Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1921-01-21
PROSECUTOR s
PLAN ADOPTED.
:reehoIders Act With. Phone
Company in Plan to Trap
Criminals in This County.
NOTIFY ALL OFFENDERS
Sheriff, Prosecutor and Num-
cipaI Police to ACt--SyStem
is Now in Operation.
NOTIFY ALL OFFENDERS
BY stan Correspondent.

BY STAN Correspondent.
NEW BRUNSWICK. Jan. Fl. =
Definate steps were taken by the
board of freehoiders yesterday TO
cooperate with Prosecutor Joseph
Il. Stricken and the police authori-
ties Of the county in combating the
crime wave. in accordance with the
suggestions made at the conferance
in the prosecutors Office last Mon
day.
The first step is carrying out the
plans made at that time were made
by the freeholders yesterday, who
unanimously agreed to the installa-
ton of telephones on all draw
bridges controlled by them. The
opinion was put forth at the con-
ference, that IL information of
crime could be flashed to the var
ious bridge tenders Immediately
after a crime had been committed,
the bridges could be opened to, per-
NIT police officers to investigate any
machine iAying to cross.
Only three such structures in the
county come under the care of the
freehoiders, they being the Wood
bridge :. *. South River and Land
ing b Fer the. Raritan, In TINS
city. iich are to be immedi-
stely d with telephones.
co Detective John Ferguson
and K. v. Terrill of the New York
Telephone Company met with. the
freeholders in committee session, in
which the plans made by the tele-
phone company in conjunction with
Union county to put down the crime
wave were fully discussed and ex-
planned.
A delegation from Monmouth
Junction appeared before the board
Ind requested that the freeholders
give earnest conside ration to the
laying of a permanent pavement on
Kingston lane leading from state
highway route number one to King
ston and the Kingston-Aqueduct
road. The prediction was made that
even with the completion of the
Lincoln Highway from Princeton to
New Brunswick. the heavy truck
traffic would continue to use the
other two roads as BE grades are
much easier than onNhe highway.
During the time the construction
work was under way on the high :
way Al traffic was diverted to the
Two county roads which the delega-
lion spoke of, and with the heavy
.rafiic the road has been practically
cut TO pieces and made impossible.
This ROAD VIII De gone over Dy lHe
members of the board next Thurs
day morning at the time other coun-
iy roads are inspected. with the view
of determining what permanent i'm
proVements will be included in the
building program for the year. Z
Mayor Washington Wilson and
Councilman III. s. Platt of Metuch-
en- met with the members of the
road committee during the after
noon relative to the borough re-
ceiving assistance from the county
in rebuilding the pavement on
northern Main street. Nothing was
mentioned in connection with the
proposition at the public session.
County Treasurer f. William Hill
ker was authorized to borrow $25,-
600 in anticipation of taxes on a
resolution presented by Freeholder
Robert r. Vandenbergh.
At.the next meeting of the board
next Thursday a public hearing will
be held on the adyisability of erect
ing a county tuberculosis hospital
for which the county has plans and
building site.