The Penn's Grove record., 1908-06-19
County Board Of freehOlder
Tax Budget Calls For $4,000,
$4,000 Increase.

HOUSE Is Undergoing ItpailS. al
the members were present but Mr.. Burk.
One item Of interest was the bill pre-
scented by the New Jersey by the New
Jersey Law and Order League, OF Cam
den, for services and expenses OF the
detectives in raiding the "~speak-easy"
at Pennsville. The bill was for $147.
SO and was approved by the County
prosecutor. 1t was paid.
J. A, Wentzell, County Superintend-
ent of School, appeared before the
Board and asked that the county
defray the expense of printing OF his
department, which amounts to about
$3.50 a year. He had been paying it u
of his W pocket while in other count
les the bills were paid by the Freehold
ers. He also read a law relating to the
county furnishing a room for Superlnten-
len OF schools. He understood the
office so supplied is to be kept open dur'
ing the entire year, which will require
an assistant. He thought n could be
secured for $3.50 or $3.50 a year. The
law allows the Board to appropriate 9oOo,
W hich is optional and not compulsory.
The matter was left over and the sollcl-
tor requested to ascertain the law and re-
port.
Mr.. Pricket reported that he had
bought gravel OF John A. Flitcraft for loo
a load. After completion of work
John A. Flitcraft had demanded $500.
He asked advice. The Board was
informed that Mr.. Flitcraft had III right
to sell the dirt as the farm belonged to
his wife. Members who had been there
thought Mr.. Prickett in the right and
no action was taken.
Joel H. Jenkins then addressed the
meeting and asked whether or not the
Freeholders would furnish the money to
install electric lights in the county
Almshoues. He said that a Woodstown
firm had agreed to wire the house and
install 103 lamps for about $500, and
would furnish the lights for $50 per
month on a five years contract. He
said that the present system Of oil lamps
is dangerous and a fire was narrowly
! averted there this summer on account OF
them. He said d girl had fallen with a
lamp and was barely burned and that if
the Steward had not been present she
would likely have burned to death. He
said hat the Almshouse trustees only
wanted to act for the good of the county
and the inmates and would not want to
install the electric ligth unless the
Freeholders desired. Upon motion
Messrs. Batten, Westcott and Smick were
appointed a committee to confer with
one from the Almshouse trustees and
get figures as to the present and pro-
posed cost of lighting the building and
report to the mex meeting of the Board.
County solicitor Summerill reported
that he had received and accepted the
bond for the Courses Landing Bridge
for 81, 800.
For the Court house committee Mr..
Fries said that the committee thought
best to abandon the proposed plan of in
stalling the ventilating system as the
natural ventilation after the repairs were
made would be much better and the
county would be saved about $1,000.
The report of the committee was accept
ed and the action approved. The matter
of installing both electric and gas lights
in the Court house was referred to the
committee with discretionary power, as
was also the question of the hea ting
system which was started to be merely a
matter of rearranging the pipes.
The Sfrarptown bridge committee re-
ported that it had visited the bridge and
decided that a new bridge was needed.
1t is proposed to have one with iron
Orders, a thirty-seven foot span and
sixteen foot roadway. They stated that
Aaron Oliphant had asked $40 per day
for every day the water is out of the
pond while the abuttments are being
built. 1t was the opinion of the mem.
bers that the charge was exhorbitant
and that it could be butt cheaper with
out drawing off the water. The matter
was left with the committee with power
to act.
Mr.. Gray made a motion that the
question Of completing the Alloway.
Aldine state road be taken up. The
plans and specifications were read and
approved on the approval of the State
Road Commissioner. The road proposed
III the second section of Alloway-Aldine
road. 1t is to commence at the bridge
over Hitchner's Mill race in the village
OF Remsterville and run in a south.
easterly direction a distance of 4. 70
100 miles to a point near the dividing
line between Alloway and Upper Pitts.
grove townships. 1t is to be built OF
gravel and be thirty feet in width, and
must be completed on or before Jan. l,
1909. 1t was ordered that the county
adve rtise for bids upon the approval OF
he State Commissioner.
The Board ordered a large load Of shells,
about 5,000.bnshels be bougeht of Tuft
and Lloyed, at a cost of &c a bushel,
delivered on the Penns Neck road,
coUNTY TAN. G
County collector Butcher submitted
his estimate of the budget for the next
year and stated that the amount should
be fixed upon at this meeting. Upon
motion it was ordered that the budget be
accepted and the amount of 1922, 900 be
the amount of money to be raised by
taxation for the expenses of the county
for the ensuing year. The budget is
made up of the following items:
Courts $1,000
Jail $500