Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-09-09
SCANDLE GROWS
LARGER WITH RUE &
FOUNTAIN DEALINGS
Continued from page ~

as the bridge approach. Clerk Clay
ton testified to another contract be-
ing made with Rue & Fountain for
the bridge bulkbead in October,
1903.
Josiah Tice, a civil engineer in
this city, was next called and test
flied to being employed to make a
survey for the approach to the bridge
on the South Amboy side. He locat-
ed the approach and identified a bill
dated December %, 1902 for $341.-
SIS as the amount received by him
for his services. He also identified
a deed from Mrs. Cornelia Fouratt
to the Board of Freeholders for the
bridge approach site, this being dat
ed January 8, 1903. Lawyer Strong
entered an objection to this also. lie
had prepared the specifications and
made the survey for the filling in OF
this APPROACH. The fill-in for the
bulkhead was for a depth of six feet
for a distance of $50 feet from the
bridge proper. The total fill-in was
14,57S cubic yards for which the con-
tract price was $~14,2S0.26. He did
not know the price per cubic yard
for this work and it did not apepar
on the contract, but he thought 1t
was from 80 to 35 cents a cubic
yard.
Nature of Ground.
The engineer was asked as to the
character of the ground over which
the roadway to the bridge was con-
structed and said it was sandy from
Ridgeway avenue to the meadow and
there was about $50 feet OF mead
ow. The meadow was pretty hard,
heavy clay being struck within a
depth of fourteen inches in a great
err portion and in no place was there
soft ground the depth of the sight
ing pole he used in making the sur
veys which was four feet and over
in length. 1t was not a soft meadow
by any means and in his estimate he
had averaged that the bank might
sink a foot and a half when the fill
in was made. He had also surveyed
the Wolff approach but this was not
used.
On cross-examination by Lawyer
Strong he said the South Amboy ap'
proach was not in the borough but
in S~ayreville township. The price
of filling in depended largely upon
circumstances connected with the
Job. On cross-examination by Lawyer
Spencer Weart for Sanford & Har-
ris Engineer Tice said the plans call
ed for eight inch macadam pave
ment eighteen feet wide on the ap-
proach and sixteen feet wide on
Ridgeway avenue. There were 6,916
square yards of pavement on the
bridge approach. This approach or
some other one was necessary to use
the bridge.
Contract For Bulkhead.
Lawyer Voorhees, desired the pro-
file that went with the Rue & Foun-
tain approach job and also the cons
tract for the bulkhead and Solicit
or Willis made another trip to his
Office to see if he could find them,
He later returned with the profile
which the engineer identified and
then produced the contract with Rue
& Fountain for the bulkhead. This
was, dated June 81, 1903 and gave
the. price as $557. Lawyer Strong en-
tevSaan objection to it being put in
<Tfdeace.
The \ total expenditures for the
bulkhead as testified to by County
Collector Serviss Thursday amount
ed to S2,734 and Lawyer Voorhees,
could not understand how it was that
this amount was so large when this
contract was for but S557. Mr.. Ser
viss told him there were two con-
tracts for the bulkhead work. He
referred to the vouchers which show
ed that the contract for $557 had
been increased by extras to 1924 and
there was also a payment made to
this firm of 1915 for ~anchorages for
the bridge. In addition to this there
were two bills for S1,625 all of which
made up the $2,724.
Many Contracts.
'Then there must have been three
contracts said Lawyer Voorhees,,
''They still seem to keep bobbing up,
maybe we will get them all if we
keep at it,"
The hearing ended here with the
understanding hat County Collector
Serviss would produce the checks
for the bridge payments at the next
sitting and portions of the minutes
are to be introduced.
There was some conversation be-
tween the lawyers as what had been
done by Perth Amboy as to their
approach to the bridge.
''They have a little heap of dirt.