Perth Amboy evening news., 1914-05-22
IN PLEATO
GET PERMANENT
STREET PAVING
Property Owners Along Amboy
and New Brunswick Avenues
Are All Urging Lasting Pave
mentS Now Discussed.
MAIDS J. DINESEN WRITES

Property owners along Amboy and
New Brunswick avenues are united
In the plea TO the city to permanent
ly pave stretches of both thorough
fares at this time and to repair ma
cadamizing on the balance of the
roads to the city line. MAIDS j. Dim
esen, carpenter contractor, of SIG
Amboy avenue, is the latest Amboy
avenue resident to come forward with
a plea to permanently pave portion
of New Brunswick avenue, even by
cutting down the proposed improve
ment on Amboy avenue, from St.
Mary's cemetery to Hall avenue.
Like John Pfeiffer, who was the
principal speaker before the coun-
ell Monday night, Mr.. Dinesen con-
siders the thoroughfares in question
the main arteries in the city, and con
cludes they should be improved for
the benefit of the city at large. Ac-
tion of the council Monday night in
passing resolution to give notice of
intention for paving Amboy avenue,
from New Brunswick avenue to the
northerly side of St. Marys ceme-
terry with three-inch asphalt blocks,
has met with some disapproval, de-
spite the fact that permanent pave
ment for that section is being urged
most strenuously. Asphalt blocks
are considered to be too slippery for
the grades there and then, Amboy
avenue property owners seem to
agree with those in New Brunswick
avenue, that the latter should receive
consideration.
In a letter written to the NEWS,
Mr.. Dinesen stated that Amboy ave-
nue. property owners petitioned for
suitable pavement only as far as
Hall avenue, with some property
owners favoring brick. He under
stands that the sixth ward alderman,
who Is Chris Jorgensen, secured the
services of some person to circulate
another petition for paving with as
phalt blocks to the northerly bound
His letter follows;
"The EVENING NEWS has, in my
estimation, taken the right stand in
the Amboy and New Brunswick ave-
nues pavement tangle, and we should
forget Monday nights council meet
Ing and all work in harmony and
show our Willingness to overcome
Misunderstanding We, the prop
erty owners of Amboy and New
Brunswick avenues, by reading the
specifications thought that the resur-
facing of the two avenues was to be-
gin at the Lehigh Valley railroad
and no permanent pavement at all.
The specification gives so many hun
dred feet of resurfacing, but does
not say where to begin, that is what
made the misunderstood ding.
THE property owners along the
line of Amboy avenue circulated a
petition for permanent pavement
from the corner of Amboy and New
Brunswick avenues to Hall avenue,
material to be used left to the coun-
ell to decide upon, but | know some
favored brick. l understand the
alderman from the sixth ward got
someone else to circulate a second
petition, which have never seen, to
make the pavement Of asphalt block
and extend same to St. Mary's GEM
etery. The idea of divide with New
Brunswick avenue is good one.
Give the people on New Brunswick
avenue to Convery place and Amboy
avenue to Hall avenue which is
about the same distance as from the
Lehigh Valley railroad to ST. Mary's
cemetery and use material most suit
able to the heavy traffic. Idonot
think that any of the aldermen
should get hot headed because there
was misunderstanding and tell the
people from the northwestern sec
tion that they would not give them
anything at all. We evidently can
stand the rough roads as long as any,
body else, but we want the two main
leading into Perth
Amboy to be in as good a shape as
possible, which will not only be a
credit to the property owners living
on the two streets, but to the city at
large. Pave Amboy avenue to Hall
avenue and New Brunswick avenue
to Convery place with permanent
and then make repairs
from there to the city limits.
Hoping that the good work will
not be delayed any further by misun-
derstandings
m. j. DINESEN,
"519 AmbOy Avenue. >"