Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-07-30
DISSENSION AMONG FREEHOLDERS
ON COUNTY ROAD-BU|LDING PROGRAM
FreehOlderS Act On Finances;
To Ask Prosecutors Aid In
Drastic Move On DelinquentS

BY Staff Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, July 30.-
Though the major portion of the
time at the weekly session of the
Board Of Freeholders yesterday was
taken up in effort to reach an
agreeable understanding on the way
and manner In which the taxpayers
money is to be expended during the
year 1920, the guardians of the
county finances were able to reach an
agreement whereby they hope to
swell the funds, by collecting money
due the county.
The source from which this money
is expected to be derived is in the
collection of delinquent court fines.
which have remained unpaid for sew
eral years.
OF the funds in this category there
lis estimated to be about 5000 now
outstanding and the good offices of
Prosecutor Joseph y. Strickler are to
be solicited in an effort to collect the
money. By resolution presented by
Freebooter Clarence NJ. Haight the
prosecutor is authorized, empowered
and requested to proceed as far as
possible with the collection of the
money or prosecution of the delin-
quents.
Three proposals were submitted for
the erection of a timber bridge over
Irelands brook en- the road leading
to Fresh Ponds, and the contract
was awarded to George Gundrum. of
South Amboy, on his bid of $1,976.30,
it being the lowest.
The other tenders were by Gus.
Wickberg, of Perth Amboy. who bid
$3.546, and Albert Applegate, of
South River. $4,000.
Rates for the care of INDECENT
county patients at the White Haven
sanitarium have again been raised
according to letter received from
that institution. This increase in
rates is the second one this year.
During the early part of the year the
cost to the county for each patient
was twelve dollars per week, which
was later raised to sixteen dollars a
week and effective September 1t will
be further Increased to eighteen
dollars a week. BY resolution
adopted yesterday the institution will
be advised that the freeholders will
pay the increase.
Director Dey reported that the
culvert near Roses corner on the
Bordentown turnpike had failed to
properly carry off the water during
the heavy rains of last week, and as
q result OI the Overflow a pOrIlOn OF
the roadway had been washed out.
The pipe through this culvert was
inspected by County Engineer Fox at
the time the survey was made for
the new pavement to, be laid at that
point and in his opinion is of ample
size to properly care for the normal
drainage of the surrounding land.
On this point Mr.. Fox and the
director fail to agree. The con-
tentions of Mr.. Fox being that the
present pipe is large enough to care
for most any condition except the
extreme to which 1t was subjected
to last week and that the freeholders
would not be justified in putting the
county to the expense of building a
culvert which might never again be
called on to carry such a large
volume of water in such short space
of time.
In the words of Director Dey the
contentious of the engineer were
foolish, Dey venturing the opinion
that without regard to size the
culvert be made to meet any drain
age problem before the new pave
ment is laid. Mr~Fox at the direc-
tion of the board will again look
over the situation and report back
at the next meeting, which will be
held next Thursday afternoon.