Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-06-11
CLEVELAND AVE-.
MEETING HELD
Many Property Owners Agree
to Sell Part of Land
to the State

"A large numDer OF the property
owners on the western side of Cleve-
land avenue. at a meeting in the
Western Improvement Association
hall Iast night. agreed to sell to the
state twenty-six feet of land needed
for the widening of the street. at
the price offered by the State High
way Commission. The meeting had
been called by the state board in
order that land might be obtained
to make Cleveland avenue a state
highway leading from Woodbridge
township to the new Victory bridge.
across the Raritan river. State High
way Commissioner Abraham Jelin
presided. Others present were Right
of Way Engineer Meeker of the
commission and Hyman Friedman.
special representative of the COM
mission In the purchase of this prop
erty. Twenty-one property owners
were represented.
Commissioner Jelin said the COM
mission realizes that Amboy avenue.
with it's many turns and corners.
will not be 3 good road leading to
the new bridge and for. that reason
the commission was anxious to
establish a new route through Cleve-
land avenue.
He pointed to the present condi-
ton OF Cleveland avenue. with its
narrow street and no pavement, and
then pictured the property after it
has been converted into wide
thoroughfare. He said with the ad-
vent of the new tnoroughfare the
property would increase in value as
1t would become better fitted for
business purposes while at the pres
ent time 1t is nothing but residen-
tial property. He impressed upon
the property owners that the COM
mission does not want them to give
the property to tho state, but does
want the owners to work with the
commission. The property can be
taken through condemnation pro-
ceedings, he said, but the commits
sion rather escape these legal pro-
ceedings and pay the owners as
much as real estate men think it is
worth.
Mr.. Jelin informed the property
owners the commission only desires
twenty-six feet of their property
and in most cases the buildings on
the property can be moved further
back on the lots without damaging
the property to any great extent.
Mr.. Jelin then called upon Engineer
Meeker to read off the names of
those who own property needed by
the state and to announce how
much they had been allowed for
same. Mr.. Jelin explained that the
highest figure given by three differ
ent appraisers was being offered.
Mr.. Jelin said the commission
would not only purchase the prop
erty needed but would also move the
buildings thereon back at its own
expense or give the property owner
the amount of money necessary to
have this work done. He said the
owners would have three or four
months notice before it was neces-
sary to vacate the property.
The names of the property owners
as read by Mr.. Meeker, the amount
offered for the section OF property
taken; that allowed for the moving
of the buildings and the reply of the
property owners to the proposition
follows:
Mary Schiller, 5s1 Brace avenue.
land $1,100: moving of buildings,
$S,429; total $4,529. After some dis
cussion Mrs. Schiller said she would
be satisfied to. have the state move
her building back and give her $3.50.
Mr.. Jelin said however. that there
might be change made in the pres
ent plans that would save Mrs. Schil-
ler's property from damage.
Edwin Nelson, 212 Water street.
said he would not consider the sum
of $2,100 for one piece of land nor
1912 for another.
Mrs. Eliza Kuzma, 633 Cleveland
avenue, land 1924; moving of build
ing $3,096: total $3.720. Mrs. Kuz-
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