The Penn's Grove record., 1908-07-17
B6afa 81 Chosen freeholders
Authorize Court House Changes

The July meeting of the Board Of Clos
ell Freeholders was held in the Court
House at Salem, on the 8tl. All the
members were present and Director
Ayres presided.
Among the bills ordered paid were So, 0O(
to Bell & Brandiff OH Court House repairs
the architect stating they had done $4,000
worth of work. Architects Bailey & Bias
sett were paid $5O9.12 part pay for plans.
I pecifcatiops &c. The bill of the Sheriff
for board of prisoners for the past month
was $24O. 9S.
The committee appointed to confer
with the one from the Almshouse and
make report on the ACCESSIBILITY of in.
stalling electric lights at the Aims.
house reported that it had met and
found that oil lamps are in use there
and the comittee considered them
dangerous and therefore recommended
that electric lights be installed. Upon
motion it was ordered that the commit
tees meet again and obtain estimates
of the cost of the county operating its
W electric plant at that institution
and get estimates for electricity fur
nished by the Woodstown plant and
report at the next meeting of the
Board.
In reference to the County supplying
a room and paying for the services Of
all assistant for the County School SUI
perintendent, at the last meeting refer.
red to the County Solicitor, the Solicitor
reported that the law does not compel
the county to furnish either the room
or assitant-that it is optional with
every county. The feeling Of the ma
jority of the members of the Board
seemed to be that the salary of $4,000
per year and extra allowance of $3.50
was ample for the Superintendent to
pay for his own assistant if needed.
The matter was laid over until the
next meeting without further action
being TAKEN.
For the Court House Comittee Mr..
Freas stated that it thought a new roof
should be put on the old portion of the
building while the repairs were being
made as it can be done cheaper now
than a year later when it would have
to be done as the roof is in an advanced
stage OF %rottenness. Upon motion it
was ordered that this be done and that
the roof be built of shingles.
The matter of removing the large
trees from the middle of the sidewalk
in front of the Court House was alse
discussed by the Board and after some
discussion it was voted to remove the
three trees nearest Broadway and leave
standing the IL nearest to the County
Clerks office. The vote was IL to 2 in
favor of removing the trees.
The Court House comittee also re-
ported that it had accepted the bid of
W. H. Custer & Son for $4S5 for making
the steam fittings for heating the buid-
ings.
The committee OIL building the Sec
ond section OF the Alloway-Aldine
State-Aid road reported that it had met
Monday, July 9th and opened bid for
the construction as following:
George F. Snyder & Co $22, 4S0.O
B. +. Sweeten & Son 500, S44. 90
Sutton & Corson $35, O59. so
Tuft & Lloyd $40, 200. 90
Tie report recommended that the
contract be awarded to Messrs. Tuft &
Lloyd for $19, 200 as the lowest bidder.
The report was received, the recon-
mendation accepted and upon motion
it was ordered that the contract be
awarded to Messrs. Tuft q Lloyd for
$40, 1000.
Tie bond of the successful bidders
was fixed at the amount OF the contract
and contained the names of DIR. w. Ii.
Carpenter, Eugene II. Hires and the
bidders Individually as security.
A letter was read from State Road
Commissioner Gilkyson approving and
accepting on the part of the State the
fist section built OF the Alloway-Aldlne
road.
Mr.. Parvin reported that the com
mittee had met on the Deerfield Road
bridge and decided that the bridge was
all right for another year and asked that
the committee he discharged. The re-
port was received and the request
granted.
1t was resolved and ordered that the
County Collector pay 81, 300 to the Trus-
tees of the Almshouse for the current
expenses OF that institution.
A communication was read from the