Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-07-23
RECEIVE BIDS
ON TWO ROADS
Estimate is Furnished for
Concrete Road, JameSburg
to HeImetta; No Dressing
'FREEHOLDERS IN SESSION
Other Job is the Roosevelt
Woodbridge Road-- : No
Awards Are Made.
FREEH0LDERS IN SESSION
BY stan Correspondent.

BY STAFF Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK, July 23-At
a meeting of the Middlesex County
Board of Freeholders here yester-
day afternoon bids on two roads of
the county were received. On the
Jamesburg-H -Helmetta road, which is
to be a concrete road with no top
dressing. and whose area is estimat-
ed to be 14,162 square yards, p. II.
Riddle, of New Brunswick, bid $751;
041.60; NJ. T. Demerest of Sewaren,
bid S75,S06.60; the New County
Construction Company, of New
Brunswick, bid $76,51S.S0; and H.
NJ. Scott of Cranbury. gave bid of
s722,379.20. The freeholders passed
a resolution retaining the checks of
the bidders, but no awards were
made.
On the bituminous-concre top
dressing for the Roosevelt-Wood-
bridge road, with an estimated area
of 13,411 square yards. p. H. Rid
die bid $46,688; and the Standard
Bitulithic Company OF Philadelphia,
put. in a bid of s42,969.0s. No
awards were made on this road
either.
The board passed a resolution re-
jecting bids on bituminous materials
for roads in the county and returned
the checks to the bidders. The rea-
son for this is believed to be because
of a new road material upon the
market and known as bithuslag.
Several members of the board were
to go to Pittsburgh last night to in
spect this surfacing material, but
due to missed connections, are go
ing next Thursday instead.
A resolution was passed awarding
foodstuffs and clothing to the county
Jail and county workhouse for the
balance of the year.
The bond of Loder and sharp, cf
Philadelphia, who bid. on large
amount of corrugated iron pipe for
use in road construction was ap-
proved.
A letter from the Board Of Roose-
Welt Industrial Association was read.
The association was pleased to hear
that bids were to be received on the
Roosevelt woodbridge road and
hoped that they would be awarded
and the work rushed as the pres
ent condition of the highway is very
poor and is subjecting them to great
Inconvenience and added expense.
A report from the Raritan Arsena
was received. 1t indicated the arnoun
of eplosives on hand July 10, the
amount shipped during the week
and the balance that was left in thu
arsenal on July IT. The report wal
as follows: Black powder. 54,50'
pounds, 1900 pounds shipped, leav
| ing $4,000 pounds in storage; pyrt
cotton, 9,976,096 pounds, 100000
pounds shipped. leaving 9,676,09'
pounds on hand; smoeless powder
l1s,210,235 pounds, in which there
was no change; high explosive shells
2,410,S68, shipped 126.000, leaving
| t2,300,S68; low explosive shells. D.,
AL, ,O30, in which there has been M
change; gun cotton, 7l,O0O'S9'
pounds, no change; sodium nitrate
10,05O,931 pounds. no change.
A letter was received from tne
Pennsylvania Railroad Company IN
regard to the bridge over their tracks
on the Cranbury-South River road
which is a wooden structure with
steep approaches and of width that
will allow the passage of only one
vehicle at a time. 1t is decidedly
dangerous and the board had pre-
viously called the attention of the
railroad company to it. The letter
stated that they would look into the
matter and make a report to the
board at a later date.
Two reports from the State De
partment of Institutions and Agencies
in regard to an inspection they had
made on July of the county jail
and county workhouse. The jail was
considered to be in excellent con-
dition and a noticeable improvement
was noticed in the workhouse since
the inspection of year ago. the
only suggestion was for new beds
bedding and covering material. IN
place of the worn ones.
A complaint was received from the
Grossman Company. miners of clay
and sand at South Amboy. in regard
to the poor condition of the state
bridge which is preventing them
from prompt shipment of their pro-
ducts and causing them the loss OF
money and time. The bridge is no
longer under the control of the
county and so the complaint was re-
ferred to the State Highway Depart
ment
During the later part of the meet
ing great inconvenience was caused
by the violent storm. The lighting
plant here went out of commission
at the start and made it necessary
during the dark moments of the
storm to read the reports by the
light of matches.