Perth Amboy evening news., 1919-06-13
Do IMPORTANT
COUNTY WORK
Freeholders Act on Condition
of Road Between Trolley
Tracks
By staf Correspondent.

BY staff Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK, June 13.-On
a complaint of Freebooter Clarence
NJ. Haight, the Board of Freeholders
at their meeting yesterday. discussed
the conditions between tht Public Ser
vice trolley companies tracks ION the
New Woodbridge road.
This stretch of road extending from
the Warrenite pavement. on the Lin
coin highway at Highland lark to
Camp Raritan, has rectnt1y been re-
paired on both sides of the trolley
tracks. under the direction of Super
visor of County Roads Walter Quack-
eubush. The center of the roadway,
where the tracks are, Is supposed to
BIT maintained in good condition by the
Public Service Company.
Depressions now exist or that part
of the centre of the road. which
makes it very difficult for automo-
biles and wagons to cross the tracks,
when necessary for them to do so.
A notict will be sent to the trolley
company by Clerk Mulvihill. advising
them of the conditions there n re-
questing them give it the required at
tention.
T. H. Riddle. who Is laying the
pavement for the county, on the New
Brunswick-Old Bridgt road. advised
the board that he had been requested
by the Public Service company to re-
pair the Warrenite pavement at Mill
ers Corner, S~ayreville.
Mr.. Riddlt will start this work next
week. He will also build the APP
proaches to Deep Cut bridge at South
river. having been advised by the
Raritan River railroad company TO
proceed with the work.
A complaint from the Asbury Com
pan of Spotswood vas read, telling OF
a holt In the bridge near De Woes
Mill. This hole is said to be danger
GUS. being large enough for the leg of
a horse to go through. The matter
was. referred to Freeholders Belloff
and Bennett, who will ave the bridge
repaired.
County Solicitor Frederick F. Rich
ardson rendered on opinion to the
board, relative to the claim for dam
e of the Vacuum Oil company of
New York. for the holding up of one
of their barges at the Woodbridge
creek bridge. The company present
ed a bill for 500 to the county last
week.. claiming. hat on ccoun of
the bridge being out of order, their
boat was held up for several hours.
causing them to a extra toruing
charges.
Mr.. Richardson has said that the
county is not liable for these damages
and payment of the bill will be re-
fused by the f~reeholders. The oil
company will be so notified.
County Engineer Alvin b. Fox was
authorized to order the putting in
place of additional piles and concrete
at the Albany street bridge now being
erected. This is done for the purpose
of increasing the canal depth at the
New Brunswick end. The resolution
for this extra was presented by Free
holder Belloff.
Alvin 8. Mesereau, who struck the
barrier gates of the Amboy bridge on
August 10, last year, demolishing
them, has offered the f%reeholders
$113.56 in settlement. On resolution
presented by Director of the Board
William s. Dey, this amount will be
accepted by the freeholders and a
release given to Mr.. Mersereau.
The contract and bond of Charles
Herbert, manager of the county farm,
way pproved by the solicitor and
metrbers of the board.
communication from the State
Highway Commission was read ap-
provfSg the $4,000 surety bond for
the proper replacement of the pave
ments In Highland Park to be torn up
for the purpose of constructing the
sewer under Raritan
For the purpose of hearing the
requests of the freeholders of various
counties in the state regarding the ap-
portionment of money from the state
for new road construction and from
the motor vehicle fund. the state
highway department has notified the
board of the place n time of the
hearings.
The road committee and engineer
are to decide which hearing0they will
attend.
On June Fl at the Hotel Dennis in
Atlantic City the first hearing will be
held. A hearing at the court house
at Morristown on June rs and the
final hearing on June 27, at the high
way department in Trenton.
An adjourned meeting of the Boar
of F~reeholders will be held Thursday.
June 10.