Perth Amboy evening news., 1905-04-27
At Meeting Of FreehOIders Yes
terday 1t Was Decided to Pro-
Ceed With the Changes.
WARDEPARTMENT READY
New York Office Will Recommend
the Changes to the Officials
at Washington.
Sbeciai 10 he EveHing Ne70S.

New Brunswick, Apr. 27:-The
Board of Freeholders, yesterday after
noon, again took up the matter of the
placing of three steel spans in the Am
boy bridge and after sharp discus
sion a resolution was adopted by a
vote of l3 to directing Bridge Eng
ineer Thomas Mccain to prepare the
plans for the spans.
The meeting was called to hear the
report of the finance committee, which,
with committee from the manufac-
turers, conferred with Colonel Liver
more. of the war department, in New
York, Tuesday regarding the steel
spans.
Freeholder Haney, as chairman of
the finance committee, said they had
presented the matter in company with
Messrs. Bloomfield and Podmore, of
the manufacturers, and Colonel Liver
more had declared they would submit
no plans, but suggested that the cOun-
ty engineer draw up the plans and
after the New York office had in
spected them, he would urge their
adoption by the department at Wash
ington.
Mr.. Bloomfield told the board that
he thought it best to have steel spans
with steel cylinders filed with con.
crete for piers. Mr.. Podmore asked
that when the engineer drew up the
plans the manufacturers be allowed to
consult with him SO that they might
make suggestions advisable.
What Perth Amboy was doing in
the matter of building the approach
on their side of the river was set forth
in letter received from Chairman
Stacey, of the streets end sewers com
mittee of that city. He said the city
had asked the Rartan and North Shore
Railroad to put bridge over its
tracks. He also said that May ! an
ordinance would be introduced provid-
ing for the grading of Sheridan street
from Market street to the bridge APP
proach.
F'reeholder FELTON, moved to table
the letter. Freeholder Haney insisted
that it be received rs there was moth
inr in it to harm the county and his
motion was carried.
F'reeholder Glenn then presented
resolution directing Thomas McCann,
the bridge engineer, to prepare plans
for the steel spans, Freeholder FELTON,
objected, claiming the county enein-
eer could do that and that his doing it
would save the county money that
would have to be paid to Mr. Mccain.
Other members declared bridge
building was not in the line of the
co unity engineer. Mr. Mccain would
receive two and half per cent. of the
cost of the spans for drawing the plans
and looking after the work
Mr.. Bloomfield favored the passing
of the resolution as a manu- facturer.
He declared the action taken three
years ago on the bridge had so far not
amounted to much, the bridge being
still incomplete and that it was adj
visable to do this work right once and
for all.
George Thomas, who was introduced
by Freeholder Welsh, spoke against
replacing the wood spans with iron
or steel at cost of $7j, 900, lives in
South Am5oy. He is the son-in-law
of Mrs. Farroat, on whose land the
southerly approach to the new bridge
is built. He thought the bridge did
not cause the ice to form.
Mr.. Bloomfield replied, saying that
the bridge had caused the ice to form,
as he had previously stated.
The resolution to have MI. McCann
prepare the plans was carried as fol-
lows:
Ayes-Clinton, Concannon, Cox,
Fountain, Glenn, Haney, Jensen,
Kroeger, Manning, Cauley, Staats,
Tappen. Welsh.
Nays-Felton, jackson,
Passed-Allgair, Bennett, O'Neil,
Rusher, VanDenbergh.
Absent nt-DeHart, Draper, Dunigan,
Johansen.