Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-04-14
|STATE To AID
IN PAVING JOB
Amboy Ave. Will be Turned
Back to City by Board OF
FreehoIders
ACTION MONDAY NIGHT
State Highway Commission
and FreehoIderS Also to
Act Next Week
ACTION MONDAY NIGHT

NEW BRUNSWICK, April. IL
Plans were virtually completed yes
terday by a gentlemen's agreement
between a committee of the Perth
Amboy Board of Aldermen and the
members of the County Board OF
Freeholders for carrying the neces-
sary preliminaries in the repaving OF
Amboy avenue to conclusion.
Under the agreement reached. the
city will introduce a resolution al
their regular meeting next Monday
kreauesting the county to turn the
yroad back to the city. while on the
following afternoon from unoff1claI
reports, the State Highway Commits
sion will adopt resolutions setting
forth their attitude in the matter
which is expected to provide for the
repaving of twenty-five feet OF the
road.
The city and state resolutions will
then be presented to the freehold
ers at their next meeting on Thurs-
day. which will be agreed to by the
county authorities. The city council
will then meet in an adjourned ses-
sion the following evening for the
purpose of winding up the. prelimin-
aries and making the necessary ar,
rangements for getting the plans ana
specifications prepared at the earl
lest possible moment SO that pids
on the construction may be received
at an early date.
Members of the county and city
organizations have reached an
agreement on the lines of. the road
and have determined that the course
shall not be changed. as 1t is their
expressed desire to expedite the
work with the least delay. While
the elimination of the curves and
grades was considered an advantage,
it was decided that the heavy nils
tha. would be required in building
road foundation would not be sum-
ciently settled to allow the laying
of the road surface for at least Two
years. A plan to build one half OF
the road at one time to avoid de-
touring was also agreed upon.
Alderman-at-Large Richard CAL
vim. spokesman for the Perth AM
boy delegation. in presenting the
matter to the freeholders said: viii
the county pledge the city to take
the road off our hands in the event
\that the state refuses to provide the
vanticipated financial aid. as we are
in no position to finance the mat
ter without their assistance
To this query the freeholders re-
piled in the affirmative. at the same
time intimating that they would see
the road carried to complexion
whether the city or county retained
control of the road, they feeling tnat
it was one of the most important
highways to receive consideration.
Freeholder Walter Quackenbusn.
an exponent of the proposed change
in the lines of the road suggested
that the road be repaired this year
and the foundation for the new part
be started in preparation for new
road next year. but this propose,
met with opposition on the part OF
city officials as well as other mem
bers of the board of freeholders.
There is a crying need for a new
payement along this road this year,
declared Mr.. Calvin, "and it seems TO
me this is the most auspicious time
TO start operations as putting the
matter off for another year Will not
help matters. Let's get at 1t IN tne
quickest possible way and get II
DONE
While no Official or formal action
has been taken by any OF the gov
erning bodies interested in the pro,
ject, the meeting yesterday cioeeo
m the loon holes that have been
barring the progress OF the work and
the feeling now prevails that WITHIN
the next week the necessary ac-
tions will have been taken to make
the Improvement a certainty.
In addition to Mr.. Calvin, me
delegation from Perth Amboy all
OF whom indorsed the agreements
n included Aldermen Waters, Clark
and Patten.