The Penn's Grove record., 1905-02-17
BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS.
State Road Must Be Kept In Good
Condition.

CONDITION.
The Board of Freeholders met on the
9Th with all members present. All bills
presented were read and ordered paid.
One bill a little out of the ordinary was
for the killing of two foxes at Green
Branch, Pittsgrove township, last Deem
Der. The bill was for the bounty of three
dollars each and fifty cents each for the
affadavits. The affadavits stated that the
foxes had been shot and killed by VIM.
Carton accompanied by Earl Carton and
Joseph May. That the pelts had been
shown to the Justice of the Peace and
that they had been destroyed by burning
the ears. The foxes were large gray ones.
Another bill of Mayor Miller's, was for
sixty n dollars for committing tramps
during the past month.
Mr.. Borton for the Committee reported
that nothing had been done in the matter
of the Woodstown dam bridge. The
other Committees either reported progress
or nothing done. The road Committees
that reported progress were asked how
progress could be made when the snow
drifts were so deep.
The Public Buildings Committee that
has in charge the investigation of a type
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that they were not ready to make their
report. A representative of the Fisher
machine was present and addressed the
Board explaining the good merit of his
machine. This is the kind used i'll the
County Clerks Office. The Committee
will make their report next meeting.
The type writer complete will cost $3.50.
Clerk Ford then read the following COM
munication from Mr.. E. G. Hutchinson,
the new State Commissioner of Public
Roads.
Trenton, N. j., Jan. p, 1905
My dear Director:
l am taking the liberty to
write your Honorable Board, through
you, of the Importance of keeping the
county roads in repair. 1t will soon be
time for your Board to maize up its bud
get for this year, and, in my Judgment,
it is more important to keep what roads
we now have built in good repair than to
construct new mes.
In looking over the roads in our State,
l find some that are going to be beyond
repair, if not taken care of soon. As
Commissioner of Roads, l want the differ
emit Boards of Freeholders to know my
policy from the start. 1t will be useless
for those counties that do not keep their
roads in perfect repair to ask for any
more State aid.
Since the State Aid Law has been in
effect, our State has given toward build
ing county roads the sum of 81, 765, 1853. 55
and the counties So, 978, 920. Is, and | pro-
pose to carry out the strict letter of the
law and protect what we have already
built.
Our State to-day has the name of hav-
ing the finest roads of any State in the
Union, and we want to retain it.
Therefore, l want to say to YOU Hon
orable Board, in all kindness, that first,
we must have good roads built. and sec
ond, We must have them taken care of,
i'll order to retain our reputation.
Yours very truly,
E. G. HUTCHINSON.
State Commissioner of Public Roads.
The letter was read and ordered fled.
County Collector Butcher then read his
report of the financial condition of the
County departments.
After some discussion Solicitor Sum-
merrill was instructed to make an effort
to collect the ten per cent. share of the
cost of the State Road from the township
OF Elslnboro and make a report at the
next meeting OF the Board.
There appears to be some m~isunderstand-
ing as to who is to pay this amount.
Considerable of the abutting roperty has
changed hands since the road was con
structed, and the icy owners say they
bought clear of all en%cumbrance, and de-
clare they will not pay the ten per cent.
A new township committee has also come
in charge of township affairs, and they
say they know nothing about it. 1t
appears that when the road was petition
ed for, several of the property owners
contributed something toward it. Under
the present State road law the township
committee is obligated for ten per cent,
and they will have it to pay most likely.
The matter was gone wei pretty thor
oughly by the Board, and the Solicitor
odered to proceed to get the money.