Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-16
GARBAGE BIDS
ARE RETURNED
Health Board Requests Rea-
son--P. A. Trust Co. Gets
Bond Issue

Owing to the fact that certain
provisions suggested by the health
board were not included in the pro-
posals covering the bids for garbage
removal here. all bids were return
ed unopened last night by the alder
men and the clerk instructed to ad-
vertise for new bids with new speci-
fications. A resolution was passed
instructing Graham & Mckeon 90
continue to remove the garbage al
the same rate until the new contract
has been awarded.
Bids for new five-passenger au-
torlobile for the use of the police
department were received and the
contract awarded to Frank VanSyc-
kle who bid 1866 on a Dodge deliv-
cred. The Garretson Company also
bid 1855 on a bort. Gillis g. Friis
bid 1886 on Durant and the Supc-
rior Garage Company $9S5.50 on a
Columbia.
The contract to paint the interior
of the poorhouse was awarded to j..
F.. Tangaard & Son, their bid of
1876 being the only bid. The street
and sewer committee had referred
to it a request to level off Weirup
street and a request from Charles
Beck, of 119 First street, to have re-
turned to him an ash can recently
collected with the garbage.
William 7. Hartmann. formerly a
detective here. again had his bill for
back pay he alleges is due him for
the time he was suspended from the
local force, before the board. Ac-
companying the bill was a letter in
which he said he had resigned be-
cause he realized that his useful
ness as a police member had been
impaired by the public trial. He
said he thought he had acted in
manly way in resigning and suggest
ed that the board pay him the pay
due him and thus do away with the
added expense of a court fight. This
matter was referred to the commit
tee of the whole.
A request to level off the north
end of Catherine street and place
receiving basins to drain the small
lakes" there was received and re-
ferred to the street committee. The
committee of the whole will take
into consideration the request of the
school board for the use of the for
mer CITY stable building as a class
room for crippled children.
lUc Ddl Doi Dodid
cation, requested a $500 appro-
priation to defray the cost of remod-
cling certain buildings on the city
dock property plans for which have
already been accepted from j. X.
Jensen. This went 10 the commit
tee of the whole for discussion. The
city clerk was instructed TO request
the gas company to lay main in
Johnstone street from Neville street
north. An ordinance authorizing the
issuance of $67. 900 general improve
n,ent funding bonds passed on first
reading.
After the various bills had been
read Alderman Clark raised the
question of who had authorized the
city attorney to represent the city at
the grade crossing elimination hear
ings. The city attorney had one bill
in for $3.50. This comes out of the
contingent account. Mr.. Clark de-
clared, and he is held responsible for
this account as chairman of the ju-
dietary committee. The bill was or
dered paid along with the rest.
The sale of $23,000 worth of bonds
by the city treasurer to the Perth
Amboy Trust Company was confirm
ed, their bid being $1S,671.4O on
$4,000 worth of the bonds. and
$5,O55, for $5,OOU IN Donds. Inc
only other bidder was b. j. Won In
gen & Company, of New York,
whose figures were $1S,466.2O and
| $5,0O6.25.
A resolution authorizing the pur-
chase OF rubber coats for firemen
at a cost not exceeding $400 was
passed as were several resolutions
approving bonds as to form and au-
thorizing other bond issues. The
clerk was instructed to notify the c.
Pardee Company to repair the side
walks and put up a guard rail on
part of Smith street, west Of Kirk
! land place. The meeting adjourned
to meet again next Monday night.