Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1914-06-16
CONTRACTOR CHARGES
ASPHALT CONCERN HAS
CITY WORK MONOPO[ Y
CHARGES
To TOTTENV|LLE
WILL Be PROBED
Special to the EVENING NEWS.


New Brunswick, June 16.-Now
that the United States supreme court
has held that it was constitutional
for the Board of Freeh olders of Ber-
gen county to fix rates on ferry
boats, the members of the Board of
Freeholders of Middlesex county at
their meeting yesterday afternoon
passed resolution authorizing the
clerk to communicate with the COM
panies plying between Bergen Point
to Port Richmond and between Tot
tenyille and Perth Amboy to have a
rate fixed.
The board received a communi-
cation on this subject from Elmer
w. Demarest, of Jersey City. He
stated that he has been charged
excessive rates on these ferries for
his automobile, especially on the line
between Tottenville and Perth Am
boy.
Freeholder Andrew Ely had Just
brought the matter before the mem
bers of the board when the commun-
ication of Mr.. Demarest's s was read.
The freeholder said that the matter
has been decided by the court, and
now that the court has handed down
a decision he thought the members
of the Middlesex board should act.
Freeholder Ely said that the Board
of Freeholders was willing to confer
with the boat officials. He pointed
out that In view of the fact that pas
sengers are carried from St George
to New York for five cents he
thought substantial reduction can
be made on the Perth Amboy ferry
for both passengers and automobil-
lists.
A communication was received
from C. E. Close, clerk of the Board
of Freeholders of Monmouth county
asking what improvements the Mid
dleseX county board was doing on
the Applegarth road, which road was
built by the two counties. 1t was
stated that this county is scraping
the road, and the clerk Of the local
board was authorized to communi-
cate this to the Monmouth county
board.
Some time ago the board awarded
contract for the painting of the
court house to Valentine Gleckner, of
Roosevelt. Since then the fire at the
court house took place and the work
will not be done. Mr.. Gleckner ask
ed that a resolution recinding the
contract, be passed and a copy be
sent to his bonding company SO that
he could be released.
The township committee of Madi-
lson sent a communication to the
board asking that the county give
the township three lengths of twelve
inch pipe to be laid on the Old Bridge
road running to the property of Wal
ter Greed. This road Is being re-
paired by the township. The matter
was referred to Freeholder Kerr.
| Th) work of making repairs and
the extension to the county court
house Will soon begin. This contract
has been awarded to Contractor
| George B. Rule, of this city. His bid
of s67,59 being the only one receiv,
ed for the work.
me bergen County Board of Free
holders are one of the latest boards
to take action in reducing ferry
rates. Yesterday that body passed a
resolution fixing rates of fare for the
ferry line from Edgewater to One
Hundred and Thirtieth street Man
haitian. The fare has been five cents
The resolution reduces this to three
cents for adults and two cents for
children. Former Senator Wakelee
sought delay and asked a conference
with the Public Service Corporation,
but the freeholders decided to push
their intention, feeling sure of their
position under the recent decision OF
the United States Supreme Court.