The Penn's Grove record., 1911-03-17
ANOTHER STATE ROAD WANTED.
Work To Begin On The r~lannington-
PiIesgrOve State Road.

The March meeting OF the Boaro Oh
Chosen Freeholders was held on the ot'
with all the members present except MT.
Lanning. Director Gray presided.
A petition was received to build a state
road in Pilesgrove from the Woodstown-
Salem road through Sharptown to upper
Penn's Neck line.
The contract to build the state road be-
given and a petition is on file to extend
the state road from Biddle's creek to the
Pilesgrove line. This last petition VIII
complete the state road from Penhs
Grove to Woodstown when built.
The Pilesgroye township committee at
a recent meeting passed a motion agreeing
to pay ten per cent. of the cost OF SAID
road. The petition OH motion OF Mr..
Prickett. was received and filed and plac-
ed in its regular turn with the others ask
ed, for improved roads.
Thomas. G.. billiard, appeared before
the Board i'll behalf of Joel H. jenkins,
Jr., with a bill of 500 damages, done to
a horse, wagon and harness, when the
horse fell in a hole near a small bridge IN
Warrington township. The Committee
Oh Claims, which reported against paying
the bill, stating that there was nothing
the matter with the bridge at that time
or now; that the hole was a muskrat ex-
~cavation which, had not reached the sur
face of the road until trod on by the
horse, and that they considered the
charge and excessive one. On recon-
mendation of the committee the payment
of the bill was refused.
Mr.. Pierson asked that gravel be put
OH the Alloway-Aldine State road where
it was clayey, but no action was taken.
A resolution was adopted to transfer
81 800 from bridges and public buildings
and 81, 900 from the almshouse accounts,
to the repairs of State roads account, to
enable the ordered repairs made to the
Lower Penn's Neck State road.
County Road Supervisor Casper asked
that the county buy four or five dump
wagons to be used in unloading barges,
stating that he has to pay a rental OF
seventy-fve cents per wagon per day,
and that a few unloaded barges would
pay for the wagons.
County Collector Butcher stated that
there is not enough money to buy the
wagons and the ordered repairs to the
state roads until after the next budget is
made out, but after a great deal OF argu-
ment it was voted to allow the County
Road Supervisor to buy four or five
wagons at a cost of not more than $500
each.
The Clerk of the Board was authorized
to notify Fisher & Son, the contractors, to
make repairs to the Elmer Hardingville
road in five days or the Board would
have the work done and the bill sent to
them. The case of FISHER 4 Son for the
five per cent balance due Oh this road is
scheduled to come to trial in May.
A letter was received from the State
Cure and Prevention OF Tuberculosis
Society, asking Salem county to COM
bine with other South Jersey counties i'll
building a hospital for tuberculosis pa
tients. The letter was received and filed.
A bill for 1925 from Christopher Dom
egan, for damages to harness when his
horse fell t~hrough-a small bridge OH the
Pennsville State road was ordered paid.
The Elmer Borough State Road Com
mite reported that it had gone over the
road, found it in good condition and the
repairs suggested by the State Road
Commissioners made and recommended
the acceptance Of the road. The report
OF the committee was accepted.
r. n. V%anneman. reported that needed
repairs are being made to the Covered
Bridge.
The Committee on Supplies for the
Jail reported that the food bill last
month was SIS So, or an average Of III
cents per prisoner per day. There are
eight prisoners in the county Jail and had
been but eleven during the month.
The Committe Oh Discharge of Pris-
oners recommended that five days per
month be taken from the sentence of
Thomas Terry and that William Smith
be discharged. 1t was 80 ordered.
For the Committee of the Manning
ton-Pilesgrove- Woodstown State Road
Mr.. Keasby reported that Assistant
Supervisor Meeker. in a conversation,
had informed him that he thought there
would be 10 trouble in the matter of
signing the contract for the road, and
stated that he thought Colonel Stevens,
the new State Road Commissioner,
would sign it within two or three days.
He further said that if the Board did not
real from him by Wednesday morning
1.-THE day of meeting) they could con-
slider the matter satisfactorily adjusted
and that the signed contract would reach
the engineer within a few days.
Lounsbury and Person were appointed
auditing committee for the next month
and the meeting adjourned.
Famous Checker Player Dead.
Thomas B. Pancoast died at his house
at Hancock's Bridge last Tuesday morn
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