Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-02-18
STATE To AID
BUILDING ROAD
South River to Get New Per-
manent Paving - Other
Road Matters Taken Up

By Stan Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK, Feb. 49,
Another municipality of the county
Is to be favored with a new perma-
nent road improvement of a thor
oughfare lying wholly within its
the freeholders yesterday working
in conjunction with the state high
way commission.
South River, the home town of
chairman of the state highway COM
mission George Burton, is the place
now signaled out for the favor in
the paving of the third side of the
triangle Of streets, Main street and
Ferry street, which are now county
roads. and jackson street where the
new work is contemplated.
A resolution presented by Free
holder George S. Apologize, also of
South River, authorizes the imme-
date preparation of plans by County
Engineer Alvin B. Fox for the work
to be done in laying a pavement
twenty feet in width. and for which
the county has set aside 100000, the
state highway commission having
agreed to pay half the cost of the
construction.
Though this matter was laid be-
fore the county board yesterday by
Mr.. Burton, who is also mayor of
the borough, with a request that
action be Immediately taken, the
necessary action had evidently been
taken some time previous and dur
ing one of the famous star chamber
meetings, for the mayor was imme-
diately presented with a certified
copy of the resolution setting forth
the freeholders attitude in the mat
ter.
The mayo in speaking for the
improvement stated that in the
event that the county board took
favorable action the borough would
pay the additional cost of paving
the entire width Of the road from
curb to curb. The actin taken by
the freeholders is thought ia be a
victory and a sort of prediction
promise made to Freebooter Apple
gate, who so graciously dropped out
of the sheriff race at the Republican
primaries last fall.
Type w is the s~urfacing material
to be called for in the specifications,
which is a bituminous concrete sub
stance and is to be laid on a base
of concrete.
Residents living along the contin-
uation of Livingston avenue outside
of New Brunswick are far from sat
lSned with the attention given that
road and the speakers in their dele
cation say that they are getting des-
perate. as the postal authorities
have notified them of the discontin-
uance of mail delivery on account of
the terrible and impossible condi-
ton of the thoroughfare.
AS an illustration of the condition
of the road one of the speakers re-
lated an incident that happened last
year when Frederick Gebhardt, who
was at that time a member of the
board of ~freeholders, while on a
road inspection trip with his auto
became stuck in the mire and was
forced to complete his inspection ON
foot.
This road matter will take the
course of all previous requests and
be considered by the road committee
who will visit the state highway de-
partment next Monday morning and
interpose their plea for financial as
sistance from the state.
Neither the borough of Metuchen
nor the township of Woodbridge
were represented by delegations who
were expected TO be present and de-
mand that action be taken on roads
in those localities for which repairs
have been asked.