Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1923-04-11
MAJOR SLOAN IS
n. J. ENGINEER
NutIey Man, Veteran of World
War, Named by State High
way Commission
SALARY Is $4,000
Perth Amboy Bridge Again
Taken Up by Commission
Long Discussion Held

TRENTON. April 11-Major Will
liam G.. Sloan, of Nutley. was yester-
day chosen to be state highway en-
gineer for a term of four years by
the new bipartisan State Highway
Commission. Mr.. Sloan takes the
place left vacant by the resignatio on
of Thomas j. Wasser of Hudson
county, who relinquished the job
shorty after the aid board was fred
by Governor Silzer. The new engi-
neer will receive a salary of S12,O0O
a year, the same as Wasser re-
ceived. Sloan is required by the
commission to file a $4,000 bond,
and to agree that he will give his
entire time to the Office of highway
engineer.
SIoan was nominated by Commis-
sioner Percy Stewart, Democrat, OF
Plainfield, and seconded by Com
missioner Walter Kidde, who is a
Republican, of Montclair. The cleo
tion was then made unanimous.
Major Sloan, who was an engi-
neering officer during the war, Is an
Ohioan by birth and after attending
the elementary schools at Chicago,
completed his education at the UNI
yersity of Wisconsin and Cornell
University. He as graduated from
Cornell in 1899.
1t was said that he has been as
sociated with engineering companies
throughout the country and has
done important work on many
large engineering projects. Major
Sloan built the entire cantonment at
Camp Merritt, just previous to his
acceptance of a commission as ma
jor of engineers in the United States
army. While in the service 1t was
said that Major Sloan acted as su-
pervising constructing quartermas-
ter for the northeastern section Of
the United States, his work invoh =
ing work similar to that done while
he was in "a private, capacity at
Camp Merritt.
While in France, it was stated
that Major Sloan was in charge or
light railway construction in the
st. Mihiel and Meuse-Argonne sec
tors of the war front.
Since leaving the service in 1920,
Major Sloan has been engaged rs
a consulting engineer and in other
private engineering enterprises.
The State Highway Commission,
at its meeting yesterday refused the
request of the Cumberland county
officials to take over the Malaga
road from Millville, north to Glou-
cester and to build the road at a
cost of $4,000. The route is one
of the many road grab roads pass
ed during the closing hours of the
legislative session and is twelve
mile long.
The commission refused to take
over the road because it was de-
clared the board had not funds for
the construction or the maintenance
of the road.
The road board announced that
the Cumberland freeholders had
agreed to cancel a contract with a
road construction company for the
building of one mile OF road in Mill
vile, with Warrenite. The job was
to have been done under the reim-
Eursement plan.
nounced that it would build the road
in question with concrete at the
states expense.
A lengthy conference took place
yesterday between the road commits
sion and Clarence w. Hudson, con-
sulting engineer for the construction
of the Perth Ambcy state highway
bridge, the details of which are now
under investigation by legislative
committee. Attorney General
Thomas F. McCran has also insti-
tuted a suit in the court of chancery
against the ousted State Highway
Commission and the Donnell Lum-
ber Company, from whom the old
boar dis alleged to have purchased
100000 worth of land at cost of
s23O,0o0.
The commission held the confer
ence with Hudson behind closed
doors, but it was said the Perth
Amboy bridge project was discussed
in the fullest detail, so that the new
commission may be familiar with
the status of the bridge and the
work done on the structure.
A letter was read at the meeting
from naval officials. asking the
board to build the Browns Mills
Lakehurst road, SO that the large
dirigible hangar OF the navy at
Lakehurst may he more easily
reached. The commission asserted
that inasmuch as the road mem
toned was not state highway, the
state could do no work on the road.
The board decided at yesterdays
meeting to tour Essex county on
April 10.
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