Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-04-16
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NEW BRUNSWICK, April 16:-
With requests before them for road
repairs which will mean the paving
of from fifteen to twenty miles In
Middlesex county this year, the
Board of Freeholders found them
selves up against a serious problem
last night when County Solicitor
Frederick +. Richardson told them
that the very limit for which they
could spend money for road improve
ments this year would be $15O,OOO or
100000, which is about sufficient,
according to Freeholder Leon Lob
lein. to repair only about three or
four miles of road.
The freeholders have been swamp
cd with requests from various parts
of the county for improved and new
roads, the severe winter and thaw
having done an unusual amount of
material damage to the roads of this
county. If the roads, for which re-
quests have been made to have them
paved, were repaired 1t would repre-
sent at least fifteen miles of new
road and possibly twenty, 1t has been
pointed out.
In order to look over the road con-
dltions and decide which of those
needing repairs should receive atten-
ton first the Freeholders have decided
10 make a tour of the entire county by
automobile next Thursday, starting at
0 O'Clock in the morning and inspect
ing all of the roads In the county.
Following this inspection the board
will meet and decide Just what lts
1920 repair prograI1 will consist OF IN
order that the most good may be ac-
complished.
County Solicitor Richardson warned
the Freeholders to go carefully IN
awarding road paving and repair con.
tracts he declaring that the limit
which can be expended for this work
this year Is between $16O,0OO ana
and 100000. If these appropriations
for road improvements are kept down,
he said, It will be only short time
before the county IS in stable imam
cial condition.
The present Board of Freeholders,
the solicitor declared. can not con-
tinue at the same rate of spending
money as did the old board He said
he would not concur In spending ad-
ditional money not that the bonding
limit had been increased. Mr.. Rich
ardson said the financial conditlon OF
the county was on the verge or bank-
ruptcy when he became solicitor put
that now the finances were In gooo
condition.
County Solicitor Richardson declar-
ed he would not sign any specifica-
tions which would use up all OF the
money available for expenditure under
the new bonding law He stated that
where roads were through or IN
municipalities, the municlpanues
should be made to share the expense
of the improvements thus lessening
the countys burden.
Following the solicitors talk, Free
holder Loblein declared that an
expenditure of from $4,000 to $780,
600 would only be sufficient to repair
from three to four miles of ROAD.
Among the roads which the Freehold,
ers have been requested to repair ana
pave are the road from the WOOD
bridge Creek bridge, through Sewaren
to Port Reading; the concrete roao
from Woodbridge to Port Reading
now in need of repairs; jackson ave
nue. Main street to Ferry street, Soutn
River, a new road; three roads IN
Raritan Township: one running 10
Cranbury; the road from 1selin 10
Woodbridge and from Iselin to emma
Hill TT.
A petition was received last nignt
signed by about thirty-hve residents
in and about Iselin, requesting that
the road from that place to Wood