Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-10-29
REFERENDUM
AT JAMESBURG
Will Vote on Offer of Penna.
r.. R. and FreehoIders to
Revise Streets
EW OTHER ISSUES
HeImetta and SpotsWood
Also Have Dull Campaigns
Interest in Sheriff Race

"a IC6 OLN0t OSls 90 A6Ail
now being made by Mayor. Jacob
Wyckoff for various road improve
ments, elimination of grade cross
ings along Railroad avenue, has won
him the support of his own as well
as the Republican party and conse-
quently no opposition is offered him
to gain the reelection of the Off
ce he is now holding as executive
of the borough. On the Democra-
tic ticket are also running Ruben
Gabriel and John Worts, committee
men for three years and William e.
Paxton. justice of the peace.
The Republican organization of
the borough has placed only one
councilmanic candidate in the field.
Frank Emens. William Schade, Re-
publican, is on the ticket for justice
of the peace.
Like in other county municipali-
ties the interest has conferred on the
marolity fight at the primaries.
Jamesburg citizens gave voice to
their unanimous approval to the lone
issue that will be fought out at the
polls on election day at a big rally
held at the rooms of the American
Legion on Saturday night when they
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terms that after forty years of con-
troversy with the Pennsylvania Rail-
road Company hat the issue will be
decided for once and all.
The question brought to the lovers
of civic pride in Jamesburg was
whether Jamesburg was willing for
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company
to move their fence down the east
side Of Railroad avenue BACK maxi
ing the main t~horoughfare eighteen
feet in width or to accept their pro-
position of deciding to Jamesburg
landsthat will make the same road
way thirty-three feet in width and
allow the freeholders to improve this
piece of roadway in exchange for
Gatzmar avenue at no cost at all to
the borough.
If this improvement is accepted by
the voters all that the Pennsylvania
Railroad Company asks in return is
that the borough of Jamesburg give
approval of the closing of the Willow
street crossing. In addition to i'm
proving the main highway through
Jamesburg the Board of Freeholders
have agreed to build a cement bridge
across Manalapan stream on the east
side of the railroad, thus doing
away with the practice Of crossing
the railroad tracks twice to get into
or out of Jamesburg going in either
direction.
This improvement runs parallel
with the main street and on the OPP
posite side from where the main
stores of the town are located. This
portion of the business section are
up in arms over the proposed change
and hence the feeling that has risen
among the citizens. One faction cry
unfair" while the other Selfish"
The Board of F~reeholders have been
to Jamesburg several times and
finally requested that the referendum
be presented to the voters and this
will be done on November 6. In the
meantime the town Is divided into
sections and already workers for and
against are at work seeking support
for their side.
Mayor Jacob Wyckoff presided at
the meeting and explained in detail
just what the citizens desired. He
was followed by Frank H. Pownail
and John H. Baremore, the latter
speaking briefly while Mr.. Pownail
made a detailed explanation as fol-
lows:
THE future Of Jamesburg depends
upon how wisely you vote on Tues
day, November 6, in relation to the
referendum to decide upon the Dues
ton as to building the new concrete
roadway and cement bridge over
Manalapan brook on the east side of
Railroad avenue from Lincoln to
Buckelew avenue. Thesbenefits to be
derived by Jamesburg in this i'm
provement are:
First: We get from the Pennsyl-
vania Railroad Company a deed for
enough land to make a street thirty
three feet wide hat Will make it a
state and county road which is re-
CURED so that they can legally take
it over and include it in the county
and state highways and this chance
zones to the voters of Jamesburg
after forty years, This street is at
this time only from thirteen to
twenty feet wide and for that reason
has received no share in the county
road taxes.
Second: We will be relieved of
the rebuilding and continual repairs
of twenty-seven hundred feet of
roadway as the county will take it
over forever and build a modern
concrete highway twenty-four feet
vide with finished shoulders to the
curb line without cost to the bor-
ough."
Third: The County will build a
permanent, reinforced, concrete
bridge Of fifty feet in place OF the
n seventy-six feet and save the
cost of building the shorter one abouti
twenty-five thousand dollars and
borough will save her proportion of
the same in taxes for bridges.
Fourth: This road and bridge
will do away with seventy per cent
Of the traffic crossing the railroad
tracks twice, including school chill
dren and factory employees; pedes-
TRANS crossing the railroad tracks
and street will be reduced owe a
thousand a day and every one a pros
pect for an accident in the present
congested condition of the roads.
Fifth: 1t will not increase your
tax rate but on the other hand you
will see by careful estimate by men
who have studied conditions $372.50
per year or a reduction of eleven per
cent in your taxes. This is explain
ed by the fact that you cannot In
crease your tax rate by having the
County assume them. Neither can
you increase your county taxes by
building and paying for q road in
Jamesburg. that. IL not built here,
would be built In some other part
of Middlesex County. The road APP
preparation is made to the limit in
each year and is used somewhere.in
the construction of new roads. You
pay the same in either case. Do you
want your share or not +"
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