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and refilling the canal throughout
would probably add $2,000,000.

The committee was Unanimously vi
the opinion that the cost of caring for
the canal property, dismantling the
structures and leaving the canal in
safe and sanitary condition should be
the first charges against any moneys
realized from the settlement ALREADY
made with the Lehigh Valley railroad
or realized hereafter from the sale OF
the canal property.
Advisory Road Plan
Receipt of many communications re-
lating to the plans of the advisory
hoard Of the State Highway CommiS
sion n solve traffic conditions at va
riops congested points in the state
,romnted the commission to empha'
size at its meeting that the re0oiii
mandations of the advisory boaru ana
tho nroposed program outlined by the
Highway Commission are only tenta-
rive Before final action is taken the
Highway Commission proposes TO con
dnct nublic hearings at which oppor'
tunitv will be given for expression VI
opinion and the presentation Oh rec-
concentrations.
Commissioner Abram Jelin was des-
ignated by the commission to call upon
tbe chief of the Bureau or Puphc
Roads at Washington with view OF
urging additional federal aid for New
Jersey because of the expensive proJ-
ects under way in this state involVlhg
directly interstate traffic between New
Jersey. New York and Pennsylvania.
IF an apDointment can be made Mr..
Jelin will present New Jersey case
before Chief Mcdonald of the bureau
at Washington this week Later Mr.
Mcdonald will be invited to be the
guest of the commission at the New
ark Athletic Club for further discus
sion of the subject.
Asks Aid for Hunterdon
County Solicitor George K. Large
of Hunterdon, with a delegation from
the Hunterdon Board of Freeholders.
urged that the commission give spe-
cial consideration to Hunterdon IN
road building. Mr.. Large explained
that the ratables in the county had
decreased and its funds are so low
that It cannot match federal aid ap-
preparations, even where these are
available The county is particularly
desirous of having state aid in the
construction of roads between Flem-
ington and Frenchtown, Flemington
and White House and Lambertyille
and Hampton
Chief Engineer William G. Sloan rec
commended rejection OF all bids recelY-
ed for the Cedar Bonnet bridge span
ming ManahaWKin bay, Ocean county
and readyertising. The commission
however, decided to hold the matter
in allegiance The low bid was sub
mitted by the krellwitz Contracting
Company of Newark at 1863 pr cent
of the engineers estimate.
Former Chief Engineer Thomas j.
Wasser, now engineer for the Public
Service Construction Company, was
complimented by the commission for
completing the SWaintOn-Oce
road in Cape May county in sixty-nine
days, or thirty-onc days less than the
time stipulated in the specifications
Commissioner Jelin, who inspected the
work, pronounced it an excellent job.
Wants Paving in BsIIevilIe
Commissioner Frank A Neary o.
Belleville urged the improvement Of
Washington avenue in that town. His
request was that the state pave a
twenty-two-foot width of the highway
through Belleyille. which forms part
of Route between Newark and Pat
erson. Major Sloan was directed to
Investigate the cost
Disposing of a request from J. S
Geiger & Son for final payment foI
work on Speedwen avenue Morris
county, part of Route 5, the commits
sion announced its willingness to sane
tion final payment subject to the con
tractor giving a release of all subse
quent claims. Geiger & Son had al
+ ready made known their intention OF
putting in an additional claim be
cause of delays and extra costs in
volved in injunction proceedings and
other contingencies not contemplated
in the specifications.
Major Sloan was authorized to ad
vertise for the renewal of upper and
lower track of wheels for the turn
table of the first Passaic river brid se
east of Newark on the Lincoln high
way section OF Route No. 1, with such
adjustments OF machinery as are re
quired at this time The estimated
cost is from $4,000 to 100000.
Quality for Prison Jobs
Only two OF four candidates wAl
took the examination for director OF
administration and state use indus
tries at the state prison qualified in
the test, it was announced. They
were Calvin Derrick, now serving TEN
porarily in the position, to which he
was appointed following the prison in.
quiry some months ago, and William
]. Ellis, a psychologist in the Depart
ment of Institutions and Agencies.