Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-09-03
NJ CURE HAS
KICK AGAINST
SEWER PLANS
Does Not Cover Section Com
pletely, Is Claim of 4th
Ward Alderman
CONTRACT IS AWARDED
Hammer Co. Gets Job Which
Amounts to $4,000 De-
spite McGuire's Protest

Alderman Robert A. Mcclure, Of
the fourth ward. replaced Alderman
John j. Clark, of the fifth. in the
spotlight at last nights aldermanic
session. the Introduction of a resolu-
tion awarding sewer construction
contract being the cause OF the out
nurst on the part of the representa-.
city.
The contract, amounting to abo,,t
Sl4S,0 900, which covers the construc-
ton of a sewer system in the ken
nedale Park and Perth Amboy
Heights sections of the city. was
| awarded with the AYE" votes Of all
present, including Alderman No
CURE, after he had carried ON Bit
ter fight for sewers on four streets
west of Convery Place connect New
brunswick avenue ana--Sa1Ya ttt1fl
nue.. In voting in favor or the cnr
tracts being awarded the falIrft
| ward alderman explained that IA
voted aye with the UNDERSTANDING
that 1t was the intention OF fbc
board to place sewers in the four
streets which he had been speaking
for, namely, Stevenson Place. Packer
Place, Mitchell and Rathburne
Places.
Hammer and Company were the
lowest bidders on the sewer wor):
and were awarded the contract
their bid of $148,000 being $4,000
less than the estimate. Aldernal,
Mcclure asked whether the S2aOUu
left over from this job would bt
sufflcient to place sewers In the fou,
streets in question and he was M
FORMED by City Engineer Louis Booz
that the money would cover this
cost. Alderman Mcclure then sug
sested that these four streets be IN
Guided in the original contract but
ne was informed that this could not
De legally done, supplementary
contract being necessary.
The fourth ward alderman at
tempted to place the responsibility
Tor the failure of the board to in
clude these four particular streets
IN the sewer laying job. He asked
city Engieer Booz why he had left
them out of the plan. Mr., Booz re-
piled that 1t would be impossible to
place sewers in that entire section
for less than 100000 and as that
money was not available the board
as a whole had decided that only
part of the work could be done.
Alderman-at-Large Richard CAL
vim was then questioned by Mr.. Nc
CURE as to why the board had failed
to include these four streets in the
program. The chairman replied that
the board was guided in laying out
It's work by petitions from those ask
ing for sewers. He said the Kenne-
dale Park and Perth Amboy Heights
sewers had been asked for by petit
tlon but the board had heard moth
ing from the residents on the four
streets of which Mr.. Mcclure spoke.
Alderman Thomas Patten. chair
man or the streets and sewers COM
mittee, told the fourth ward alder
man that it was his business as rep-
resentative of that district to study
the plans and see to 1t that his sec-
tion Is being cared for. Alderman
Mcclure retaliated with the state
ment that he had been unable to at
tend meeting when the plans were
displayed because of illness, but he
mad been assured that all of the
streets west of Convery place were
being cared for. He said he had
Just seen the plans and noticed that
four of the streets were neglected.
After this matter had been discussed
pro and con at length a vote was
called for and the contract awarded.
no agreement being made as to the
other four streets be ng severed all
though Alderman NJ M-tfuire voted in
favor of the resolution with the un-
derstanding that the work was to
be done.
The judiciary committee had re-
ferred to 1t a letter from Harry $.
Medinets, special counsel for the city
in the case of William Hartmann vs..
the city in which the attorney urged
the city to engage counsel to repre-
sent it in the appeal now being made
by the plaintiff because of the local
district court judgment favoring the
city.
The city is asked by Thomas T.
Hagerty, counsel for the Raritan
Copper Works, to make rebate Of
1881. 81 to that company as it paisi
this years taxes under protest pend
ing the outcome of its appeal to the
county tax board. This matter was 4
referred to the committee on tax
alton. A communication from the
attorney for the United Cigar stores
relative to reduction in assessed
valuation from s105.000 to S1v'VVV
was received and filed.
The resignation of John Y. ftunt'
as clerk of the board Of assessors
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