The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-04-26

L nv - 49,
funds should be set aside for each
road as occasion required.
In response to a request from the
Salem freeholders the commission de-
cided to preserve the historic name Of
Fenwick by applying the name Fen
wick bridge to the structure over Fen
wick Creek on Route 6.
Pick Expert Engineer
Major William G. Sloan of Nutley
was selected engineer by the new
State Highway Commission for q
term Of four years at an annual sal
airy of $12,0 900. The vote was unani-
nous. Major Sloan will take up the
duties of Thomas j. Wasser, former
engineer, who resigned shortly after
Governor Silzer fired the old road
board. The resolution by which he
was named was presented by Commits
sioner Percy H. Stewart of Plainfield.
and seconded by Commissioner Wal
ter Kidde of Montclair. Stewart is q
Democrat, while Kidde is a Repub-
lican. Sloan's politics is unknown.
The new State engineer has had a
varied experience in the field of engi-
neering. In 1900 he started as assist.
ant engineer of the Illinois Central
Railroad Company. After two years.
service there he went with James
Stewart & Co., where he had charge
Of foundations and masonry for the
plant of the British Westinghouse
Electric & Manufacturing Company,
| at Manchester. ENGLAND.
During the latter part of 1908 Major
Sloan was engaged as chief engineer
by the Macarthur Brothers Company,
a nationwide contracting concern.
Within one year he was promoted to
the vice-presidency Of that company.
! While with this company he carried
on large contracts in this and foreign
countries to the extent OF hundreds
of millions of dollars. In February,
1918, he was given the rank Of major
in the construction forces of the
United States army. A few months
after he was commissioned Major
Sloan took the Twenty-second Regi-
ment Engineers to France. This or
ganization took charge of light rail-
way construction. He is As years old.
At the organization meeting OF the
| special legislative committee which
will investigate bridge contracts OF
the old State Highway Commission,
Senate President Wailworth was
| chosen chairman and Speaker Evans
secretary. Other members of the
committee are Senators Bright Of
Cape May and Richards of Atlantic,
and Assemblymen Chamberlain of
| Essex and Welsh of Hunterdon.
Attorney General McCran, special
counsel, conferred In executive ses-
sion with the committeeman. Sidney
Turner of Paterson was named Ste
nographer, and Martin N. Darby Of
Union county as accountant.
Taking over the old Malaga road,
from Millville north through Vineland
to the Cumberland Gloucester county
line, a distance of IL miles, was urged
upon the commission by a Cumber-
land county delegation, consisting Of
Roscoe C. Ward, solicitor; Walter M.
Sharp, county engineer, and William
Chambers and George Reeves, men,
bers of the Board of F~reeholders.
This road is one of the routes of
fcially designated by the last Legis-
lature as part of the State highway
| system.
1t was maintained by the commits
sion, however, that the department
has no money available for the acqui-
sion or maintenance of new routes
and the commission is accordingly not
In a position to accede' to the county's
wishes. Upon the suggestion of the
commission, the Cumberland county
! officials agreed to cancel a contract
with the Tri-State Construction Com
pany for building a mile OF road
through Millville with ~warranite, 9
patented material. This road was to
have been built under the county re-
endorsement plan. The commission
has gone on record as being opposed
to the use of patented materials.
Camp Orders Issued
All of New Jerseys citizen soldiery.
except the 18th Field Artillery, will
train this year at Camp Silzer, Sea
Grit. From July 1 to s, 80 officers and
486 specially selected enlisted men
will take a special advanced course
Of instruction. After that the sched-
ule will be:
Staff corps and departments, July 7
to August rs, IL officers Headquarters
9th infantry Brigade, July 7 to %,
five officers; Headquarters Company,
57th Infantry Brigade, July Z to 81,
one officer, Al enlisted men; 18th
Infantry, July 7 to 81, SIS officers and
1,04S enlisted men; Hath Infantry,
July IA to %. 81 officers, 1,147 enlisted
men; 104th Engineers, July % to Au-
gust II, Is officers, 494 enlisted men;
10th Medical Regiment, July % to
August II, 10 officers, 260 enlisted
men; 1920 Cavalry; August IL to 25,
AZ officers, 55S enlisted men; 44th
Division Signal Company. August IL
to 25, six officers, 76 enlisted men.
In the Second Corps Area, compris-