Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-10-08
ACTION OF THE
TRADE BOARDS
Letter from C. A.. Mccormick
of Road Matter.
October s, 1912.

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Editor EVENING NEWS:
In your issue of Saturday October
s, 1912, an article appears in very
large type referring to a meeting or
the Affiliated Board Of Trade which
was held at Perth Amboy on Friday
evening last, and in the reporting of
this article several errors have been
made to which l resire to call your
attention.
First, you state that l appointed a
committee consisting of F. M. for-
ston, to determine what amount is
appropriated by the state for road
maintenance in this county.
/ wish to inform you that the ap-
pointment Of this committee was the
outcome Of a discussion that was be-
fore the meeting as to whether or
not this county was getting a fair
share of the revenue from automo-
bile tolls collected by the state OF
New Jersey, and the committee was
appointed to interview Mr.. Lippin-
colt, Supervisor OF Motor Vehicles,
and not the road Supervisor.
Every citizen of the county realizes
that owing to the e reciprocity law
there is more traffic upon the roads
VI Juc oldtc Vi lSSW JCiSCyy CoQcCldlly
, this county, which has twentv-eight
) miles Of the main highway between
, New York and Philadelphia. Also
' the advent of heavy motor trucks
causes additional wear and tear upon
+ the roads.
= Second: A motion was unanimous.
q ly adopted that the President appoint
a special committee consisting o.
tbron nr Hua nnronpo OF hic decoration
to confer with Road Commissioner
. Stevens at Trenton, and bring before
him the Importance of the stat,
maintaining at their nxre~se the
main highway between New York ant
u Philadelphia, and to further impress
upon him the importance of thi
Il highway so this work could be &C
% complished before the new propose,
3 state highway, which we understood
u was to be started at Trenton, be bull
y along the Delaware towards Lam
II bertville.
i l wish to state that at the meetin
J. it was pointed out that the Board c
II Freeholders had two hundred an
l. thirty miles Of road to keep in orde
" and that the appropriation was nc
sufficient, and hat it was either
case OF raising more money by ia,
alton or securing large appropris
ticDs from the state.
The headlines of your articl
would indicate that a statement wa
made that every road in the count
\ was in bad condition, and to sprea
this impression broadcast is not dc
" ing justice to III Board Of Freehold
ers, for the reason that the roads re
ferred to at the meeting were tn
, main highways.
By giving the above article tn
same prominence in your paper 8
the article published Saturday ever
ing, you will greatly ohliee.
:, Yours very respectfully.
u, CHAS. A. MCCORMICK,
!, Pres. Affiliated
- Board Of Trad
~ A careful comparison Of the articl
10 referred to In Mr.. McCormick's lette
81 with the statements he sets fort
shows only one slight difference.
y the EVENING NEWS article 1t state
y that the committee Of three WI
$; named to go before the legislator,
81 whereas Mr.. Mccormick says 1t is I
u interview Road Commissioner ST,
" vens. AS the matter is understood,
III however, the committee is to see M
~ Stevens and report at the next NEE
a, ing Of the Affiliated Boards of Trad
10 so as to be able to go before tn
y, legislature, il necessary with a d,
L; finite plan In view.-Ed.