Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 12, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 16 January 1917 — NEW JERSEY FOR GOOD ROADS [ARTICLE]

NEW JERSEY FOR GOOD ROADS

Voters Authorize Bond Issue of Seven Million Dollars for Improvement of Highways. By a majority of about 81,000, voters of New Jersey on November 7 approved the issuance of $7,000,000 of State bonds under what is known as the' Egan AcC. The principal and interest of tne bonds are to-be paid from the motor vehicle license fees, registration fees, fines and penalties. If these are not sufficient, the balance necesspry to meet the payments on the bonds is to be taken from the general fund of the State. ... The Egan bill also creates a highway commission to carry out the work, and defines thirteen routes traversing all of the counties of the State except Cape May and Hudson. The commission is to consist of the governor, the president of the State senate, the speaker of the house, the State road commissioner, and the chairmen of the committees of highways of the senate and of the house. - The act provides that the paving on the highway system shall be of granite, asphalt or wood blocks, brick, concrete, bituminous concrete, asphalt, or other pavement having hard serface and of a durable character. The width of the pavement is to be at least 18 feet.