Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1905-02-02
Special 10 Tie Evenin.g Meas.


New Brunswick, Feb. 2:-Iu voting
at the meeting yesterday to approve
the plans offered by the Jersey Central
Traction Company for STRENGTHENING
the Cheesequakes bridge the free
holders decided matter that has
been before the board Almost con.
tinuously for the past six months At
nearly every session since last Septem.
Der the matter has been brought up
with the discussions over the commit
tees report growing more bitter each
time until they reached climax with
The scenes enacted yesterday. 1t is
presumed that the traction company,
now having au hority to go ahead
with the work of STRENGTHENING the
bridge, will pursue the same with all
speed as its REPRESENTATIVES, have con
tinually charged the Cheesequakes
bridge committee with delay in grant
ing it's requests in the face Of the de-
lnands of the people to have the road
completed for summer travel.
Chairman Allgair as we'll as other
members of the committee have sought
TO make GEAR their opposition to &C.
cepting the plans for the changes on
tho ground that they dio not think
the plans offered sufficient propection
10 the county and it was the report OF
the committee to that effect which
caused SO much disturbance yesterday.
When the report was called for Dir
ector fountain placed Mr.. Jackson in
the chair. The report stated that q
meeting of the committee had been
held here on January 81, when q
special engineer. Mr.. squires, had
been present and, as hs had explained
what was needed for the bridge plans
in addition to what had been acoepte
at previous meetings, report had
been drawn up with the additional
plaus embodied and it had been ac-
cepted. He moved the improvements
be made as drawn mp by the commit
tee. MIR. Haney at once moved that
the committees report he received
and placed OH the minutes.
Mr.. Fountain then got into the
discussion by stating that he had ali
amendment to offer to the report OF
the committee. He said that matter
had cen efore the >board since Sep.
temter aud that there was no reason
why it should be held up longer. HI
said the people from his distric'
wanted the trolley road and workmei
from there wanted it to ger to so back
and forth to and from Keyport. Nov
they are compelled to walk. At thf
last meeting the committee had made
a report demanding that the rompan,
place four additional wheels for the
draw and also to furnish locking de-
vice and its representatives had agreed
to provide these articles. Now be
learned that new plans had been pre-
pared yesterday at the COMMITTEE
meeting which would work a.hardship
on the company, as they were not lise
those proposed by the county engineer
or the oompauy's engineer. He sal
that the Matawan bridge draw Il
Monmouth county has devices Ike
thoss first proposed by the committee
and woman in charge of the bridge
found no trouble in turning it, d'
asked therefore that the plans OF M
Doupherty be approved with the ad-
dition of new hangers on the emo
stringers and overhead stretchers'
Mr.. Allgair lost no time in replying
to MIR. Fountain and his words were
emphatic. He said that no and the
people Of his district wanted the troll
| ley line too hut they wanted 1t right
for the protection of the county AS
to the workmen MIR. Fountain had
spoken of he said that they were col.
| ored people employed in Mr.. Avery's
brick yards who had been brought