Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-05-09
COMPLAIN OVER
MORGAN HIRING
FreehoIders dissatisfied With
Condition at Depot Seek
FreIinghuysen'S Aid
BIZ sfar Correspondent.

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NEW BRUNSWICK, May 9.-The
regular weekly meeting of the county
board of freeholdeTs was held in their
rooms in the county record building.
here yesterday. All members were
present with the exception of George
q. Apologize who has been critically
I'll at his home for several weeks. AZ
ter being confined to his bed for
three weeks with a severe attack of
Der of the board, is now reported as
rapidly recovering. and is expected to
be present at the next meeting.
Proposals from two local dealers
were received for furnishing and de-
livering egg coal to the county build
ings. On resolution byeJ. Edgar Ben
nett, Lewis Board, the low bidder
was awarded the contract, his prices
being si1.z0 per ton for the court
house, sI1.16 for ;he jail. s11.47 for
the county record building and s1S.05
for the workhouse. The Raritan coal
company bid n fat rate of $11.25 per
ton for all buildings, with an extra
of twnty-f1ve cents per ton for plac-
ing in the buildings in this city and
" per ton extra at the workhouse.
A communication from the State
I1lSh ny COI1lllSSaOn III TGDly 10 u
letter from the board advised, that
thee would be no state money avail
able to the county this e a from the
state vehicle funds for extraordinary
road repairs"
Under & Grif1ths, who are build
Ing the new bridge span over the
canal at Albany street this city, adj
vised the board of a new typ of
barrier gate being manufactured by
the Strauss Bascule Bridge Company.
This gate sells for $3.50 and is cleo
trically operated. The bridge com-
mittee and engineer will investigate
the merits of this type of gate.
The sayreville Electric Light Com
pany in a letter " the board, ad-
corner and the Dayton residence in
Sayreville, which had been complain
cd of would be removed.
Drainage bitches alongside Of AM
boy avenue, Woodbridge near Free
man street which we're complained of
by the board of health, as holding
stagnant water. will be attended t. by
the forcees of road supervisor Walter
q. Quackenbush.
Altman Robins, county superintend-
ent of weights n measures will at
tend the nnual convention of weight
and measure supervisors at Washing
ton, May 21 to "a, seventy FIVE dol
lars being allie we'd by the county to de
fray his expenses.
A resolution introduced by Mr..
Haight was adopted. authorizing coun-
ty collector f. William Hilker TO is
sue emergency renewal notes for
S145.0 00. to meet obligations now due.
Plans and specifications for the
cleaning and painting of Landing
Bridge ear the outskirts of this city
were authorized on resolution of
E~rnah n16nr 1ah1nfn I'm aflan, Tor
will prepare the plans after which bids
will be advertised for.
A communication from the Globe
Indemnity Company, regarding the
insurance on the life of John X. Done
hue, the bridge tender who, was
struck and killed by. an automobile
while in the line OF duty IN the AL
bany street bridge April IL 1918, vas
referred to County Solicitor Freder-
lex Il. Richardson. Mr.. Richardson
will endeavor to collect the amount
claimeed, und ra policy carried by
I'll. county. for Mrs. Donahue.
A request from Samuel Higgins of
Monmouth Junction, for position as
guard at the county workhouse of
that institution.
After being maintained for the re-
CURED period of one year and a bond
satisfactory to county engineer Fox
furnished, the South Amboy-Sayer-
Vile job was accepted as being salts
factory to the county on resolution of
Director VIM. Dey. Liddle and
Pfeiffer of Perth Amboy were the con-
tractors on this job.
Director Dey told of the visit by
thee Numbers of the board to the Nor
gan Ordnance Plant last week, rela-
tive to securing work for men and
teams of this county. While h mem
bers were received in a satisfactory
by the authorities at the plant,
they are still unsatisfied with employ
ment methods practiced there. The
teamings contractor, from Plainfield,
who has forty-eight teams at the plant
has been reported as giving very salts
factory services since the time of the
explosion last October. and the army
officers will not make g, change as
long as such services remain salts
factory.
Members of the board are desirious
of going over this matter with United
States Senator Frelinghuysen. and
have requested him to set a date at
which he would visit the plant, but
up TO the present time he has not done
so. A communication from the sena-
tors Office received yesterday advised
that he was on a short vacation but
that the matter would be brought to
his attention as soon as he returned
TO Washington.