Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-07-21
HEAVY TRAFFIC
IN THIS STATE
5000 Vehicles Passed Two
Given Points Over July q
Weekend, Wasser Says

TRENTON, July 21-For the
purpose of informing the public as
to the responsibility of keeping thes
roads of the state in condition to
meet the traffic demands of the
time, the State Highway Commits
sion today made public figures
showing that a total Of 5000 vehi-
cles passed two given points in the
state during the three day holiday
period including Saturday. Sunday
and Monday, July 2, 3 and A. The
reason for using this period for the
purpose of circulating h amount
of travel was for purpose of learn
ing just what the roads are III
jected to in the way of wear and
teal at the very peak of traffic on
gestion, explained State Highway
Engineer Thomas j. Wasser today.
6 The counts were taken respec-
lively at the intersection of Routes
Nos. 3 and 4 at Absecon on the di-
rect South Jersey line of travel to
Atlantic City and at St Georges
avenue, Railway, on Route Nc. 1.
the North Jersey artery of the State
Highway System. The Highway
Commission posted men at these
two points on Saturday, July 2,
where they maintained a continu-
JUS COuIt iOI thiCS 10y AAO
interruption day or night. The re-
suit showed that at the two points
there was a. combined daily average
for this period of IS, $50 motor vehi-
cles, or 764 cars hourly. A total
of 1852 cars were recorded at Abb
secon for the three days and 35,4S7
at Railway during the same time.
These figures, of course. do not in
clude the traffic over any other parts
of the state system OF highways nor
over reads maintained under county
jurisdiction toward which the state
/. contributes a portion of the upkeep.
{ Probably the most significant
feature of the count was the fact
that of the total number of cars re-
corded at Absecon on their way to
Atlantic City, sn the neighborhood
of sixty per cent were foreign vehi-
cles, that is, from other states.
Pennsylvania alone registered 9,462
as against 9,715 for New Jersey.
Other states contributed as follows:
New York, 1901; Delaware, III;
Maryland, 265; Ohio, "a; Virginia,
"a; Connecticut. 65; District of CO.
Georgia, 40. About half the states
in the Union contributed to the ge-
ographical representation in licenses
check off at this point and there
was also "a sprinkling of machines
from the Dominion of Canada. At
Railway, because Of the fact a total
of S5,4S7 cars had to be tailed,
making the work very exacting up
on the part of the men doing the
counting, it was impossible to re-
cord the states represented in the
traffic with any degree of accuracy.
IAN indication of what the State
II;-l,x,a Gov, p,iccion ic oonfrnnfnl
with in the matter of road main
tenance, especially to meet the for
eign car traffic in New Jersey under
the Reciprocity Law, may be OBJ
tanned from the fact that sixty per
cent Of the cars bound for Atlantic
City on the three-day holiday period
Of July 4 were from outside this
state" pointed out State Highway
Engineer Thomas J Wasser today.
The Indications from these figures
very clearly demonstrate that New
Jersey is maintaining her road sys-
tenn equally for the benefit of out of
state motorists as well as her own. |
1.-The location of this state on the
map, coupled with its resorts. and
the utilization of it's roads for travel.
both in intra-state and Interstate
traffic, renders the problem to NAM
tain them at the standard required
by the travelling public most diff
cult-both as to the routes Of the
New Highway System and as to the
detours marked out during the con-
vtruction season, like the present.
In this connection, 1t might be of
interest to say that it is the first
year the state has spent money for
maintenance of the detours."
At Absecon the count taken show
ed that July 4 experienced the
heaviest day of travel, there being
1850 machines recorded and 1891
at Railway. The peak of traffic con-
gestion in one hour at the southern
counting point was 826 vehicles
from Z until 8 o'clock in the even
ing of his day. The minimum was
one car between 4 and s in the
morning Of Sunday, July 3. Be-
tween z and s o'clock on the night
of July 4 a total of 1858 cars pass
ed the count at Railway, the maxi
mum at this point. The lowest
number at Railway was %, 1t being
recorded at the same time in the
Day as the minimum reported from
,Absecon.