Perth Amboy evening news., 1912-08-22
A Comparative Statement of Road
Construction and Results

@a II u AG IA w al y ~
roads and roads built of like material and constructed at high cost CAN
NOT WITHSTAND THE PRESENT HEAVY AUTO TRAFFIC. We
can prove on the other hand that roads built at a minimum cost of Allen
wood caygravel are the ONLY roads that do withstand this traffic sue
cesfuuy.
A rainstorm viii. supply the maintenance material-an ordinary road
scraper will do the work of repair. Keep the road shaped to a crown and
no other material can possibly equal AIenwood clay gravel for cheapness
and permanency.
Today the various counties of the state with the exception of Mon
mouth, arr struggling under a heavy bonded indebtedness incurred for
the purpose of building macadam roads and roads of materials other than
gravel. In nearly all, the roads are worn out and lev construction is
necessary and money to carry on the work must be raised and the prob
lem for the various governing boards in these counties is a difficult one,
"o nara 10 solVe' Nnoolese county annually raises szoooo or interest
on bonded Indebtedness and Mercer county raises $4,000 annually for a
similar purpose. The proceeds from the bonds on which this interest
is paid, was principally used in the building of macadam roads that to-
day are COMPLETELY WORN OUT.
ON THE OTHER HAND, MONMOUTH, WITH ITS GRAVEL
ROADS, rs WITHOUT A DOLLAR OF BONDED INDEBTEDNESS.
And Middlesex, profting by Monmouths experience, is retopping it's
worn out macadam roads with ALLENWoOD CLAY And
Mercer, like Middlesex, seeking relief, is considering the retopping of
its worn out macadam with Anenwood aygraveL And S % on through
out the state.
Spring Lake boro covers a large territory and its drives and ave-
nues, built of Alenwood clay gravel Ut properly maintained by a an
nal appropriation not exceeding $1,000 to $4,000, make it one of the
best appearing resorts in the Eastern States. Likewise Sea Bright, Rum
son, Monmouth Beach, Long Branch, Deal ADenhurt, West Long
Branch, oakhurst, Red Bank, Asbury Park, Bradley Beach, Avon and
Neptune City are all users of Alenwood clay gravel, and they stand out
prominently for the good road conditions generally found within their
limits.
We reprint the following editorial from an Atlantic City paper:
Even if Atlantic avenue cannot be paved this year and-theres
no doubt that it cannot be before summer-councnmenw with O. due amount
Of enterprise would go ahead and repair the street with good gravel.
This properly rolled, would make a satisfactory highway far superior to
a lot of broken stone which ruins automobile tires and thousands of dan
gerous holes and ruts which spell civic neglect.
"At Asbury Park Long Branch, Red Bank, and other upcoast e
sorts, they have splendid roads of gravel-that is, roads where the traffic
is nc greater than it is on Atlantic avenue in ventnor.
There is no excuse whatever for the present miserable condition of
Atlantic and Ventnor avenues in Vennor. The fact that the city has
been trying for years to pave them with some material is not a excuse.
The highways are dangerous and disgraceful, when they might easily be
one way r another rests with Ventnor council absolutey-and nowhere
else.
"ventnor has many advantages over Atlantic City. Practically all
its houses VI modern, beautiful structures, erected with plenty of gar
den space intervening. The taxpayers have done this much, and if coun-
Gil would get busy and do something with good gravel streets uniform
sidewalks, and a general cleanup of vacant lots, highways, Ventnor would
be EQUALLY AS BEAUTIFUL with her splendid residences and unob-
struchd beachfront, AS AsBURY PARK and Long Branch in the vicin-
iy of their justly famous ocean boulevard"
So that one can see at a glance that the gravel roads of Monmouth's
shore, are, in the estimation of other sections less favored, something to
be envied, as well as desired.
of Hon. E. A. Stevens, Commits
tate of New Jersey.
re the best maintained and the
ate."
Monmouth Gravel
c. T. r. HETRICk,
Telephone I.
Seacoast Bldg. Asbur