Perth Amboy evening news., 1903-07-02
Will Cost Nearly $4,000 TO do
the Work This Year Few
Come this Way.
TROLLEY MATTER.
Differences Between the FreehOIders and
the Company Over the Albany Street
Bridge to be Discussed Matter De-
bated at the Meeting Yesterday-Pre-
scented Communication.

New Brunswick, July 2:-Besides
opening bids for the construction of
the south approach to the new Raritan
river bridge, as was told in the News
yesterday, the freeholders opened the
following bids for building county
roads,
Landing to Stelton macadam road,
distance l. 80 miles:
Moran & Sutton. 8,788. 90
! Metuchen. New Durham road to Stel-
ton-New Market road, distance,
mile;
& &. NJ IHIins IiddIe, Woodbridge. e,sss, Ss 20 20
Oak Tree toward Islin road, mile: !:
@. M. Liddle. le... 9,232. 70
Moran q Sutton..,....... 1924. -
From Plainboro railroad bridge to
Trenton New Brunswick Stage road
to Mercer County line, mile:
J. W. Erickson, Dayton. S9,730. 90
/ J. d. Murray. 10,079. 81
H. N. Scott, Plainboro.. 10, 400. 90
The bids were referred to the Road
| Committee.
A claim for $25 for damages done
to rubber-tired road wagon by it's
being thrown into ditch because of
the bad condition of the Metuchen
macadam road, was presented by J.
H. Suydam and was referred to the
Finance Committee.
Plans and profile for the extension
of the South Amboy road, prepared
by the County Engineer, were accept
ed, and on motion of Mr. Welsh, were
ordered sent to State Road Commls-
sloner Budd for his approval.
The ordinance. granting the Hope
we'll Electric Light, Heat and Power
Company the right to build its lines
over certain county roads was given a
second reading and ordered advanced
to third reading.
Lawyer Willard P. Voorhees,, repre-
senting the Middlesex & Somerset
Traction Company, was given the
privilege of the floor and stated that
he appeared to ask for a Committee
of Conference to be appointed, CON-
posed of representatives of the COM
pany and of the board to consider the
differences existing between the two
growing out of the controversy over
the repairs to be made by the traction
company on the Albany street bridge.
He thought that the clash that Lhad
been created should be settled in a
common sense way.
Mr.. Voorhees, later presented COM
munication from Superintendent
Thomas F. Walsh, of the Traction
Company, replying to the one he had
received from the freeholders which
had notified the company that repairs
on the bridge should be made by July
10, 1908, or the company's cars would
not be permitted to run on the bridge
after that date. The communication
further stated that the company is re-
sponsible for planking on the bridge,
but not for the supports for the plank
ing, likewise to keep the asphalt in
repair where damaged, but not to re-
build the entire asphalt pavement.
Mr.. DeHart suggested the appoint
ment of committee to adjust all
differences between the county and
company.
Mr. O'Neill said there was no need
of committee on the Albany street
bridge matter, and the only thing to
be done was to make the company
live up to the provisions of its fran
chise. The matter was PASSED for the
time without any action being taken.
At the afternoon session the free
holders awarded the contract for
building the south approach to the
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