Perth Amboy evening news. [volume] (Perth Amboy, N.J.) 1903-1959, 1924-07-22
PAVE GRACE ST.
FAYETTE ST. To
Be CUT THROUGH
Smith Street Will Be Paved
from State Street to the &
Central Railroad
WILL FINISH AMB0Y AVE.
Thirteen Paving Jobs Authors
lied Last Night-lo
Widen Brace Ave. :.
WILL FINISH AMB0Y AVE.

The aldermen last night unanle
mously adopted on first reading sev~
eral ordinances authorizing the issu-
ance of bonds totaling $341,000 for
street Improvements in this city.
The paving of thirteen streets ID
included in this schedule of improves
mento, the cost of this work being
S266 600: one street will be opened
ard extended Mt a cost of $4,000;
another street will be widea ac1 andy
straightened at a cost 1of $5,W0: sW1
autchmobile slrinkHng trucks Will
be purchased at a cost of $15,QQ0
and an additional $4,000 Is to ~
spent in building a sewer syste<4 ~
the northern part Of the city. j q !
| Although the paving of H4(
street is not incmded ips hA z nEll<4x
kule of street Improvement ado( =. =
last night an appropriation OF $12, :
600 is made Tor the paving OF Grace
street, which will serve the purpose
of a connecting link for north ana
south bound shore traffic in getting
between Smith street and Market
street west of the state bridge. With
the paving of Grace street and its
use by the shore traffic while the new
Vivtory bridge is being constructed.
motorists passing through the city
will find all paved roads.
The amount of $4,000 is appro-
priated for the paving of Smith
street from State street to the east
erly line of the Central Railroad
station entrance.
A blanket ordinance appropria-
ting 100000 for the paving of ten
other streets was adopted. the
streets included being as follows:
RPio n ic ctr =,
southerly terminus; Park avenue,
Washington to Broad street; Groom
street. New Brunswick avenue 10
Brace avenue: Compton avenue.
Amboy avenue to westerly terminus;
Goodwin street, Smith street TO
Market street; Sherman street.
Market to Paterson street; South
First street, Gordon street to south
erly terminus; Brodhead Place, New
Brunswick to Sayre avenue; Jeffer-
son street, High to Rector street:
Ogden Place, New Brunswick ave.
nue. to southerly terminus.
In order that the paving of AM
boy avenue might be completed an
additional $4,000 was appropriated
to pay for the cost of additional
anders for drainage and sub-base.
This work has already been started
anu CohoiuSi hple plo6iCSS SiOuiQ DS
made before the end of next month.
An ordinance appropriating $25,-
900 for the opening and extension
of Fayette street from its present
westerly terminus. just west of
Clifford street, to the city line, was
adopted. This will make the road
2.651 feet longer than at present.
No provision is made in this ordin-
ance for a bridge over the Central
Railroad tracks.
For the purpose of widening and
Strengthening Brace avenue from
Convery Place west to Florida Grove
Road the, sum OF $4,000 Is appro-
priated.
Temporary Improvement bonds in
the sum of 100000 are to be issued
to pay the additional cost OF co.'s
structing the Kennedale Park sewer
for which $4,000 already has been
appropriated. 1t has been decided
to complete this system at this tims
instead of doing only part OF the
work.
An ordinance was adopted authors
izing the expenditure of $4,000 for
two automobile street sprinkler
trucks