Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-04-21
BIDS ON PAVING
So. AMbOY RID.
Section ga of Route 4 at So.
Amboy and Report Sec
ton of Same Route.

TRENTON, April 21.-Contracts
for new construction on the State
Highway system were awarded by
the Highway Commission here yes
terday totaling ~$S92.692.6S. The
work to be done is part of the 1921
program of the state and covers
fourteen and three-quarter miles at
an average cost of 100000 a mile.
The surface of the new roads will be
reinforced concrete. In connection
with the awarding of the contracts
the highway commission yesterday
had the first test of the new plan
evolved by Highway Engineer
Thomas ]. Wasser which requires the
bids to be submitted on the percent
age basis. The highway depart
ment's engineers make up an esti-
mate oil what each piece of con-
struction should cost and the con-
tractors present a, bid which must
be either a per cent. lower or high
er than the departments estimate.
One of the largest crowds in the
history of the road building pro-
gram was on hand yesterday to a
the proposals for the new work
read. Those present. numbering a
full hundred, included contractors,
material men and various others
whose business relates to road con-
struction. Following are the con-
tracts which were awarded:
Section /, of Route 3, White Horse
Pike, Camden county route to At
lantic City, to William Eisenberg,
Of Woodbine, who bid seventy-six
and nine-tenths of the departments
estimate for the work, his figures
being $125,462.0S. The contract
covers two and a half miles of road.
Two bids were received.
Section 2, of Route 3, same road,
also awarded to William Eisenberg,
who bid $~177,997.39 or seventy-five
per cent. Total miles two and a half.
Number Of bidders four.
Section ga, of Route 4, at South
Amboy, Middlesex county, to the
Ogara Construction Company, of
Jersey City. Bid $97,000O.09 which
is eighty-seventy per cent. One
half a mile of work. Eight bidders.
Keyport Section of Route 4,
awarded to Ogara Construction Com
pan for $74,S51.55, representing
ninety-five per cent. One mile of
work. Six bidders.
Section 5,'Route s, Sussex-Union-
vile road, to Kavanaugh &c Van
Keuren, of Bayonne, for $477,377.57.
Eight miles. Seven bidders.
Hereafter the commission will
receive all bids for highway work
at eleven o'clock in the morning,
standard time. 1t was decided to
prohibit the location of gasoline fill
ing stations along the State High
ways unless the commission gives
specific permission
After considerable discussion a
motion was passed providing COM
pensation for Railway R~eformatory
guards employed in looking after
the road work of Railway inmates
on the Budd's Lake work. In adj
dition to their regular pay from the
Reformatory the Highway Com
mission will give them an addi-
tional salary as road foremen, rang
Ing from IS to $35 a week. based
upon value of service rendered.
Permission was given the city of
Elizabeth to proceed with the re-
paving of North Broad street from
Westfield avenue to Newark avenue
under the reimbursement road act.
That is the commission will pay
Elizabeth later for the cost of work,
the city to bear the expense at this
time.
Under the law providing state aid
to counties for road work approval
was given for the paving of Passaic
avenue in Hudson county.
Contracts for the purchase of
various types of material for main
tenance of the highways were
awarded to the amount of $412,000.
The Highway Commission order
ed approved the plan submitted by
County Engineer r. p. McClave, of
Bergen county, for the improvement
of Lincoln avenue, Ridgewood.
The commission decided to con-
tribute $4,000 or half of the cost,
for the emergency repair of the
Ocean boulevard, Waterwitch sec
ton, Monmouth county. Bids will
be received by the county for the
work on April 20.