The Monmouth inquirer., 1924-09-25
AUTHORIZE ROAD
SURFACE TESTS
Agree on Experiments Looking to
Lowered Costs in improving
Certain Highways.
BOARD LET'S SOME CONTRACTS
Essex Paving Award Approved. Work
on Budd Lake-Neteong Strip Is Or
dered-Marker For Edison's First
Laboratory at MenIo Park.

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Of road surfaces, though on more
limited scale than first contemplated,
was authorized by the State Highway
Commission. The purpose of the ex-
periments is to determine IL less cost
ly material can be used with salts
factory results in improving certain
classes OF highways.
The commission will act in conjunc-
ton with the State Agricultural Col
lege at New Brunswick, contributing
$4,000 toward the tests, while the col
lege viii provide $4,000.
The college at first contemplated an
expenditure of $4,000, but subse-
quently 1t was found such an amount
would not be available.
Agreement as to the proposed eK-
periments was reached after confer
enee with Dr. Jacob G. Lipman, dean
of the Agricultural Experiment Sta
ton, who explained the inability of
the college to carry out the plan
originally proposed.
State Highway Engineer William G.
Sloan announced that the first expert
ment will consist of trying out asphalt
tic oil of the slow curing variety as
q top dressing for nacadam on Stag
base. This grade of oil has been used
on number of gravel roads in South
Jersey, but its availability for other
types of road have not been estab-
lished The first test will probably be
on the road in front of the admins
tration building at the college.
Contracts Are Awarded
The Public Service Production Com
pany, Of Newark. was awarded the
contract for paving one and half
miles of Route 5, between Budd Lake
and Netcong. The award was for
S103,2S0. The contract for construct
ing approaches to the new Lackawan-
ma bridge. eliminating the grade cross
ing on Route at Mountain View.
was awarded to the United Building
&; Construction Company, of Lodi, for
s103,O17 John j McGarry, Of Edge
water, was awarded the contract for
paving one-half mile of Route IS in
Alpine Borough for S98, 126.
The commission voted to request
Attorney General Katzenbach to in
stitute proceedings for the removal
OF an additional gasoline filling ap-
paratus installed at the. garage of Tay-
Tor Brothers on Route 1 at Highland
Park. The tank was reported by en-
gineers to constitute an encroach-
ment of seventeen feet on the high
way right Of way.
Mr.. Katzenbach also will be asked
to compel removal Of traffic beacon.
erected by the authorities of Union
Township, Ocean County, at Main and
High streets, on Route 4, at Barne-
gat. The commission objects to the
location Of the beacon as an obstruc-
ton.
Prospect Avenue Paving
Award by the Essex Board of Free
holders of contract for paving Pros
pect avenue, state aid project, was
approved by the commission. The
contract, for $253.555, was awarded to
the Jannerone Contracting Company
of Belleville. The section to be paved
is approximately four miles of Pros
pect avenue from Bloomfield avenue
to the Mortified road in the Verona
and West Orange sections. The con-
struction is to be of concrete.
The commission approved request
OF the Edison Pioneers for permission
to place a marker in honor Of Thomas
A. Edison, designating the location of
Mr.. Edison's first laboratory at Men
10 Park. The location will be along
Route IS between Railway and
Metuchen, where site has been pur-
chased by the Edison Pioneers.
Major Sloan informed the commits
sion that plans and specifications
have been prepared for the recon
struction of the Reeves bridge, span
ming the Pompton River on Route 8,
from Montclair to the New York state
line. The estimated cost is $4,000.
Upon recommendation of Major
! Sloan the commission approved pay
ment of $4,000 to the Strauss Bascule
Bridge Company, OF Chicago, for prep
aration of plans and specifications for
/ the bridge over the Cheesequake
Creek on the Morgan-Keyport cutoff
Oh Route T. II is estimated the super
structure will cost s65,000.
To Close Part of Road One Day
| The commission granted a request
/ Of the borough of Bernardsville for
permission to close the portion of
Route Is. in front of the Bernards-
Vile Library building, during cere-
monies incident to the unwilling Of a
soldiers and sailors memorial Friday.
Major Sloan was authorized to ac-
/ quire lands near Farmingdale, needed
/ In connection with the elimination OF
\ the grade crossing on the Central
| Railroad on Route Z. The estimated
cost of the elimination is 100000, Of
which the railroad will pay share.
! Upon receipt OF report from Ma
tor Sloan, relative to hearings con-
| Quoted by the War Department, with
/ respect to bridges spanning the
! Hackensack and Passaic rivers. the
commission directed Major Sloan to
communicate with Colonel Fl. C. New.