The Monmouth inquirer. [volume] (Freehold, N.J.) 1865-1933, 1924-04-17
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Ten bids were received by the
board Of Freeholders Wednesday Of
last weekfor the paving with reinforced
concrete Of the second section OF the
Farmingdale- Manasquan road, 2.53
miles and the contract was awarded to
the Freehold construction company
whose estimate, $106.269 81 was the
lowest. The Mercer Construction of
Asbury Park submitted the second
lowest bid sos, 383. 40. Other bids were:
SIS. Thompson ~ Co; Red Bank,
$10o, 433 "a; Jannarne Contracting
company, BelIeville, $112, 1913. S8; Little
&Pfeiffer, Perth Amboy, $113, 1881;
Standard Bithulithic Co; New york
City, $118,543. 80; John M. Reuter-,
Elizabeth, $11S, 618.36; Ross e. Walen,
inc; Trenton, $122, 112.7S; 4. M. Gibbs
Construction company, Philadelphia,
1923. 656.32; Galen& Poole inc; Tren-
tom. 1926. 952.74.
The clerk was directed to advertise
for bids, to be received April % for
the reconstruction of the Allentown
Imlaystown road, 1857 miles, with Stag
base and gravel top.
Plans and specifications prepared by
George K. Allen, county engineer, for
o new steel and concrete bridge over
Deal lake connecting Asbury Park and
Wanamassa at Sunset avenue, were
approved and the clerk was directed to
advertise for bids to be received May
2. The plans call for a bridge Of all con-
crete surface having roadway Of 26
feet inches with 7-foot side and ia
expected to cost in excess of 800. 600.
Mayor Frederick Kieferdorf, sCoun-
Gilman Eu enc johnson, PastDr Grim
and several citizens, bearing petition
containing the signatures Of 81 G items,
appeared before the board to urge
that Navesink avenue be paved,
Bay avenue be improved and drain at
the side of the latter highway be piped.
They were advised by direotor New
comb that the county was without
funds to undertake paving any new
sections; that the board is in sympathy
with the needs of Highlands boro and
will do all it can for it and that in efer-
ence to the drain complained OF he
would arrange meeting of the freeze Id
ers with the boro authorities see what
could be done to remedy the condi-
tions complained of.
Director Bryant B. Newcomb re-
ported that Deal boro and Long
Branch city officials had each agreed
to pay one third of the cost of ex-
tending drain across Ocean avenue
at the boundary line between the two
places and that they wished the
county to assume the other one-third
of the cost After considerable dis
cussion resolution was adopted
pledging the county to pay one-Ihird
the Lcost of the drain improvement
provided the contracts advertised and
let to the lowest bidder.
But one bid each was received IN
answer to Advertisements for bidsfoI
furnishing 34-ton White truck and q
34-ton G.M.C. auto truck with
special road equipment the bidder in
each case to take in exchange Hurl-
bert and q Tiffin 81 trucks. A
Veenatra of Red Bank offered to fur.
nish the white truck on this basis al
81. 789 "a and the II. L. Zobel company
OF Freehold offered to furnish g. III.
@. A. track at $3.89S50. Action on
the bids was deferred for two
weeks.
FreeholdeY Charles NJ. Wyckoff re-
ported the reeep pit of numerous COM
/ plants of farmers who say that the
material used in patching the con-
crete roads forms slippery places on
which their horses fall and he said
that several farmers are carting over
heavy dirt roads longer distances to
escape the danger of injuring their
horses. 1t was decided after some
discussion that the patching Of con-
crete roads should be performed In
summer, hereafter, when different
ypaferiai can be used. eliminating the
danger.
/ The Long Branch hospital reported
1850 charity patient days for Feb
ruary and the Spring Lake hospital
GA charity patient days IN the
month.
Sheriff Van Mater and Warden
Barkalow reported the cost of feed
ing prisoners in the county jail as
80 cents per day in November. %
cents in December, % cents In Janu.
airy and 30 cents during February and
March. The number of prisoners
averaged about 1000 prisoner days per