The Penn's Grove record., 1909-10-22
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The October meet. 80 lie gsaga al
Chosen Freeholders Wa sll r she {sluri
House, Salem, on the Is. lt Qten-
beers being present except 81
Of Salem, and Fogg, of Low, ewaya
Greek. Director Ayres preside
Samuel L. Borton appeared BIT. aFe iig
Board and presented a petition, h
ously signed by the citizens of We =
town, asking that Joseph B. Cobb be
! given permission to build a concrete and
steel dam across the stream, above the
iron bridge, on lower Main street, Woods
town, to again form a pond, the argument
used being that it will add to the natural
beauty and appearance Of that part OF the
town. The promise is made in the petit
tion that nothing will be done to in any
way to destroy or injure the bridge or the
roadway.
Solicitor D. V. SommeriIl, Jr., when
asked an opinion on the matter, said he
saw no objection to Mi. Cobb building a
dam, if he OWNS the property on which
he proposes to construct it, and providing
he does not thereby injure the county
bridge. He said hewould oppose the
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any permission for such dam, or joining
the dam to the bridge abutments, thus
binding the county against future posi-
bilities, as no one can tell what the county
might want to do in the future in enlarg-
ing the bridge.
No action was taken to give the consent
of the Board.
The Committee on the Alloway and
Alai,n Sfok1 Dad ~o-~xI IT. Ct&.ko
Commissioners Gilkyson has gone over
the road and reported it satisfactory with
few repairs to the shoulder and gutter
line, and would direct payment of the
States portion upon the approval of the
Board.
The recommendation of the committee
was approved, and the balance due the
contractor, So, 1870. 80, was ordered paid,
less five per cent. to be retained for
IL year, under the contract, and $500,
until the road is completed.
Mr.. B. l.. Tuft, one of the contractors
on the road, stated that they had been
obliged to haul a large quantity of earth
on the road not called for in the contract,
and he invited the members of the Board
to visit tile road and inspect it, and he.
would show them that such was the case,
and if he did so to their satisfaction he
would like to have pay for this extra
work, and he then made the astonishing
statement that this extra work had cost
them $1,000 for team hire, using twelve
teams for 24S days, and $1,000 for labor
and earth.
Engineer Josiah Miller stated that he
had calculated the measurements as
closely as he could, but that no one could
tell exactly how much earth it would
take to fill a hole.
Mr.. Tuft said the contract called for
10000 yards OF top dressing, and he
believed he had used $1,000 yards of
This seems like a wide difference
in a contract price of something over
5000.
Mr.. Burk, of the Committee on Sup
plies for the County Jail, reported that
tIie cost OF feeding the prisoners for the
past month was 81 cents per day.
Mr.. Gray reported that the Elmer State
road is about completed whistle excep-
Jon of some work on the shoulders, and
balance due under the contract is
81 $40. The payment of the amount
was deferred until the contractor COM
pletes the road to the satisfaction of the
Board.
Director Ayres reported that the Com
nittee on the Chestnut Run Bridge at
.oodstown met the Mayor and mem
oers of Borough Council OIL the bridge, and
hat they wanted the county to extend
,he bridge TO cover the sidewalks and
make them of connrptn