Gloucester County Democrat., 1903-07-16

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and then by the direction and special con
4 tract of the Committee Of the Township o.
| Deptford, and that no money be drawn fol
the opening thereof until the expiration o
two years. 1t is described as beginning a
stake in the centre OF the Crown Poin
road where it intersects the road from
Woodbury. Dam to Woodbury., near thI
corner Of James B. Caldwell's field, and tt
run as direct course as the nature Of th
ground and other circumstances will admi
of until it intersects the public road at o
near Timber Creek causeway. The length
Of this part of the road is given as 2S'
chains. The Surveyors were John Flem
ing, John Driver. Greenwich; Job Brown
George Ward, Deptford; John Albertson
Joshua Tomlinson, Gloucester Township.
The record of the Road from the Grown
Point road to the road leading from Wood
bury to Carpenters Bridge, refers to it
beginning IN the public road leading from
Crown Point to the Woodbury. Dam road
at stake standing on John Vests land
| u rods from Peter Crim's line on the soutl
side Of said road, and it is also probably thl
point where the second section OF tht
Crown Point road is heretofore described a
| beginning The 70 from the Grown Poin
road was ordered opened May 1, 1911, ant
is described as crossing the old Salem roac
and ending at Commissioners road leading
from Woodbury. to Carpenters Bridge.
The road records also refer to road from
William Beckett's lane to Great Mantuf
Creek, ordered laid July 81, 1909, as be
ginning at a stake standing in the road
| leading from Sandtown to Repaupo, neal
the end of William Beckett's lane, and
running in direct course to q stake stand
ing at low water mark on the westerly side
OF Great Mantua Creek, at place called
Crown Point.
From the description given in these
records / am led 20 the conclusion that
Crown Point was located at or near the
present town of Paulsboro, but can only
conjecture that the name of Crown Point
was given in description Of some high point
of land in that neighborhood.
The earliest mention of the name Pauis-
boro found in the road records was in refer
ence to the laying of road from Paulsboro
to the Quaker road, which was ordered
laid Noyember ~, 1912. The road records
also describe the return OF road from the
Crown Point road to the new Salem road as
beginning at stake in the public road
leading from Paulsboro to Timber Greek
Bridge, called the Crown Point road. 1t
would thus seem that while the name of
the town may have been changed, the
original name of the road yet remains as a
reminder of an almost forgotten point of
land in Greenwich Township.
The writer desires to acknowledge assist
ance given him by William NJ Carter,
Surveyor and Engineer, Woodbury., with
reference to the original and subsequent
laying out Of the Crown Point Road.
THE BRIDGES ON CROWN POINT ROAD.
The minutes of the Board Of Freeholders,
concurrent with the same period Of time in
the history of Gloucester County, seem also
to confirm the belief that Crown Point must
have been located very near the present
town of PauIsboro In the record of the
proceedings Of meeting of the Board of
.Freeholders, held December %, 1909, this
minute appears
A request was N ide to this Boa d, for
the appointment of Commissioners to pro-
cure materials and build bridge over
Mantua Creek, at a place called Crown
Point, as directed by law OF the Legisla-
ture Of this State. passed at their last sit
ting, therefore ordered that Amos Cooper,
Joshul L. Howell, Edward Carpenter, Mat
thew Gill, Jr., Samuel W. Harrison, John
Brick and John Gill be committee to
X tinne said place, fix upon a plan on
which said bridge shall be built; also ap-
point three of their own number to be COM
mi<sioners, who shall superintend the
building OF said bridge. This Board also
directs the Director to sign an order on the
County Collector, in favor OF said COM
mittee, for the sum of five hundred dollars,
on account of said bridge, and said com
mittee to report thereon to this Board, al
their next meeting.
The law authorizing thc constitution oi
the bridge over Great Mantua Creek was
passed at Trenton, November 7, 1909, and
is as follows =
CHAPTER XXXIv.
An act to enable the Chosen Freeholders of the
County of Gloucester to build draw-bridge
over Great Mantua Greek, at place called
Crown Point.
Assembly of this State, and it is hereby enacted
by the authority of the same, That it shall and
may be lawful for the Board of Chosen Free
holders of the County of Gloucester to build and
maintain good aud sufficient bridge ovei
Great Mantua Creek, with draw therein, at {
place called Grown Point, SO as to meet the
roads now laid out on each side of said creek
in the Townships of Deptford and Greenwich
and the draw to be fixed in that part OF saic
bridge where the shallops and vessels may pass
through with the greatest convenience and ths
main arch wherein the draw is fixed, shall bt
| at least twenty-five feet wide.
| g. And be it enacted, That if any shsllopman
| or other person or persons shall hoist the draw
in said bridge and leave the same hoisted, so al
| to prevent travellers and others from passing
over the same for more than fifteen minutes
when the same is not absolutely necessary fo
| the passage of some vessel through the same, OF
/ IL amy orn shall clft. remove de
stroy any piece or pieces OF TIMBER or any
| plank or planks of said bridge, iron worl
| belonging to the said draw posts or piles
or otherwise wilfully damage or do any
act which may have tendency to injure sale
| bridge and draw unnecessarily, he, she or they
so offending shall for each and every oifenc'
/ forfeit and pay the of fifty dollars over ant
above the damages done to said bridge draw
| to be recovered in action of debt, before any
eont having competent jurisdiction, with cost
of suit, by any person who shall sue for th'
same on2-half OF said sum to be for the use o
1 the prosecutor, and the other half to be paiC
! into the hands of the County Collector to and
for the use of the County of Gloucester.
The County Of Gloucester at this time
embraced within its boundaries all the ter
ritory now included in the counties O
Gloucester, Camden and Atlantic. The
Board of Freeholders for the year 1909, con
sisted OF the following named members -
Waterford-Josep Bogers, Benjamin B
Cooper.
Newton-James Hurley, Samuel Glenn
ent.
Gloucester Town-John Brick, samue
PW. Harrison
Gloucester Township = William Zane
Peter Cheesman
Deptford = Joshua L. Howell, Amo
Cooper.
Greenwich Edward Carpenter, MATTHEW
Gill, Jr.
Woolwich-William Mulford, John Gill
Galloway-Sa Sooy, Robert Leeds,
Egg Harbor- Daniel Lake, Japhet Ire
land.
Weymouth = John Steelman, Thoma
Doughty.
William Zane was Director, and Benja
min Rulon, Clerk.
At the annual meeting held May 8, 1910
Samuel w. Harrison reported on behalf o
the committee as above appointed, tina
they had laid down plan for building
said bridge which was approved and order
ed to be filed, and appointed Amos Cooper
Matthew Gill and Joshua L. Howell com
missioners to build the same, and the com
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