The Penn's Grove record., 1923-08-03
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A resolution was adopted authoriz
ing the placing of a permanent type oil
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
III to the Passaic river, in New Prov
idence township, the commission ap-
proved the substitution of Springfield
for Elmora n
In response to a request from Sena-
tor William A. Stevens, as attorney
for Monmouth county, the commission
rejected plans and specifications for
construction of Section 8 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, SEN a 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
1923, amounting to S194,975, 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 a similar agreement between
Franklin township, also in Hunterdon,
and Hugh Simonton for construction
Of the Observation-Disclosures road. APP
prevail was given IN 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 a compilation made by
State Commissioner of Motor Vehicles
William L. Dill. The report shows
that 1876 persons lost their lives in au-
tomobile fatalities from January to
May 81 last. For le same period in
1922 1872 people were killed.
1T will be noted that twenty-three
more persons were killed by automo-
biles during the first five months of
1928 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. 1t,
moreover, brings out very forcibly how
dangerous is the practice of pedes-
trians using the highways and the
carelessness of parents in permitting
their children to play in the streets
Statistics compiled by the commits
sioner for this yea show the fatali-
ties as follows: January, "a residents,
| nonresident; February, 2S residents
and 2 nonresidents; March, SO rest
dents and 2 nonresidents; April, 40
residents and 2 nonresidents; May, "A
residents and l nonresident. a total Of
III residents and s nonresidents. Fig
ures for the first five months of 1922
show the death of 14S residents and
IA people from other states.
The commissioner has pledged local
committing magistrates that he will
support them in revOking licenses of
speeders and reckless drivers. When
licenses are Cancelled on such charges
Commissioner Dill has promised they
will not be restored except on econ
mendation of the official who imposed
the sentence of revocation.
Praise Penal Print Shops
Favorable comment on work being
carried on in the printing and engrav.
ing departments at the state prison,
the Railway Reformatory and the
State Home for Boys at Jamesburg is
contained in a report submitted to the
Union Printers League of New Jersey
at it's state convention in Plainfield
and adopted by that organization.
The report was made by a committee
which visited the institutions and in
spected the work in each. 1t was COM
posed of Chairman Harry w. Osgood,
Jersey City; Charles j. Smith, New
ark; Kenneth M. Forbes, Hoboken;
R. D. Uhler, Railway, and Benjamin A.
Wilson, Trenton.
Several recommendations were
made by the committee and approved
bv the convention. One was that the
printing class at Railway follow the
example of the boys home by issuing
a school publication. The league was
asked to indorse plans recommended
by the committee for cooperating
with Superintendent Frank Moore Of
Railway in the placement of paroled