The Penn's Grove record., 1894-02-02
POWDER AND poi,ouoH cossID-

Erred
The public meeting Of citizensin Odd
Fellows Hall last Saturday night to
consider the menace from powder lay
Ing over night at the station, was large.
ly attended by over hundred persons.
Jas. d. Torton was elected chairman
and D. v. Summerlli Jr., Secretary.
MIR. Torton stated that lie and Capt.
Whitaker had been to Woodstown and
were told by lawyer Fogg that the only
remedy the people had under a township
government was that the storage OF
powder could be prohibited within a
quarter of a mile of a town and in case
OF explosion suit for damages could be
entered. A borough council could pass
ordinances regulating such. They IN
quired about W~Oodstown's borough
government and we're told that all
their improvements, with the excep-
tion of water works, had not raised the
tax higher than the township tax, ex.
cepting one year, and many years 1t was
lower. Therefore he thought there was
the best protection in a borough.
Capt. Whitaker and G. D. Shannon
doubted whether anything could be
done as the powder was in transpolta-
tion and there were many delays on ac-
count of the winds and tides.
Capt. Samuel Denny said his exper-
fence as "A common carrier was that the
law does not allow powder or explosives
TO be carried on the same boat with
passengers. The law recognizes dan
ger where such are.
MIR. i. II. Green, Supt. of the Rail-
road was present and asked to give the
Railroad Company's view of the mat
ter. He said he had heard much talk
about the danger and il he thought
there was one-fourth the danger many
thought there was he would not want
to be Superintendent of the Road. The
powder is put up in packages with saw
dust around them. A cap is always
used to set off the powder to cause the
explosion. y chemist will tell you
some chemicals are harmless but il two
of a certain kind are united there is
danger. The cals are never shipped in
the same car nor on the same train.
Powder is shipped through Woodbury.,
Camden and Philadelphia. Col. Du-
pont told him that in the past 81 years
of his experience they had never had an
accident in shipment, Notwithstanding
the trucks have been knocked out from
under cars and boxes have fallen out
and broken open. The powder is
brought TO Penn's Grove Oh a separate
train with the expectation of its being
taken away on the next highwater.
The Railroad Company did not wish
the town injured for the interest OF the
town was the interest of the railroad
COMPANY. S
A Henry Barber thought it would be
courtesy TO appoint a committee to lay
the grievance of the citizens before the
Railroad officials and Mr.. Dupont. The
following committee was appointed to
draft the grievances and submit them
for an answer: Henry Barber, Jas. Z.
SmaIley, Geo. II. Elkinton, W. A.
Summerill and j. Harry Smith.
The suggestion that the meeting con
slider the project of organizing a bor-
ough government in PENIS Grove was
greeted with applause and there were
suggestions in approval. On motion
the chairman was ordered to appoint a
committee to take the preliminary &c.
ton to have an election as to whether
the citizens want a borough govern.
ment. The committee is d. V. Sum-
merrill, Jr., D. d, Leap, Asa G. Turner,
Samuel NJ. Denny and Geo. d. Shan
non.