Gloucester County Democrat., 1903-07-16

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tba lower I ar bri5ga @ re- ouer Mantna creel mill
at ! meet;ng bsld nacemhar "a 1917 a Il
referred 70 for the first time as the Panls-
boro bridge in the renort of = committee
nreyiously annointed at meetinc held
Nav ID. 1917. to superintend the repairing
Che Lower Bridge over Mantua Greek. The
committee originally appointed on this date
consisted of Joseph Y. Clark. Chas. French.
Biddle Reeves. John Gill and James Mat
lack. A committee appointed to settle the
accounts of these commissioners to repair
Paulsboro bridge reported as follows, on
December 80, 1917, as before noticed -
"We the committee appointed to exam
inc the accounts of Joseph V. Clark, one of
the committee appointed to repair Pauls-
boro bridge find that he has drawn from the
Collector $3.50, and that he has received for
old stuff $26.20, and that he has expended
in said repairs $466.97, leaving balance
in his hands of 49, 23.n This balance was
ordered paid to the County Collector.
have carefully examined the old min
utes of the Board between Semptember 4,
1913, the last time this bridge was directly
referred to as being at Crown Point until
December 30, 1917, when | find it first re-
ferred to as the Pauisboro bridge, and ]
have no doubt that it is the same bridge as
is described as the lower bridge over Man
tua Creek, in minutes of meeting Leld
between above dates, on May 10, 1915, when
Samuel P. Paul reported sundry repairs
thereto; on May 8. 1916, when Michael
Loudenslager was appointed to the care of
said bridge, on August 80, 1917, when com
mittee on repairs reported progress; on De-
cember 30, 1917, when John v Clark
appointed to the care Of the bridge, with
authority to prosecute those who willfulIy
damage the same
In connection with this article it may not
be uninteresting to refer to the erection of
the first bridge on the Crown Point road
over Woodbury. Creek. The minutes of the
meeting of the Board of Freeho!ders held
December 81, 1914, gives this record -
Samuel P. Paul, Job Brown and Charles
French. Jr., were appointed to provide ma
terials and superintend the building a |
bridge over Woodbury. Creek, on the road
lately laid out from Crown Point to Timber
Creek. The sum of 5000 was appropriated
toward The same. Oa May 10. iS15, this
committee reported progress and were con-
tinued. On September /. 1915. the same
report was made and same action taken,
On January 3. 1916. the commissioners for
building bridge over Woodbury. Greek
presented their accounts amounting to
Sl99 O5 which was a.loweJ. leaviny q hal
ance due the county of S1O.95 The small
ness Of this amount when compared with
the amount of the cost of the bridge over
Mantua Greek on the same road is nroh-
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hnrv Creek was damned at its month and
the stream of water was eomnarativelv
small AZ that noint aft that time 7 have
heen informed that the dam at the month
of Woodburv Creek was ent in 1923 and
that IL had been damned across it's month
for at least 80 wears nrior To that date
From NV examination of tile minutes of
the BOARD Of Freeholders 7 have been nm
able 10 determine whether there was a
bridge over Mantua Creek at Crown Point.
before the erection of the draw bridpe de.
scribed in this paper or not. It would seem
tbat there was road TO the creek before the
official lavino herewith noticed az one Of
tbe courses refers to a eauseway across the
meadows to the creek. There NAV there
fore have heen bridge or the creek may
have been crossed nv boats nrior TO that
time. II is true shat | found many refer
ences to repairs on bridge described as the
lower bridge over Mantua Creek from 1900
through ali intervening years up to 1906
when it was entirely rebuilt at cost OF
over $500, which leads me to believe that
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