The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1885-07-10
Freeholders' Meeting.

The regular monthly meeting of the
Board of F'reeholders was held at the
Court House. i'll Salem, on Wednesday.
There was full attendance of the mem
bers The townships were called for bills
which were presented and ordered paid
Bills for this township were \. Cole & Bro.
lumber, c. B. Humphreys, services Tay-
Tor & Hates, printing.
The time for closing bids for the Woods
town Iron Bridge was extended until IL
O'Clock, in order to give time for com
pletion of proposals.
The bills from the census enumerators
of the different townships. Were presented
and ordered paid, that of Pilesgroye town
ship being Sfi.94 for $780, names.
4 resolution was adopted that owing to
the limited funds at the disposal of the
county. no further work be done on the
PENIS Neck bridge unless expressly
ordered by the Board, work having been
done on the bridge beyond the instrue-
lions given by the Board Director Mil
Ter stated that the cost OF the Penn S Neck
bridge to the county wonld be $50, 000 by
the time it was finished, and that more
economy must be practiced by the Free
holders if iron bridges were to be erected
in the future.
4 letter of thanks was received from the
committee on 18th of July celebration in
Woodstown thanking the Board for the
use Of the county cannon.
After the noon intermission the Board
re-assembled On motion of Mr.. Acton it
was ordered by vote OF II to ,, that a
new draw bridge, 132 feet long and lG feet
wide, be built at lIancock's Bridge.
The consideration Of minor unfinished
business and reports of committees was
| attended to, after which the proposals for
the iron bridge at Woodstown, were opened
and read as follows:
No. /. w. H. Twist. Cortland \. Y.
s}3. As per lineal foot for the completed
structure.
No. .. Joseph Hyde, Wilmington, Del,
! S4521 complete structure.
| No. 5. j ID. Steel X Son Mfg. Co,
Pottstown, Pa. iron work only. $3.50.
No. 4. Sykes & Son, Phila, s1625 for
super-structure, s29SS for sub-structure
No. ). Phoenix Bridge Co., Phenixville,
| Pa. si100 super-structure. $3.50 il with
wooden .loists.
No 6. J. w. Shipman, New York City.
/ $3.50 for super-structure.
! No :. ]. w. Berry, Pittston Pa. SITS
/ for supor-structure.
! No. s. Columbia Bridge Co., Dayton,
! Ohio. $500 super-structure , walks. sl60
| for / walk.
No. o. Wrought Iron Bridge Co., Can
! ton, Ohio Sls44 super-structure.
No. 10. Riverside CO., Paterson \. j.,
Bridge complete 1891, super-strueturt
only, si737.
No. H. King Iron Bridge Co, Cleveland,
Ohio, 1892. Il for super-structure
No r. Penn Bridge Works, Beaver
Falls, Pa. so per lineal foot for super
structure,
| No. -. II. B, Richman, Sharptown n.
| j.. $500 for sub-struetGre.
The foregoing We're all the bids received
from 80 parties who applied for specifica-
| tions and particulars.
After discussion, and calling before the
board the representatives Of the different
| firms putting in proposals, for explanatory
remarks the contract was awarded to the
Riverside Bridge Co. of Paterson, at s3Sl2,
for the completed structure.
The Clerk ofthe Board, with Freeholders
Humphreys, Burt, and Bassett will meet
at Woodstown on "Wednesday next at
o'clock, 10 arrange the contract, approx,
snreties etc,