Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-04-19
CHARGES ARE PRESSED IN
ENGINEER BILL DISPUTE
kContinued from Pare II

| per month: transit men $125 to
S165; assistant engineers, $165 to
1910; senior engineer, 1910 to $3.50;
| surveyor engineer, $225 to 1915.
In reply to this comment OF AL
| derman Clark, Engineer BooS said:
According to the figures submitted
| by the alder an from the nth
| which, he says, are the state high
| way departments wages, a field
| party cannot be constructed to work
for less than SIS d day, the party
consisting of a senior engineer at IS
a day and two rodmen, the cheapest
men. at 81 a day.
I'VE have In our city and imme-
diate vicinity graduate college engi-
neers who, as far as engineering Is
concerned, are failures but according
to Mr.. Clark the fact that they grad
uated from college should make
them successful engineers.
81 am licensed by the State Board
of Professional Engineers and Land
Surveyors which certificate Is based
on ability to do work and In their
requirements two years OF college
work are only equivalent to n year
of field work. 1 take II that these
examiners. who are men well up in
their profession. are well qualified to
Judge in this respect"
Alderman Clark, in Directing to
the charges made by the city engi-
neer for the drawing up of specifca-
lions, points to the following bills
submitted last year by the former
city engineer for comparisons:
Mar. so. specifications for
Buckingham avenue pave
ment ................... $500
June 2, garbage specifications 900
Rewriting garbage speciica-
tons 9.UU
June 2, Lehigh Park sewer
specifications ........... 1000
Sept. Is. New Brunswick ave-
nue. curb and grade ...... 1900
Aug. 4, Harrison Place paving
specifications (three types
pavement) ............... 1000
Woodruff Place paving speci-
ncatlons 20.OO
Grant street paving speciica-
lions ZU.0V
Barclay street W specif-
catlons 20.0O
Gordon street pavement spec
ihcatiohs 2O.0O
Lehigh avenue pavement
Specifications ........... 1000
Fayette street pavement spec
lncations 1000
Resurfacing State street, etc,
specifications ........... 1900
Hazel avenue grade speci1ca-
tons 1900
Defending the amounts charged
for the preparation of these specif-
cations, Engineer Booz said:
"At the beginning of this year I
was told in an informal way to re-
write the Lehigh Park sewer speci-
hcations and have them ready for
the board. I did 1t and later by
resolution was authorized to check
owe the plans In detail and make
changes or corrections IL necessary
IN an effort to lower the cost of the
work. The specifications were
changed to meet conditions and had
to be rewritten in this respect. In
two instances the original plans, and
consequently the specifications, had
to be changed to meet state require
ments. After the changes proposed
by the aldermen had been gone into
the cost was 30 slightly different
from the original cost 1t was decided
to advertise on the original specif-
cations with the Amboy avenue work
omitted because of the relocation Of
that road ALI this work was type
written and not mimeographed and
the charge made was absolutely lust
In every respect. d,
The changes made in the Am
boy avenue plans and specifications
take care of supplemental agree
ments and specifications as proposed
by the engineers OF the State High
way Department and myself. The
charge also includes instructions to
contractors from time to time, the
work being under my jurisdiction
according to the agreement entered
into by the city and the State High
way Department.
IN committee session Friday
night after MI. Clark had carefully
copied the bills in question I vol
unteered to take up the question OF
salaries or pay to my assistants and
show the aldermen just what 1t IL
costing me to do this work. Not
of the aldermen raised a ques-
ton in regard to my bills, but the
alderman from the fifth ward de-
clared that, because he had been
mentioned as a critic Of the bills, he
was not going to criticize the
amount OF the bills. but would ques-
ton the authorization of Them In
view of this fact I see no reason why
any of the aldermen should vote
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