Perth Amboy evening news., 1908-02-24
State Road Commissioner Has
Much Praise for MiddIesex
in His Report.
LAUDs COUNTY SUPERVISOR
Report Shows that Under New Auto
mobile Law the State Has About
$4,000 to- Distribute This Year
Among the Different Counties
Mfddlesex Gets About $6,O16.14-
Detailed Statement of the Roads.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
TRENTON, feb. 24:-High trib-
ute is. paid to the improved roads In
Midd1esex county in the annual report
of the state road commissioner which
is now in the hands of the printer.
The document says:
"The roads in Middlesex county
are in elegant shape and l wish to
congratulate the people upon having
the services of SO capable a man as
their county supervisor. He is very
careful and conscientious and the re-
suit shows that he knows how to keep
a road in good shape under varying
conditions. He has had to contend
with different kinds Of soil and vary
ing grades, and for the amount of
money expended / consider the roads
lof Middlesex county to be in splendid
condition
The report shows that under the
new automobile law passed two years
ago, the State Road Department will
have about $4,000 to distribute this
year among the different counties, as
the states contribution toward road
repairs. Middlesex county's share of
this fund for last year was Sc, ,015. IA.
The county has also expended from
| its own funds S34,857.25 in repairs.
A detailed statement of the road
work in Middlesex county for last
year is given as follows:
"Middlesex county completed the
Cranbury Neck, thus giving us di-
rect route from Princeton to Gran
bury, at which point 1t conects with
|. the stone road to New Brunswick,
also the Port Reading railroad road,
completing the line from New Bruns-
wick to Plainfield Both of these
roads were commenced in 1906.
Work is also being pushed forward
on the Jamesburg and Dayton road,
the River road and the Cheesequake
creek road, all of them very import
ant links In our state road system
In preparation for next years
work the county has surveyed and
made plans and specifications for
seven small roads, all of which will
make our road system more valu-
able. 1t has spent the $6,015.14 of
the automobile fund apportfonment
J for the purchase of stone, and, in ad-
/ dition has paid out $34,S57.25 for
repairs, detailed statement of which
| by townships follows:
Woodbridge, $6,634.74; South
Brunswick township. s3,012.44;
North Brunswick township, $685.
81; Metuchen. $304.60; Piscataway
] township, $S19.63; South Amboy,
$202.3S; Cranbury township, $1,916.-
IA; Raritan township, $4,0O3.58;
Madison township, S2,433.64; Mon
roe township, $1,090.31; Perth Am
boy, $1,276.58; Highland Park,
$17.75; Roosevelt, $322.4O! Dunel-
len. 1884; Spa Spring, $206.24;
Dayton, $154.13; Iselin, $253.52;
Old Bridge, $241.28; New Bruins
wick, $2,607.30; East Brunswick
/ township, $1,457.72; Sayreville town
ship, s1,939.09; Jamesburg, $323.O7.
The table also contains these items
Salaries, $500; supplies, $15S.99;
steam roller, $592.2S; repairs, $275.-
II; freight, s41.52; advertising,
$3.50.
The road commissioner shows that
New Jersey now has 1895 miles of
improved roads built under state aid,
and for the work the state has con-
tributed total of $2,283,OO7.
| There have also been built by the
counties 500 miles of roads without
J state aid.
The work of last year was, in brief,
as follows: roads completed and pur-
chased, 1892 miles; roads ap-
preaching completion 63.086 miles;
improved roads taken over, 39S
miles; roads surveyed for future
improvement, 1898 miles; total
249.718 miles.
The total sum expended last year
for road repairs was s56,473.S5 from
the automobile license fund, and
$592, 2,014.75. total of $64S.4SS.