Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-10-30
WHERE MONEY
HAS 4EEN USED.
Some Of tho Improvements AC-
COmp|ishtt During the Year
by the Street Department.
.SI5,OOOl APPROPRIATED
Principal Streets have been Put
in First Glass Condition
BulkheadS Built.

With an appropriation of $4,000
at the beginning of the citys fiscal
year the street department has ac-
complished wonderful results in the
line of street improvements, giving
the taxpayers ample cause to feel sat
isfied and to encourage the officials
in charge TO keep up the good work
A tour about the city under the guild
ance of the department officials gives
some idea of the accomplishments of
the year.
Perhaps the greatest noticeable
improvement has been the resurfac-
ing of the lower end of Smith street
and State street from Smith street
north to the Lehigh Valley bridges.
This was mass of mud holes
bumps and ruts, a disgrace to a coun-
try town, let alone progressive sec
ond-class city. Numerous petitions
for pavement having failed, the street
department took hold and, with the
use of the steam roller, has made
State street practically as good as
laid. While macadam is unfit for a
business thoroughfare, it is better
than nothing and the street depart
ment has put it in first class shape,
furnishing the crushed stone and
labor.
High Street improvements.
High street, from Smith street
south to Lewis street has been treat
ed in the same way and that thor
oughfare is in excellent condition.
A part of Market street has been
paved with wooden block and a
heavy coat of cinders has been put
on Lewis street. which was formerly
Il sandbed These cinders rolled
down with the citys roller have made
a good street.
One of the greatest improvements
during the year has been the erection
of concrete buikheads at the foot Of
Catalpa avenue and State street.
These bulkheads show excellent
work and the street and sewers are
now well protected from the storms
and tide. An iron railing has been
placed along the top to prevent peo-
pie and vehicles going off into the
water
Work is now progressing on a
sewer in the lower end of Kearny
avenue and through Lewis street
The paving of the block on State
street between Market and Gordon
ctroatc hoe met haop comn1atod and
presents a handsome appearance
and heavy coat of cinders on Mark
ct street from Madison avenue to the
railroad, carefully rolled down, has
done wonders for that thoroughfare,
which, like Lewis street, was form
erly sandbed in dry weather and
nearly hub deep in mud during a
storm
Sheridan Street Grading.
The grading of Sheridan street is
about completed This extends from
Market street to the new bridge and
is destined to be one of the heaviest
Travelled thoroughfares in the city.
The South Second and Smith
streets sewer, stupendous under
taking, has been finished, filing a
long-felt want and making Smith
street paving from State street TO the
Central railroad possible next spring.
Work was started this morning on
resurfacing the macadam pavement
on Smith street west of the Central
railroad. Here again the steam roll
er comes into play The present
wornout macadam will be loosened
then rolled down smooth and an up
per dressing put on and rolled down
the same as lower Smith street and
State streets were done The crush
ed stone for this is being bought out
of the appropriation, besides furn-
ishing the labor.
The brick pavement is being laid
on State street from the Lehigh Val
ley bridges north to the Meredith
tract One side of the car track is
being paved first and then the other
side so as not TO tie up traffic. This
is a big undertaking and is an i'm
provement badly needed
In the specifications for this paw
ing it was provided that the dirt tax
en- out should be placed where the
street department ordered, and, al
though there have been offers to buy