Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-10-06
FREEAOLDERS
PAID MONEY.
Although County Solicitor Willis
Advised Against it-ResOlu-
ton Went Through.

New Brunswick. Oct6:-The Board
Of Freeholders, yesterday, paid two
bills of Moran 81 Sutton, amounting
to So, 2S7. 66, for work done on the
Hranklin Park road, after County
Solicitor Willis had advised that the
payment of any money at this time
might invalidaJe the bond of the FL
deity DepositEC Company, of Maryland,
the sureties of the contractors. The
County Solicitor left the room soon
after the freeholders had ignored his
advice.
Moran g. Sutton are the contractors
for the Franklin Park road, and they
are IN difficulty and have practically
thrown up the work. Two liens
against the money were filed with the
board this morning. An assignment
by them of oil money due or about to
.lbe due to Herman Banker and Captain
Martin Norton wis also filed. %@@
Lawyer Peter T. DAILY, appearing
for Messrs. Banker and Norton, ex-
planned that whsA5 Moran & Sutton
took the contract they were penniless
rand that in order to get a bond from
a surety company, they were com
PEELED to name indemnors to the com
pany. Messrs. Norton aud Banker
ifbecame indemnofs, desiring TO help
the young men and so did John Moran
and John Murphy, who are related to
the contractors and who are not worth
anything in their WI name. This
bond was for about $40, 000 and an
d other bond was given with James
Flemips and Michael Casey as bonds
men for a like amount.
Bids for bridge near Cooks farm,
Woodbridge township, were as follows:
lowering & Garrigues Co.......$2, TAO
DIV. T, Kirk Company...........s.1,950
Bids for the construction of a fence
on the South Amboy approach to the
new Amboy bridge were received as
follows:
William j. Crawley. $491. 80
Rue &Fountain. ................ 64l.O
These bids were referred to the road
committee.
y- WIS reteixed from John M.
! N. SCOTT, calling attention to the need
of repairs on the Perth Amboy road.
! It was referred to the road committee.
M A similar communication from w.
II. Osborn, of Metuchen, asking that
repairs be made on the Metuohen-
Perth Amboy road was referred.
Lawyer Silver appeared before the
board on behalf of the Jersey Central
Traction Company and asked for a
hearing to be held on Tuesday morn
! ing stOctober %, on a petition for an
ordinance of the company giving it
the right of way to cross the public
highway in ~Sayreville township ut
Mr.. Whitehead's property and then
running along the road TO Mr.. Con-
overs property at the borough line of
South Amboy where it will connect
with the road of the Middlesex and
Somerset Traction company. The
company has secured in the township
private right Of way for the rest of
the road. Six months ago it obtained
the right to cross the Oheesequakes
bridge providing it would strengthen
that bridgesbut nothing further was
lone in the matter. The company
also fled a bondlfor $40. 900 to indem-
Nifty the county. The bearing will be
given its requested.
Mr.. O'Neiil offered a resolution
providing that the plans and speoif.
cations of the Pauly Jail Building
Company for the construction Of "a
cells in the Jail being one-half of the
contemplated number to be built and
the bid of the company to do the
work for SIT. 1856 being the lowest, be
recommended to the board and further
that the same amount be placed in
the budget for 1905 SO that the balance
of the forty-eight cells may be com
pleted. This resolution wa adopted
as well as one directing the directors
and clerk to sign a contract for the
same.