Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-09-14

ANAaN 1911 -
petition requesting the freeholders to
take immediate action IN remedying
the ~deplorable condition of Wood
bridge avenue in Raritan township,
between P.@cataway n and the
Metuchen borough line, was present.
ed to the county fathers yesterday
About two hundred and fifty resi-
dents of the section signed the petit
ton for relief from the present con-
G.tions which make the road prac-
tically impossible.
Freebooter ]. Fred Orpen stated
the people in that section have just
cause for complaint, though he was
doing his best to make temporary
repairs, but he advised the freehold
ers hat provision for the permanent
improving of the road would have
to be made next year.
The f~reeholder pointed out that
the county portion of the road ex-
tended frcm Piscataway to Bonham-
town corner only, the road from the
latter point to the Metuchen borough
line being under the direction OF the
township committee of Raritan
township. -
The petition was referred to tie
entire board for further considera-
ton.
William G.. Sloane, state highway
engineer, in a communication to the
board, advised hat the absence of
directionary signs at the junction of
the Old Bridge-Matawan and South
Amboy-Spotswood roads worked a
hardship on the passing motorists,
who are compelled to leave their
ears in an endeavor to obtain the
needed directions from residents of
the community. Mr.. Sloane request
ed that the necessary signs be Or
dered and erected at once. The
matter was referred to Freeholder
George S. Apologize for attention.
Though the regular meetings OF
the freeholders are convened at 1880
O'clock in the afternoon yesterdays
meeting was called fifteen minutes
ahead of the regular time out of
special consideration of two South
Amboy residents who entered a pro-
test against the freeholders draining
the water from the Hole-in-the-wali
over their property.
DR.. E. H. Eulner and Charles
Steuerwald entered the complaint
and asked that they be given assur-
ance that they would be protected
from the washing away OF their
property between the hole and the
state highway leading to the bridge.
While the freeholders would make
no promises as to the future care of
the situation they agreed to meet at
the site next Tuesday afternoon 20
look over the condition.
The freeholders. were advised by
officials of the Perth Amboy water
company that the city mains under
the Hole-fn-the-wall had been low
cred to the required depth to permit
of the paving work under the struc-
ture.
In a communication from the
Laurence Harbor Company the free
holders were advised that the Mata-
wan road, along which the company
recently laid water mains, had been
repaired and put in a satisfactory
condition following the laying of the
utility.
John f. McGovern, of New Bruins
wick, was awarded the contract for
building a reinforced concrete slab
bridge over Mill brook in Highland
Park, his figure of $4,176.60 being
the lowest bid submitted.
The other proposals on the job
were Fords Construction Company.
$3.50; Lambertson & Reese, $4,897,
and the Highland Park Building
Company, $500.
Only one bid for the furnishing of
coal for use in the county buildings
was received, it being submitted by
Lewis Board of this city, who agreed
to furnish 800 gross tons of egg coal
delivered in the bins at $14.20 per
ton. A contract was awarded to
him.
No proposals for furnishing and
erecting a $4,000 gallon IRON water
storage tank at the county work.
house were received, though bids
had been asked for.
County Engineer Larson was di-
rected to take immediate steps to
reinforce the super-structure and
abutments of the Riders lane bridge
which has recently been subjected to
very heavy traffic due to the use of
the lane as a detour to Midtown dur
ing the construction of the county
road leading to Berdine's corner.
This structure which is crossed
daily by about two thousand people
was reported by Freebooter George
S. Apologize as being in a very dam
gerous condition, and as the bus
owners operating on that run refuse
to permit the carrying of passengers
over the bridge, the freeholders au-
thorized immediate action to make
the structure safe.
The county engineer was directed