Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-08-12
PAVING
! FOR ETUCHEN
Road and Bridge Action is
Taken by the Board of
FreehoIderS

Will a SNASSNt
the Lincoln highway to Christol
street will be paved before the cold
weather sets in, according to the
prediction made by Freebooter
George S. Applegate yesterday, fol-
lowing the adoption of a resolution
presented by him, which approved
the plans and specifications prepar-
cd for that work by County Engi-
neer Alvin B. Fox.
This improvement was asked for
by the borough officials early in the
year and they were assured mat the
work would be cared for. With the
approval of the plans by the state
highway commission, bids will be
asked for.
The portion Of the road to be I'M
proved by the county is about one
half mile in lepgth n Is to be OF a
permanent nature, the ~oundat1
being of concrete which will have a
\rotecting surface of an asphaltlc
fixture. At the center or the road
are tracks of the Public Service
Street Railway Company and under
the company's franchise they are re-
sponsible for the paving at that
point, though their plea of poverty
will probably hold the improvement
in an incomplete state until another
year at least.
The famous hole in the wall at
South Amboy was again Dug TO
the attention of the freeholders by
the director of the board, William
s. Dey, who stated that the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company attempt
ed to strengthen the structure py
placing additional timber supports,
practically shutting off the urn OUT
in the roadway. With the compile
A. 20 t1A payy state h1RnWaV IdSl
wear the old hole has beef pract1-
caIIv forgotten, but the action OF the
railroad company did not escape the
nve, of the South Amboy freeholder.
who has requested the clerk OF the
hoard to order the removal OF the
timbers.
Letters of thanks and apprecia-
ton directed to the board were re-
ceived from the Perth Amboy ham
Der of Commerce and town conlIhi.-
m George Lufberry of Wood
bridge, for the action on the part ol
The freeholders in approving the
West avenue Sewaren pawn gjob.
Permission to open two county
roads was given to the borough OF
Sayreville for the purpose Of con-
~structing their half million dollar
water and sewer system. put Win
the EXPRESS understanding that n
oDenings to be made on permanently
in,nroved roads would be replaced
with a pavement suitable TO the
county board and only after the ming
of a sufficiently lareg bond to prop
erly protect the county of any eX-
~ensa in connection with the work.
Borough Attorney Thomas nag
rsrty appeared before the board with
he request for the PERMISSION, at
the same time assuring the rec
holders that the borough would &C
cent any conditions imposed en- them
Il, adequately protecting the county;
Director Dey vigorously opposed
The opening of Washington unless
the county is to be protected by. a
bond in = sufficient sum to put me
road back in it's original condition
and at the same time he entered
objections to any other than county
workmen making the repair. as SO
many other roads have been re-
paired by other agencies under s;ml-
lar cases hat he proposes that no
chances DE- taken in having the pave
ment ruined.
Though the permission was grant
ed to open that portion OF Washlng
ton road that may be necessary. ana
also trench the center of Main street
on which there is a worn out maca-
dam roadway, the borough will SUBJ
NIT their plans and ordinances for
the work to the county body before
proceeding with the actual construc-
ton.
Woodbridge avenue in Highland
Park. recently improved by the
county, is now receiving a spread
ing of stone between the car tracks
and the work will continue until a
suitable surface has been built up,
-.1.J;-r 80 o1uion yncpiVn6 from the
Public Service company. Though
man other similar conditions have
been complained of by the free
holders from week to week, the com
pany has not seen fit to make their
action in repair work general
throughout the county.
The crossing of the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company at Deep Cut
bridge, South Amboy, was reported
rs having. been repaired by the COM
pany, but the work has not been
done to the satisfaction of the
county fathers, who allege that
spikes left protruding from n
planking are a menace to automobile
tires. This matter will again be re-
ferred to the company.
The New York telephone COM
pany, who were ordered to move
poles along the Jamesburg-Hel-
meta TOdu ScNCidl WSShS &c
complied, as stated in a letter re-
ceived from them.
Damages suffered by several
bridges in the southern section OF
the county during the heavy rains
Of several weeks ago., are to be soon
repaired, though in order to finance
the work it will be necessary to sell
emergency notes. For that purpose
a resolution presented by Freebooter
Robert Vandenbergh and adopted by
the board, authorizes the Issuance
of short term bonds for $4,000,
which amount has been estimated
as the cost of making the repairs
and improvements not contemplated
when the annual budget was drawn.
Resolutions by Freebooter VAN
denbergh were also adopted approx
ing e plans for the rebuilding OF
the bridge on the road from spots
wood to Englishtown and directing
the request for bids on the work, n
authorizing the preparation of plans
for the widening and rebuilding or
the q ,crete bridge on the Cranbury-
road, both of which were
Vaecently damaged. Plans and specl-
fcstions. were also approved for the
damaged bridge on the Cranbury-
Plainsboro road, for which bid Will
also be required.
a bridge on the road leading to
Dayidson's Mills in south Brunswick
township wi | be repaired by county
next week, while the new
bridge now being erected at New
Marl,et will he viewed by the free
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