Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-01-13
PAVING ACTION
BY YFREEH0LDERS
Metuchen and Woodbridge
improvements Come up
Before County Board
PETITION Is RECEIVED
Action on Big Job Requested
by Metuchen Delegation
Before FreeholderS
PETITION is RECEIVED

NEW BRUNSWICK, Jan. Ia
Differences between the freeholders
and the borough council of Metuchen
in rtfe renee to the paving of North
Main street. in Meluchen, which are
retarding progress on the prellmin-
airy improvement work were discuss
ed ut the weekly session of the coun-
ty poayd yesterday afternoon.
Councilman Fred Ayres appeared
for Metuchen and requested that
some actor. be taken by the county
board so tnat the borough council
could proct ed in passing an ordln-
anca covering the work. The free
holders contended that the county
has made preparations for financing
the work put that nothing further
can be done until Metuchen passes
the ordinance sc that the work can
go On.
What the People Want
1t was originally planned to have
this road paved with warrenite and
a concrete base, ana bids were re-
ceivcd last fall covering this class
of pavement. Around election time,
however, the freeholders declared
they would give what the people
wanted. Metuchen made 1t known
that reinforced concrete was want
ed and the freehoiders planned to
reject the original bids. Plans were
revised to pave the road from curb
to curb witt. concrete, including con-
struction CO the curbs. 1t was orig
inally planned that the county would
do this work and later be reimburs-
ed by the borough. No agreement
was reached at the meeting yester-
day, but the county engineer and So
licitor were ordered to take the mat
ter up with the borough and report
back.
A petition signed by seventy-five
residents of Woodbridge township
was before the freeholders at yester-
days meeting. This petition asked
for the construction of a concrete
road along Railway avenue to con-
meet the asphalt block pavement on
Railway avenue rear the Carteret
road with the concrete road in the
vicinity of the state reformatory at
Ranway. The petitioners requested
a permanent improvement but would
consider repairs for the present IN
asmuch as the road is in bad shape.
The matter was referred to the road
committee and it probably will be
considered in preparing the 1922
road progi am.
Action on Bridge
The county engineer was assigned
to investigate conditions at the
bridge nea. Hoffman's station on the
road from Prospect Plains to Eng
lishtown. Freeholder Robert X. Van
denbergh reports this bridge is in
bad shape.
Freeholder Belloff resented as un-
just the criticism of the Perth Am
regarding the action of the county
board in sending two children to
Bonnie Burn, instead of Farming
dale. The county officer declared
thai only children under fourteen
are admitted at Farmingdale and no
active cases of tuberculosis are TAX
en-. F'reeht lder Beiloff asserted the
News pointed ort that the two chill
dren would be cared for at Farm
ingdale for 1925 day while the fee
at the Bonnie Burn sanitarium is
SIS per week.
Mr.. Belloff declared further that
county hospital for tuberculosis
patients will be discussed with DIR.
Price of the State Board of Health
during the next week and the site
on which the institution may be
built will also be talked over.
Sinking Fund Report
A report was received from the
Middlesex County Sinking Fund
Commission and approved by the
board at yesterdays meetinv. The
report showed receipts $476,92S.52,
and expenditures $125.42850, also
that the commission hold securities
amounting to $305,32S.52. A. J.
Jones, New Brunswick, is president
of the commission and John NJ.
O'Toole, Perth Amboy, is treasurer.
County Treasurer f. William Hilk-
er had his report for December be-
fore the board, same was approved
by the finance committee and or
dered filed. This report showed de-
posits in the banks of the county on
December / amounting to SILL 19S.-
OF; receipts during the month, ST.
560.193.16: disbursements. S1.363,-
967.11, and balance of S367,424.05.
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