Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-05-19
PLAN FOR WORK
IN WOODBRIDGE
Entire Iselin Road Repairs on
Contract Get Bids to
Widen Culverts

NEW BRUNSWICK. May "a
building of the Iselin-woodbridge
road which is the extension Of Green
street. Woodbridge. were somewhat
altered by the freeholders yesterday.
the original plan of doing the foun-
dalton work with county labor and
letting the warrenite surfacing job
sout on bids being superseded by de-
Gliding to let the entire Job out on
contract.
Z The original resolution passed last
week authorizing the work under
former plan was yesterday re-
rcinded and a new resolution father
ed by Freebooter Clarence NJ.
FHaight was adopted directing the
county engineer to revise the plans
though the same material warrenite
ID to be used.
Bids were received for the widen
Ing Of the two culverts and the
bridge on New Brunswick VENUE in
Woodbridge township between Ro-
An's corner and a point several
hundred feet east of the Perth AM
boy city line, and though the COM
mittees of the board appointed to
consider the bids spent over two
hours behind the iron doors of the
conference room where all star
chamber matters are discussed. they
made no award of the bids but re-
turned to the public meeting to
conclude the balance of their work.
Under the plans on which these
bids we're received the culverts and
bridge are to be widened the full
width Of the road to make possible
the plans of Woodbridge township
In laying sidewalks along the en-
tire length of the road. The bids
received not only provide for the ex-
tension Of the drainage facilities,
but also contemplate the erection
Of hand rails, the laying of side-
walks and the installation of curbs.
Four bids were received for the
work in connection with the bridge
which is about midway between Ro-
xau's corner and the city line. and
are as follows: Lambertson &
Reese, South Amboy. s10,649.41;
Fordss Construction Company, Fords
s11.463.7s; East Jersey Bridge
Company, Perth Amboy. sf1,5s9.19.
and Joseph McKeon, Woodbridge,
s~14,S29.43.
The concrete culvert near Null
lens spring, which is to be widened
was bid on by the East Jersey
Bridge Company, s7.1S4.21: Lam
,ertson & Reese, s7.15S.66. and the
lords Construction Company, ST.
0.94.
For the remaining culvert which
Is Just below Rogan's corner fig
ures were submitted by four firms:
Fords Construction Company, ST.
g9O.76; East Jersey Bridge Com
pany. s~3,2s9.60; Joseph McKeon'
s~3,747.2o, and Lambertson & Reese
$~3,754.O5.
Contracts were awarded for the
furnishing of lumber under the bids
received last week, Addison Conover'
Of Rocky Hill, being selected to fur
ufHr-wnlte oak at $3.50 per thou
sand feet, while the contract for fur
nishing yellow pine was given TO
the East Jersey Bridge Company OF
Perth Amboy and Perrine & Buck
elsw of Jamesburg. both of whom
figures of s65 a thousand
feet.
Plans for the concrete retaining
wall to be erected near Quaids
witch in Sayreville were approved
.ad the engineer was instructed TO
ask for bids on the work. Two
small %culverts in South River which
rave been inspected by a committee
of the board were reported to be too
to carry off the surface watsr
put 1t was decided that an inspection
of the condition by the entire board
be made before any decision
u regard to the rebuilding would be
A conference is to be arranged
with the members of the city COM
mission of New Brunswick in refer
ence to the paving of upper George
from the factory of johnson
& johnson to the park.
A resolution var adopted author
the borrowing of $4,000 in
of taxes.
The following report from Rari-
tan arsenal for the month ending
May 10 was received. read and or
dered filed: Materials On hand on
the above date. black powder, l7,S3'
pounds; pyro cotton, ~4,772,4S6
pounds; smokeless powder, 7,099,-
321 pounds: high explosive shells,