The Penn's Grove record., 1911-12-22
NINE APPLICATIONS FOR COUNTY ROADS.


lD6 0eC6mDeT meeting OF TIE county
Board of Freef,olders was held in the
Court House. Salem, on the 18th with all
the members present.
The morning session was taken up
with ordering bills paid. They include a
bill for 81. so for killing a fox by Samuel
Shiles, Of Elmer, and a bill for $131 30
for attending sick prisoners for the year
in the Jail. Clerk Smashey stated that as
several of the members Of the Board had
asked him for a list of the petitions for
new State roads to be built in various
portions OF the county that he had looked
the matter up and made the following
list which is approximately correct.
There may be one or two more and the
dates may be changed slightly but not to
any great extent. The list of roads al
ready applied for and for which petitions
have been filed are as follows:
Salem-Quinton, applied for in 1907.
P~edricktOwn- Penn's Grove, Feb. 10,
| 1909.
P~ennsville-P enn's Grove, MAJ. 10000.
Borough OF Penn's Grove, Mar. 10, 1909.
Elmer-D aretown, April Is, 1909.
Harmersville, Canton to Cumberland
| County line, November, 1910.
S~harptown, March 5, 1911.
Elmer-C entreton, April IL. 1911.
Elmer-Mullica Hill. May 10, 1911.
A letter was received and filed from
Fred W. Smith, of Good Roads fame,
making several suggestions and requests
of the Salem Board of Freeholders IN the
matter of building pieces of connecting
roads, purchasing the Bridgeton, MARI
boro turnpike, etc.
Another letter was received from State
Department of Weights and Measures
stating that the law requires the county
to have an official county inspector of
weights and measures and asking that the
officials name and address be forwarded
70 that department. The letter was re-
ceived and filed.
The committee OH Discharge of Pris-
oners recommended that Frank White
ker's costs of $23. so be paid and the fine
OF $25 be remitted-subject to the ap-
proval of Judge Waddington. The
recommendation of the committee was
adopted. The committee also recon-
mended that five days per month be
stricken from the sentence of William
Smith for good behavior, that the costs
of $3.50 be paid in the case of William
Pitts and that he be discharged, and that
the fine of $50 be RENTED and the costs
OF SIS 72-in the case OF Leo Cain be paid
and the prisoner discharged on approval
Of Judge Waddington. All of the recon-
mendations were adopted.
A resolution was adopted to borrow
$4,000 for Is days in anticipation OF taxes,
for the State Road account. /,
The committee on Jail Supplies report
ed that there are at present Z whites 4
colored and one women in the Jail that
the cost of food for the month had been
500. Is, or an average Of 143 cents per
prisoner per day.
Mr.. Vann eman reported that the COW
cred bridge has been repaired and Mr..
| Hannah reported that most OF the work
on the Lower Canal bridge has been
done. Mr.. Prickett reported that he
thinks the gravel used OH the new Mann
ington : Woodstown state road is too
sandy and will not pack.
The committee on the Quaker Neck
bridge reported having received two bids
as follows:
Edward Steelman, price complete as
per plans, $2,187. Ii gum pilings be
used 500 less; if extra pilings be used,
40 cents per foot for the extra pilings.
Owego Bridge Company, price COM
plete as per plans, So, 039. Ii extra pill
ings be used at the rate Of so cents per it.
Mr.. Burk presented the following res
o~lution:
Resolved, That the report OF the COM
mittee on the Quaker Neck Bridge be
received and fled, that the recommenda-
tions of the committee be adopted and
that the director and clerk be authorized
to enter into a contract with Edward
Steelman for the building of the bridge.
And be it further resolved to use which
ever form of pihng they think best.
Tile res ted. The Com
lnittee on the SIDEWALK around the county
buildings reported that it deemed it wise
est to wait until Spring before taking
any action in the matter. On suggestion
OF Mr.. Burk the Finance committee was
instructed to include n its annual report
the annual cost and yearly average of
keeping and feeding prisoners.
It was ordered that a bill Tor damages
be sent Captain Wright for damages done
by his tngboat at Hawks bridge. Clerk
Smasliey asked that the Public Buildings
committee investigate the matter of the
county furnishing heat Tor tile Union
and Liberty Fire houses in the city of
Salem from the county heating plant pro-
vided the city pay for making the neces-
gary plumbing connections, which he said,
would be very little. He said he was in
formed that there is nearly always, if not
all the time, sufficient heat to do this at
no extra cost to the county and that it
would be quite a saving to the city as it
is always necessary to keep the two
houses warm enough to prevent freezing
Of water therein. He said there is some
talk of the city purchasing two fire horses
to he kent IN the Union Fire house and