Clark. Alderman Pat
ten passed. Alderman Waters voted
for the measures with the three Re-
/ publicans present, Alderman Wilson
being absent.
| A number of residents on the Sec
tions of the streets in question at
tended the meeting despite the in
clement weather and when the
Laurie street bill went through first
there was a scattering applause of
handclapping.
| The vote on the two measures was
as follows: Laurie street: For, AL
dermen Waters, Andersen, Riedy and
Grouse; passed, Aldermen Patten and
Clark. High street: For, Aldermen
Waters. Andersen. Riedy and Grouse;
passed, Aldermen Patten and Clark.
! Alderman Clark attacked the
| measures on three grounds. He
claimed that the work on High street
| could not be done this year and that
! therefore money should not be set
aside for the work at this time; that
| by their present tactics the Board of
Aldermen were making two jobs
where it would be cheaper to do one,
inasmuch as the present bills propose
| the paving of only a section of the
streets when eventually the entire
, unpaved surface must be finished;
and that at the time he gave his en-
! dorsement Of the plan at the commit
tee meeting, the committee to look
into the purchase of the gas house
(! property had not been named. Mr..
Clark is a member of the gas COM
mittee.
] Speaking against the measure for
the paving of High street from Fay
ette street to Smith street Mr.. Clark
said: why can't we do a job right
l Why must we do it in sections? High
street should be paved all the way to
! Washington street. You have ap-
pointed q committee to look into the
purchase by the city of the gas COM
pany property. Are you going to
| spend all of your money so that you
can't take an action on the findings
of your committee?"
The Democratic leader was an
swered by all of the Republicans and
| by Alderman Waters. 1t was claimed
| that the council did not and would
not have sufficient funds to do the
| entire job at one time and that 1t
was best to get started on the work
Mr. Waters said that the paving of
| those two blocks of High street would
relieve Smith street of some of it's
| heaviest traffic. 1t was also said that
| the paving of the entire street would
mean the installation of a new sew
erage system. Residents on the street
were eager to have the work done
as soon as possible, whether in sec
tions or all at once, Mr.. Waters said
The Perth Amboy Trust Company,
the highest bidder for the $4,000
AZ per cent. water bonds, was
awarded the contract. The three
bids received by the comptroller
were: s50,OS750 by the George b.
Gibbons & Company; $50, ,025.50 by
| the P. V. Vaningen Company. and
$50, 10000 by the Perth Amboy Trust
Company.
| On the recommendation of Matt
Hansen, overseer of the poor, reso-
luton was passed authorizing the
Judiciary Committee and the city at
! torney to secure an option on the
purchase of ten-room two-acre
property at Fords for home for the
orphan children of the city. 1t is
said that the property has been offer
/ ed 10 LnS CITY IOt eibOoS PVtVVOs
| Paving Bids
In the absence of City Clerk John
Hanson. Jr., Arthur Il. Graham act
ed as city clerk. Bids for the paving
of Laurie street, from Groome street
to New Brunswick avenue, were
! opened as follows:
Graham & McKeon, $6.750; Jens
IL. Mathiason, $500; Peter Hansen,
1880; Liddle & Pfeifer, s9,750.
| Bids for Hall Avenue
East Jersey Bridge Company, $2,-
1920; Liddle & Pfeiffer, $2.935.70.
Bids for Broad Street
Liddle & Pfeiffer: Unit price, ex-
cavation. S2.05; unit price. concrete
base. SITS; unit price, warrenite,
s2.10; unit price. new curb. $1.35;
unit price, reset curb. 60 cents; unit
price, manholes. $500; bid for COM
plete work, S63.682.50.
East Jersey Bridge Company: Unit
price, excavation. $2.15; unit price,
concrete base. $1.75; unit price, war
renite, s2.10; unit price, new curb.
s1.s5: unit price. reset curb. 62 cents;
INIT price, manholes, 5000; bid for
! complete work, s64,122.00.
The board adjourned until Friday
| night, August %, when the bids will
be considered
The board also authorized the is
suance of $4,000 bonds to cover pur-
chase of army food, bonds to be used
at option of committee. Mr.. Clark
reported that the food was paying for
| itself as the sales progressed.