Perth Amboy evening news., 1906-02-02
FREEH0LDERS
ARE KEPT BUSY
At Meeting Held Yesterday Mr..
Hanson Reported Work Well
Advanced on Bridge.
MONEY FOR HOSPITAL.
Robert Carson on Behalf Of the
Metuchen Gas Light Com
pany Asks a Favor.

NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. q
Freeholdcr Hanson, of Perth Amboy,
reported at the meeting of the board
yesterday that he visited the Amboy
bridg January 90 and found that
Sandford and Harris had commenced
the construction of the county's part
OF the Perth Amboy end of the APP
proach. Some OF the piling has been
put down He had made John Foth-
ergill inspector of the work. Engi-
neer Brogger reported that the brok-
en- bents at the Sayreville end of
the bridge had been repaired too. The
draw is being worked often to keep it
in order.
MIR. Hanson also reported that he
had visited the Woodbridge creek
bridge and found it out of repair
Work had been done on it and the
tender can now turn the draw.
Solicitor Strong was directed to
prepare an answer to the writ of GER
tiorari obtained by Charles Bloom
field in the matter Of the Amboy
bridge approach, which is returnable
on Feb. 10.
Robert Carson appeared before the
board and as secretary of the Metuch-
en- Gas Light company asked that ac-
tion be deferred on the application of
the Public Service corporation TO lay
gas mains in the road from Plain
field via Metuchen to the Albany
street bridge. He said he wished to
report the matter to his company so
that it could act in this matter. He
said he did not know that his COM
pany would oppose the application.
His company has already spent S35.-
600 for laying mains to and in Me
tuchen. On motion of Mr.. Hanson
the application was laid over for one
month
County Physician Suydam reported
tious disease. He regarded him as a
dangerous person to be there and
suggested that the freeholders have
him released before his term expires
in March. Mr. Hanson was made a
committee of one to wait on the
Prosecutor in this matter
County Collector Groves was au-
thorized to pay the salaries of men,
bers from the salary accounts with
out bills being presented each time.
The freeholders will be paid $125
each month. the collector and engi-
neer, $166. &c, Solicitor Strong $S3.-
33, Clerk Demarest, $75, County
Physician Suydam, $50, Road Com
missioner Vandenbergh $66. Sc, and
the bridge tenders will also get their
pay without presenting bills.
The hospitals of this city and Perth
Amboy will be paid $1,250 quarterly.
The banks authorized to receive
deposits of county money by resolu-
ton passed today are National Bank
of New Jersey, of this city; South
River, Cranbury, South Amboy,
Perth Amboy, Jamesburg, also the
Peoples Bank and the New Bruns-
wick Trust company, of this city.
A letter was read from State Road
Commissioner Hutchinson, of Tren-
ton. asking that he be informed of
the amount that had been expended
in this county in the last year for
roads. G. G. Brundage appeared be-
fore the board and asked that a road
which is a continuation from Bon
hamtown of the Metuchen road to-
ward Woodbridge, be macadamized
for a dinstancc OF two miles. The
matter was referred to the road COM
mittee.
The reading of the ordinance of
the Hudson and MiddleseX Telephone
and Telegraph company was adjourn
ed for a month.
Finance Committee Report.
The finance committee reported
for January as follows:
Balance, Jan. 3 w, 2,OOO' 3O
Receipts ........... lz9, ,o5z o.
/ Disbursements ...... b0,uof' VI
Balance, Jan. 81 ,.... 64,34S IS
The principal payment was $69,-
$50 SO to pay custodians of school
money.
All the members OF the board eX-
cept Mr.. Mundy wffe present,
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