Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-04-05
COUNTY SEAT
PAVING ASKED
Improving of French and Al
bany SIS. Before State
Highway Commission

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bany SIS. Before State
Highway Commission
TRENTON. April 5.-A delegation
of New Brunswick city officials.
headed by City Counsel Thomas
Haggerty. appeared before the state
highway commission yesterday and
requested financial assistance in re-
paving Albany and French streets,
which are connecting links with h
state highway system in that munich
pality. The work will cost about
1925, 900. Chairman Burton, of the
board, after it was pointed out that
the commission would not nave n
funds with which to meet the re-
quest. suggested that the matter be
financed under the so-called defer
red payment plan, as provided in the
law of 1917 creating the state high
way commission This idea was APP
proved and the chairman, together
with Engineer Wasser. were in
structed to take the suggestion up
for the purpose of devising some
plan of this kind to help New Bruins
wick finance the proposed improve
lment.
Counsel Haggerty explained that
the big trucks which travel through
the state and over the states system
of roads are tearing these two New
Brunsw ick streets to pieces. He
Thought the commission could allow
the city to pay for the work under
the state reimbursement plan, but
was advised that the recent legisla-
lture has prohibited any further con-
tracing under his arrangement for
la year.
1t was stated by the delegates
that they planned to use sheet as
phalt in the construction of the
pavement and this was not well re-
ceived by the state authorities.
Messrs. Burton and Haggerty
thought Belgian block would be the
most satisfactory and durable type
of pavement on these streets. There
was no dissent from this opinion.
Bill for Amboy Bridge Job
The commission decided to ask the
IStrauss-Bacule Bridge Company, of
Chicago, for its bill in making GER
tain surveys as to the approaches for
the proposed Amboy Bridge owe the
Raritan river.
The award of the contract for the
construction of the state highway
route No. 4 from West Long Branch
to Eatontown. in Monmouth county,
to the Utility Construction Company,
was approved. The price is $149,-
,679.74.The pavement is to be sheet as
phalt on a concrete base. In order
that Monmouth county may proceed
| with the work with it's own funds,
the county requested the state COM
| mission to reject the plans for the
IComo-Allenwood road. in that
county. which had already been
drawn and which were to be paid
flor out of state funds which, how
ever, are not available.
Specifications for Edgar road and
Linden street. Union county. were
Improved, with the understanding
that the commission does not guar
antee state funds to help defray h
cost of the work.
Hearings by the State Highway
Commission to receive the requests
of the different counties for motor
| vehicle funds for 1928 will not be
held until next October the commits
| sion has decided. In the past it has
been the custom to conduct these
sessions in the early summer of each
| year for the apportionment of the
money when it became available
after the start of the new fiscal
year, beginning July the first. How
| ever the recent legislature changed
the fiscal year as it applies to the
State Highway Department so that
it now runs concurrently with the
calendar year from January TO De-
cember. Thus the necessity for the
change in the time for the annual
hearings to conform with the new
year arrangement in the DEPART
ment.
BY holding the hearings in Octo-
Der the different county boards of
freeholders will be able to know by
January what amounts they are 20
receive from the motor vehicle fund
and thus use this knowledge in max
ing up their budgets for road work
for the new year..
The Cape May-Lewes. Delaware.
ferry proposition, sanctioned by an
act of the last legislature. seems
dead so far as the highway commits
sion is concerned. That body has
decided hat it canno move to es-
tablish the boat line OF build the
necessary docking facilities at Cape
May because it has no available
funds to go into a business of this
kind at this time. 1t is likely the
project would entail an outlay of
from $150,000 to $500, 600.
In an opinion received from the
attorney general as to the effect of
the law passed by the recent legis-
lature allowing payments by the
commission at once to counties
which have constructed parts of the
highway system under the state re-
endorsement plan, the states legal
advisor says that the commission
can only accept and pay for such
work as is actually completed. In
other words it cannot make pay
ments for sections which are still in
the process of construction.
Another opinion authorizes the
commission to spend moneys out of
the motor vehicle funds for the
maintenance of the different bridges
which spar the Delaware river be-
tween New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
The estimated cost of maintenance
to be borne at this time is $4,000.
Pennsylvania bears half of the cost.
State Highway Engineer Thomas
J. Wasser was instructed to attend
the meeting of the joint committee
on the Essex-Hudson bridge which
is to be held on April Is. This is
the proposed bridge to span Newark
bay.
A request was received from Pas
sale county for consent to survey
Belmont avenue, a county road In
the borough of Haledon. which was
given without any guarantee OF state
financial aid.
Plans and specifications for the
construction of the Bergen turnpike.
Hudson county, were approved.
Funds for this have been set aside.
Approval was given to a proposal
from the Warren county road Off
cials that fhev construct the BlafrS-