Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-09-03
ROAD CONTRACT IS
CAUSE Of FIGHT
Attorneys Appear at the Meet
ing of FreehoIders Yester-
day and Threaten Action.
WILL NOT NAME CLIENTS
Board Will Have to Accept
JeIin's Contract or Read
vertise-Fight on Material.
WILL NOT NAME CLIENTS
special to the EVENING VIEWS.

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all indications the proposed improve
ments to the last section of the South
Amboy-Keyport road will be held up
for some time, unless the matter
aired yesterday before the Board of
Freeholders is adjusted. Two out of
town lawyers appeared before the
board and practically served notice
that an award of the contract for re-
pairs to sections two and three Of
the South Amboy-Keyport road, to
A aham Jelin, of this city, would be
certioraried to the supreme court
Strange to say. the lawyers would not
inform the freeholders of their eli
ents' names, stating that they rep
resented three county taxpayers. If
any court proceeding is instituted,
the names will be revealed. The
board heard the two lawyers, and
Th Jmas H. Hagerty, counsel for Mr.
Jelin, and then decided to postpone
action. AS a defiance to the oppos-
ing lawyers, however, the board
adopted a resolution ordering the re-
turn of the certified checks to the un-
successful bidders ON this job, ex-
cept the check of Mr.. Jelin. The
board now will have to accept Mr..
Jelin's bid or re-advertise
Two New York Lawyers.
The two lawyers in the case are:
P. M. Brett, of Kellogg and Rose, of
New York city, and Eugene Leake, of
Hartshorne, Insley and Leake, of
Jersey City. AS stated, Mr.. Hag-
erty represents Mr.. Jelin. Mr.. Jelin
bid $40,885.65 for the job, and is
$4,000 lower than the next lowest
bidder, Thomas F. Dunigan, of
Woodbridge. The only objection to
poses to use a patented pavement
called "appianite," which, the out of
town lawyers declare, has not been
tried. 1t was limited by several con-
tractors present at the meeting, af-
ter the session had been adjourned,
that the objection to Mr. Jelin is
backed by opposition pavement con-
Germs, especially the firms who man
ufacture "Warranite" and "Amei-
eite''
Mr.. Brett opened proceedings yes
terday by proposing to read two affi-
davits to show the true merits of
"appianite" One of the aff1davits
was made by James w. Howard, a
New York city contracting engineer.
Mr.. Brett said "appianite" is manu-
factured by company organized on
July 28, this year, with a capital of
$40, 900, of which only $500 has been
paid in. The company's offices are
in the Woolworth building, New
York city, wherein the law offices of
Kellogg and Rose are located.
Would Not Reveal Names.
Before Mr.. Brett had warmed up
to his job of reading the affldayits,
Mr. Hagerty asked the other lawyer
his clients names. Mr.. Brett lodged
the question, but Mr.. Hagerty insist
ed. Mr.. Leake remarked they repre-
sented three county taxpayers whose
names would be revealed if court
proceedings were instituted. He in
timated such an action would follow
an award Of the contract. A long
discussion ensued which ended with
the filing of the affidavits for the
boards inspection at leisure. Direc-
tor Gebhardt asked Mr.. Brett who
engaged Mr. Howard to learn the
facts in the affidavit, and the lawyer
replied that he had When asked
who employed him, Mr.. Brett re-
fused to say. J. G.. Wait, representing
the Appianite Paving Company, was
present, also, and said his company
would "knock the spots out of the
two affidavits." That led to the re-
mark by Mr. Brett that the affidavits
were not filed for public perusal, but
the board ruled otherwise.
1t is understood that the Appia-
mite paving has been on the market
for six years, and in that time has
been approved by Colonel Stevens, of
the New Jersey road department.
No road contracts were awarded, the
board holding up the first section of
the South Amboy-Keyport road as
we'll. 1t is likely that work on the
first section will be delayed until the
paving squabble is decided. as many
think it impracticable to make two
attempts to put this road
in first-class condition and keep it
closed a longer period.
Name Ewing Supervisor.
Upon resolution of Freeholder
Cohn, Isaac E. Ewing, of this city,
was named supervisor of the i'm
provements to Commercial avenue,
between the New Brunswick city line
and Weston's s Mills, at a salary of SO
per day. The board accepted the
section of this road between Wes-
toms Mills and Drury's hill, South
River, finished last week by Contrac-
tor Thomas H. Riddle, who has the
contract for the Commercial avenue
section.
A report was read from Jail War
den William Donomore, showing
sixty-two as the average number of
prisoners in Jail during August.
Other items were as follows: Total
cost of feeding prisoners. S26S.SS;
average cost per day, 1857; cost per
prisoner per day, S.139.