Perth Amboy evening news., 1910-07-26

TO Get BIDS
FOR BUILDING
6peo,al TO the EVENIn NEWS.

New brunswick, JUL 26:-EV-
erything. is now In readiness for the
erection of the new county offices. At
a special meeting of the Board of
Freeholders held yesterday after
noon at the court house, the plans
for the new building were presented
by Architect William H. Boylan and
adopted by the board. At the regu-
lar monthly meeting of the board to
be held next week it is likely hat
the board will advertise for bids for
the. erection of the building. The
new building will be a handsome
structure. While 1t is being built
the offices of County Clerk Cannon
and Surrogate Daily will be in the
building Of the New Brunswick Fire
Insurance Company.
$1,000 For Roads.
A communication was received
from Frederick Gilkyson, state SUI
pervisor of roads, stating that there
would be turned over to the county
this fall from the state the sum of
$4,000, this money to be used for
the purpose of building roads
throughout the county. The money
was collected by the state from au-
tomobiles and vehicles.
Will Repair Road.
William F. Harkins, the local rep
resentatiye of the Delaware River
Quarry and Construction Company,
sent a communication to the board
stating that the company would be-
gin work on repairing the Helmetta
and Spotswood road. The bad con-
dition of this road was complained
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and notice to contractors to have the
road repaired was sent by Clerk Bis
sett.
Will Fix Bridge.
The board passed a resolution au-
thorizing the road committee to have
the county bridge at Spotswood re-
paired, and also have 1t on the same
grade as the road there which Is be-
ing repaired by that borough. Jo-
seph Hodapp, Jr., of thai place, sent
a letter to the board asking that the
county officials take action in the
matter.
Wants To Lay Mains.
Patrick .Convery, president Of the
Perth Amboy Gas Company, sent a
communication to the board asking
permission to open some of the
streets in Woodbridge township 30
that his company could lay gas
mains there. The communication
was referred to the road committee.
Will Board Get Help?
At the last meeting of the board
the members of the .coanty-tax beard,
appeared and asked the freholders
to engage for him a s~tenographer to
assist William Spencer, clerk of the
board. The county tax board has
been called upon by the state board
of revaluation to give them some
data concerning the assessments of
property along side of the railroads
in this county. This makes addi-
tional work for the secretary Of the
tax board. Freebooter Alfred T.
Kerr stated at the meeting yesterday
that at present the board was I'M
able to find any balance to pay for
board. He said that for the pur-
pose the finance committee, in whose
hands the matter had been placed,
would report progress. Later in
the meeting a resolution was pre-
sented which showed that the appro-
priation for the tax board had in 1t
the sum of ~$879.79, but out of this
had to come the salary of the clerk,
which amounted to $500. The S
luton stated that the appropriation
shall not be overrun.
To Repair Bridge.
Freebooter Andrew Ely reported
that the county bridge on the Spots
wood and Tanners Corner road, was
in terrible condition, as 1t was bad
ly In need of repairs. He said that
the board should take some action
to have the bridge repaired. The
board later passed a resolution to
that effect.
Asphalt For This Road.
Freebooter Kerr stated that it
has beer decided to have asphalt
dressing laid on the road in Perth
Amboy from the crossing of the Lee
hie 7Valley railroad to a mile be-
yond the city hospital there.
Bridge viii Be Repaired.
1t was also stated by Freebooter
Kerr that the bridge in Madison
township needed some repairs. 1t
was decided to have the bridge re-
paired, and to also lay a four foot
pipe on the road near the Episcopal
church.
Who Owns This Bridge?
Supervisor of Roads James De
Hart stated that he made an investi-
CATION concerning the ownership of
the Douglas avenue bridge at Rah-
way. and he said that he could find
no Information as to whether the
bridge belonged to the county. He
interviewed several people, he sta
tod aa tn who nWno1 ~ He o1an
stated that there was no indication
that the bridge which was formerly
there, was erected for the use Of the
general public. Thomas Reddy, who
owns property nearby, has written to
the freeholders several times asking
them to have the bridge rebuilt. The
board did not want to build the
bridge until they learned whether or
not the county owned 1t.
Other Business.
Freebooter Gebhardt reported that
the road between Iselin and Railway
was in bad condition and needed
some repairs.
Supervisor De Hart reported that
he made an inspection of the over
hanging trees on Park avenue, Pts
Getaway, and the owners of the prop
critics will be notified to have the
trees trimmed.
At the suggestion of Freebooter
Kerr, a copy of all of the franchises
granted to the trolley companies by
different municipalities will be Sc
cured and copies will be made for
each member of the board.
A resolution was presented by Di-
rao4A. LynndrtCha FOR thu nraaffnn of