Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-01-25
ON POOR
IN WOODBRIDGE
Offer to Board Poor Made at
Township Meeting Roads
Are Also Taken Up.
By Special Correspondent

BY Special Correspondent
WOODBRIDGE, Jan. 25-The
question of the lettering of condi,
tons at the poor farm came before
the meeting Of the township COM
mittee last night in the town hall
and the solution was brought one
step r. by an offer of a woman
from the northern section OF h
township whose name was withheld.
This offer stated hat the poor would
be boarded for s25 per person. pro-
viding the committee found a house
in which to keep the inmates. This
plan Is much ch~eaperfthan buying
a place and maintaining it. and Is
considered a fair offer. The one
drawback is that at present there
are few houses to be found to rent
for the keeping of the five or six
poor persons.
The poor farm question and the
offer was put before the committee
for consideration, and It was decided
to investigate the matter. Efforts
will be made to get more offers
from persons and the committee Is
awaiting a report on the matter
from the woman's clubs of the town.
ship.
A motion was made and passed
NAldL a ~ AAia0C ~ ~ 49,
ent use Of funds for the maintaining
Of roads in the three wards. The
new plan provides that each ward
be allotted a fiat sum of $4,000 for
maintaining and the repairing OF
roads within its borders. and when
this is used up more funds can be
procured.
This motion makes it possible for
the committee to get an accurate
figure on the time 1t takes to use a
certain amount of money for road
purposes, and also which ward uses
the most funds. 1t is understood
that one ward is larger than an
other, and the new plan only means
the use of $4,000 of the total ap-
preparation of $4,000 for maintain
ing township roads.
A motion was regularly made and
passed that Ethe road supervisors
salary be increased to $115 per
month. His services during the
present era of improvement was
considered. and that during the high
wage time his pay was not raised.
His duties have increased during the
past few months, and it was decided
to compensate him for the work he
has to accomplish.
1t was decided to write a letter to
the division superintendent of the
Pennsylvania railroad in regard to
the matter of securing ashes for use
on the roads. The matter was taken
up by one of the members OF the
committee and IT is believed that
ashes can be secured at a very cheap
figure and in large quantities. There
are a number of roads in the town.
ship that will have to be fixed in the
spring, and most of them are in the
country districts of the three wards.
Ashes have proved a cheap and use
full product in repairing these coun-
try roads, and a large ,lntity vii
enable the committee to put in use
many roads that are not in use a.
the present time.
A delegate came before the com
mittee with . request that SOM
means be provided for the keeping
Of a free passage on Railway ave
nue. A sewer line is being pu
through this street at the presen
time, and only a small space is opeI
to traffic. The people of that sec
tion believe that IL a snowstorn
should come the road would be use
less for some time. This condition
exists on other roads now undergo
ing repairs in the township, and lit
tie can be done before the roads are
completed and in some cases MOI
until early spring. The matter wa
referred to the road committee Il
investigate the street situation ant
see what might be done to keep i
open to heavy traffic. Cold weatheI
is believed to be the cause for thu
slow progress of the contractors II
finishing roads at the present time.
A motion was made and passeS
that grade marks be established oil
Mary avenue in Fords and Francis
street in Woodbridge. These streets
have been undergoing repairs anC
improvements and are now ready
for the township engineer to f,
grade marks for sidewalks.
The budget for the present yea
was passed on first and second read
ings, and will come up for final dis
cussion and reading at the mex
meeting on February 7. Bills to tbs
amount of $13.932 were ordered
paid. OF this amount $500 was fol
current expenses, and the rest OF
road and bond bills falling due.