The Penn's Grove record., 1912-09-20
A Protest Against U. P. Neck Road
Oil To be Tried At pedricktown

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Board of Chosen Freeholders was held in
the Court House, in Salem Oh the l1tl.
All the members were present except M.
Hart. Director Gray presided.
Senator Davis appeared before the
Board and protested against building tie
road now in progress in Upper Penn's
Neck and Lower PENIS Neck above the
lower canal bridge for about a mile. He
said he wanted the road built, and if it
could not be built except by the method
decided upon, which is by the county,
under the direction OF County Road Sup
ervisor Casper, he would not oppose it,
but if it could be built just as well, and
at less cost, represented to be at least
$1,000 less, he would have to oppose the
present course. He quoted the law pass
ed by the last Legislature, which express
ly provides that no public body or NUM-
cipalitv shall enter into a contract or
agreement for doing any public work the
cost OF which shall exceed $500, except
to first advertise for bids and the work be
let out by contract. If the county can
save $1,000 on this work, he felt it his
duty to enter his protest to the present
method. In S to a query he said
he represented Tuft & Lloyd, OF Salem,
COIlII dtUOlS dtlu bu3- CIp. Lie Oolu L
was represented to him that the oyster
shells could be bought for eight cents per
bushel, and that under the present ar
ten cents per bushel.
Mr.. H. B. Ware appeared for County
Road Supervisor Casper, stating that the
action of the Board in regard to this road
was under the law of 1907, which provid-
ed that any township could petition the
county to take over any road and makeit
a county road, and appropriate a specific
sum to the county for the purpose. He
thought the law OF 1912 did not apply,
because the county was not entering into
a contract or agreement with any one,
but was doing the work itself.
The Solicitor was directed to take the
matter up with the State Road Depart
ment, and get the views OF Commission
er Stevens, and if he approves OF the
work the county is doing, for the com-
mittee to go ahead and make repairs to
the road.
Mr.. Griscom, of the committee on sup
plies to the county Jail, reported the
maintenance the past month at S96.30, or
an average of 242 cents per prisoner. The
number of prisoners has been five whites
and eleven cOlOreQ.
Joseph H. Weber presented a bill for
$3.50, for damage to his crops of corn and
potatoes, by reason of the water backing
up OF his land at S~harptown, in the fail
uEe Of a small bridge or pipes to vent the
water.
Freebooter PricBet stated that he re-
Gently replaced a small wooden bridge
there with pipe, OF as large capacity as
the bridge, that the Weber land is low
er than the road, and the Board did not
think they were liable for any damages
in this case.
W. B. Dunn, City Recorder, of Salem,
called the attention of the Board that
separate ballot boxes would be needed at
the primary election on Sept. Path, for
the Socialist party, that he would need
six i'll Salem, and that there are twenty
two election districts in the county, and
that he had understood that ballot boxes
can be purchased for something over IS.
Two petitions were presented to the
Board relative to the material to be used
i'll the building Of the Quinton State
road, II signed by three persons, ask
ing that it be constructed of ugite, and
The other, signed by $50 persons, favor
ing oyster shells.
A letter was read from State Road
COMMISSIONS Stevens favoring ugite as a
material that promises good results. He
says that the demand for oyster shells
will soon make them too costly to be used
for road building, and he believed that
uglte would prove a good substitute.
Bids were opened for building the road
as follows, as reported by the committee,
Louusbury, CARL, Pierson, Reeves and
Gray:
Richmond & Craig, Cedarville, shells,
SIS, ISL. "a.
Pugh & Hubbard Co., Philadelphia,
ugite, SIG, 1861 s
United Construction Co., Ocean City,
ugite, SIG, 56S.SO {.
United Construction Co., Ocean City,
shells, $35, 461. 80.
F. H. Lloyd, Salem, shells, SIG, 265. 4S.
On motion of Mr.. Burk the contract
was awarded to Richmond & Craig, the
lowest bidders on shells, for $l5, l81. "a,
and the Board authorized to enter into a
contract with these contractors for the
building of the road.
Mr.. Pickett reported the bridge at
Courses Landing i'll bad condition, and
it was stated that it would have to have a
new foundation.
On motion of Mr.. Burk, the plans for
the erection OF the Beaver Creek bridge,
in Oldmans, as prepared by the Owego
Bridge Company, were approved, and
the committee authorized to advertise for
bids, to be opened at the mex meeting.
Mr.. Reeves asked that similar plans be
adopted for a small bridge in Elsinboro,
and that bids be advertised for its erec-
ton, to be opened at next meeting.
Mr.. Prlcket, OF the committee on the
two bridges in Pilesgrove, reported bids
as follows: H. B. Richman, Woodstown,
Pole Tavern road bridge, $1364; bridge
near Duffy farm, $1,000.
Owego Bridge Co., Pole Tavern road
bridge, $l643; bridge near Duffy farm,
$1577.
The committee recommended the con-
tract be awarded to Mr.. Richman, the
lowest bidder.
The Collector and Director were au-
thorlzed to negotiate a loan of $4,000 from
the Salem National Bank to be used for
roads and public buildings and other pur-
poses.
Mr.. Burk said he had been making
some Investigations relative to oiling
stone roads, and believed it to be benef-
clal to the road, as a binder, as well as
laying the dust, and he asked that the
hall mile of stone road in PedricktoWn be
oiled. He said it could be lone at a cost
OF about $50 a mile. He said Gloucester
county had been olling many of their
roads, with evident advantage. The
Board authorized him to try the expert
meDt.