Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-30
To USE PRESENT
ORPHANS HOME
Aldermen Will Not Make Ex-
pensive Repairs, BIT Will
Install Sanitary { IS.
TO OPEN BIDS ON STREETS
New Fire Alarm System to
Cover City Better May be
Decided Upon.
TO OPEN BIDS ON STREETS

Although the aldermen have
given UP the idea of enlarging and
altering the municipal orphans
home, situated at Fords, for the
present they have decided to make
few improvements to make the
structure sanitary and use it to care
for the city's orphans. The board
has not taken any definite action
along this line at any of it's regular
meetings as yet but the matter has
been discussed in committee session
and decided upon. 1t is likely that
a resolution authorizing this work
will be put through at the next
meeting of the board which will be
held on Monday night.
The original plans called for ex-
tensive improvements being made
to the building at Fords purchased
by the city to be used as home for
the orphans who are now being
cared for at different homes
throughout the state on funds fur
nished by the city.
The lowest bid for this work.
however, was $31,391, far too high
for the aldermen to finance at this
time. 1t was thought for time as
IL the plan to convert the building
into home would have to be aban-
doned until an inspection showed
the possibilities of using it for a
limited number of children in its
present form with the addition of
some sanitary installations.
The aldermen will hold a COM
mittee meeting tonight and it is
likely that the question of installing
a new fire alarm system as well as
a more elaborate police call system
will be taken up again was finally
disposed of. Following inspections
by City Electrician Jay b. FRANKIE,
Chief of Police Patrick ]. Burke
and Fire Chief Nixon of the police
and fire alarm systems, a commu-
nication containing suggestions as
to the improvement of each was
sent to the aldermen.
The total cost of the new fire
alarm equipment would be about
$4,000 it has been estimated. This
would include the establishment OF
seventeen additional fire alarm boxes
thus giving the city better fire pro-
lection; installation of. new numbers
and the elimination of present long
numbers which would make 1t pos
sible for the alarm to sound a call
quicker that at present; the alarm
would be speeded up so as to strike
n1oR every Two seconds instead Of
every four SECONDS, as IS done n
present and new registers and gongs
would be installed in the frehouses.
The improvements suggested in the
police system include the purchase
Of a new register for the police sta
tion, and installation Of twelve re-
call horns.
The repairing Of seven more of
the city's streets which will cost
$4,000 has been authorized and
bids will be received Monday night
for this work. The streets included
in this work are: State street from
Smith street north to. the end of the
brick pavement; Smith street, from
ferry to State street and from the
Central railroad tracks to the lands
of the Raritan Terminal & Trans
portation Company; Division street,
from New Brunswick avenue to
Broad street; Park avenue, from
New Brunswick avenue to Broad
street; Gordon street, from Rector
street to Second street; Mcclellan
street. from Market street to Smith
street; Centre street, from High
street to State street.