Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-12
FAVOR NAMES
FOR HIGHWAYS
State Highway Commission
Also Acts on Allotment of
Funds to Counties
tBy Evening News Correspondent

TBy Evening News Correspondent
TRENTON, Aug. 1.-THE letter
of Governor Edwards to the State
Highway Commission suggesting
that the main roads of the state
highway system be named after men
who had important parts in the de-
velopment of the system, was taken
up by the commission at it's meeting
yesterday afternoon. The governor
mentioned United States Senator
Walter E. Edge, the late Henry 1.
Bud OF Burlington county, former
state highway commissioner; the
late Col. e. A. Stevens of Hoboken,
former highway commissioner, and
the late George A. Blakeslee of Jer-
sey City, a member of the highway
commission at the time of his death,
as men who should be thus honored.
He also said the commission might
consult with the New Jersey His
torical Society as to prominent Jer-
sey historical characters to give SIM
>ilar honors.
The governors suggestion vas re-
ceived with favor and the matter
was referred to Chairman George l..
Burton and to Engineer T. J. Was
ser for investigation and report at
the next meeting The main roads
are now known merely by number
and if the governors suggestion be
adopted the suggested names and
other to be chosen will supplant h
numbers.
The commission heard representa-
lives of several counties whose al
lotment Of money from the motor
vehicle fund for road maintenance
and repair for 1922 had beer m
what cut by the new method of APP
.1r@;o-Naa-t 81 Cl,;rp,o on P1Irtnn ny-
planned hat a new system had been
adopted that would hereafter elm
mate all hit-or-miss work and log
rolling in the distribution of this
none Tive basis of the appor-
tionment includes the area and pop
ulation of the county and the mile
age of improved roads. This he
thought was fair to every county.
County Engineers Frederick Rel
mer of Essex, and Roscoe McClave
of Bergen, who had earlier in the
day attended a protest meeting of
the eight counties affected called
by Mercer county, both praised the
new plan. Mr.. Raimer said Essex
county had no protest because the
method of allotment was very fair
and was along the line that some
of the counties had long been work.
ing for. Engineer McCIave praised
the scientific plan and said while
Bergen county. which had been cut
$1,000, would not protest, 1t would
like to receive some of the funds
cut off If possible.
Mercer, with a cut of $3.50 and
Burlington, with S14,260 are the
hardest hit and led the protest.
~Practically all of the heavy truck
krafic to and from Camp Dix passes
!! over the roads of these counties.
The commission stated that this
assistance of United States Senators
Frelinghuysen and Edge had been
asked to obtain Federal aid in main
tanning the roads leading to Camp
Dix. Also they told the represen-
tatives of the counties that the
present apportionment was on the
basis of q minimum of $4,000, 00C
and if the fund finally available was
larger the surplus would be allotted
on the same basis.
Mayor Clarence e. F. Hetrick OF
Asbury Park urged the commission
to improve the road leading along
the shore to Sea Girt and the state
camp grounds. The commission
questioned whether it would have
the money for this work now and
said it would probably lave to wait
until next year., when the proposed
$50, 10000 highway bonding bill
will be voted on by the people II
the referendum be authorized by this
1921 legislature. Mayor Hetrick sale
if the commission would take up the
work on this road he would do al
, he could to win support for the bono
issue. Mayor Hetrick also asked the
commission to adopt the policy o.
not repairing the shore roads during
the summer season, thereby causing
thousands of tourists the great in
convenience of long detours. He
thought these repairs could just a.
well be made in the spring and aftel
September 10.
Engineer Jacob Bower of Unior
county asked for the approval o.
: plans and specifications for the i'm
provement of Park and Martln'
avenues in Scotch Plains township
The cost will be $4,000. He re
huested the commission to authoriz'
1.-The payment of forty per cent. o
vAhis sum from the state aid n
Ehe commission took it under advise
ment.