The Penn's Grove record., 1909-05-21
County Legislators Dine Oh shad
Huntington State Road Accepted.
More State Roads. Wanted

tAAS
ing session was held in Court House,
| Salem, and the afternoon session was
held at the Country Club in Elsinboro,
| after a luscious shad dinner served by
| Freebooter Fox.
After the reading of the minutes and
| the paying of the bills presented, the
| Warrington state road committee made
the following report:
We the undersigned Committee on
the Warrington state aid road have
| viewed the same and found it in good
| condition except the putting on of a
few. loads of shells and scraping of the
road: We recommend the acceptance
| OF the road and the payment of the five
per cent. of the contract price except
| S6l IS which is to be retained until the
| shells and scraping is finished to the
| satisfaction of the committee. Signed
]. F. Ayres, RIB. Griscom, E. H. Hires,
G. B. tanning and David B. Fox.
Director Ayres explained that this
was the final acceptance OF the road.
| The action and recommendation of the
| committee was endorsed and the balance
ordered paid.
A resolution was introduced and
| carried that the Board negotiate a loan
of $4,000 in anticipation of taxes,
| ($2, 900 for Bridges and Public Build
ing Account and $500 for the sheriff's
Office. Another resolution was also
| carried that the county negotiate a loan
of SIS, 900 in anticipation of taxes for State
| Roads account.
Complaints were made that some parts
| of the new Penn's Grove state road arein
bad condition and Mr.. Hannah made a
motion. which was carried, that the
| Committee notify the contractor to put
the road in good order.
The Sharptown bridge committee re-
ported that the bridge was completed
and asked to be discharged. The re-
quest was granted.
Messrs. Briant, Prickett and Griscom
reported that they had visited the bridge
neal the Henry Austin farm in Manning
ton and thought an entirely new bridge
with concrete top should be built. They
reported that they had received bids
from the Canton Bridge Company for
/ ,225 for an Is foot span and % foot
roadway, and one from the Oswego Bridge
Company for $1,174. On motion the
matter was left in the hands of the Com
mittee with power to act, and award the
bid to the lowest bidder.
The Court House Committee reported
that it had awarded the contract of
placing screens in the court house win
dows to Ed. Davis for the sum OF $l13.
Mr.. Gray reported that work on the
Elmer state road is progressing nicely
and that three-fourths of the distance is
already graded.
Mr.. Parvin reported that work has
commenced on the Centreton bridge.
The committee ON the Elmer State
road bridges reported that they accepted
the bid Of the Canton Bridge Company
for 1898, which action was endorsed by
the board.
The Upper Penns Neck Township
Committee presented the following Pc
tition: "We the undersigned Township
Committee of the township OF Upper
Pc ms Neck, do hereby petition your
honorable body to complete the Penn's
Grove state road to the line OF the town.
ship of Pilesgroye as approved by the
State Road Commissioner and which was
promised Commissioner Gilkyson. Sign
ed Joseph E. Clark, w. F. Sailor, Jas.
Hutchinson and j. M. Bevis.
Mr.. Pancoast, of L. A. Township, made
a motion that the petition be laid OH the
table for the present and the motion was
arri ed.
The representatives OF the Elmer Gas
Company was present and asked the
Board to endorse the action of the Woods
town Borough Council in allowing that
company to lay gas mains ON the Woods
town state road. The matter was referr-
ed to the County Solicitor to take up with
the Gas Company and report at the next
meeting.
Mr.. Burk stated that the law govern
ing the County Almshouse trustees speci-
fed that the trustees organize in May
and therefore, to be in accordance with
the law, he moved that the present board
of trustees, who were elected in January,
be reelected to a term of one year. The
motion vas carried by a vote of IL to l.
Mr.. Burk reported that he had received
complaints from Lewis Holmes that the
Nortonville bridge tender is not always
on duty. 1t was ordered that the Clerk
notify the Gloucester Board as that Board
has charge OF employing the tender, being
a county line bridge.
Road Supervisor Dunn reported that
the Pennsville-Salem state road needs
repairing and that from 5000 to $4,000
bushels of shells are needed. 1t was or
dered that he purchase the shells and
make Tine necessary repairs.
Mr.. Griscom reported that he had re-
ceived a letter from City Solicitor H. B.
Ware in regards to the proposed concrete
pavements around the county buildings
and that it is up to the Board to do one
thing or the other. After due delibera-
ton the Public Buildings Committee re-
ported that it had no further report to
make ON the matter.
MIR. Pancoast reported hat there is a
sunken vessel at Hancock's Bridge which
has been abandoned by the owners which
would soon be a menace to navigation.
Ii was ordered that Captain Rand of the
U. S. War Department be notified by the
Clerk of the Board.