Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-03-31
TWO INF PORTANT
CONFERENCES
ON NEXT WEEK
City Engineer Booz Meets
Highway Engineer on AM
boy Avenue Paving Matter
WANT STATE
AL D
important Fayette Street
Bridge Conference With
Central Railroad Officials

Two important conferences, sched-
uled for next week by Louis z. Booz,
Jr., city engineer, are expected to
clear up to considerable extent, ques-
tions of Importance in connection
with the cutting through and paw
ing OF Amboy avenue and also the
laying of sewers for the grade cross
ing elimination. The first confer
ence will be held on Monday and the
second later in the week.
The conference on Monday will
be held at Trenton, between Mr..
Booz and Division Construction En-
gineer, Harry d. Robbins of the
State Highway Commission. At this
conference Mr.. Booz and Mr.. Rob-
bins will go over the cost of the nee
essary Improvement of Amboy ave-
nue.. The Highway Commission at
the conference with city officials last
week, authorized the engineers to go
over the Amboy avenue plans and
make such changes and recommen-
dations as are necessary to meet the
requirements.
The conference in connection with
the railroad elimination will be held
at Jersey City with A. j.. Owen, chief
engineer of the Central Railroad.
AT this. conference the question. of
bridge over the tracks at Fayette
street will be Diseased. This will
be the third conference on this mat
ter that has been held by Mr.. Owen
and the city officials. The first was
held in this city and was attended
by the Board of Aldermen. City En-
gineer Booz and City Attorney David
T. Wilentz. This week Mr.. Booz was
in conference with Mr.. Owen in Jer-
sey City at which time it was decided
that both would make sketches OF
the proposed improvement at Fay
cite street and submit them at a
conference to be held next week.
Considerable data has been gather
ed by Mr.. Booz for the pending con-
ference.
Mr.. Booz declared today that he
has a large force of men working on
the plans for the new trunk line
sewer, which must be laid prior to
the railroad elimination. Consider
able data is being gathered and other
detail work is being done. The rail-
road company also has field engi-
neers at work in this city on the
elimination work.
today, to carry out the plan suggest
ed at the conference in this city,
to lay temporary sewer across the
tracks at Washington street, in order
that the railroad company may be-
gin the erection of the abutments
to the bridge at that point. The
reason that this can not be done, ac-
cording to Mr.. Booz, is that the
sewer at the present time is forced
to do more than its capacity and in
carrying out the suggestion 1t would
probably damage the construction
of the sewer. Several times during
the past winter, Mr.. Booz pointed
out the sewer has oyerf1owed, due
to the extensive rains.
Mr.. Booz was of the opinion to-
day that since it will be impossible
for the railroad company to start
the erection of the Washington
street, bridge until the city has taken
care of this sewer, that the first
work to be done by them will be the
removal of the Central station from
it's present location, so that the
bridge to care for the traffic Of
Smith and Market streets can be
Terected.