The Penn's Grove record., 1910-06-17
BOARD OF F~REEHOLDERS
woodstown Road Extension


The June meeting of the Board of Free
holders was held on the 9Th with all the
members present except Messrs. Burk
and Hires.
A bill of ]. Albert Fisher, a constable
Of Penn's Grove, for Sc. 20, for conveying
prisoners from that place to the county
iaiI at Salem. on commitment under a
horonph ordinance, was referred to Solic-
;tor Keasbey for his opinion. He said
there was no law compelling the Board
to nav such a bill, and the payment was
refused. This is the first instance OF the
hind where the Board has been asked to
nav snch expenses. The bill was not ap-
proved by Prosecutor S%innickson, as the
cases had not come before him.
A bill of 500 of FL. B. Keasbey, who is
| the Solicitor of the Board, for counsel
given to Sheriff Batten, provoked consld.
| cradle discussion as to the obligation OF
the Board in this matter. Ihis Is the
second bill of the kind the Board has
been called upon to pay. In the first I'M
stance the practice in a number OF othe-
counties was cited, some of which paid
such bills and others did not. 1t was
stated that the prosecutor of the county
had with many of our Sheriffs furnished
ali the legal advice needed. The bill
was Maid. and OH motion OF Mr.. Hart,
which was unanimously passed, no more
similar bills are to be paid, but ii he
sheriff needs legal advice, outside what he
can obtain from the Prosecutor, he must
pay for it.
feeding the prisoners for the past month
had been $31. 55, or an average of u cents
per prisoner per day for food. He re-
norted that there are IA prisoners Ill the
iail. eleven colored and three whites.
The Board accepted the recommends.
ton that five days a month be RENTED
from the sentence of Chester Arthur Tor
good behavior.
The fine of $40 Oh Ellis Quinette' was
ordered RENTED on the approval OF
Judge Sinnickson, as the cost OF $3S.9o
had been paid.
Director Gray reported that the con-
tractors, Fostor & Son, were mo- scraping
the Elmer and Harding State road II
that the people are complaining.
There were five bids to furnish bitumi-
nous coal for the public buildings, rang
ING in price from So. "a to 3.44 per ton OF
{. $40 pounds. The contract was given to
g. G. Lippincott at So. "a per ton.
A resolution to borrow $1,000 for
Bridges, s. 1000 for Courts and 5000 for
Printing accounts in anticipation OF taxes,
was carried.
Mr.. Lounsbury asked that a committee
and engineer be appointed to prepare
specifications for a State road in Qulnton
township, but no action was taken. The
Board had decided to build only one State
road a year and Quinton's turn will not
come until 1912.
The committee reported that Hancock's
bridge needed considerable repairs and
was empowered to do it.
Penn's Neck bridge wa ordered re-
painted.
Solicitor Keasbey reported that he had
received no satisfaction from the Atlantic
Refining Company whose tug had DAM
aged Penn's Neck bridge, and action was
deferred until repairs were finished.
Elmer Sutton was confirmed as Jail
Warden.
Road Supervisor Caspar reported the
L. P. Neck shell road wearing out and
advised that gravel be put on. Mr.. Han
nah stated that some of the inhabitants OF
the township objected to putting gravel
on shells. No action was taken.
Messrs. Gray, Prickett, Griscom and
L%ounsbury, committee on Warrington
Pilesgroye State road, recommended that
the Board build the road from the bridge
to the tan road in Woodstown borough.
County Collector James Butcher said
he wished to make a statement as a cltl-
zen. He said the county had spent in
building State roads, since he had been
County Collector 1926 ,472.47, this amount
not including the Lower Alloways Creek
road. OF this amount there had been re-
ceived from the State $50, 491. So; from
townships and boroughs SIS, 857.53; from
the automobile fund $6, 125. 35, making a
total of $77,474.5l, which leaves $l47,-
997. SO as the amount of money actually
expended by the Freeholders for the i'm
provement of county roads.
The cost OF the WoodstoWn bitulithic
road, he said, was $37, 500, 20, of which
the borough paid ten per cent. and the
State only paid S., 784. go, Or one-third the
cost of an ordinary road, whereas it really
should have paid $12,506.72.
The Lower Penn's Neck road, he said,
cost $50, 40. 20, Of which the State paid
81, 442.67.
The city OF Salem, he said, pays one
IlOuIbH VI bIo COunty edAj auO Las ailCouJ
paid $37, 900 for the improvement of the
county roads, and yet when the city asked
for the improvement of a small strip OF
road in the city limits, the Board turned
the petition down, and the city had to do
the work itself at an expense of over
81, 1000, and if Woodstown wants an i'm
proved road it should build it. If it can
get the State to aid them, all right. He
did not think it fair for Woodstown to
ask further aid from the county to i'm.
prove its streets.
He said Salem pays in county, local
and school taxes 1858, 489, as against $19,-
1894 paid by the Borough Of Woods
town.
Several members expressed themselves
on the question.
Mr.. Prickett, of P~ilesgrove, said the
piece of road asked for by Woodstown
formed the connecting link in the chain
of good roads from Camden to Salem, and
he thought the Board ought to build it,
and that while the county had given
Woodstown one good road, it ought to be
kept in mind that the county was under
no expense for repairs OH it, the borough
assuming this, while the costs of repairs
on all other roads of the county was be-
coming a big item.
The vote resulted as follows:
Yeas-Gray, Lounsbury and Prickett.
Nays-Hart, Pierson, Reeve, Pancoast,
Griscom, tanning, Charlesworth and
Hannah.
Absent-Hires and Burk.