Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1915-04-13
GIVE
COUNTY CONTRACTS
One is for New Concrete Gull
vert in Metuchen - Shades
for the Court House.
Special to the EVENING NEWS.

Special to the EVENING NEWS.
New Brunswick. April 13.-Four
contracts were awarded yesterday
afternoon by the Board of Free
holders to the lowest bidders, in COM
petition for county Improvements. S
w. Wilcox, of New Brunswick, was
awarded the contract for the installa-
tion of shades in the new county
court house, to cost $110.60; c. s.
Irven, of New Brunswick, was
awarded the contract for the laying
of a concrete walk, curb, steps and
coping at the Paterson street emit
rance of the new court house; ]. L.
Cheatham, of New Brunswick, was
awarded two contracts for the con-
struction of a concrete culvert, to
cost $623.50 in Metuchen, and a con-
crete bridge between Fords and
Keasbey, on the Metuchen-Perth Am
boy road, for $848.50. In all in
stances the contracts were awarded
to the lowest bidders, except that
Mr.. Irven was the only bidder for
the laying of the walk, etc.
The building committee received
the proposals for the court house
shades, made according to plans pre-
pared by Architect William H. Boy
Ian. The bidders we're as follows:
Mr.. Wilcox, S110.60; W. E Niche,
SIPS; P. J. Young and Company,
s165; Strong Hardware Company,
S129. All the bidders are from New
Brunswick. AS stated, Mr.. Irvan was
the only contractor to submit a bid
for the improvement to the Paterson
street entrance There was no ent-
rance to the old court house on Pat
erson street. which makes the new
walk, steps, curbing and coping nee
essary.
Culvert for Metuchen.
The concrete culvert vii be built
at Benner's corner in Main street,
Metuchen, according to the plans
made by County Engineer Alvin B.
Fox, of Perth Amboy. The bidders
were as follows: Robert Wenz, OF
RoselIe, $645; ]. L. Cheatham, OF
New Brunswick, $623.50; W. G.
Quackenbush, of Perth AmbOy, $775;
Abraham Jelin, of New Brunswick,
$S19.
The concrete bridge will be known
as bridge No, so, at Station 1892
on the map drawn by Engineer Fox
situated in the township of Wood
bridge. The bidders were as follows:
J. L. Cheatham, of New Brunswick
SS4S.5O; w. c. Quackenbush, OF
Perth Amboy, s1,06S; East Jersey
Contracting Company, of Perth Am
boy, 1915; George Gundrum, OF
South Amboy, $500; Abraham Jelin
of New Brunswick, $943. These bids
were referred to the road committee
for consideration before the contracts
were awarded.
superintendent Snowden of the P.
r. R. Company connected with the
Delaware and Raritan canal commu-
nieated with the freehclders, stating
that his company wished to call the
freeholders' attention to the fact that
new planking Is needed on the foot
walk ON the Albany street bridge
which connects this city and High
land Park. 1t also stated that the
railroad company had replaced gates,
as requested by the freeholders- The
letter was referred to the Albany
street bridge committee.
County Engineer Fox was instruct
ed to prepare plans for re-surfacing
threo important county roads, in line
with the intention Of the freehold
ers TO get all the heavily travelled
reads In shape, If possible. before the
summer auto traffic descends upon
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