Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1922-08-04
PAVE 2SIDES
Of STATE ST.
Plans for Additional Improve.
ment Made for Board of
FreehoIderS Yesterday

NEW BRUNSWICK, Aug. A.
Plans and specifications for the paw
ing of the west side of outer State
street, Perth Amboy, were author
lied by the Board of Freeholders
at it's weekly session yesterday aft,r-
noon. A resolution introduced by
Freeholder Clarence M. Haight was
unanimously adopted and it is said
tina: the work should be underway
within a month.
The construction at present in
progress along State street provides
merely for a twenty-foot pavement
on the west side of the street and
has been the cause of protest from
property owners in that vicinity. In
consideration of the fact that out
of $4,000 appropriation made for
the present job only about $4,000
viii. he used, the freeholders felt
that they could pave the other side
without an additional appropriation
IND that it would be advisable to do
it at once.
The additional strip to be paved
runs from Meredlth's line north
ward to Station 26. distance of
2c0G feet. The width averages about
nine feet.
At yesterdays meeting petition
was read and ]. Rymsha a State street
coal dealer. was present in per-
SCH to urge the freeholders to au-
thorize the work. The petition was
from property owners on the west
eri. side of the street and asked that
the paving be placed on that SIDE
as well as the portion now being
built. The communication directed
the attention of the freeholders to
the fact that there are no houses on
the east side but that the western
portion is built up along its entire
length.
A protest was registered beca use
the freeholders had authorized the
pavement of only one side of :he
street and then selected the side
having no homes. The petition also
requested a public hearing to give
the residents an opportunity to be
heard on the project and urged
that both sides be paved at once
as a matter of good business and
economy. In view of the freehold
ers' action, however, the requested
hearing will be unnecessary.
John Rymsha appeared before
the meeting after the petition was
have the Public Service Company
move it's tracks into the center Of
the street, so that traffic lines would
not be compelled to pass so close
together.
He expressed the opinion that
once the present work is completed
traffic conditions will be worse than
before because more machines would
use the new street. Mr.. Rymsna
saw menace in the necessity for
such a large volume of traffic both
l. nyon sid q
of the highway. Having the tracks
in the center, he thought, would
greatly improve conditions and 1t
could be done now while the street
is tern up.
Director Dey called Mr.. Rymsha's
attention to the difficulty in getting
the Public Service Company to
make any changes in it's right of
way and thought it would be I'M
possible to do as the Perth Amboy
mar suggested. He mentioned the
franchise held by the company and
SAID it would be impossible to force
the trolley company to move IT'S
tracks.
Other members of the board fav-
ored the suggestion but pointed out
the difficulty that would be encoun-
tered in trying to make the Pubic
service see it's advantages if it III
volved expense for their company.
The whole board saw the project as
an impossible task and shortly after
Mr.. Rymsha's appeal Freebooter
Haight's resolution authorizing
plans and specifications for the 5ob
as the tracks now stand was passed
unanimously.
The original idea of the freehold
ers in providing for paving the east
side only was based upon their con
viction that a twenty-foot street
would be adequate for traffic both
ways. They now feel that the present
strip would not meet the needs of
the traffic and that it would be mis-
take to leave one side, even a nj ne-
foot strip, unpaved. The decision
of the board was doubtless made
much easier by reason of the fact
that all of the appropriation of $50,
900 made for the east side paving
will not be necessary and the extra
job may be accomplished with what
is left from the original fund.