Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-09-09
HERBERT HAS
REPLY ON ROADS
Answers Appleby on Charges
Against Work of the Form
er Highway Body.

BY STAFF Correspondent
NEW BRUNSWICK. Sept. g.
John w. Herbert. Of Helmetta. can
didate for the Republican congress
sional nomination. answered the
Charge OF 7. Frank Appleby. an op-
ponent for the nomination made at
meeting of the Midtown Repubi-
can Club on Tuesday night, at a
meeting of the Republican Club of
Seabright last night.
In his address before the Sea-
bright Club last night Mr.. Herbert
charged his opponent, T. Frank APP
pleby with misrepresentation at the
Milltown meeting. when he stated
that the old New Jersey highway
commission had only built forty
miles of state highway in two years
and had carried an excessive num-
Der of employees on its payroll. Mr..
Herbert pointed out that in the one
year. 1919. which on account of the
war and embargoes on the highway
building material was the first year
that the commission could do any
work on the state highway, one hum
dred miles of new road were laid
down, furthermore, he showed that
in the counties of Middlesex and
Monmouth alone there were nearly
forty miles of newly laid concrete
state highways to refute Mr.. Ap-
pleby's charges. AS for carrying
lot of costly deadwood on the pay
roll, Mr.. Herbert said that Mr.. Ap-
pleby's limited knowledge Of state
affairs doubtlessly prevented him
realizing that the state highway
commission is not only responsible
for construction of the state high
1trf al IN int IN M a
that in addition It must supervise ex-
penditure OF federal aid money and
cotnrol the aid extended to the
counties of the state for the con-
struction and maintenance of coun-
ty highways. These last duties re-
quired inspections and direct super
vision of expenditures aggregating
full so. 100000 year in addition to
the state highway tax.
Following up this point Mr.. Herbert
stated that the administration ex-
penses of the state highway depart
ment were low and received the ap-
proval of the state legislature when
the state budget was made up. What
was more. to charge the commission
with carving expensive employees,
at excessive salaries was attacking
the work of the state civil service
commission which was the judge OF
the matter.
In conclusion Mr.. Herbert said
that when he first read Mr..
Appleby's statement he was astound-
ed, and could hardly realize that
Republican could thus attempt TO
repudiate the work of his party. He
showed that at the general meeting
of the Republican party after the
primaries of 1919. the policies and
work of the old commission were
heartily approved by the leaders;
that the present legislature had also
placed the stamp of approval on their
work and that the press of the state
with slight exceptions. Democratic
and Republican, especially in view OF
recent Developments in the new COM
mission were unqualified in their en-
dorsement of the methods pursued
and results achieved by the former
commission.
Before Mr.. Herbert took the plat
form Harry Maxll. Jr., pointed out
that Mr.. Herbert is just the man the
country needs to aid in economic
changes. This speaker also touched
on the league of nations and other
questions of importance.
Appleby at Piscataway
PlSCATAWA1, sept OOn-
gressional Candidate T. Frank APP
pleby, of the Republican party, ad-
dressed a meeting of the Italian
Club in Piscataway last night and
was enthusiastically received. Be
cause of the fact that he and his
wife had visited Italy on a recent
trip abroad. during which they
visited Milan, Venice. Rome, Genoa
and the other principal cities, OBJ
serving the fertility of the land and
the construction of the buildings.
Mr.. AppleKy felt that the Italian
people could assist this country in
many ways in solving the construc-
tioh problems which confronted It
at the present time.
He urged upon all the members
the fact that they must register
next Tuesday and called attention
to the fact that the women folk
were now included in the voting.
Previous to his talk at Piscataway
Mr.. Appleby attended a clambake
given by the Tall Cedars of Lebanon
at Forest Park, Highland Park.