Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1899-07-27
soARp OF FREEHoLpERs.
$4,000 BoED ISSUE $4,000 TEMPoI
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$35,000 BoED ISSUE $4,000 TEMPoR.
AIRY LOAN
The stated meeting Of the Board of Free
holders was held at the Court House on
Thursday last, all the members being
present except Mr. Synott, of Wenonah.
The special committee appointed to in
yestigate the petition for stone road on
Delaware street, this city, to c meet with
the Crown Point stone road, reported that
the petition did not represent the required
o-thirds OF the property owners fronting
on the line If the proposed road, and
recommended that the petition be referred
back to the petitioners. The committees
was adopted.
Freebooter Silvers presented petition for
and maps of a new stone road from Glass
boro to Clayton A committee of five con-
sisting of Messrs Silvers, Stranger, Ledden,
Jones and Director Miller, was appointed
to investigate the adyisability of building
the road.
Freebooter UsiDger addressed the Board
with respect to the action of the Board of
Freeholders of Salem county in cutting
down his bill presented for services in
repairing the county line at Pedrics town,
the objection being that he had included
the item of horse hire. He said he did not
propose to pay money out Of his own
pocket when tTansacting county business,
and wanted it distinctly understood that
in similar bills presented TO this Board be
had included this and similar items. It
YVES right that ne and other members of the
Board of Freeholders should be paid such
items, and denied the Justice OF Salem
county to withhold the payment of such
claims The Board INDUCED in several
little plesantries at the expense of the Salem
County Board, and the incident thereupon
ended.
The committee on the Woodbury. aud
Knights Run road reported one bid from
Quinlan & Leary, of South Amboy, at
$Il 700, and recommended that the con-
tract be awarded. Some discussion was
occasioned by the claim that the bid was
excessive, but the County Engineer Cattell.
explained that the founcat for the road
was in very bad condition.
The committee on the Hurffville and
Cross Keys road recommended the award
of the contract 10 Smith Tomlin, of
Bridgeton, at $6499 At the request of
Contractor Tomiin the name OF w. o
Garrison was substituted for that of Mr..
Tomlin, pr yided the opinion of the County
Solicitor should not show any legal obstacle
thereto The reasons stated by Mr.. CARR
son, and coneurred in by Contractor Tom
lin, were such as commended themselves
as satisfactory to the entire Board.
The Asbufy stone road difficulties were
again ventilated on the presentation of a
bill for $l604 SO The contractor had hren
paid S28 702 A on account; the engineer
and the supervisor refused to approve bis
bill. recommended the payment to him OF
$500, this being about twenty per cent
Of balance Oh contract. The motion to pay
the amount recommended by the super
visor and the engineer was lest.
The County Collector presented the fol-
lowing report showing the receipts and
since the annual meeting
Receipts from all sources
Embracing balances in banks at annual settle
ment, loans and several payments, S39,353 81
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