Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-11-08
SIX COUNTIES
FOR ROAD PLAN
MiddIesex County Will Soon
Have Chance to Act on
State Project

TRENTON. Nov. S:-"A1l citizens
of the state interested in seeing a
speedy completion of the state sys-
tenn of roads will be gratified to
learn that six counties in various
parts of New Jersey have already
gone on record as favoring the plan
recently suggested to the State
Highway Commission by Governor
Edwards, of having the counties
build their particular sections of the
system with the understanding that
they shall be reimbursed in 1924,
1925 and 1926" declared George l..
Burton, of South River, chairman of
the State Highway Commission, in d
statement issued today.
Atlantic, Burlington, Cape May.
Ocean, Warren and Camden" he
continued, ARE the counties which
have already signified their willing
ness to finance the construction of
such unimproved sections of the
system as lie within their confines,
with the understanding that the
highway commission will at a later
date, when state funds are available,
pay back the money.
'The state system of roads is I'M
der the commissions jurisdiction for
construction" the chairman assert
GU u idtA VI ~ at tiiAo III
may result in a serious holdup of
the whole program unless another
plan of finance is adopted. The re-
endorsement method has been offer
ed as the remedy and the fact that
approximately a third of the twenty
one counties have already accepted
it augurs well for the completion OF
the entire system of roads without
the obstacle of insufficient funds
standing in the way.
ocean county, which at present
has no paved sections of the road
system at all. has come in with an
offer to build ten miles of the routes
lying within its borders, the partic-
ular section being from Point
Pleasant to Lakewood.
Atlantic would like to continue
the CONNECTION of the New York
road to that end of the state by
continuing il four miles beyond
Smithville. The Highway Commits
sion this year. put of its available
funds is completing that section of
this route from Absecon to Smith
vile.
las has already been published,
Camden county would build the
White Horse Pike from the Camden
city line to Berlin, a stretch of
thirteen miles. This leaves four
teen counties to be definitely heard
from ebfore the commission decide
which ones it will draw agreements
with under the reimbursement plan.
One of these, Mercer, is reported to
have declared in the negative.
These counties are to be given hear
ings within the next two weeks for
the purpose of learning their views.
The next herring is scheduled for
tomorrow az Newark in the court
house when Essex, Passaic and Ber-
gen r expected to indicate their
position on this matter. On
Novembre IS. at the same place the
commission will hear from Middle
sex, Monmouth, Morris and Union.
The couties of Cumberland, Glou-
cester and Salem have been invited
to give the suggestions at Bridgeton
on Friday, November IS. and the
last of the dates is Trenton No.
vember % when Hunterdon. Mer-
Ger. Somerset and Sussex will APP
pear. Hudson is not included be-
cause it has no stretches of the
system.
After that the highway commits
sion will summarize the results
showing the counties which went to
help complete the states highway
program under this plan of reim-
bursement, and will announce just
which it will authorize to proceed
with the work subject to the states
paying the bill at a later date under
the plan outlined"