Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-06-15
kEYP0RT GETS
BIDS ON MOTOR
Hook and Ladder Apparatus
Received by Council 9th
er Business Transacted
EBy Evening News correspondent.l

tBy Evening News Correspondent
kEYPORT. June 15:-Bids were
received by the mayor and council
Monday for the furnishing of a new
hook and ladder apparatus and also
for the cost of remounting the pres
ent equipment. The American La
France Engine Company bid $4,000
for a new machine and $500 for
the remounting job. 1t also placed
a bid for one of its ~Brockway trucks
at $7.400 with the remount job on a
machine of this type for $4,000.
The International Motor Company,
who manufacture the Mack trucks,
bid $7,400 for a new machine and
$3.50 on the remount job.
After the bids were received a
resolution was unanimously passed
referring the bids to the mayor and
council as a committee of the whole
and the committee representing the
hook and ladder company. These
committees will meet next Monday
night to go over the specifications.
Borough Attorney Van Buskirk on
behalf of the Board of Education
presented the matter of vacating
that portion of Division street which
run through the new property
about to be purchased as the site of
the new high school. He submitted
a resolution which embodied a pro-
posed ordinance which will be intro
duced at the next meeting. Joseph
-. Bedle, the president of the Board
of Education. supplemented the bor-
ough attorneys remarks and the
resolution was unanimously passed.
A public hearing will be given at 1.-THE
next meeting for any n who may
be interested in the matter.
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that sewer be laid on Provost ave-
nue. was referred to the sewer COM
mittee for investigation and report.
E. e. Morris, who is directing the
work of preparing First street in
order that the county authorities
can oil the same, reported that he
had been in q controversy with Mr..
Carhart, who furnishes the teams
for the borough. Mr.. Morris claim
ed that Mr.. Carhart would not al
low his driver to cart gravel with
additional sides on his cart SO rs to
be able to carry a full load. The
mayor stated that the matter would
be given thorough attention and 1t
would be seen that Mr.. Carhart gave
full satisfaction for the amount
which he is paid.
DIR. Clifford B. Aumack on behalf
VI ~ ItolAltlito VI bAlttG
requested hat some relief be given
them on account of the dust. He
stated that to his knowledge there
had been no gravel placed on the
street in front of his home for at
least eighteen years. The question
of sprinkling was taken up at length
and a possible plan was suggested
by Chief Van Pelt. The matter was
left with the street committee to
take action at once.
Councilman Matthews stated that
specifications should be prepared for
the erection of the new bulkhead at
mittee were directed to have the
same done and submitted at the
next meeting so that bids could be
advertised for.
The question of replacing certain
hydrants vas discussed. Inspector
Polling stated hat he expected to
put two new ones in on Wednesday,.
Several matters relating to the
pavement of the county and state
roads were discussed at length. A
motion was passed to request the
contractor on the county work to
pave the intersection of Church and
Front streets SO that there would he
a connecting link with first street in
the near future. The matter of fig
uring the cost of the water used by
the contractors and the amount Of
earth removed for the borough was
referred to the committees in charge
of the work.