Perth Amboy evening news., 1923-08-22
TUNNEL MOVE
BY ROAD BOARD
Action by Commissions on
Approaches at Jersey City
VehicuIar Tunnel Entrance

TRENTON, Aug. 22:-The Bridge
and Tunnel Commission has advised
the State Highway Commission that
by the terms of a law passed in 1922
the burden of providing the ap-
proaches to the Jersey City entrance
to the proposed tunnel under the
Hudson river has been shifted from
the tunnel board to the road COM
mission. The latter received a let
ter to this effect yesterday from the
tunnel builders and based their
stand on an opinion from their coun-
sci, State Senator Emerson L. Rich
ards, of Atlantic City, acting in the
capacity of an assistant attorney
general assigned to advise the Bridge
and Tunnel Commission.
Mr.. Richards gives it as his opin-
ion that by the terms of Chapter
253, Laws of 1922, Route No. 1 of
the State Highway System is extend
ed to the entrance" to the proposed
tunnel in Jersey City and sets forth
his view that this changes the orig
inal plans of the tunnel board which
were for it to take care of the street
widening leading to the mouth of
the tube under the river.
at would have been a simple
thing for the legislature, If it had SO
intended, to have provided that State
Highway Route No. 1 should begin
at Twelfth street and Jersey avenue,
where the maps and plans Of the
tunnel commission showed the ap-
proaches were to begin" said the
Richards opinion, land the fact that
the legislature did not choose to do
so but brought the route to the n
trance to the tunnels is conclusive
of their intent to take the whole
street widening scheme out of the
hands of the tunnel commission and
place 1t in the hands of the State
Highway Commission"
The highway commission simply
received the communication from
the tunnel board yesterday and de-
cided to look into the matter further
before committing itself definitely as
to accepting this further responsible
ity. 1t would likely NEAR that the
commission would need more funds
to pay for the street widenings and
approaches to the m I'll of the Hud-
son tunnel, as this construction was
not contemplated in the act provid-
ing for the $40, 900, 600 bond issue.
The view was expressed by members
of the road body that they would
likely ask for clarifying legislation
as to their complete authority be-
fore assuming this additional burden.
The commission at it's meeting
yesterday issued a statement explain
ing that 1t has been forced to insti-
tute court proceedings to compel
Mrs. Catherine Lines to abide by the
action of the condemnation commits
sion named some years ago to set a
value upon her property on Route
No. 8 in Morris county. She brought
an injunction suit to restrain the
state from taking a portion of her
property.
Contracts for which bids had al
ready been received were awarded
as follows: Section 9, Route IA,
Ocean View to Seaville, Cape May
county. to William Hisenberg, of
Woodbine, for Si97, 6SS.74 or SO per
cen of the engineers estimate.
Section 4-A, Route 8, Charlottes-
burg-Newfoundland, in Passaic and
Morris counties, to r. d. Richard
son Construction Company, of Scran-
ton, Pa, for s240,567.2S, or 80 per
cen of the estimate.
Section 5, Route 16, South Somer-
Vile to Woods Tavern, Somerset
county, to ]. F. Chapman & Son. for
$257 ,656.1S, or 1869 per cent of the