The Penn's Grove record., 1910-05-20
The PENIS Grove Record
FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1910.
County FreeholderS DOings
County Will Cease To Board
SaIem's Prisoners.

County VIII Cease 10 Doafo
Salem's Prisoners.
At the May meeting of the County
Board of Freeholders on the l!th only
seven members were present at the pegln-
ming of the session, and MIR. Grlscom was
elected president until MIR. Gray arrived.
The others also arrived, excepting Messrs.
Hires and Pancoast.
The committee on Nortonville bridge
reported repairs completed and were dis
charged.
Nine prisoners were reported to be in
Jail. The cost of feeding prisoners was
133 cents a day.
MIR. Griscom reported that the COM
mittee appointed had purchased a road
scraper Tor use of the County OH State
roads at a cost OF 500 and that he thought
two more scrapers were needed Tor State
roads in other parts of the county. Two
more scrapers were ordered purchased
one for use on the Woodstown II the
other for use on the Elmer and Alloway
roads.
Councilmen Samuel L. Borton, d. q.
Humphreys and l. B. Cole, OF Woods
town appeared before the Board and
advocated the extension of the proposed
Warrington and ~PHesgrove State road
from the creek to the bank i'll Woods
town to connect with the state road now
built. Their reasons were REINFORCED by
Benz. Patterson who stated that 1t was
only HOO feet and would make a contln-
uous line of good roads advocated by
State Road Commissioner Gilkyson.
Woodstown is an important taxing dis
trict and it has a right to claim some OF
the benefits. The county has already
set the precedent of building roads IN
the boroughs, as IN is now being built
III Elmer.
Director Gray said the Board had given
the Borough of Woodstowm one OF the
best roads in the county, costing the
county $37, 900, and that they had been
severely criticised for doing so, and he
thought that before any more road money
was spent in Woodstown some others
sections OF the county ought to be given
an opportunity to get good roads. Beside,
he said, he understood that State Road
Commissioner Gilkyson is opposed to
building State-aid roads in boroughs and
cities.
The matter was laid over for a month.
The woodwork OH the Lower Canal
bridge was reported completed and the
committee was discharged.
When tie bill for Jail Warden's salary
of $50 came up Clerk Ford reported that
Mr.. Sutton, the warden, had not as yet
been duly elected or confirmed by the
Board nor the bill approved by anyone.
The bill was later approved by Sheriff
Batten and ordered paid but no action
was taken in the matter Of confirming
the appointment of the warden.
Fol the action taken to recover damages
from the Atlantic Refnding Company Tor
the injury done to the Penn Neck draw
bridge the Solicitor reported that he had
replied asking what protecting piling was
around the draw. To this he had first
obtained advice from Washington that
none were necessary and had SO written
the Refining Company who had not as
yet made any reply to his last COMMUNE
cation.
The Solicitor also rendered an opinion
in the matter of placing go Slow" signs
at the approaches to the Penn's Neck
bridge. He gave it as his opinion faster
than a walk applied to horses but not to
automobiles but that he thought the
County could refrain travelling over the
bridge at a speed greater than 20 miles
per hour. Mr.. Hart replied that he
though the county could hold the speed
down to four miles per hour as the bridge
is now being racked to pieces by the fast
driving over it. 10 this Mr.. Keasbey
said he thought the proper way would be
to make an arrest and put it up to the
Court to decide. No further action was
taken in the matter.
In the matter of medical attention to
prisoners i'll the city lookup, who have
not been committed to the comfy Jail,
Mr.. Keasby held that the city must pay
the bill and that the county assumed no
liability until the prisoners are committed
to the county Jail 1t was ordered that
the city of Salem be informed that the
county will be guided by this decision.
The Alloway z. o. S. of A., requested
a donation from the county for Memorial
day expenses, in decorating graves OF
soldiers, etc. There are about 81 soldiers
graves in Alloway cemetery and over
30 markers for soldiers who went from !
Alloway township but never returned.
Freebooter Pierson was authorized to
purchase flags for the graves and to pre-
sent the bill at next meeting Four dol
lars was requested for decorating ex-
penses at Wodstown, and was granted.
1t was decided to purchase two Elliot
Fisher writing machines for the clerks
office, the company take two old
machines now in the clerks office, in the
deal as the were nearly worn out and
needed frequent repairs. The cost of
them will be $315.
After adjournment the members, news
paper men and a few invited guests went
to the Country Club where Steward Fox,
who was a member of the Board for
many years, served a planked shad din
her i'll his usual excellent style.