Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-14
COUNTY BOARD
RECEIVES BIDS
Get Estimates on Different
9oad Repaving Materials
Other Business

NEW BRUNSWICK. April IL
The Board of Freeholders was
Stamped with a mass of figures sub
mitted at the three bid openings yes
terday afternoon. and though the
receipt and reading of the bids con-
sumed an hour and the effort 10
tabulate took an additional hour, i.
was found necessary to defer the
awarding of contracts until next
week. as the tabulation could not be
completed.
This rush in business was caused
i'm obtair9ng prices for various types
5of road materials that will be re-
quired during the present year for
the repairing and rebuilding OF
county roads. and included s~urfacing
materials. trap rock in a multitude
of sizes and materials used in bind
ing macsdam pavements.
Five bidders submitted proposals
for furnishing as many different
types OF asphaltic materials as fol-
lows: Warrenite, National, Type X,
Topeka and Bitoslag. All bidders
submitted figures for furnishing the
materials delivered where required
at ton rates, and additional figures
for furnishing. delivering and laying
= two-inch coating of the respective
materials at square yard rates.
The bidders and the prices tender
ed are as follows: Franklin Con-
tracing Company. New York, Ma
tional. $19.40 per ton or $40 a
square yard; Highway Improvement
Company, Montclair, Type r, $3.50
per ton delivered or 1895 per ton
in place and for Topeka, 1854 de-
livered or $3.50, in place.
Standard Bitulithic Company.
New York. w~arrenite, 1886 per
ton or 1920 a yard; Conrad Sebolt.
New Brunswick, w~arrenite, $3.50.
Topeka $3.50, and Type r. $11.90
pei ton. while the prices respective
ly for furnishing in place are $3.50,
$1.75 and $3.50. respectively.
Eastern Paving Company, Phila-
delphia, Bitoslag, $19 or $3.50 a
square yard.
Seven bids were presented for
furnishing the various types of
stone and showed a wide range of
prices caused by the difference in
the cost of delivery to the various
parts of the county. The bidders
I were: F. r. Upton, Newark; Con-
rad Sebolt, New Brunswick; Rar1-
tan Mercantile Company, Perth Am"
boy; M. 1. Demarest. Sewaren; An
drew Reyes, Woodbridge. and the
Delaware River Quarry G. Construc-
ton Company of Lambertsville.
Figures were submitted for coal
gas, water gas and asphaltic tar
materials for use on macadam roads
by John E. Donovan. Port Rich
mond; Clinton Asphalt Company,
West Hoboken; George Gundrum,
South Amboy; Andrew Keys. Wood
bridge: Conrad Sebolt, New Bruins
wick, and M. Irving Demarest, OF
Sewaren.
Complaints made by the freehold
RS in reference to the railroad cross
.ng over Bordentown turnpike be-
tween South Amboy and Old Bridge
will be taken care of Immediately,
in accordance with a communica-
ton received from the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company.
A letter from the borough coun-
Gil Of Highland Park acknowledged
receipt of a communication from
the freeholders instructing them to
have the properties along Wood
bridge avenue connected with the
gas and water mains in that locality
so that there might be nc difficulties
encountered when the construction
work Is started on that road.
The county engineer was instruct
cd to plans for side walls to
the culvert at Quaid's switch on
Main street, Sayreville, as the road
way has washed at that point n re-
Quires walls to keep the roa sur
face in place.
No word was received from the
Weldon Construction Company rela-
tive to the complaint of the free
holders that the road surface on
Plainf1eld avenue, which they q
about two years ago was badly in
need of repair. and the clerk was in
structed to notify them to do the
work at once OF it would be cared
for by the county and charged
against their maintenance bond.
Three petitions were received
from residents of Old Bridge. Spots
wood, Helmetta and Jamesburg. ask
ing the freeholdersr to repair Bor-
dentown pike from the new pave
ment 1T Old Bridge to the recently
completed concrete roadway at
Helmetta. The type of repair work
request6 Il . stone base cover with
: suitat 3 hard surface over the four
miles OF road. The petitions were
referred to the road committee
though the general understanding is
that this road will be included In the
1922 schedule.
Complaints were made by Free
holder George Applegate of the poor
condition of the pavement along the
car tracks in Sayreville and Mill
town and the clerk was instructed to
take the matter up with the Public
Service Company and request that
Immediate repairs be made.
Permission was granted the city
Of New Brunswick to open up the
side of Georges road for the purpose
Of building a storm sewer though
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