Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-08
Startling Facts Brought Out at the
Hearing Before Supreme Court
Commissioner in New Brunswick
COLLECTOR TELLS ABOUT BONDS
Special to the Evening News:

Special to the Evening News:
NEW BRUNSWICK, Sept. s.
During this mornings session of the
Amboy bridge hearing before Su-
preme Court Commissioner Van
Cleef, testimony was brought out
showing who made the preliminary
surveys for the bridge, fact which
could not be learned yesterday.
There was also another estimate
made by an expert engineer as to the
actual cost of the bridge in 1908.
At the beginning of the session
today County Collector Serviss was
again called to the witness stand.
He produced bill for the prelimin-
airy sarvey which was made by John
NJ Braly in July 1902, before the
contract for the bridge was awarded.
The bill was for $500 and the survey
was made by Mr.. Braly at the re-
quest of Director Fountain and the
committee. which included Freehold
ers Correia, De Graw, Haney, Glenn
and Allgair
Engineer McCanns memory was
day, for he told, on re-eXamination,
the names of the five steel compan-
les which supplied the steel for the
draw.
/ City Surveyor William H. Luster,
of Elizabeth, was the new expert
called. He estimates the cost of the
bridge at $113,502, which is about
$4,000 higher than the estimate
made by w. w. Crehore yesterday.
MIR. Bloomfield on the Stand.
Charles A. Bloomfield, the pros
ecutor of the action, was then called
to the stand. He said that he was
an owner of property when he
brought this action August 81. Alan
H. Strong, for the Freeholders, ask
ed Mr.. Bloomfield what property he
owned. Mr.. Bloomfield replied that
he owned the homestead at Fords
Corner, and that he came into pos
session of it on July IA. 1t was deed
ed to him by his daughter, Eleanor,
for 81. He denied that he had any
idea of bringing this action at that
time.
Asked if he owned any other prop
erty, Mr. Bloomfield said that ne
might, he didn't know positively.
When asked if there were any un-
satisfied judments against the prop
erty, he said that there is possibly
one. He said that no levies have
been made against the property to
his knowledge.
Mr.. Bloomfield had a spike which
he exhibited to prove his statements
that spikes were used in many cases
in the bridge instead of bolts. lie
carried the spike in an envelope, and
declared that he would have it gild-
ed and keep it as a reminder OF now
they build bridges in Middlesex coun-
I ty.
An adjournment for two hours was
/ taken at 1890 o'clock. The plain
tiffs side will be finished this af-
ternoon, and the defense will be com
menced Monday morning.
Expert William Crehore, Of Eliza
beth who as told in the NEWS, was
4 witness yesterday morning, furthe
testified at the afternoon session
yesterday, that there were no longi
tudinal braces in the present bridge
between the piling, bracing beinl
necessary in his opinion, and no pro
vision had been made for drainage
on the draw there being two inches
of water upon it the day he was there
and this tended to rot the structure
He had made his estimate he saiC
4 on prices which wonld yield a profi
of ten or fifteen per cent, the usua
profit on that sort of work for loi
of that size. He said it was TO th'
( advantage of an owner to have al
contractors bid on one plan because