Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1902-11-27
THE BOARD OF CHOSEN rREEHoLDERs

The November meeting Of our County
Fathers was held in the Court House OF
Thursday last, all the members being
present.
i The committee on Lees Branch bridge
made the following report =
Gentlemen On digging for the founda,
ton of Lees Branch bridge, we find what
! was thought to- be hard bottom is but a
crust, and it will be necessary to drive
piling for suitable foundation, which will
cost 1888 additional to our previous re-
port-$2340 The report was received and
filed.
The committee on the GlasSb0rO and
Hardingville gravel road reported that they
met on the road on Nov. Z, and inspected
same by making twenty-six openings. They
found an average depth of 10 2-5 inches in
the centre, and 7-12 inches seven feet
from the centre line. The specification re-
quires inches and inches, hence more
than the required amount Of gravel has
been placed ON the road. The committee
recommended the acceptance of the road
from date of inspection, subject to repairs
for one year by the contractor. Adopted.
Messrs. Bender, Clark and Hendrickson,
the committee appointed at the last meeting
on the Hurffville bridge between Washing
ton and Mantua township, reported having
examined the bridge and finding it in bad
condition-some OF the timber having rotted
and fallen in the stream, and caps turned
and rotten. They recommend a new iron
bridge and the awarding of the contract to
the Canton Bridge Company for 1896
other bids being $3.50, $2912 and $2700.
The recommendation was approved.
I'm motion of Mr. TTciuuar tho BOARD
went into the election of Steward and
Matron of the Aims House, when the
following names were presented =
Harry P. Landers, of Mantua township.
E. S. Adams, of Glassboro.
Thomas C. Wilson, of Franklin.
Jos. T. Ridgway, of East Greenwich
VIM. Sharply, First Ward, Woodbury..
Josiah Eldridge, Deptford.
Charles Starn, South Harrison.
S. J. Evans, of Washington.
On the first ballot Landers and Starn re-
ceived one vote each, Ridgway and Sharp
and Evans three each.
On the second ballot Landers jumped to
two votes, Wilson lost one, Ridgway gained
four, Evans one, Sharpley lost all, Eldridge
fell to one, Starn held his own.
On the third ballot Sharpley, Eldridge
and Starn received no votes, Landers and
Wilson two each, Adams four, Ridgway
six, and Evans four.
On the fourth ballot Landers and Wilson
were withdrawn, and Adams received six
votes, Ridgway eight, Eldridge two, Evans
two, Mr.. Clark then withdrew Evans name.
On the fifth and deciding ballot Adams
received six, Ridgway ten and Eldridge
two.
The Director declared Mr.. Ridgway
elected Steward. Mrs. Ridgway was then
elected Matron by unanimous vote. The
salary was fixed at $500 for the Steward
and 5000 for the Matron.
Mr.. Walton, of the Committee on Public
Property, made report on the smallpox
case in the Jail and the disposition made of
the patient. These facts were published
in our last ISSUE
Mr.. Barnaby then handed up the law of
1902, authorizing Aims House Committees
to build pest houses. Mr.. Nichols then
moved that the Aims House Committee be
directed to proceed at once to construct a
pest house on the Aims House farm, the
matter of location and dimensions to be left
with the committee. Adopted.
In another place we publish the progress
Of this committee under the above instruc-
tions]
Steward Weatherby reported that Joseph
Dill, an inmatesof the County ASYLUM for
the past year, was possessed of property in
Camden worth $1,000 Under the law this
property can now be claimed by the county,
and on motion the Aims House Committee
was instructed to proceed to secure pos
session.
Amendments to the rules, respecting the
enactment of ordinances, introduced at a
previous meeting by Mr.. Mathers, were
taken up, considered and adopted by a vote
of 10 to 7.
An ordinance giving the Swedesboro Gas
Company authority to lay gas mains in the
county road in that borough, were adopted.
David Atkinson and David E. Atkinson,
of Franklin, were placed on the pauper list
At one O'Clock the Board adjourned to
dine with Sheriff Jones at Newton Hotel.