The Monmouth inquirer., 1923-08-09
NOT TO CURB
ROAD CEMENT BID
Highway Board Quickly Decides
Against Plan to Bar All But
New Jersey Plants.
APPROVAL GIVEN PROJECTS
Autos XIII 1856 In New Jersey In Five
Months-TotaI ls Twenty-three
Greater Than For Same
Period Last Year.

| Trenton. = In obtaining prices for
Portland cement the State Highway
Commission will not limit competition
to plants which are located in New
Jersey. This was decided by the com.
mission when the subject was brought
up by State Highway Engineer Will
| liam G. Sloan 1t did not take the
Commission long to determine that the
widest competition possible should be
obtained in view of general belief
that the price enforcement Is fixed by
com blnation of interests.
6udd Lake Road Problems
In the consideration of the acquisi-
ton of properties needed in connec-
ton with the highway system Major
Sloan recommended that e. T. Dali
berg be offered $500 for approximately
three acres of land required In con-
nection with section ID of the Budd
Lake-Neteong road, part Of Route s..
Mr. Dalberg had fixed a price Of
$5,908, In lieu Of which he offered to
accept $4,000 in cash and 500 yards Of
earth ILL., The commission decided on
condemnation proceedings.
Condemnation proceedings also were
authorized to acquire property of Silas
H Chamberlain on the same road. Mr..
Chamberlain asking price was $4,000,
while the estimate of the land value,
including drainage, made by the High
way Department, was $1,000.
In disposing of other property ques-
tons relating to the Budd Lake-Net-
cong road the commission decided to
approve purchases OF properties rec
commended by its right of way depart
ment where the amount did not ex-
coed 5000 and to have appraisals made
where larger amounts were involved
The commission also authorized con-
domination proceedings to acquire
property of Townsend Cushman along
the Chatham Brentwood section of
Route 5.
A resolution was adopted authoriz-
ing the placing of permanent type of
pavement on the Budd Lake-Netcong
road, a federal aid project, as soon as
practical after the fills have settled.
This action was taken to meet the re-
quirements Of the Bureau of Public
Roads
Approves Substitute Route
Following a hearing given to County
Engineer Jacob l.. Bauer of Union
county with reference to approval of
the contract for the reconstruction of
Springfield avenue from Snyder ave-
nue. to the Passaic river, in New Prov
idence township, the commission ap-
proved the substitution of Springfield
for Elmora avenue.
In response to request from Sena-
tor William A. Stevens, as attorney
for Monmouth county, the commission
rejected plans and specifications for
construction of Section of the Farm
ingdale-Belmar road. This action was
taken on the ground of lack of funds
1t will enable the county to construct
the highway from It's own funds.
The Township Committee of Rari-
tan, Middlesex county, sent resolu-
ton to the commission setting forth
traffic congestion existing in the vicin-
ity of New Brunswick and urging
some action to afford relief
The commission accepted the resig-
nation of Richard DeCharms, assistant
bridge engineer, employed in the New
ark Office. 1t authorized payment of
the entire motor vehicle allotment for
1928, amounting to $194,975, made to
Bergen county.
Approval was given to an agreement
between Union township, Hunterdon
county. and Sigafoos & Poore for con-
struction of the Jutland Perryville
road from township aid. Approval was
given similar agreement between
Franklin township, also in Hunterdon,
and Hugh Simonton for construction
Of the Pittstown-Q uakertown road APP
prevail was given an award of con-
tracts for broken stone, gravel and
equipment for motor vehicle aid work
in Morris county.
Autos Kill 1876
Automobile fatalities for the first
five months Of this year exceed those
for the corresponding period in 1922,
according to compilation made by
State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
William L. Dill. The report shows
that 1856 persons lost their lives in au-
tomobile fatalities from January to
May 81 last. For the same period in
1922 1852 people were killed.
at will be noted that twenty three
more persons were killed by automo-
biles during the first five months of
1923 than were killed for the CORE
spending period in the year previous"
said Commissioner Dill.
This increase in fatalities is only
another evidence of the necessity of
vigorous enforcement Of the motor We
hicle and traffic acts and the revoca-
ton of licenses of those motorists who
have no regard for life or limb It,
moreover, brings out very forcibly how