Perth Amboy evening news., 1924-11-24
MANY To ATTEND.
! ROAD HEARING
Middlesex FreehoIders to
Have Meeting Tonight to
Plan County Fight
MONMOUTH INTERESTED
South and Perth Amboy Will
Be Represented at State
Hearing Tomorrow

NEW BRUNSWICK, Nov. a.
The Board OF Freeholders will hold
a meeting at the county record build
ing tonight to determine a desirable
route for the state highway relief
route to the shore, preliminary to the
4 final hearing which will be held at
Trenton tomorrow.
4 Residents along the various shore
routes have been invited to attend the
meeting and assist in mapping out a
route for presentation to the high
way commissioners tomorrow. The
freeholders are favoring the route
over the old Cheesequake road. from
Roses corner to White-Brown road,
thence down to point where the
road intersects with the Old Bridge
Matawan road.
Tomorrow morning in the State
Highway Commissions rooms at
Trenton the secona hearing on the
proposed relief route for state high
way route No. A. from Morgan to a
point south of Keyport will be held.
Representative from this city, South
Amboy, Madison township. Mata-
wan, Long Branch and other sea
shore cities will be present to pro-
test against the building of any new
routes which will connect the now
much used route No. 4. The Middle
sex county Board of Freeholders
will also have representatives pres
ent at the hearing and will enter a
protest against the building OF the
proposed relief route.
Several conferences have been
held during the last few days be-
tween representatives in Monmouth
and Middlesex counties, and all favor
the rebuilding of the so-called back
road from South Ampoy to Cheese
luakes, Matawan, Holmdel. Eaton
town. Long Branch and the shore
resorts. City Engineer Louis P.
Booz, Jr., of this city has prepared
4 sketch of the route desired by the
representatives of the two counties
and this will be presented to the
commission at the hearing tomor-
row.
Under the law 1t seems that the
money the commission has to spend,
must be spent on improving routes
that are already in operation and
can not be spent on the building or
new or improving of so called back
road routes. When the commission
meets in Trenton tomorrow, accord
ing to what can bs learned at this
lime, the representatives of the var
lous municipalities will present to
them a plan by which the Matawan-
Cheesequake route way be built.
This plan calls for the building of
the route by the Board of Freehold
ers with state aid. In case of this
kind 1t is pointed out tbaE more than
the usual state aid could be given.
Some months ago the highway
commission planned the construction
of a relief route ror route No. A
from Morgan to Keyport. This
route, it was estimated at hearing
held in South Anboy would cost
more than a million dollars due to
the construction of costly bridges
and dirt fills over the meadows at
Morgan and Matawan. 1t Is the
opinion of those backing the Cheese
quake Matawan route that this route
can be improved and paved for a
much smaller sum than that re-
quired for the route proposed by the
highway commission. Among those
who are likely to attend the hear
ing tomorrow are Congressman
ElmeMH. Geran and Congressman
elect, 7. Frank Appleby.