Perth Amboy evening news., 1911-05-05
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Frssholders Take Actien for
Raritan Landing Roas,
Special 70 the EVENING NEWS.

lutL Inc DTluRe over I06 Canal
at the Raritan Landing bridge is too
narrow the Board of F~reeholders at
Its meeting yesterday afternoon pass
ed q resolution, introduced by Direc-
tor Hendricks, asking the Delaware
and Rarltan Canal Company to place
a wider drswbridge there. The
present bridge has been In use for
several years. 1t is considerably
narrower than the bridge which ex-
tends over the river. The freehold
ars feel that there should he a wider
d~rawbridge there.
Accept Road.
Director Hendricks also presented
another resolution which was adopt
ed accepting as a county road
Ryder's Lane from Georges Road to
Fishers Corner. The road is about
three and one-half miles in length
and about 33 feet In width. The
freeholders contemplate making
some improvements to this road
later on.
Want Bridge Built.
A. s. Crowell, clerk of the Dor
ough council Of Dunellen, SEN a
communication to the board asking
that the board rebuild the bridge
over Madison avenue IN that Dor
ough. The communication stated
that the bridge was much needed
there. 1t was referred to the road
committee OF the board.
Wants to Raise Bridges.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Com
pany sent another communication to
the freeholders stating that they
would like to have permission to
raise two bridges which run over the
railroad about a mile from Metuch-
en-. The bridges are too low. Re-
ferred to the road committee.
Roads Need Scraping.
The Massachusetts Bonding Com
pany, which completed the Deans
and Franklin Park road after the
contractor had defaulted in his work,
sent q letter to the board stating
that the road needed scraping, and
that this vas q good time in the year
to do the work. Referred to the
road committee.
Bell at Crossing.
A letter was received from the
Philadelphia and Reading Railroad
Company stating that a bell had
been placed at the crossing of the
company at Woodbridge. The free
holders some time ago requested the
company to place a bell there as the
crossing is a very dangerous me-.
The bell will be a warning to auto
fists and drivers of wagons.
Ask to Open Street.
Charles Anderson, clerk Of the
borough council OF South River, sent
a communication to the board stat
ing that the council was DESTROYS of
laying water and sewer pipes
through one of the county roads, and
desired permission to open the road.
Referred to the road committee.
Spencer's Salary 81, 900.
The County Tax Board also sent a
communication to the board advising
the members that the salary of Will
liam A. Spencer, clerk of the tax
board, was $1,000, payable monthly.
Referred to the finance committee.
Wants to Know About Road.
Howard Jemison. of South Bruins
wick township, in a communication
asked II the county had done any
thing relative to taking over the
road at Kingston running to Rocky
Hill and thence to Franklin Park.
The people Of that locality were
much interested In the road, and all
the information they could obtain
was what they learned through the
newspapers. 1t was referred to the
road committee.
Collectors Report.
County Collector Thomas H. Hag-
erty presented his report for the
month of April as follows:
Balance on hand, $~114,293.4S; re-
cnintc $50 I no / *. tntoJ rAanyDtc
s~176,395.63; disbursements, $685.
40.
Warden's Report.
The report OF William H. Dono-
more, warden of the county jail, was
as follows:
Average number Of persons served
daily, 56; cost OF feeding the prison
ers for the month, s1S2.40; average
cost of feeding prisoners a day,
s6.0S; average cost of feeding each
prisoner a day, 11.05 cents.
To Build Bridge.
Freebooter Gebhardt presented a
resolution which was adopted adver-
Using for bids for the erection Of q
concrete bridge over Noes Greek at
Roosevelt.
Extra Work Approved.
The state road supervisor, Colonel
Stevens. sem his approval of the ex-
ira work to be done on the Perth
Amboy and Keasbey road, and of
the plans OF the Franklin Park and
Kingston road.
To Award Contracts,
The board will hold another meet
ing next Monday afternoon, at which
time contracts tor repairs to the
Amboy bridge and the re-surfacing
of Livingston avenue, this city, will
be awarded. The bids were received
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