Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-27
ACTION On
COUNTY ROADS
Newport Road Mtter Taken up
With the Board of Free
holders at Meeting.

nv Evening News stan Correspondent)
NEW BRUNSWICK. May II
, .mone the matters considered at
the meeting of the Board OF FREE.
holders held yesterday Afternoon
we're communications from the otate
Commission, New jersey
Automobile Association, the New
Market Grange and the fenisyi
vania Railroad regarding ioau N'N
ditions in the county. ha
In a letter to the freeholders the
automobile association requested IN
formation as to why n slde Oh ~
Kevport road may not be used VIM
the other side is being repaired mus
e~liminating the necessity for the
long detour over a bad road. mas
much as this road Is a state hlsho
wav. the matter was referreo U NV
highway commission. w.
norted that the materials for the
renair of the railroad bridge on the
cranbury-South River road nave ar
rived and that the PennsylVania
Railroad has promised the compie-
ton Of the work by June l.. inns
ARRANGEMENT is unsatisfactory 10 the
f%reeholders, the board wishing a
new bridge constructed Whicn VIZ
be wide enough to permit wv Tha
hicles to pass on the bridge. ~
nresent bridge is so narrow tnaa
onIv one vehicle can cross at a liIle
and the approaches to the bridge are
staan Grades The freeholders nave
for two years been orklh ioi nv
| construction of a new brldge. ~
railroad company has nc
the work will be done next year ote
the board will continue It's ehoi''
have the job lone thls veal. ,oea,
The solicitor also gave a ie5ai
oniriop hat the county had no nd
| bih,itv in the claim for damages peins
nressed nv the Contractors SerVieo
PP~omnarv. of New York, who are az
tomntine to damages LOT II
INV 70 one of their trucks on WASH
ineton road, South Amboy., e.a.a
"A communication from the olo.o
HIGHWAY Commission requesteu pT,
mission to repair and mdin,aih tive
c~heeseouake road during the IN
- :. "acessarv to use the road for a
Sotour Permission was granted ny
the 49, was received from Charles
RIoomfield, of New BrunsWick
awen,e Raritan township, requestins
;n~formation as to what had peeh
dnne in regard to a previous COM
munication sent to the poaru Wy
in reference to the Ia
the road upon his properly. the
ILL is TO be constructed along lHe
road and Bloomfield wishes the ms
- rectifed before h work is
I've County Engineer Fox reports
that the present location or the Ioau
10 oorrect and that it does not eXteIu
fo,Ir feet on Bloomfield's properly:
A notice to this effect Will ne SEM
to Bloomfield. received
A communication was receissu
from New Market Grange susSe
ing better methods o lhe upHt ~
of the roads. s. -. Nelson, seoleta.s
~ the grange, says that the granse
bas received expert advice IN regaru
r. the care Of macadam ROADS: inns
advice includes the filling up OF hoIes
and the oiling of the surface. Inc
granee has been before the Tree
Il at other meetings,
ing the repair of the
market road, the New Durhali ~
TO Metuchen and Meters lane; 80
demand better ROAD SET
,iice and threatened to take the mat
ter IN the courts a short time ago..
A request was received from siA
court Officers asking an increase ~
- The communication stated
that II was impossible for them "
live upon the present salary OF 80 q
month and that in addltlon 70 NJ
daily duties a considerable par ~
their nights are taking up A.
serving of papers and other WoLh.
The matter was IeieA
county solicitor.
Tha county treasurer was autnor-
izad To borrow $4,000 in anticlpa-
tion of taxes. The note on Wnlcn IN
Money will be borrowed Will mature
June 81. oho,se
The warden of the workhouse,
Walter Masterson, reported upU
conditions prevailing at the work-
house, including the prisoner, ~.
49, D,fr who escaped last week
Tha warden reported the tele-
nhone service as being very poor anu
the fact to the party me
He also recommended that photo.
eranhs be taken of all prisoners SEM
70 the workhouse sc that a perhla-
nent record may be kept. The war
den reported that there are now SIN
tv-six men and eight women III ~
institution. The matter OF the teie,
phone service VIII pc taheu ~ ~
the freeholders and the p~hotograph
ouestion was referred to the prose
cutor. xn,osives
at the Raritan arsenal was recetVeu
The report covers the perloo ilon
April 10 to May 10. and Is as ioi'
lows: ,o,-, ,rds
400 hounds being shipped during the
month. ~ ,nds
. none being shipped. ~.
SmokeIess powder ~1S,9S2,97,
e mounds, $685. pounds being shipped
l High explosive, 3,025,61O POUNDS
none shipped. 49, . rrds
sodium nitrate, 1%O,o5o,Ss1 pounds
No new materials have been re
ceived during the month.