The Pleasantville press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1912-1929, 1927-06-14
Paving Contract
Sought By Many
At SOmerS Point
Eleven Bidders Seek Work ait
Council Session Friday
Night
]. w. PELTPS BID
FOUND TO BE Low
SolOns Will Award Contract al
Next Meeting-Complain To
Public Utilities on Trolley
System

System
Eleven bidders sought the Solnefs
Point sidewalk and curbing CONTRACT
Friday night as City Council re
ceiyed bids, which were read, and
turned over to the City Engineer
for tabulation. The bids Of j. IN
Petit s29. 98s, was the lowest e.
ceiyed by the Councilmen The con-
tract viii be awarded at the next
meeting
Other bidders were: l. e. Platt
s39. 200; John E. Kahle, s52 4oe
Grindrod Curtis Company. s3454z
Porter, Smith, Co. $685. Hardy
Hartman, Inc, s42,9SS.44: Edward
Goehler. sss,52s.2o; MonahaB ana
Hall, Ocean City, $50, $50: johnson.
Castalei Co, Ocean City, s37. 4sils
John Wright, S36.478; Ira Champ
ion, s3s,4sO.
Write Public Utilities.
City Clerk James G. Scllll was ill-
structed, on motion, to send a letter
to the New Jersey State Board of
public utilities, asking that they
take action to force trolley comp
anies to give the City OF Sonaers
Point a better high tension wire On
the Shore road sidewalks over he
bridge on the Shore road and ra1i-
Gus other streets; and flashing
lights at the Bethel road. New Der
sey avenue. and Groveland avenne.
Tho city has requested manage
raent ef both the Suhurban a'aa
shore FAST trolley cornfanies zs|
/ comply with these requests but has
gained nothing but letters which
state that the matter would pc
taken care Of. city Clerk Soul AZ
clared.
High Tension Dangerous
He declared that the high tension
wire Of the Suburban trolley
company on the Shore road was
constantly breaking. making e
dangerous for pedestrians and
machines. The crossings named
were also declared TO be very
dangerous
A communication from thu
utilities company regarding the 2 r
plication of the Boulevard Service
company to run a bus system
through the city and on the Main
land and resorts stated that that
application had been refused. e
was received and filed.
Haines Designs
John d. Haines. who has been
chief Of the Somers Point fire de-
partment for a number Of years.
rendered his resignation, which was
accepted. It viii take effect July
/ CITY Clerk Scull was ordered to
write a letter to Chief Halnes
thanking him in the name OF the
city for the work he has done A.
Fire Chief. A successor VIII pc
named at the next meeting.
Engineer Collision was present
at the meeting, and recommended
that property on Rhode Island ave
nue. near Third street be filled to !
make it up to grade, that rain
water would have a natural outlet
The city viii bear he expense 81
bringing four properties along fllat
street up 10 grade. The street bag
never been brought up to grade, =
was declared. property owners
building homes on that road WIN
out having the proper grade glReR
them by the city engineer
Charles NJ. Shea, a properly
owner on that street. Objected sp
having his property placed up Re
grade. or having It below Grade
THOMAS Stretch. another property
owner also objected 10 plans q
Council. Beth were requested - AZ
tend the next meeting with . better
solution 10 the problem, Il they
could find one