Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1920-05-14
STILL DEBATE
ROAD REPAIRS
Another Meeting for Freeholders
Monday Night Before Policy is
Finally Decided Upon
By staf correspondsns.

By sfaf Corre.pondsnt.
NEW BRUNSWICK, May 14-At
least one more committee meeting of
the Board of Freeholders will be
held before the program Of road work
for the year Is finally approved.
Several meetings have been held in
an endeavor to dispose of the matter.
but each week there has been such
a demand for road improvements that
the schedule has been continued in a
tentative state. pending investigations
Of each demand.
Though no definite announcement
has been made as to what roads are to
be improved, It will be the freeholders
policy to connect up existing roads
pair.
Several applications have been
made for new roads within the cor
porate limits of various municipal
itieA but II is understood that in such
instances the freeholders are willing to
assist, IL possible, providing the mu-
inequalities are willing to pay for their
portion.
Councilman Ayres, of Metuchen,
appeared before the board yesterday
to ascertain what aid would be given
the borough. by the county. in re-
building Main street. from Middlesex
avenue to the northerly borough line,
a distance of about one-half mile.
A representative of the Public Ser
vice Street Railway Company was ex-
pected to be present in regard to the
matter, but failed to appear.
AS outlined by Mr.. Ayres, a new
pavement, the full width of the street,
with new curbing set to the recently
established grade, would be the i'm
provement Tor which he thought the
borough would share half of the ex-
pense.
At the present time the thorough
fare is In a rough and rutty condi-
tion and even though a new pavement
is not laid extensive repairs will be
required again this year.
The tracks Of the Public Service
Company, which were laid in 1901
are in very poor condition and with
the street brought to the new grade
would be five or six inches below the
road surface.
While no action was taken on the
proposition yesterday, an effort viii
be made to hear from the Public
Service Company and learn whether
or not they are In favor of assisting
with the work.
The freeholders will meet again
next Monday night and go over the
road schedule and attempt TO ap-
prove it and provide for the immedi-
ate advertisement for bids on the new
work.
Since the passage by the legisa-
ture of the four per cent. bonding
capacity bill, the opinion has prevail
ed that the majority of the money
made available under this act would
be used for road repair work, though
this idea is erroneous as pointed out
by County Collector +. William
Hilker.
Mr.. HilSer has obtained lega
opinion from Caldwell & Raymond
bond attorneys of New York. setting
forth the bonding condition of the
county, which Is expected to show al
unused capacity at the end of 1921
reaching to about three quarters of
million dollars. This opinion is based
on the assumption that $350.000 Will
be expended through bonds this year
The financial statement Is partly
based on the fact that the 1920 bud
get will retire bonds now outstand-
Ing, thereby greatly decreasing the
amount of interest paid out in subse-
Quent years.