Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-02-06
SMITH ST. TO
KEASBEY TO
BE MACADAM
FreehoIders at Meeting Today
Accepted Many County Roads
and Will Improve Them.
GET BIDS FOR TRAP ROCK
Much Repairing TO Be Done Roads
By The FrsehoIders This
Spring.
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NEW BRUNSWICK. Feb. e:-At
the meeting of the Board of Free
holders, today, a large number of
roads throughout the county were
made county roads and ordered ma
cadamized. Stone was also ordered
for the repair of many of the present
macadam roads.
Richard Hibbitt was employed
on the Amboy bridge at $50 a month
in place of Benjamin Bloodgood.
Among the roads to be taken over
by the county and improved is Smith
street in Perth Amboy, from the car
barns to Fords. This is to be ma
cadamized and will thus afford de-
cent travel between Perth Amboy
and Keasbey and from that place
across to the main Metuchen-Amboy
road which is already macadamized
Following are the other highways to
be taken over by the county and
improved: Helmetta to Spotswood,
2 " miles, to be macadamized; Law
renee Brook to Fisher Corner, ma
cadamized; Georges Road from
Deans to Franklin Park, q miles,
gravelled; New Market to Seventh
street, Plainf1eld, miles, macadam-
lied; Lake street, Jamesburg, to
Helmetta, 1 rs miles, macadamized; !;
from George Docks blacksmith shop
on the Cranbury turnpike to Dun
hams Corner, ~ miles, gravelled.
The board will receive bids We'd
nesday, March IS, at IL a. m. for
furnishing trap rock to be delivered
at the different stations. The bids
are to be accompanied by a certified
check of $500. The rock is to be
IN and y inches. and is to be de-
livered as follows: New Brunswick,
400 tons; Old Bridge. 500 tons;
Dayton, 700 tons; Hightstown, 200
tons; Cranbury station, 1,100 tons:
Plainsboro, 200 tons; Monmouth
Junction. 400 tons; Lower James
burg. 1.100 tons; Spotswood, 100
tons; South Amboy, 700 tons; South
River, 400 tons; Cheesequake dock,
$50 tons.
Bids will also be received for stone
for the following roads: Wood
bridge Railway road, 500 tons; Car
teret road. 800 tons; Metuchen-
Iselin road, 500 tons; Iselin- Railway
road, 500 tons; Perth Amboy-Me-
tuchen road, 1000 tons; River road
100 tons; Woodbridge-Perth Amboy
road, 500 tons; Woodbridge, Iselin
and Oak Tree road, 800 tons; New
Durham road. 100 tons; Park ave.
nue., 500 tons; New Brunswick.
Metuchen road, 500 tons; Landing
| Bridge-Stelton road, 100 tons:
Bound Brook-Dunellen road, zoo
tons; SteltonNew Market road, 100
tons; Livingston avenue, New Bruins.
wick, 1000; New Brunswick-Old
Bridge, 600 tons; New Brunswick
Deans. 500 tons.
The approaches to the overhead
bridge at Monmouth Junction were
accepted by the board.
A bill for repairs to the Amboy
bridge which was damaged by a boat
some time ago, was ordered paid. II
amounted to S297.
The board also paid to George M.
Bryan s25,557.14 for the Cheese
quake road. Bryan's contract price
was $57.920.34 with the Metropoli-
tan Surety Company on his bond.
After he had finished the work, the
board declared that 3,4o0 cubic
yards were not up to the specifica-
tions. 1t was decided to take of
forty cents per yard. A bill will be
sent Bryan for the balance.
The finance committee was author
ized to issue eight $1,000 bonds at
4 per cent. to pay off the remaining
bonds falling due.
The collector was authorized to
transfer $4,000 from the incidental
to the loan account.
The finance committee was author
ized to discount s25,000 worth of
notes.
The collectors report showed the
following: Balance on hand, Decem-
ber 81, s95,0S4.73; receipts, s244.-
4S1.91; disbursements, s22S,261.11;
balance on hand January 81.
$16,220.S0.