The Penn's Grove record., 1911-04-21
State Road Complications
The nannington. Pilesgrovs Road De.
Iayed. Pittssroxe Wants Another.

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Iayed. Pittsgrove Wants Another.
1t developed at the meeting of the
County Board of ~Freeholders on the 18th
that further delays has arisen in the
building of the state road in Warrington
and filesgrove. Solicitor Keasbey pro-
| duced a letter from the State Road Com
| missioner, E. A. Stevens, stating that
the contractors, Tuft & Kelly, must give
8 1000 more bonds or else have their pres
ent boDdsmen qualify to the entire
| amount of the bonds, $26,500 in real
estate value. A letter was also received
and read from Messrs. Tuft & Kelly re-
fusing to give more bonds and refusing to
ask any other person to go Oh their bond.
After a great deal discussion the matter
/ was left with the road committee and
solicitor to try to get the contractors to
| reconsider their decision as the State
| Commissioner will not approve the con-
tract unless they increase their bonds
$4,000. The bondsmen are John Red
strake and DR.. w. FL. Carpenter.
The contract for building the new
| bridge over Salem creek at WOOdstown
| has been awarded but the holding up or
delay in the road, also delays the bridge.
The new bridge when completed will be
at least 3 feet higher than the present one
| and it would be a difficult matter to go
| ahead with the bridge without the prop
| err approach in the road. To make the
| county build and grade the approach
would cost the county several extra
| thousand dollars. No definite action was
| taken by the Board. The old bridge is
in a dangerous condition and will not
| stand another seasons heavy hauling OF
potatoes and truck.
1t was reported that the bridge at Nor
t%onville has been repaired and the house
for the tender completed.
A representative of the West Disinfect-
ant Company tried to start a Lexow III
| v~estigation in the matter of buying dis
infectant for the county buildings but met
with poor success. He, however, brought
| out the information from Mr.. Hart that
the county has bought nearly 5000 worth
of disinfectant in the past year, enough to
last 10 years and to disinfect the entire
county, it was stated. One lot had been
bought on trial, found no good and re-
turned without expense to the county.
Later it was shipped back, received, and
the bill for it paid by the Board. AS a
result of the statement by Mr.. Hart, it
was ordered that in the future all disin.
f~ectants for the county buildings be
bought by the Public Buildings commit
tee.
Hannah, Vanneman and Hart were
appointed a comittee to look after the
stone wall on the Penn's Neck causeway
which is washing in.
Mr.. Burk reported that the South Jer-
sey Gas Company was tearing up the
state road in his township without per-
mission and he was instructed to look
alter the matter. A request was made by
some painters to paint signs OH the fences
along the state roads and the request was
refus ed.
A petition to build five miles more OF
state road was received and filed. The
road lies in Pittsgrove township, is to be
of gravel, SO feet in width and five miles
in length. 1t begins at the line between
the township of Pittsgrove and the
borough of Elmer and runs five miles
through Pittsgrove, to Centerton and
the Cumberland county line.
The Cumberland county ~freeholders,
it was stated would build the balance Of
the road in that county to Bridgeton .
The petition was accompanied by the re
port of the township committee offering
to pay the usual ten pei cent. of the cost.
Mr.. Prickitt reported that Road Super
visor Casper is going ahead repairing the
Woodstown-H Jacksonville road and ques-
toned his authority to do so. Collector
Butcher stated that he wants some pro-
lection in paying these road repair bills
between the meetings. He stated that
no other road supervisor had ever collect
ed between the meetings but waited until
the Board regularly paid the bills. At
present the supervisor waits until after
the board meetings and then comes for
payment and the amounts run up into
$40, 900 or $11,0 900 dollars per year. He
said he did not want to hold up the road
repair work but he would have to stop
these payments unless the bills were
authorized or he was protected.
A motion was carried that in the future
the collector pay no road bills unless first
approved by the freeholders in the town.
ship in which the work is done, and by
the supervisor. 1t was also ordered that
cost of making repairs to the road above
Woodstown be limited to 81. 500.
1t was ordered that the repairs to the
Oldmans township road be restricted to
$500. The Board passed a motion that
in the future the uniform price for teams
on road work be So per day for double
teams, $4.5O per day for 3 horse teams
including drivers, and that the county
pay but rs cents per day for dump
wagons when hired.
Mr.. Hannah stated that il fishing is
good he will be willing to present enough
fish for the annual planked shad dinner
at the Country Club. The matter of fix
ing and adopting the tax budget for the
coming year was taken up but no action
taken. The finance committee reported
that 1t had gone carefully over the matter