The Penn's Grove record., 1912-07-19
bBUhfY will REPAIR UPPER NECK ROAD
Two Bridges To be Built

OF freenOlQerS was lelu Oh bHe lUtH.
Plans and specifications for two new
iron and concrete bridges were approved
and accepted. the committees authorized
to advertise for bids and to enter into
contracts therefore with the successful
bidders The two bridges are both county
line bridges over Oldmans creek, one at
Davis mill and the other on the road be-
tween Woodstown and Mullica Hill.
Lin Butcher was present and suggested
that the county repair or erect wooden
finger posts at cross roads and where
needed throughout the county. The
matter was discussed and deemed advls-
able but nothing definite was done.
Sol citor Keasby reported that some
time ago the Board had asked Tor Instruc-
tions AS to limiting the speed OF automo-
biles over the county bridges, and SAID
that at that time the county could do
nothing in the matter, but now, he sta
ted, a law enacted last March liked the
speed limit of automobiles over county
bridges at five miles per hour and pro-
vided that no load of over 10 tons De al
lowed to cross them. He suggested the
erection Of warning signs to the effect
that violations of the law would be pros
ecuted, and after some discussion 1T as
voted to have these warning signs placed
OH all the draw bridges III the county
and at the covered bridge on Market
street. Salem. The signs will give the
autoists warning of the speed llnilt and
penalty of $40 for violation thereof.
A motion was passed authorizing A
committee to get bids for furnishing the
signs and to award the contract. Eleven
bridges will be so posted.
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town bridge has been completed and ac-
cepted and is one of the finest concrete
bridges III the county. The matter of re-
moving the meridian houses o in the
public school yards was again brought up
OH request of the Board of Education,
but as the solicitor had before reported
adversely it was decided to again leave it
for him to take up with the state authori-
ties.
The bill of the Owego Bridge Company
for S34S.S9 for repairing the damages
made by a barge to the Penn's Neck
drawbride was received and paid. The
Quaker Neck bridge was reported COM
pieted and opened for traffic and to be a
fine piece of work. Contractor Edward
Steelnlan built the bride.
Mr.. Keasbey reported that i'll making a
road Lap of the county for the State
Commissioner he had discovered that all
of the underneath iron girders i'll all Of
the bridges need painting and that they
should be painted once per year. Mr..
Hart and others stated that once in three
years would be often enough but no def
mite action was taken.
In reference to the division of the
county's share of the State Automobile
fund, 50, 1000, solicitor Keasbey states that
he had some letters from the State ROAD
COMMISSIONS on the subject and the
Commissioner would like to know if the
county Board of F~reeholders wanted it
apportioned as he had first suggested
which was 81, 900 to the Alloway-Aldine
state road, 1000 to the Lower Penn's
Neck state road and So, 5000 to the Penns-
ville-Penns Grove road.
The solicitor stated that lie had i'll
formed the State Commissioner that the
suggested apportlonment had been the
desire of the county and that the Direc-
tor had also informed the Commissioner
that such was the desire of the Board.
He, the solicitor, had therefore drawn up
some resolutions which lie presented APP
proving OF the appOrtionment, approving
the amounts and accepting it on the part
OF the county. Mr.. B1rk signed the
resolution which was put and carried.
Mr.. Keasby then presented two more
resolution providing for the accepting
from the townships Of Lower and Upper
Penns Neck OH the road between Penns-
vile and Penns Grove, of maintaining it
as a county road in the future on the
payment of 81, 800 by the township of
Upper Penns Neck and of $625 by the
township OF Lower Penns Neck. These
resolutions also were adopted by the
Board. Mr.. Keasby stated that il WAS
not the Intention of the county to make
an expensive state road of this one, but
merely to make it a good township road
as good as any township would repair a
road and make it a fairly decent one, even
if it be but a narrow one,
On suggestion OF Road Supervisor Cas-
per a committee of three Freeholders,
Wheaton, Lanning and Burk, was APP
pointed to aid the supervisor in his work
OF building this road.
A resolution was adopted to borrow in
anticipation of taxes 81 1000 from the
Salem National Bank to be used for the
county departments. Another resolution
to pay 81 900 to the treasurer OF the Aims
house trustees was adopted.
The Public Buildings Committee re-
ported that it had met with a committee
from the Bar Association and had de-
cided to make the toilet on the first
floor in the Court House a private one
for the use of the Judges, to tear down
the partition between one of the jAry
rooms and the grand jury room on the
second floor, on the plea that the grand
jury room is too small, but had decided
to do nothing in the way of installing a
toilet for the use of the public in another
portion of the Court House. After con-
siderable discussion it was voted by the
Board to make the alterations as suggest
ed on the first floor but to do nothing Gil
the second floor, in the way of aftera-
tons. A committee from the Salem
Business Mems Association was present
and asked the decision of the meeting in
relation to allowing religious and other
speakers the use of the stand erected for
the band III the court house yard. After
some discussion it was left wish the Pub
lie Buildings Committee with the excep-
ton that they could allow nobody or
meeting there OH Saturday nights.
The. Jail Committee reported the total
cost OF food for the prisoners for the past
month lad been $47. 40, making an aver
age of ten and one sixth cents per pris-
oner per day.
1t was voted to pay F. A. Palmer one
half OF his claim of $21.S for damages to
horse and harness when his horse fell
through a bridge trunk on the L. ?. road
last November.
Messrs. Hart and CARL were appointed
auditors for the next month.
Trusty Held For Turder.