The Penn's Grove record., 1910-07-22
aoodsiown still Wants County Help
Prisoners Food Costs Eleven Cents a
Day

l VI AltOGSh OJ NV LCVhi
all members were present.
Mr.. Lounsbury offered a resolution of
regret on the loss of the late Eugene H.
Hines, and the resolution was ordered
| spread on the minutes. A letter of thanks
and appreciation from Mrs. Hires was
read, thanking the members for their
! services at the funeral of Mr.. Hires.
A resolution WAS passed declaring the
vacancy in the Board from the West
Ward, caused by the death of Eugene Ii.
| Hires, and the clerk was ordered to notify
the CITY Council of Salem of the vacancy.
! The Council will choose his successor,
! who will hold the position until January.
| A Freebooter will be elected next Noyem-
! Der to fill the office.
Mr.. Hart, for the Committee on Sup
plies to the Jail, reported that the average
cost per prisoner per day for food for the
past month had been IL 1-9 cents, II
that the total cost for food for the month
was 500. 70.
The Sheriff and Committee recommend
ed that Thos. Webb be discharged from
Jail and that five days per month be taken
from the sentence OF Thomas Cooper for
good behaviour. The recommendation in
both cases was adopted.
Mr.. Hannah reported that the work on
the Lower Canal bridge is completed and
asked that the committee be discharged;
the request was granted.
A resolution authorizing the Director
and County Collector to borrow So, 900 for
State Roads account, 81, 000 for Incident
ais, $3.50 for Salaries and $3.50 for Coroner
in anticipation OF taxes was adopted.
A resolution to renew a note OF Sl,50O
for three months was also carried. as was
also a resolution to pay 81, 800 to the
treasurer. OF the Almshouse trustees for
Almshouse purposes.
Engineer Miller reported that the Allo-
way-AIdine road is i'll good condition, or
was before the recent heavy rains.
a letter was received and read from
Wm. G. Smallwood, Secretary of the State
Anti-Tuberculosis Commission, pointing
out the law allowing counties to build
hospitals for the treatment OF tubercuiar
patients and stated that he would be
present at a future meeting this year to
ask the Freeholders to build one. No
action was taken in the matter.
A letter was received from the Alloway
township Committee stating that town.
ship had improved and repaired at it's
own expense the stretch OF road from
AlJoway toward Quinton to the Quinton
township line, and asked that the county
accept Tile road as a county road and keep
it in repair in the future. A committee
of Messrs. Gray, PiersoD, Burk, Louns-
bury and Griscom was appointed to go
over the road and report at the next
meeting as to the ACCESSIBILITY of the coun-
ty accepting 1t.
The Penn's Neck Bridge Committee
reported that two bids had been received
for painting that bridge as follows: Robt.
Smith $500, and Bernard DOMAIN $4S5.
The committee recommended that the
contract be awarded to Norman and it was
so ordered.
The Covered Bridge Committee was
authorized to have repairs made to the
Claysville side OF that bridge and the
Quaker Neck bridge was ordered repaired
by that committee, as Mr.. Hart, for the
committee, reported it in bad condition
and might fall i'll at any time or might
last a long time.
Mr.. Prickett was instructed to have
notices posted warning persons that any
travel over the Sharptown bridge would
be at the travellers risk.
MIR. Pancoast asked for a committee OIL
Cooper's branch bridge and himself, Gray
and Hannah were appointed. The audit
ing committee for the next month will be
Lounsbury and Pancoast. The Harrison
vile bridge was reported completed and
the committee was discharged.
The plans and specifications for the
Elmer borough State road in the borough
of Elmer were read and approved. The
plans call for a gravel road, beginning at
the intersection of Main Street, Elmer,
and the Barnsboro turnpike, and extend
ing thence through the borough OF Elmer
to the ~easterly end OF the Shirley road, a
distance of LIS miles. Tie gravel is to
be six to nine inches deep and eighteen
to torty-two feet wide The road is to be
completed on or before October 20, 1910.
Messrs. VIM. Richman, Thos. McAllis-
ter and D. G.. Humphreys, from Woods
town borough, were present II addressed
the meeting and presented q petition
asking the board to reconsider its former
action in refusing to build a street con-
Meeting the new Observation-Disclosures
State road, to be built, and the Main
street in Woodstown borough. The Dor
ough hasn't given up the right and wants
the street, and has evidently been doing
some effective work, for when the motion
was put for the committee OF Freeholders
in charge OF the.road to again meet with
the Woodstown Borough Council to take
over the matter further the motion was
carried by a vote OF 10 to 2-Messrs. Hart
and Pancoast being the only members to
vote against it.
In connection with the matter the fol-
lowing letter was received and read:
To Your Honorable Body
l feel that | cannot help expressing my
sentiments on your action at the last
meeting in reference to turning down the
recommendation Of the committee, who,
with Council and many taxpayers, met
here in WoodstoWn and talked the mat
ter over satisfactorily to all concerned.
The committee left the impression that
they were all favorable to coming to the
fountain with the State road. We were
all astounded when we heard OF your
actions. We all fail to see any reasons
whatever for such actions. The petition
presented to you represents hundreds OF
thousands OF dollars worth OF property.
These petitioners have paid their just
share of taxes toward all other State aid
roads. This road will be a great benefit
to scores of farmers and others who did
not sign the petition simply because 1t
was not presented to them. You may teel
that you are making a drive at WOODS
town citizens, but such is not the case.
You are injuring one of the best sections
OF Salem county by not building this road
to the fountain. | am satisfied by ex-
pressions of our citizens that this road
will not be completed by the borough
alone, leaving only a short link on the
through route unfinished. | was talking
with a very heavy taxpayer who las
climbed these hills all his life; he ex-
pressed rather freely, with much criticism
against the board. We were commenting
| on the new Gloucester county roads to De
| built. He stated that the new road from
Swedesboro to Auburn would probably
be worth 5000 to him, as his tenants
| carried from Salem county to Swedesboro'
| Gentlemen, take note of the Gloucester
| county Freeholders, think of it, their ex-
| pense in coming to Auburn, to Salem