Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-05
dATE STREET
| WORK ASSURED.
County to Fix NortherIy Ap-
/ proach to Woodbridge
Creek Bridge
PUBLIC SERVICE HEARD
will Cooperate With Free
holders - HoIe-in-WaII
PragreSS Encouraging
PUBLIC SERVICE HEARD

Il NEW BRUNSWICK, Oct. D.
Work on the reconstruction of the
Hole in the Wall at South Amboy is
i progressing in a most satisfactory
manner, according to the report sub
mitted by Director William S. Dey
S to the Board of Freeholders yester-
day afternoon, and it is expected that
4 the work will be complete by Novem-
Der Is.
The sidewalk through the Hole will
be thrown open to the public next
Monday, the drainage system is
about one-third complete, one of the
walls has been finished and work is
now underway in the erection of
j piers and a start was made yester-
day in the paving of the road from
the "hole' to Stevens avenue.
~, Public Service Action
% H. G. Donaker, of the Public Ser
pn{1e, was in attendance at the meet
k.sg and offered the cooperation of
~ company in assisting the free
"a dNders in repaving the northern ap-
Il. Abach to the Woodbridge creek
X#idge on outer State street, Perth
pESnboy.
NUnder the agreement reached the
E3resent approach will be removed
Nand a concrete base laid by the
county, on which new Belgian blocks
will be laid. The financing of the
project will be cared for by the
county and at some future date the
trolley company will reimburse for
their share of the cost as provided
for in their franchise.
The paving between the trolley
racks on Main street, Milltown, will
be provided for in the same manner.
State Highway1 Engineer Sloan in
communication to the freeholders
srlyised that the detour from the
trSnbury -Plainsboro road at Dutch
Herk was not properly marked with
Fifsctionary signs and requested that
ethe necessary signs be erected at
once.
Hospital Inspected
Director Dey reported that the in
spection of st. Peters Hospital mace
early in the afternoon showed the
institution to be in excellent shape
and most effectively managed. The
i1p-to date bookkeeping system was
closely inspected and found to be
model of accuracy the rooms We're
foand to be bright and clean and the
service rendered the patients was
spoken highly of by the patients VINO
the hospital was made at the request
OF Monsignor John Norris and dur
ing the noon hour the freeholders
were the guests of the institution at
fine dinner.
I County Engineer Larson reported
That plans for increasing the widths
asf several county road shoulders
IL re in the course of preparation
82d would be submitted for the free
~ iers approval next week. The
a Ads to be cared for are the Old
AtsdGge- -Matawan, the River road, the
~ 'ton-New Market and Avenel
m I'd.
98f(M-. Larson also advised the coun-
&&y fathers that plans for the drain
'$Age of New Brunswick avenue, Rar-
titan township, were being prepared
And that 1t would be necessary to irf
stall storm sewer system in THAI
locality to carry off the surface wa
Ter
Permission was granted the Mid
Hlesex County Automobile Associa-
l tion to erect an auto signal at the
corner of the Walter Williams prop
1ertv on Plainfield avenue, between
Metuchen and Plainfield, as q warn
ing of the sharp curve at that point.
Clerk Mu1vihill was directed to
notify the New York Telephone
Company that the poles on the east
ern side of Stevens avenue South
Amboy, will have to be moved.
Contract Awarded
e w. Schweirs, Jr., of New York
was the lowest bidder on the con-
struction of a concrete cuIvert over
a branch of the Milestone river at
Applegarth and was awarded the
dob on his proposal of $3262, which
provides for concrete pier work.
The other bids were Lambertson
q. Reese. South Amboy, $5,497 with
concrete piers or $3,94S with wooden
piling; Kolyn Construction Company
Trenton. S5,435 for concrete or So
qfu for wood and John D. Bennett
ofYCranburv $3.703.39 for concrete
sfsor S3454.S7 for wood.