Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-06-11
Plans for the South Approach to
the Raritan River Bridge Filed
With the Board Yesterday.
SENT FOR APPROVAL.
State Board Commits iOner Budd will Ex-
anime Them After Which the Board
will Advertise for Bids - FreehOIder
De Hart Raises Question The Macad-
am ROads-Inspectlng the Crusher.

New Brunswick, June 11:-The
freeholders, at their meeting yester-
day, accepted profile and map, made
by Engineer Tice, of the south ap-
proach to the new Raritan River
bridge. They will be sent to State
Road Commissioner Budd for his
approval and, when returned. the
board will advertise for bids.
Freeholder DeHart suggested that
the board should not make a county
road of the approach at present for,
as soon as it is made a county road,
he declared, it would go under the
control of Sayreville Township and
the county would have no control of
it, and situation similar to that on
the Perth Amboy side would be Great
ed, ultimately turning the road over
to the power of any trolley road which
might getya franchise to cross the
bridge. He advised that the improve
ment of the road go over till the
bridge is completed.
Director Fountain cleared the mat
ter up by stating that the road would
not be county road until accepted
by the Board, and stated that it would
not get into possession of Sayreville
Township.
The contract for bridge on the
Old Bridge Englishtown road, over
Matchaponix Brook, was. awarded to
the New JERSEY Bridge Co. for 50, $40.
The other bidders were: Kerr Broth
ers, New York, 800. so; Berlin Bridge
Co., $1,000; Dover Bridge 90. $3.175.
The committee has received but one
bid for the abutment so this was held,
unopened, until other bids are re-
celved.
1t was decided that hereafter all
contracts, agreements, resolutions,
etc.. be submitted to the County So
licitor for legal opinion before being
presented to the Board.
1t was decided to receive bids at its
meeting ON July for the macadam-
izing of the following roads:
Road from the Landing Bridge to
New Market; one and half miles
long.
Road from Metuchen New Durham
road to Stelton New Market road, one
mile long.
Oak Tree road, toward lselin to
Woodbridge, one and one half miles.
Road from Plainsboro bridge to
New Brunswick Trenton old stage line
and on Ito Mercer county line; one
mile long.
The Board will advertise for bids
for the gravel road from Applegarth
to Old Bridge and South River, when
Commissioner Budd approves of the
plan.
In the afternoon the Freeholders in
speoted the stone crusher which has
D66u DOukHJ ny buO COuhbJ
and is now at Deans Station. 1t is
TO be given 3 days trial and if it
satisfactory the county will
pay 81 1850 for it. The apparatus con-
sists of the crusher, $50 ton bin, ele-
vator and screens. The bins are so
arranged that wagons can be loaded
direct from them by means of chute
which the crushed stone pass
es, and this device saves much time
and labor in carrying the stone for
the crusher to the nearby roads by
wagon. The crusher has capacity
of 125 tons per day. The crusher will
be operated during the trial with
Contractor divers 25-horse power
engine, and at other times with a.
county road roller engine of 15-horse
power.
The county has been paying from
81. 40 to ST. so per ton for crushed stone
but it is believed that with the roller