Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-10-02
7 BIDS
ON BIC SEWER
Monster Project Attracts
Large Bidders and Board of
Aldermen are Pleased
DETROIT FIRM LOW
One-haIf or Whole Contract
Can be Awarded, According
to Finances of City

Seven bids on the new trunk
sewer to be laid in this city In con-
nection with the grade crossing
elm nation work were received by
the aldermen last night and referred
to the street committee and city
engineer for tabulation. The bids
were received in two parts one part
covering the work as far as Lehigh
Valley tracks and the other the
remainder of the job. In this way
one~half of the y hole contract can
be awarded if the city has not suffi-
cient funds to finance the entire
work at the present time.
None of the bids carried a total.
there being about 100 separate items
in every bid. AS a result of this
method bidding considerable tabula-
ton is made necessary and the city
engineers Office will not have the
figures before tomorrow.
Some of the bidders gave City En-
gineer Booz figures which they SAID
wer- approximately their lump sum
BIDS. OF these figues secured last
night by the city engineer the es.
innate OF Hammer and Company OF
Detroit was low the figure being
about s537,000. Other bidders were
unable to tell the total of their
bids.
There were two bidders from
Perth. Amboy, Graham & Mckeon
and Gust Wickberg, the others pelng
from out of the city. The other bid
ders were: C. II. Winans Company
of Elizabeth, Clifford +. MacEnVoy
COMPANY, and Spiniello Construction
Company, both OF Newark fupilc
J+tilities Construction Company OF
on, e. (fOnlnanN OF
Detroit.
Great difficulty has been expert
creed by the city in securing bids on
the big sewer proposition. No bids
were received when the work was
advertised the first time. The sec
cnd time one bid, in excess of $70O.-
COO. was received and rejected. Last
right, following the dividing of the
work into two parts and readvertls-
ing for the second time, seven bids
were received. The bids received
last night are said to have differed
by O. much as 100000
The final assessments on the Hazel
avenue grade and the New Bruns-
wick avenue curb and grade were
confirmed and referred to the col
lector for collection. Mayor Wilson
was named delegate to the National
Coast Anti Pollution League conVen-
ton being held at Atlantic City to-
day and tomorrow. An application
was received from Michael Yuro,
Jr., of 306 Neville street, asking that
he be made a constable to fill va
cancy in the sixth ward. This was
referred to the committee of the
whole.
Maps prepared by Forrest J..
Smith for the Hagerman tract were
referred to the committee of the
whole. The practice of referring GER
tain matters to the committee of the
whole resulted In Alderman Clark
taking a ISLAM" at Alderman at
Large Calvin. the fifth ward alder
man declaring that in majority of
the cases matters referred to the
committee of the whole, of which
Mr.. Calvin is chairman, got no fur
ther as the alderman-at-large did
not look out for these matters as he
should
'I do my work as conscientiously
as any other chairman of an alder
manic committee" Alderman-at-
Large Calvin replied, "and you know
1t as we'll as / do"
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