The Penn's Grove record., 1911-07-21
COUNTY BOARD OF FREEHOLDERS.
New Road 1ateriaI To Be Tried.
Prisoners Cost 1U3 Cents a Day.

The July meeting of the County Board
Of Freeholders Vas held on the 18th
Director Grey presided with all the mem
hers present excepting Mr.. Burk. y
Coroner McGeorge, of Woodstown.
presented three bills for burying dead
bodies, in which the charge for one was
SIS and the other two $25 each. The
Board thought the latter charges toe
high. ~Ithoughl:thel law provides that the
cost of such cases shall be paid, not tc
exceed $25. The disposition OF the Board
was that not over SIS be paid i'll such
cases. The bills were referred to the
Committee OH Claims, who later reported
in favor of paying the bills at the rate
of SIS for burials, and that hereafter this
be the maximum price.
Mr.. w. I'll. Fulweiler, representing the
United Gas Improvement Company, Of
Philadelphia, which manufacturers what
is known as "Ugite," a road compound.
at the request of Colonel E. A Stevens,
State Road Commissioner, was before the
Board relative to an experiment Oh a
small section of road with a properly
graded gravel as a foundation and Ugite
as a tar binder for the surface. Colonel
Stevens has been of the opinion for some
time that good gravel can be found in
most sections of the State with which to
build improved roads, if the surface
could be properly bound together with
some tar or cement material to shed the
water and prevent the surface from dis
integrating. The Board discussed the
matter at the last meeting, and finally
decided to try a small section ON the
Warrington road.
Mr.. Fulweiler made a very clear and
Ineligible statement as to the construc-
ton of this kind of road. and as to its
durability, citing II section in New
England that had stood for ~twenty-eight
years, which he regarded as the maxi
mum age,a and placed the usual life of
such a road at fifteen years. In the con
struction of such a road the gravel is
graded, beginning with the larger peb-
bles in the foundation, and grading with
reached, when a fine sand is used, with
about two inches of this mixed with hot
tar, and well rolled, making a practically
water-tight surface, and if the road is
well underdrained he regarded it as dur
able as any material that could be used.
For such a road, after the road-bed is
be computed the cost, if the
material is hand-mixed, at from $4,000 to
$500 a mile, with 5000 to $500 less per
mile if a mechanical mixer is used.
Mr.. Griscom moved that Director
Gray appoint a committee of five to go
to Trenton and confer with Colonel
Stevens, the State Road Commissioner,
to the amount apportioned Salem
county from the State Automobile Fund,
which so far is only 5000, when about
$4,000 was expected, and the repairs
made to the county roads were
that basis. They are also to ascer-
tain if the State is to pay all or what
Of the amount expended in MAX
ing the experiment with gravel and
binder and recommendedlby the
State Road Commissioner.
The motion was approved and Director
n so =, ,,o,oo1 NTncorc ricon,,- nn,ohur,
Hannah and Reeves, and OH motion, Di-
rector Gray was made chairman of the
Mr.. Vanneman, of tie Committee on
Discharge OF Prisoners, reported that
Sheriff Batten recommended that five
days each per month be deducted from
the sentences of William Purnell and
James Gibson, prisoners in the county
Jail, and that they be discharged, which
was ordered.
Mr.. Griscom, OF the Committee on Sup
plies for the County Jail, reported twenty
prisoners in the Jail for the month,
twelve still remaining in confinement,
and that the cost of maintenance had
been $2S.21, or AN average Of l03 cents
per day for each prisoner.
The committee OH Penn's Neck bridge,
Salem, reported that the repairs made
by the Owego Bridge Company had been
completed and the work accepted, which
report was approved.
The Elmer Borough State Road Com
reported that the road is in bad
condition and needs scraping. Engineer
Keasby stated that the contractor had
promised to attend it after a heavy rain.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the payment of l 1000 to the Almshouse
Trustees for current expenses OF that
institution.
Another resolution was adopted au-
thorizing the Director and County Col
to borrow sc, 900 fin anticipation OF
for use of the State Roads, Bridges.
and Buildings and Incidental accounts.
The Hook road bridge was reported in
need OF lacking mp and other repairs but
nothing definite was done III the matter.
A letter WAS received from County
superintendent D. 0. Barr asking that
the Board pay him $3.50 for services OF
All assistant as the law creating the posi-
ton stated that the County could pay a
as high as $500, and stating the
amount of the salary he has been paying
his assistant. The letter was ordered laid
for one meeting.
Messrs. Vanneman. Pierson, and Louns-
bury were appointed a committee to
visit the bridges in Quinton and Messrs.
Prickett and Pierson were appointed
auditing committee for the next month.
Paulsboro's Mayor Dead
VIM. ]. Adamsou, Mayor Of Paulsboro,
who was taken to the White Haven San