The Penn's Grove record., 1905-06-23
BOARD or
A Comfy AsvIum DiscITssed.

reported that the present structure is IN
very bad condition and that a new bridge
is needed. They recommended that a
: stone bridge with iron girders be built.
= This recomm. endation was accepted by
the Board.
/ The Committee on the Lower AlloWay
Creek bridges reported that the work was
all completed and very well done and
} that Director Ayres had shown very good
Judgment in the work.
Solicitor Summerill stated that he had
secured the appointment of Samuel Hack
EFT to collect the ten per cent from the
property owners abutting the State road
in Elsinboro township and hoped to soon
have the matter cleared up.
The director stated that he had ap-
pointed since the last meeting Messrs.
Burk, Summerill and Hannah, a COM
mittee on the Hawks bridge.
MIR. Hannah stated that the work on
the Upper Canal and Hook bridges he
supposed would be finished this week.
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port was called for Mr.. Borton stated that
since the last meeting the Committee and
the Borough Council had been doing
some figuring and were Of the opinion
that Mr.. Colson and the Borough would
finally get together as Mr.. Colson had
agreed to accept the terms of the Borough
and the contribution collected, but now
that the Supreme court had ordered the
indictment quashed he was afraid that
the parties would never get the matter
Strengthened out.
County Collector Butcher presented his
bond of $40, 600 signed by Messrs. Joseph
X. Washington, W. Henry Dunn, Biddle
Hires, Benjamin E. Harris and himself
for the faithful performance of his du-
ties and also one for 100000 signed by
Messrs. James Butcher, James CARL,
Loren p. Plummer and William Johnson.
A communication from the State Road
Commissioner, E. e. Hutchinson, stated
that it will be impossible to approve any
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Of appropriation has been exhausted.
A petition was presented from a num-
Der OF the leading business houses Of Sa-
lem asking that there be better service at
the PENIS Neck draw bridge. The petit
ton set out that at two different times it
had taken % and 80 minutes to get the
draw off after word had been given to the
bridge tender and that the Foreign Tug
Boat Companies have threatened an ex-
cess of rates for Salem unless something
is done at once.
On motion OF Mr.. Borton, the Penn's
Neck bridge committee with two others
were given discretionary power in the
matter; the additional members Of the
Committee appointed by the director are
Messrs. Summerill and Griscom.
Harry Burt Ware, Esq, came before
the Board in behalf OF George A. Green,
an inmate of the county Jail, who was
sentenced at the January term of Court
to six months and $500 fine for keeping
a gambling house and to stand commit
ted until the fine and costs are paid.
Mr.. Ware stated that under the 160th
section of the law regulating criminal pro-
cedure upon the recommendation of the
Sheriff of the county the Board of Free
holders can remit one day for every six
served for good behavior and he was au-
thorized by Sheriff Johnson to make such
a recommendation. He presented areso-
luton which was passed unanimously.
He then said that under the 161 section
OF the same act the Board can remit a
portion of the fine and costs imposed up
on a prisoner, providing the same is ap-
proved by the Judge of the Court OF
Quarter Sessions passing the sentence. In
view of the fact that Mr.. Green has a CT
gar store, the rent of which is five hun
dred dollars and he has to have a mana
ger in charge it would no doubt fnan-
cially embarrass him to pay the fine and
costs which he understood amounted to
about $546. He presented a resolution
that the Board remit 5000, of the fine,
the same to be approved by Judge Sin
nickson. This was passed by a vote of
10 to 2.
The Courses Landing bridge needing
re-painting Mr.. Summerill was authoriz-
ed to use his discretion in the matter.
William ]. Casper President of the Sa-
lem County Board of Aims House Trus-
tees, was present to state that DIR. Ward
was not at all satisfied with the mainten-
ance of the patients at the Salem asylum;
that the county was not complying with
the law of this state or the law of human
ity; that there were at present 20 or %
inmates with only 20 cells and that no
patient could be allowed out of a cell for
fear he or she might get away and that
unless something is done the State pro-
poses taking a hand in the matter. The
county Jail, Mr.. Casper said was much
better for the insane persons than the
present accommodations. He said that
all the patients were huddled together
like a lot of sheep and had no room to
walk for exercise. At Trenton, he said,
we have about seventy-five patients and
to the State we are paying about $4,000
and he thought it would be far better to
erect an asylum of our own and bring
these inmates home and the State would
then pay the county $4,000. At this
rate for twelve or fifteen years the new
building would not cost the county one
cent. The ones at Cumberland and At
lantic counties he said were ~self-sustain-
ing and there was no reason why Salem
county should not have one.
The Board of Freeholders decided to
visit the Almshouse and investigate the
condition of affairs. Action will be TAX
en- thereon at the next session.
Invite you t o Atlantic
Messrs Stephen D. Kille and Charles
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