Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-04-03
AWARDCONTRACT
To REPAIR SPAN
Freeholders Met Yesterday and
Gave Out Job to Fix
Perth Amboy Bridge.
WOODBRIDGE BETTERMENTS
Township Wants Board to Re-
pair Roads; Are in
Bad Condition.
WOODBRIDGE BETTERME ENTs
Special 20 .hs EVENING NEWS.


New Brunswick, April AL
though the average number of pris-
oners confined in the county Jail dur
ing the month of March, it is
charged, cost Middlesex county just
1895 to each prisoner per day, ac-
cording to the monthly statement of
Warden William Donomore which he
presented at the meeting of the
Board of Freeholders yesterday af-
ternono, the total cost for feeding
the prisoners each day was $12.95.
and the total amount for the month
was s401.56.
A resolution was presented by
Freeholder Kerr awarding the con-
tract for making repairs to the west
side of the Perth Amboy bridge to
Patrick White & Sons of Perth Am
boy, for s472. The county engineer
was instructed to prepare plans for
other improvements to be made to
the bridge.
The report of County Collector
Hagarty for the past month was as
follows: Balance on hand Febru-
ary 1, s27,197.74; receipts, $780,
290.79; disbursements, 1925, ,643.08;
J. C. Kalleen, superintendent of
the State Home for Boys at James
burg sent a communication to the
board calling attention of the mem
bers to the poor condition of the
bridge over Manalapan brook at
Lower Jamesburg. Referred to the
road committee.
Colonel Gilmoure of the Public Ser
vice Railway Company appeared at
the meeting relative to certain i'm
provements which his company will
make to the roads this year. He
will attend the meeting of the board
Monday, at which time definite plan
as to what kind of a pavement is to
be used will be decided upon.
Residents of Woodbridge township
want the freeholders to repair the
roads in that section. E. G. Cone, of
that township, sent communication
to the freeholders, which was read at
the meeting, regarding the road
from the Union county line to Mid
dlesex avenue, this county. The COM
munieation stated that this road is
in bad shape and that something had
better be done. The concluding par
agraph of the letter reads: "a word
to the wise is sufficient" The mat
ter was referred to Freeholder Casey
and Road Superintendent De Hart.
Edward r. Reed, q division engi-
neer in the employ OF the state, sent
communication to the board stating
that convict labor would sooH be put
to work In the Trenton turnpike road
from Monmouth Junction to this city.
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survey of that part of the road which
was in this county. and to arrange
for caring of the men in tents while
the work is progressing. Referred
to road committee.
Freeholder Anthony ]. Gebhardt
and Andrew Ely accompanied by the
members of the Board of Health went
to the Ellsworth Farmer place on the
Cranbury road yesterday for the pur-
pose of making an inspection of the
farm where the proposed tuberculosis
hospital is to be erected. James A
Morrison, president Of the local board
of health invited the freeholders as
their guests.
AS yesterday was the regular
monthly meeting day of the board all
of the members could not make the
trip so two members of the board
were named. 1t has been stated that
the farm drains In the direction of
one of the tributaries Of the local
water supply and the health board is
making the inspection to see what
there is in this report.
On last Saturday the members of
the local water board made an in
spection of the farm for the pur-
pose of seeing if he farm did drain
into the water supply. 1t is aid they
are satisfied that there is nothing In
the report.
Some have suggested that the Ma
jor farm on the state highway be-
tween this city and Trenton has an
excellent location for a county farm
of this character.