The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-09-20
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The Movement In New Jersey.
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movement has taken complete posses
sion of the people of this State, and Is
now In full swing. More than 100000
will be expended this year In building
new roads in Mercer. MlddleseX and
Monmouth counties, and in closing
gaps and perfectlng the system of i'm
proved roads already existing in those
parts of the state When completed
there will be continuous lines of roads
north. south, east and west. There
will be Il road from Trenton to the sea
shore, passing through Edinburg.
Windsor, IIightstown and Malnpan to
Freehold, and thence 10y two routes
TO the shore, one by way of Colts
Neck, linton Falls and Eatontown to
Long Branch, and the other by way of
Farmingdale. Squankum, Allairc and
Adenwood to ManaSquan Another
direct road from Asbury Park To Free.
hold has been applied for and will be
built next year. A road is also being
built from Scabright to Atlantic High.
lands, called the Valley Drive. whence
it will be continued along the bay
shore TO KeansburS. Keyport and
South Amboy. Still another road Is
building from New Brunswick to Old
Bridge, and thence to Matawan. and
so on to the shore This road will be
finished in about three months.
In South Jersey. where the land Is
poor and the farmers were originally
solidly opposed 20 the policy of road
improvement there Is now perfect
craze for new roads In Gloucester
County they are absolutely ravenous
for them, as il has been discovered
that they are most important factor
in the problem of getting fruits and
vegetables to market. There is Il sys.
tenn of improved roads from Cape
May to Camden.
1t has already been constructed
from Camden to Malaga, and prcpara-
tions are being made to build twelve
miles on the Cape May end this year.
Another line runs from Camden to
h'hlNills WIN dDOul SlA lllltN W Dlllu.
Still another is the Delaware River
branch, following the river shore to
Bridgeport. The longest stretch of
connecting road In the State IL from
Atlantic City to Camden. thence to
Trenton and thence to New Brunswick
and Jersey City. Only few gaps in
this great line need to he filed. State
Commissioners Budd says that after
November 1t would be possible to ride
more than 1000 miles continuous lines
of improved roads in the State with.
out getting off into sand or mud.
The northern end of the State, and
especially the counties of Union, Es-
sex, Hudson, Bergen and Morris, are
enthusiastic ON the subject of i'm
proved roads. Great continuous lines
of road are built from Jersey City and
Newark, connecting with New Bruins
wick and Trenton and the seashore
others to Lake Hopatcong, and others
to the western parts of the State. Els
sex County will soon be perfect net
work of macadam roads, and will re-
semble public park. The only parts
| or New Jersey IN which the good roads
movement has made no headway are
In the counties of Sussex, Warren and
Hunterdon. In none of these counties
has the movement secured II foothold.
The principal reason for this Is proba-
bly, the fact that the roads in these
sections are naturally good.
Burlington County Is not behind any
of its sister counties in road improve
ment, having already greater mile
age of stone and macadam roads than
any other county In the State.
The improvements now under way
in this city will add another link to
the chain of highways which reflect
credit on the name of Burlington
County Burlington IN. J) Enterprise