Perth Amboy evening news., 1920-01-09
FREEH0LDERS HAVE FINAL
ORGANIZATION MEETING
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were specified as repositories for
county moneys: The National Bank
of New Jersey, Peoples National
Bank, New Brunswick Trust Com
pany and Middlesex Title Guarantee
and Trust Company, all OF New
Brunswick.
At Perth Amboy, the First National
Bank, Perth Amboy Trust Company,
Raritan Trust Company n City Ma
tional Bank.
The First National of South Amboy
and South Amboy Trust Company;
First National of South River and the
South River Trust Company. and the
First National banks of Jamesburg,
ICranbury, Dunellen, Woodbridge,
Roosevelt Metuchen and Midtown.
A petition from five of the county
employees who work around the New
Brunswick buildings requested a raise
in pay. The men in their petition set
forth that present circumstances
make it q serious matter with sugar
at twenty-five cents a pound, and
other commodities correspondingly
high to properly provide for their
families"
The matter Of Increasing wages will
be considered by the board, but no
definite action was taken yesterday.
The South River chamber of COM
merce in a complaint stated that the
road leading from South River to Old
Bridge is in a very bad condition, and
request that it be made passable to
ordinary traffice.
Freebooter Apologize will look into
the matter and endeavor to have tenn
porary repairs made. This road is one
of those which the freeholders expect
to permanently improve, If they can
have the Pierson act amended, sos
allow a higher bond liDshYzYea as TO
Ruts a foot desp1NxK here.
QuaeksE- .oad leading from the
Hill farm to the Pla1nteld
saAtlntry club, and the complainant
! saws it's up to the board If a serious
accident should occur there. The
matter was referred to Freebooter
Haight for investigation.
The weekly report from the Morgan
general ordnance depot shows the
following materials in storage Tor
shells, 1881 1903; low explosive shells,
l1.760,4O6: smokeless powder, 459,992
hounds; amatol. 197.046 poundsi T.
In. r, 6,663 pounds: tetryl, 1850
rounds, and black powder, S,44O
pounds. :,
ceiye little assistance from the county
in having the Washington road, be-
tween Millers corner and South XIV
ler kept clean and free of surface
y
AS explained by County Engineer
Alvin b. Fox, h pavement at that
point was laid under joint contract
between the county and the
land under the agreement the town
shin Is to care for and maintain It.
The conditions We're complained OF
NV the Public Service Company IN a
letter to the township committee VINO
istated that on account of Ice formed
from surface water their tracks were
impossible at that point:
The next meeting of the poaru WILL
lbe held Thursday. January ~.
Annual message of Director Wnllam
IS. Dew to the Board OF Chosen Free
holders:
Gentlemen:
IT gives me great pleasure 20 serve
YOU again in the capacity or DIRECTOR
of your Board during the ensuing
year. I feel that by reason OF the OK
Iperience that I nave a during tne
several years last past that l Will pc
able to give the duties of this ONCE
the kind of attention that Is necessary
in order to properly discharge the
obligations thereof.
The year hat has Just passed VIII
messed the construction OF several I'M
portant pieces OF road IN TINS oounry
and 1t is my first and primary desire
to give as many good roads TO the
County as our circumstances VIII per-
NIT. AS you know this County has at
} the present time no bonding capacity,
} but nevertheless the prospects Tor the
ensuing year are very good IN TINS
Iconnection. There has been preparen
La bill for submission to the legislature,
which If it becomes a law wall en-
able this County to proceed with the
necessary road work.
The management of the dlfferen'
Countv Offices and institutions
throughout the year has been very
satisfactory and the general prospects
for the year 1926 is in every way
! eral problems which are coming to q
: point in the County work when they
: must be solved and one of these prob
: lens is the tuberculosis situation
? which should have h early and con-
siderate attention of this a
, whether a hospital should be built
or what disposition should be made o.
!, this problem is one which should mi
be arrived at after more fuller consld
Y Grafton.
. There Is about to be undertaken tn,
2 annual audit of the County finance
: and l must say in this connection tina
the system that is now in vogue Il
creditable, and business-like in ever.
WAY, and I believe the business of thi;
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conducted as any County IN the state
s We begin this year. as never before
o with q clean slate having paid to tn
0 State all State taxes n TO all mum
I~icipalities all amounts due them. 1t !
o our intention, however to make sucl
u improvements thereon from time t
l time as may appear to be desirable
SO that the corporation of Middlesel
: County of which you gentlemen ar
>lthe Board of Directors shall in ever,
way conduct its affair along business
like principles.
We will find this e that we ar
free from the care and expenses of tn,
Albany Street Bridge and the PERT
Amboy County Bridge, these havin
been taken over on November 5 last b
the State. The disposition of thes
two bridges will enable the County t
devote this money to other purpose
as will also the taking over of severa
miles of road by the State Highwa
Commission during 1919.
These few suggestions accompany
L ing this hasty summary Of last year
es.aties will be supplemented fror
-, time by such further sugges
raax appear To ba upcaSSar ~