The Penn's Grove record., 1904-06-17
A STATE RO AID
For U. p. Neck, Voted For.

The Board of Chosen Freeholders al
their June meeting on the 9Th unani
mously voted to build a State road in
Upper PENIS Neck from the Penn's
Grove Borough line to the Pilesgrove
Township line, a distance of 4.83 miles
The petition for the road was made at the
May meeting and was laid over on condi.
ton that it was to be acted upon first al
the June meeting.
The road will be constructed of shells
and a committee was appointed to have
the road surveyed and prepare plans and
specificatio ms. The work will be pushed
through as rapidly as possible that the
road may be completed before cold
weather.
The n Of two thirds of the lineal
feet of land bordering on the road be-
tween Salem and the Pointers, in Man.
nington, and what is known aa the Kings
Highway, presented a petition to the
Board for the improvement of this piece
of road. An oyster shell road IL feet
wide, is desired. Owing to the fact that
the township committee Of that township
had not presented their resolution agree
ing to pay ten per cent of the cost of con-
struction, the matter was laid wei until
the next meeting of the Board.
The sum Of 81, 022.2 % was allowed Tuft
q LLOYD, the contractors who are build
ing. the PENIS Neck State road.
Solicitor Summerill reported that the
confirmation of commissioners on tht Up
per Pittsgrove State road was due the
2lst of the present month.
A bill for $104.50 for labor on the
Penn's Neck State Road during the past
month was presented by Engineer Josiah
Miller, this also includes team hire. The
bill was ordered paid and the Board de-
cided that hereafter no transportation
would be paid Road Engineers. The
chairman of the committee on the build
ing of the Penn's Neck road was instruct
ed to notify Engineer Miller that hereaf-
ter his services would not be needed upon
any road while in the course of construct
ion unless called by the Supervisor or
Road Committee.
The bond of Road Supervisor Charles
W. Dunn for 81 1000 was received and or
dered filed with the Clerk of the Board.
The bond of G. G. Ford, Jr., Clerk, for
500, 900 was received and ordered filed
with the County Clerk.
The Director and Collector were auth
orized to borrow $4,000 from the City
National Bank for sixty days to be used
for State road building.
MI. Freas, the chairman of the COM
mittee appointed to confer with Howard
Keasbey, Esq, in regard to damages for
injuries the latter received from being
thrown off his horse in Quinton township
by a cave i'll OF the earth, reported that
Mr.. Keasby had called upon him and Of
fered to accept the $75 which he had rec
emily refused to accept at the hands of
the committee. 1t is probable that the
matter will be taken to the courts.
Mr.. Borton, a member of the commit
tee on the county line bridge on the
Woodstown and Harrisonville road, re-
ported that a committee from this and
n from Gloucester county had met
upon this bridge and decided to repair
the same but when the repairs were
started the earth caved in and it is now
necessary to build new abutments. The
bridge now needs to be replaced with a
a new IL and it is proposed to build an
iron bridge. The matter is now being
decided by the committees
Director Fress appointed Messrs. Fox
and Borton the Auditing Committee for
next month.