Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-12-17

ROAD REPAIRS
State Acts on Reimbursement
PLAN MiddIesex is Not
Included

TRENTON Dec. 1.-THE State
Highway Commission has prepared
the preliminary schedule of reim-
bursemenc for fourteen counties and
four municipalities which have Offer
ed to start construction of sections
of the state system of roads lying
within Their borders during the year
1922. The work viii be done in ac-
cordance with the law permitting
such action and assures the carrying
out of a comprehensive program of
road building during the coming
year. The commission has %distribut-
ed the payments to the counties in
most instances through the three
years beginning 1924 and ending in
1925. In addition to the counties
and municipalities which have defn-
itely arranged to start work under
this plan, there are some more which
are in a tentative state and as soon
as they definitely apprise the high
way boare OF their intentions will be
included in the program.
Resolutions arrying out the reim-
bursement acts provisions have been
adopted by the State Highway Com
mission with respect to the fourteen
counties and four municipalities
which have offered to cooperate
with the state road department.
Some counties either did not sub
nit formal resolution Offering to
build sections of the roads system
VI to signify in any other way their
desire to participate in the work.
In connection with the publication
of the preliminary schedule of pay
ments given out today, the highway
commission also gave to the repre-
sentatives Of the press all the corre-
spondence leading up to this pro-
gram. 1t included kilograms to
Governor Edwards from Herbert
Hoover asking how New Jersey
could help meet the unemployment
problem through road work and the
executive replied that New Jersey
would match any appropriation of
the federal government. 1t also in
the telegram from Washing
ton announcing the passage of a
special appropriation act carrying
money for roadbuilding in the states.
The correspondence included also
Edwards letter written some
time back to the highway commits
sion urging that each county be in
vited to build parts of the highway
system under the reimbursement
~ ~ iiatAOI dlSO CluDi dCtu
the data compiled as a result of
hearings by the road committee of
the commission in various parts of
the state at which the counties APP
peared and made their offers and
suggestions, resulting in the prelim-
mary schedule of plans to start the
work announced today.
The resolution which the highway
commission has passed in connec-
ton with the schedule stipulatas
that the state will repay the coun-
ties for the work they do on the
state system of roads.
In this connection it was learn
ed today that these counties which
been constructing parts of the
roads during the past year under
reimbursement act will receive
their money from the state about
the first of March, 1922. They con-
with the State Highway
last year to do this work
in 1921 subject to reimbursements
1922.
Following are the counties. mu-
and years they will be
Atlantic. 1925. s125.ooO; 1926,
$4,000. Bergen, 1924. 5000 900;
l9z5, SzUO,O U 1926. 100000.
Camden. 1924, 5000. 900; 1925. 5000.
1926. s2S0.0O0. Cape May,
1924. $500. 900; 1925. $40. 900. Cum
oerland. 1924. 5000, O0p: 1925. $780,
200; 1926 100000 (Bridgeton. 1924
s15o.oool Gloucester. 1924. $780,
700. (Woodbury. 1925. $90,o00.)
Mercer. 1924. 500. 900. Monmouth.
$4,000 1925. $500 600.
Ocean. 1924. $500. 900: 1925. 5000
700: 1926, $500. 900; Passaic, 1925,
$3.50. 900; 1925. s275.0O0; Som
'rset, 1924, 100000; 1925,
$50. 900. Salem. 1924. $500, 900; 1925
100000: 1926. s63S.00O. (Somer-
lille. 1924. s4S,00O.) Union, (Eliz-
lbeth. 1924. $4,000. (Plainfield,
1925. 500. 00o); and Warren, 1924,
'2o0.00o: 1925. 100000; 1926.
1870. O00.