Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-06-02
HOY AskSFQR
RAPID ACTION
Want to Start Laying Bruns-
wick Ave. Sidewalk as Soon
as Possible

NEW BRUNSWICK, June p
Councilman William Hoy of Wood
bridge township, yesterday request
ed the freeholders to rush their
work on the two culverts and
bridges on New Brunswick avenue,
between Fords and Perth Ambcy,
81 that the street committee of the
township might start work on the
laying of sidewalks along that thor
oughfare.
The contracts for the county work
were awarded last week, but the
actual work has not yet started and
as the township is prepared to start
with their work next week the re-
quest was made that the county on
tractors be asked to get to work at
once.
Mr.. Hoy also informed the free
holders tina. the township was ready
to enter into a contract with the
county for making a portion Of the
Green street paving job seal tight
by paving from curb to curb.
Under the plans of county board
Green street is to be paved with
warrenite from the enc of the pres
ent pavement to the tracks of the
Philadelphia and Reading railroad,
while the portion which the town.
ship wants paved for the entire
width of the road is a five hundred
foot stretch west of the existing
pavement.
Freebooter Clarence NJ. Haight
the paving matter could be
Rken care of after the receipt of
dds on June IS, but nothing was
done towards pushing the work OIL
the New Brunswick avenue walks.
M JsoIIOrrfpn tho nnp,tnoopnan x,ae-
terday by the State Highway Com
mission that that body had author
lied the paving of the Lincoln
Highway between Metuchen and
New Brunswick to be paid for by
state funds. the freeholders passed
resolutions resembling the county
request for paving under the reim-
bursement act.
Senator Walter Edge advised that
he had received a letter from C
rotary of War Weeks stating that
the government does not anticipate
a change in it's policy relative to the
retention of Raritan arsenal as a
permanent post. This letter was in
response to a resolution adopted a
few weeks ago requesting that the
arsenal be retained.
The assistant sealer of weights
and measures, Joseph Fertig, sub
united a report of inspections made
during the month of May, which in
dicated that 1913 inspections had
been made and that three measur-
ing devices had been found incor-
rect and condemned.
A report was received from h
Hartford Boiler Inspection n In
surance Company showing that the
boilers in the county court house.
record building. Jail and workhouse
had been inspected and found to be
in good working order and that re-
pairs that had been previously rec
commended had been properly made.
Four bids were submitted for the
lection of a concrete retaining wall
at the culvert near Quaids switch in
Sayreville and the contract was
awarded to Dolan & German OF
Sayreville, their bid of $795.10 being
the lowest submitted.
The other proposals submitted for
the job were, New Brunswick Paw
ing Company. s969. George Gun
drum. South Amboy. s~1,300.5S, and
Lambertson & Reese. South Amboy,
$1.474.13.
The following bonds and contracts
/ for work recently awarded were APP
proved and ordered filed.
Conrad Sebolt. topeka paving; nj.
Irving Demarest, stone: F. r. Up
ton. Inc. stone: Franklin Contract
ing Company. type M: Harry ".
Oliver. Cranbury Station road: Con-
rad Sebolt. road oil; Conrad Sebolt,
type RI paving: Conrad Sebolt,
stone; Raritan Mercantile Company,
stone: Eastern Paving Company, BIZ
tosIag paving.