Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-12-05
SMITH STREET
PAVING WORK
|SCOMPLETED
Work Accepted by Board Of
FreehOIders at Meeting

NEW BRUNSWICK, Dec. 5-Work
done for the county nnder a JoInt
contract with the city OF Perth Am
boy, for the paving Of Smith street
from the car barns to the city line,
has been completed and accepted by
the Board of Freeholders.
OF the contract price, hve per cent
will be retained by the county as q
guarantee that the road Will be sat-
isfactorily maintained for one year.
The balance to be paid to Liddle &
Pfeiffer, the contractors. by County
Col. ector r.. William Hilker.
A portion of the cost of this work
is to be paid for by the city. and by
the resolution presented by
er Clarence NJ .Haight, accepting the
work as complete. County Collector
Hilker 8 authorized to bill the city
for their share
The new pavement laid by T. II.
Riddle on Main street, Midtown, was
also accepted as complete, and au-
thority given to pay ninety-five per
cent of the contract price, and bill
the borough for its share Of the i'm
provement
During the month of November
produce to the value of S164.34 was
sold from the county farm and tho
revenue turned owed to County Col
%lector Hilker.
Five hundred and eighty -four
weights, measures and scales were in
spected by County Sealer of Weights
and Measures Nathan Robbins, as
shown by his report for November.
Oh that number two unit and five
computing scales were found to be
inaccurate and were condemned, the
balance being found correct and were
sealed.
On the advise of County Solicitor
frederick f. Richardson, the Board
1 or n n Id nrC xxyi11 aft1,a - - IL
claim Of William Burchell of Madi-
son township, for damages to his au-
tomoblle, unless the claim is estah-
lished by a suit. Mr.. B%urchelTs claim
was made after his machine had peer
damaged by running into a Washout
In the road nea Cranbury.
A second claim made by Mr.. Davis.
whose automobile was damaged when
1t hit an iron drain pipe at the inter-
section of the Lincoln Highway and
the Vineyard road, near Metuchen.
was disposed of in the same manner
A report from the property officer
at the Morgan General Ordnance De-
pot for the week ending November
~, was read, showing that during the
preceding week S,2S5 high explosive
shells had been shipped, leaving a
balance on hand as of the 10Th Of
425,977. Other explosives stored at
the reservation were reported as fol-
lows: Low explosive shells, 1,765,063;
smokeless powder, 463,455.75
pounds; amatol, 197,046 pounds; T.
N. I. 6,662 pounds, and tetryl, 1850
pounds
A hearing regarding the relaying of
tracks on Bordentown emu South
Amboy at the point where a new
pavement is proposed, will be he'd in
the South Amboy city hall tonight at
1880 O'Clock, according to a
icatlon from City Clerk Peter Coax
ley. At this meeting representatives
from the Board of Freeholders, the
City Council, the State Highway Com
mission the Jersey Central Traction
Company and the Public Service
Trolley Company are expected to be
present.
In a letter to the board, Charles
A. Bloomfield called the attention of
the members to the crooked condition
OF the road between Bloomf1elds Cor
ner n Fords Corner, which he
stated should be straight. Through
the want Of care. some engineers have
caused this bend. which is bound to
make a great deal of trouble unless
the error Is corrected Immediately.
was a statement contained in the
communication.
The complaint was referred to the
road committee for investigation.
Complaints made by the board,
against the condition of the Public
Service street railway tracks, along
Amboy avenue, Metuchen. where they
require shifting, at Main street Sayre-
vile where the tracks need to be rails
ed, and between Highland Park and
Germantown where filing in is need
ed, were acknowledged by the COM
pany. These conditions will be in
Vestigated by the operating depart
later.
County Collector Hilker was au-
thorized to issue a three months note
FOR $4,000 to pay for keeping coun-
ty roads open and in a passab1e som
dIt1on. This note will be paid off from
n funds due the county, out of it's
share of the 1920 motor vehicle fund,
which will be paid by the state high
way commission next year.
For the purpose of draining and
~confrolling by oil, the breeding of
MOSQUITOES in the county, the county
mosquito determination commission
has requested from the f~reeholders an
appropriation of 800 0 for the next
lyear.
This sum is $500 greater than was
allotted by the county last wear the
increase being asked for an account OF
the increase in costs of labor and ma
terlal, and to enable the commission
TO carry out their plans for complet-
Ing work now under way.
During the last year bitches were
aug totaling $4,000 feet in length. on
the ooOO acres of salt meadow land in
the county, where the determination
na been in progress. The draining
done Is o half done, as set forth in
tGhe communication from ]. G. Lipman
director of the agricultural experiment
tai station in this city.
l. An invitation was rendered to the
BOARD OF f~reeholders. by H. Brewster
Wills. secretary of the county voca-
tlonal school board, for an inspection
OF the recently completed vocational
school, on Easton avenue, New Bruns
WICK. This inspection will be held
thursday December IS at half past
adjourned meeting of the board will
pc held in the county record build.