Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-03
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STREET PAVING
Aldermen Receive Figures for
Brace Avenue and Convery
Place improvements.
ACT FOR INCINERATOR
New Brunswick Avenue Resi-
dents Petition for White
Way Along Smith Street.

Bids for the paving of Brace ave-
nue. from Amboy avenue to Convery
place and of Convery place from
Brace avenue to New Brunswick
avenue and of the resurfacing of
Maple street from New Brunswick
avenue to Market street were re-
ceived by the Board of Aldermen
last night. Twelve bids in all were
submitted, five each on the paving
Jobs and two on the resurfacing
No contracts were awarded the bids
being referred to the street commit
tee and city engineer for tabulation
The lowest bid submitted for the
Convery place paving was that of
the East Jersey Bridge Company.
The lump sum for the job as bid by
this company was $23,313.23.
Other bids on this job were:
Gustav Wickberg. S24,626.49; Lid
die & Pfeiffer, s24,066.74; Irving
Demarest, $25,599.09; Andrew
Keyes, $25,770.99.
The East Jersey Bridge Company
was also low on the Brace avenue
work, with a total of S35,S65.9S.
Other bids were: Gustav Wickberg,
s37,74S.2G; Liddle & Pfeiffer. $37,-
27012; NJ. Irving Demarest $780,
44S.32; Andrew Keyes, $39,92652.
hC ~he1pic olittl Dlu
of the Standard Bithulitic Com
pany was low, $21,7601O. The
other bid was from Liddle G Pfeif-
fer, S22,2S0.70. This included 500
square yards of warrenite for a
wearing surface, 100 tons of war
renite for repairs to holes in other
streets; 100 tons of bituminous bin
der and twenty cubic yards of con-
crete.
Two bids on the printing, of the
annual financial statement were re-
ceived and referred to the commit
tee on printing and stationery. The
Perth Amboy Printing Company
bid $3.65 per page and the Christie
Press, of New Brunswick, a total of
$625 for the entire work.
The passage of resolution nam
ing as a committee the members of
the Board of Aldermen and the city
engineer to procure data in connec-
ton with the erection of an inciner-
alton plant in Perth Amboy in the
near future gives promise of solving
the garbage disposal problem. The
matter of garbage disposal in this
city has become a matter of grave
importance owing to the lack of
proper dumping dumps, the resolu-
tion states.
Twenty-nine property owners
along New Brunswick avenue, from
Smith street to the Central railroad
crossing, had petition before the
board requesting the establishment
of white way" along this street
between these points. 1t was re-
ferred to the committee on lamps
and lights.
Charles Randolph was officially
named as the municipal dog catcher.
Property owners along New
Brunswick avenue, west of the end
of the present paving to the city line,
petitioned the board for full width
sidewalk, the establishment of a
permanent grade and setting of a
curb. This was referred to the COM
mittee on streets and sewers.
Alderman Albert G. Waters
brought up the subject of utilizing
what is known as the old Parker
estate, located just west of Water
street and north of Smith street, as
a place where the boys of that Sec
ton of the city might play ball. He
said there are no Fairgrounds in
that vicinity and if this tract could
be leased at fair sum it would take
the boys from the streets and serve
as a playground. He suggested get
ting in touch with the estate and
learning how much it could be
leased for. After discussing this sub
write to the playground commission
ton.
The meeting adjourned to meet
again May 8.