Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1904-05-12
FreehOIder Vandenberg Raised a
Rumpus in the Meeting of
Board Of FreehOIders.
SCHEDULE WAS PASSED.
Mr.. vandenberg of Monroe Township De
cIared He Had Not Been Given Fair
Treatment In the Stone Road Appro-
priation-Said He was Tired of Fighting
The Democrats.

holder Vandenberg, of Monroe town
ship, is one of the most stirring
speeches that has been delivered in
the Board of F1eeholders' Dom since
the old days when Harrington, of
Perth Amboy, and Pownall, of james.
burg, were members, accused the
Democratic majority of the board
yesterday of manipulating the build
ing of roads for the benefit of the
townships represented by four or five
of the members. He charged that the
Road Committee and a couple of
Others practically dictated to the
board and he suggested that if this
thing is to keep on that the county
ought to have commission to look
after county affairs instead of a Board
of Freeholders Freeholder Bennett,
of Cranbury, and Freeholder Welsh,
of South Alnboy. also declared that
they had not been treated fairly in
road matters.
The discussion was brought on by
the introduction of resolution of the
road committee naming the roads to
be macadamizetlthis year
AS soon as the list had been read
Mr.. Vandenberg was on his feet
asking why the road from Applegarth
to Prospect Plains had not been in
cluded in the list That road, he
said. had been surveyed four years
ago, and had been approved and last
year mile of it had been macad :
amized. The supervisor had approved
of that mile with the distinct under
standing that the rest of the road was
to be huilt this year.
Director Fountain replied that this
is new board. not the old board.
"And this is not a new road" re-
torted Mr.. Vandenberg. He then told
how he had invited tho whole board
to view the road few days ago and
only nine members turned up.
Last year l demanded that this
road be improved, and you said to
me: Jim, we will give you n mile
and give you the rest next yenr. 1t is
impossible to do all in ono year.
81 know that some of the roads
| ordered in that reso lu tion are as good
rs macadamized roads today, being
good gravel roads. The freeholders
who have been up to look it over say
to me that ] ought to have road,
and that they will help me rs soon as
they get all of the roads that they
want. We pay some taxes and all
we have to slow for it is two and
one-half miles of macadamlzed road
and some gravel road that has not
been repaired once since it was built.
81 am tired and sick of fighting
you. Since have been in this bo ard
| have not received fair treatment. LII
year the board has spent 800, 600 TOR
repairing roads and the Republican
members of the board have only had
about 81 900 of it on their roads.
~ am here to back all that L have
sala. We want to be represented and
/ intend that we shall be. "
| Director Fountain said that one
road was to be built i'll Monroe town
ship, to the Reform School, the State
having asked for it, ms great quantities
of coal have to be carted to the
school. Mr.. Vandenberg replied that
there were just as many tons of apples
carted over the road ms there wore
tons of coal on the Jamesburg road
He did not ask for the Reform Schoo
road and he thought that he ought tt
have some say in his own township
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