The Penn's Grove record., 1908-02-21
BOARD OF CHOSEN FREEHOLOERS
Agree on Change To Courses Landing
Bridge and To Court House.

At the February meeting of the County
| Board of F~reeholders civil engineer w.
M. Carter, Woodbury., exhibited plans
and specifications for the proposed chang
es to be made in thu draw bridge at
| Courses Landing. The plans were APP
| proved and Mr.. Carter was authorized to
submit them to Major Flagler, of the war
department., for approval. The plans
| provides for moving OF the shore span on
the Warrington side back fourteen feet.
A controversy was held over a bill to
| pay $40 so for clearing OF II on tn
Warrington road now under construction
The work was ordered done by Freehold
| err Grisconl. The bill was ordered paid
| and the amount to be deducted from the
contractors bill, because they were to
keep the road free of instructions until
accepted. Solicitor Summerill gave an
opinion that the County had charge ofthe
st ate Road as soon as the contract was
given. Some members of the Board be-
lieved the County did not have control
u It'll the State Road was accepted.
Mr.. Smick reported the Canton bridge
completed excepting the iron guards.
The committee OH the Richmantown
Bridge reported that it had viewed the
bridge and recommended that a new one
with iron girders be built. Upon motion
it was left with the committee with
power to have the bridge constructed.
Upon recommendation of the Sheriff
and the Committee OH Discharge of
Prisoners Is days was RENTED from
the sentence imposed on Lillian Jones
o in the county Jail.
The petition that $14. 80 be RENTED
from the fine imposed Oh Alexander
Thomas was referred to the committee
on Discharge OF Prisoners.
The County Collectors statement of
the financial standing Of the various
county departments was then read and
accepted. In the statement were two
items showing that S., O county loans
had been repaid and a motion was made
and carried approving of the action OF
the County Collector in paying off the
debt.
Mr.. Freas stated that the matter of the
the County's paying one-half of the cost
of maintaining a light in the Jail yard
had been referred to the public Buildil gs
Committee but that committee wished
the matter to be decided by the Board.
After some discuss ion a vote resulted in
the request of the city being denied 10y a
vote of nine against four, for the light.
1t was stated that a sectional bookcase
was needed in the County Clerks Office
Buildings Committee with power to act.
Mr.. Batten reported that there was a
section OF State road in hi. township near
Pennsville OH which the water lay most
OF the time and that it drained on the
farms near it. He stated that two farm
owners had agreed to dig a ditch across
their farms to drain the water into the
river provided the county would pay S25
towards the cost of ditching.
Road Supervisor Dunn stated that the
owners had been to him about the matter
and had promised to make a good sized
open ditch and to keep it open. The
matter was referred to Mr.. Batten with
power to act.
1t was ordered that Road Supervisor
Dunn be given authority to purchase a
road scraper from Elsinboro township
and have it repaired Ter use.
1t was decided to improve the Court
House by making the addition to the
south side, instead of the north side,
as announced last week.