Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-09-14

of the statute. This state of affairs ).
has made it necessary for the Board
of Freeholders to, at all times. con-
fine its advertisements to one type
of pavement. and under the law this 4
type of pavement must be selected 4
before the freeholders advertise for /.
bids. The question narrows itself
down to what particular type of 4
pavement should be laid. In this the Il
freeholders have invariably been
guided and they felt properly SC,
by the petitioning residents demand
ing the road, and they have tried to,
as far as possible, meet their wishes.
Certain roads for example Jack.
son street, South River, was laid
with warrenite at the specific re.
quest of the residents of South River.
| To illustrate the sentiment on this
| particular job, Mayor Burton, of
| South River, now chairman of the
State Highway Commission, on May
| 25, 1920 wrote the board as fol-
| lows:
:" L have talked with a great many
of our citizens and taxpayers
they seem to be unanimous in the
! opinion warrenite on concrete
base be your selection. un-
| derstand 1t is your practice in build
ing roads through municipality to
| furnish as far as possible the type OF
| pavement desired by the municipal-
| ity. That fact that so many citizens
| and taxpayers are so much in favor
of this type of pavement seems to
be due to the excellent condition OF
the roads leading from South River
to New Brunswick and from Sayre-
| Vile to South Amboy.'
People Asked Warrenite.
| trTha Sp-caIlp6 EprdS-R r. Opanta Cor.
ner road was laid with warrenite at
| the request of the residents of that
road, which request was publicly
stated in the meeting of the Wood
bridge township committee when
| this improvement was discussed.
'The taxpayers of Plainsboro ask
ed that the Trenton-New Brunswick
turnpike be surfaced with warren
! -:e 'or some other patented pave
ment which has fae-year gnaran-
tee." In the instance of the Trenton
turnpike the freeholders prevaileol
upon the taxpayers to lay type -
instead of warrenite. q .s
Space will not permit illustrat
the demands that have been e. .3S
on the board to lay thes yar fiGuIaf
types of pavement now being dis
cussed, but suffice it to say that III
each and every instance, and nearly
every road laid through a munich
pality has been laid with this UNDER
standing, the municipality itself has
| approved of the pavement laid. Tn
no instance has it even been inti-
mated that the board particularly
favored patented pavements and
that unless such and such a pave
ment was laid the Improvement
would not be given.
Laid Several Types
at will also be recalled that this
board has laid several types of pave
ment including warrenite. 1t has laid
type r" and bitoslag pavements.
| together with amesite-none of these
are patented pavements. In addi-
ton to these pavements 1t haSs also
laid two roads with concrete. One OF
| these concrete roads, the first ever
laid by the county of Middlesex is in
Freeholder Vandenberg's district
and extends from Helmetta to
Jamesburg One of the first bitoslag
roads laid in this county is in Free
holder George s. Applegate's district
this extending from Tanners Cor
ner to Old Bridge. 1t was regard
ing this road that the president OF
the George w. Helm Co., on March l,
| 1921. wrote:
"This road Is one of the biggest
| improvement made to the roads IN
this section for many years." and he
also suggested in this letter, and his
| suggestions were based on conyersa-
| tions with many tax payers in this
section" that possibly with the pres
| ent macadam foundation there could
be laid, with no very great expense,
| a hard surface similar to that be-
tween Tanners Corner and the Old
Bridge road on the road from Spots
wood to Old Bridge.
"It will also be recalled by some
| people that at least on one occasion \
complaints have been received from
the citizens of South Amboy in ref
erence to the noise of the trucks on
| the concrete pavement in that city
and on innumerable occasions tax
payers have expressed the opinion
| that asphaltic pavements should be
| laid through cities on account OF the
noise of concrete pavements.
"The Board of Freeholders has
| tried to discharge it's duties to the
entire county in building roads and
while suggestions from the petition 4
| ing taxpayers have not been of them
| selves conclusive on the board, new
ertheIess, in the absence of any PROOF
| I the contrary the board has shown
| these wishes every consideration.
There is no instance on record where
a delegation has requested a con-
crete road from the freehoiders
where this request has mot been
granted. The board has. as has been
previously stated, at all times tried
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