Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-03-19
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INSPECT TRACT
Is Land Purchased Some Time
Ago for tuberculosis Hos
pitaI- Get Reports on Ex-
plOsiveS in County
~ star Correspondent.

BY staff Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, March IT,
In an endeavOr to derive some reve-
nue. from the plot of ground near
l elm which was purchased by q for
mer Board Of Freeholders several
years s as a site for a county tu-
~bcrCulosis hospital, the Board OF
Freeholders have decided to investf-
gate and determine what use tho
land might be put to.
This matter was brought to the
attention of the board yesterday by
Freebooter Louis J.. Belloff, who stat
ed that the ground should be put to
some use istead of being permitted
to lay idle.
1t is very doubtful if the plot could
be used for agricultural
without the outlay of considerable
expense to clear off the rank growth
, of brush which is an accumulation OF
over ten years, said Freebooter. u.
Leon Loblein.
On motion of Freebooter Clarence
M. Haight the entire board will visit
the site at IL o'clock next Thursday
morning and survey the situation
with the idea of making the place
pay.
Should the proposed increase IN
county bonding capacity be passed
by the senate and approved by the
governor, 1t is very likely that an eff
fort will be made to erect a hospital
for the treatment of tuberculosis
patients.
That such an institution is needed
In the county is made apparent by
the number Of INDECENT patients
placed in the Bonnie Burn and White
Haven sanatoriums each week, at a
cost to the county of from twelve to
sixteen dollars a week. Hardly a
week passes but that three or four
patients are sent to the institutions at
| tIn n~napgRI op tho - ~ |E r.
An investigation of conditions at
the site of the bridge at Suits corner
on the Cranbury-South River road
was made by the board members late
yesterday afternoon after the meet
ing had adjourned.
This matter was brought to the
attention OF the board by Freebooter
Robert Vanderbergh, who stated that
the bridge had been practically de-
stroyed and a section of the road
washed away during the recent
freshet. AS pointed out by the newly
appointed member of the board, this
road IS a very important artery of
travel on which the auto trafflc is
very heavy, and the necessary repairs
should be mad at once and in a per-
manent manner.
Reports from the Morgan General
Ordnance Depot show no change In
explosives stored there since the last
data published.
At Raritan Arsenal, from which
place no reports have been received
during the last few weeks until tho
report for the week ending March IS.
some changes in the amount of ex-
plosives in storage is shown. On
February Z there was stored at Rar-
itan 542,770 pounds of black powder,
of which 400, 270 pounds have been
shipped. leaving a balance of $4,000
pounds.
c,,aI-o1..- ,o-,1o. tbo ap,orp4 -
"a. 800 pounds have also been dis
posed of. leaving 1S.276,6s7 pounds
on hand.
In the report of February 7 there
was no ammonium nitrate at the ar
senal, but since that time 100000
nave been shipped In. and of that
amount 100000 pounds have since
been disposed Of.
The number of German shells re-
manning is 1913. a shipment of s.
Alb having been made sine February
~.
Other materials which show no
change in quantities are pyro cotton.
10,S37,190 pounds; high explosive
shells, 2,785,03S; low explosive shells,
SAL, 28S; sodium nitrate, 10,050,93l
pounds; German fuses, 14.s07. and
gun cotton, 51,702 pounds.
The Fords National Bank was
named as a depository for MiddleseS
county funds on q resolution presents
ed by Director William s. Dey.
The proposal of the Highway I'M
provement & Repair Company for
furnishing and delivering 500 tons Of
Type r road surfacing material for
$14.90 n ton, was accepted by the
board.
Bids for furnishing corrugated
metal pipe are to be advertised for
by Road Supervisor Walter Quacken-
bush. This material Is wanted for
drainage purposes.
Freebooter George Apologize re-
ported the bad condition of the road
way in front of the Methodist church,
Main street, South River, at points
where the road was opened last fail
to make gas connections. The Pub
lie Service Gas Company will be noti-
fed to replace the road surface, leav-
ing 1t in as good a condition as it was