Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-03-29
APPROACHES To
BR|DGE: PLANNED
State Highway Commission
Paves Way for Approaches
on Perth Amboy Side
RIGHT OF WAY OF 11O FT.
George Burton, of So. River,
Reelected Chairman of
Highway Commission
RIGHT OF WAY OF 11O FIT.

TRENTON, Iarch 29-The State
here yesterday decided to proceed
to complete the negotiations for the
purchase by the state of all proper
ties at the two approaches to the
Perth Amboy bridge over the Rar.-
tan river over which there is TO
dispute between the road officials
and the owners as to price. In the
cases of disputes it was decided to
launch condemnation proceedings n.
once to acquire the desired proper
ties. There are understood however,
to be but a few instances of this
kind One of these came up at the
meeting yesterday, the question OF
the prices fixed by the Donnell Lum-
Der Company for it's three parcels
which the commission desires for
the bridge approaches and sites.
For these properties the company
wants respectively $175,000 and
100000 or alternative proposition
CT S235,000. Chairman Burton stat
cd he felt these figures too high
and this was concurred in by the
other members of hte commission.
II is expected that steps will be
taken now to condemn the necessary
land owned by this company. The
commission decided to have right
of way of 10 feet on the north or
Perth Amboy approach to the
bridge. The roadway will be so feet
wide and there will be 30 foot strip
on each side of the road. This eX-
ira ground will be owned by the
state to prevent erection of any
buildings near enough to the bridge
| itself to create a fire hazard which
! might wreck the bridge in the event
| of a conf1agration.
| At the meeting of the commission
yesterday. George l.. Burton. of
South River, Democrat, was re-
! elected chairman for the ensuing
year and A. Lee Grover. OF Trenton,
| Republican, was reelected as secre-
| tary.
| Jacob l.. Hagin, of Elizabeth, was
| appointed superintendent of equip
rlent in the highway department at
| the salary fixed for this position by
the Civil Service Commission, $500
o month. Hagin held this position
/ temporarily some months ago ana
| reorganized the equipment division
! of the department and also obtained
considerable valuable motor vehicles
and trucks from the Federal govern
| ment. -.
For the purpose of relieving traffic
on Route l of the state highway
system the commission decided to
appropriate $4,000 out of the
funds which it will have available
at the start of the next fiscal year,
for the purpose of reconstructinS
Elmore avenue in the city of Eliza :
beth. The new fiscal year of the
state starts July / next at which
time the money will be available.
Commissioner George Paddock. Of
Newark. made the motion for the
appropria tion, stating that the I'M
provement of this street Will .materl-
ally relieve the congestion on Route
| by its diversion down Elmore ave-
nue.. Route l is one of the most
heavily Travelled thoroughfares m
/ the state, being the direct line from
New York through to Philadelphia
The highway commission at 1ts
meeting also granted the application
of the Atlantic county freeholdars
for payment of the reimbursement
funds due that county for the con-
struction of the Absecon- -SmithVilie
section of Route 4. The road was
recently completed and accepted by
the state on January 25 last. IL
forms one of the important links "
the route to. Atlantic City. Ths
amount to be paid the county y
$42S,396.02, representing the cost
of the construction, which was borne
by the county under the terms o'
the reimbursement act.