Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-10-29
ROAD PROGRAM
IS COMPLETED
FreehcIGerS Finish Work
Receiving of Bids on BIaz-
ing Star Road, Roosevelt

NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. 29:-
With the receipt of bids yesterday by
the board of freeholders for the re-
building of the Blazing Star road in
Roosevelt the county fathers prac-
4 tically completed the work embraced
in their road schedule for 1920. After
the bids have been approved by the
state highway department the free
holders will be ready to award the
contract.
Four proposals were submitted for
the work, which is to be of a bitu-
minous concrete surface laid over a
concrete base. The lowest figure for
the work was S55,34S.55. which was
the bid of the Utility Construction
Company of this city. the others be-
ing as follows: M. Irving Demarest.
of Sewaren, s57.O66.90; The East
Jersey Bridge Company. of Perth
Amboy. s60,615.S3. and the o. G.
Julian Engineering & Construction
Company of New York, S6S,401.20.
Following repeated requests from
the township committee of Wood
bridge the freeholders have at last
taken the necessary action to ac-
quire as a county road that portion
! of the highway between Sewaren and
Port Reading which was formerly
under the control of the township.
With the taking over of this road all
of the highways between the Wood
bridge creek bridge and the Port
Heading crossing are now under
county control
Though the freeholders will not
be requested to make any repairs
this year" declared J. H. Thayer
Martin. one of the delegation who
appeared before the board. "the
road should be put in shape in the
spring.
AS pointed out by Mr.. Martin this
road put in proper shape would
shorten the distance from the Car
teret ferry to Perth Amboy by about
two miles.
David a. Brown, of Woodbridge,
also spoke in favor of the road be-
ing put In direct charge of the
county. That both Perth Amboy
and Roosevelt would greatly profit
by the improvement was the .predic-
tion made by Township Committee
man George Lufberry of Sewaren
Residents living on Main street,
South Amboy, along the route of the
rev concrete road recently laid by
the state highway commission are
almost thrown out of bed at night
and pictures are dislodged from
their fastenings on the walls" said
Director of the Board William S.
Dey. in reporting on the vibrations
caused by the heavy auto trucks
passing over the open expansion
joints of the new road.
State Highway Engineer w. ].
Wesaer is to be requested to look
= over the situation with members of
the board for the purpose of at
tempting to limit the speed at that
point
two points In the county where
ihe tracks of the public service rail-
way company come in connection
with recently improved roads. cross
Ings for which the corporation is re-
sponsible are reported to be I'm very
poor condition and they are to be re-
questod to see that the required re-
pairs are Immediately made. In Me-
tuchen at the easterly borough line
on Amboy avenue at the point
where the line of tracks goes from
the side of the road on to the centre
of the pavement the crossing has
been left in a rough and unfinished
state. while at the deep cut bridge in
South Amboy the car tracks are
much higher than the established
Grade on the Parlin road making a
very bad crossing.