The sun., 1916-03-05
s7,O0O,OOOON ROADS
THROUGH JERSEY
Ambitious Plan Of Improve
mcnt Will Be Boon TO Tour
ing Motorists Generally.
FINE RUNS DOWN COAST

Nv Jersey viii spend s7,00o.oOo on
her highways If a measure introduced
by senator Charles NJ. Egan OF Hudson
COUNTY passes in the State Legislature
Is signed by Governor James r. Fielder
and approved when submitted to the
rsopl, on referendum. This is one ~
tic most important pieces Of road legis.
!a,icn ever considered In tho state. II
will provide a series OF continuous
bouleya,ds. thirty feet In width. between
central points and covering practically
every section.
readily realized when one considers that
will be big boon to the automobile
owners, the dealers and property hold.
crs Likewise autoists from this city
end other adjacent States will be bene.
fitted, as the new routes will ofYer con.
Yen!ent access TO Jerseys famous shore
and inland resorts. No recent measure
introduced in New Jersey has evoked
such general approval
In all between 500 and 1000 miles Of
highways Is called for In the Egan
bill These roadway routes viii extend
through the most attractive country ana
shore sections Of the State. touching at
Elizabeth. Railway. Metuchen. New
Brunswick. Hlshtstown. Trenton. Bor.
den,own. Burlington. Camden. Berlin.
iiammonton. Absecon. Perth Amboy,
Keyport, Red Bank. Asoury Park, Bel.
mar. Point Pleasant. Lakewood. Toms
River. Tuckerton, New 0retna. Newark.
Delaware River. Morristown. Chester,
Hackettstowu. Buttsville. Woodbury.,
Mulica Hill. Bridgeton. White House,
ilton Montclair. Singac. Wayne, Pomp-
'on Plains Butler, Newfoundland. stock.
holm. Franklin Furnace and Sussex.
Tho routes prescribed are to be a.
short and direct IA possible and exist.
ing highways are TO be converted into
portions OF the state oouievards where.
ever practicable Otherwise new roa do
will b. opened over rights Of way to be
acquired wherever desirable for the
purpose OF obtaining shorter routes.
eliminating sharp turns or corners
railroad crossings. The built up s'd
business portions OF cities and towns
a-e TO be avoided whenever practicable
70 do 80 without materially lengthening
the routes.
New Jerseys State Highway Com
mission Is to plan and lay out tho routes.
The surface Of the entire series Of high
Ways Is 10 be of granite, asphalt or
wood block. brick. concrete. bituminous
concrete or asphalt or other pavement
having a hard surface and a durable
character. No grado crossings are to
exceed 5 per cent. The cost of con-
st-uct.on. reconstruction or improve.
1ent Of the routes prescribed is to be
met b. bond issue. the principal and in
tsrest of which will be covered by the
automobile license fees, penalties. reg
tstratlon fees. &c. There Is to be no
cost added 10 the tax budgets In tho
various localities for this vast improve
men'. In improving the roadways and
routes concerned the state will take
them over. and the various counties
through which they pass will be forever
relieved OF the cost of upkeep, repair
md maintenance.
The New Jersey Automobile Trade
Association with offices at .. Washing
ton place. Newark. is backing the Egan
eooL roa lis bill. The ideas embodied IN
The measure were conceived by George
!. B!akeslee. head Of the Crescent Au-
'omob.!e Company Of Jersey City and a
'-is,,e ~ the foregoing organization.
llo is one OF the biggest automobile
i-aiesHen IN the state. Blakeslee about
'ro years ago made an automobile trip
rom Detroit TO Jersey City in twenty
eight hours. thereby establishing a new
record for the 500 mile stretch. Nat
uTaily he believes in good roads