Perth Amboy evening news., 1922-07-28
HOLE IN WALL
I IS DISCUSSED
No Change in So. Amboy Sit
uation Indicated at Free
holders Meeting

NEW BRUNSWICK, July 20
Mrs. Kate Hess and Mrs. Heller
Hargen, representing the MORT
Raritan Township Improvement AS
sociation. appeared before the Boart
Of Freeholders yesterday and at
tempted to convince that body tina
thew should Immediately take oVel
the New Dover road as a COUNTY
highway, though the county fathers
refused TO do so before next year OF
the grounds hat their o appro'
priation for 1922 would not allow OF
any repairs. -
Mrs. Hess pointed out that two
hundred voters had petitioned the
freeholders over a year ago to take
action in the matter but that II mas
been completely ignored.
The road in question runs from
oak Tree to the old Lincoln high
wav in the vicinity of the former
government hospital at Colonia and
is the only means of ingress Tor that
section and according to the speak
ers is passable only five months OIL
the wear. Freeholders Clarence M.
uaipht and J., Fred Orpen were ap-
pointed as a committee to meet
with the township authorities for
the purpose of effecting a suitable
settlement of the issue.
That old bugbear, the hole-in-the-
wall at South Amboy, about whicn
SO much has been said m Tor whlch
az little has been done by the Tree
FOLDERS was again brought up as
the subject of discussion and incl
IDENTIFY brought forth a broad round
nf smiles from the entire personnel
of the board.
DESPITE the fact hat numerous
motions have been made in times
past for immediate action on the
matter. followed occasionally by IN
spections of the existing conditions
nv the freeholderS individually. ana
in company with Pennsylvania RAN
road officials, together with confer
ences at offices of the railroad COM
many. the old "hole' exists in about
the same condition that IL has loi
time immemorial.
THE last previous advice on the
matter was to the effect that engl-
neers of the county and railroad
were busily engaged preparing n
nlans for the elimination of the nui-
sance but nothing further was
heard on the subject until yesterday
when Freebooter Haight ventured
the opinion that it might be well 10
rom municate further with the Penn
savanna company. The clerk was
authorized to take such action.
1rvb county roads completed last
veaY were accepted by the board n
the payment of the five per cent
withheld from the contractors as a
guarantee for the upkeep OF the sur
face was ordered paid. The county
will be further protected Tor a per
iod of five years as the contractor
have filed maintenance bonds for
Z, 80 a NM f~nn dc accented
we've the Blazing Star road in
velt and New Brunswick avenue in
Eords.
Another prospective site has been
offered for a tuberculosis sanator-
Al amrthough no action in this con-
nection is anticipated until after the
MEMO Park site is disposed of. BIDS
for the purchase of the latter prop
erty will be received on August "a.
The site called to the freeholders
attention yesterday, comprises the
ninety-three acre farm near the
lower Jamesburg station, for which
the owner, Peter Torgensen has fix
ed a price of $1,000.
Prosecutor Joseph E. Stricken in a
communication to the board called
the freeholders attention to h en-
actment of a revision to the law
governing the salaries of county de-
t~ectiyes, which applies to county de-
tective John R. Ferguson of New
Brunswick and William Fitzpatrick
of Perth Amboy.
This law which became effective
March Is of this year fixes the sal
airy of these officials at $3.50 per
month, which will be paid from thai
date according to County Solicitor
Frederick F. Richardson.
Permission was granted to h
Women's auxiliary of Star Post. No,
127 of the American Legion OF
Jamesburg TO rope off Lincoln ave.
nue. between Stockton and Stevens
street on the evening of August &c,
for the purpose of conducting a
block dance.
Through advices from the war
department there will be no further
hearings on the application of the
Central Railroad of New Jersey to
erect O new four-track drawbridge
over Newark bay from Bayonne to
ElixAbethport, as the revised plans
which greatly increase the height of
the draw above the water will re-
move the objections made against
the project.
The permission for the erection of
the new structure will not be decid-
ed on until August s, though the
plans are open for public inspection
in the Army building at New York.
County Treasurer f. William
HiIker was authorized to issue notes
for $4,000 in anticipation of taxes
due in December.
The bond and contract of Andrew
Keys OF Woodbridge for the fur
nishing OF oil and stone for road
W0rA wera qONrOkpd.