The Penn's Grove record., 1912-11-22
MUST PROVIDE FOR CONSERVATIVES
Courses Landing Bridge To Be
Repaired.

NSYdlTCOs
The November meeting of the County
Board of Freeholders was held on the
18th in the Court House in Salem. All
the members were present and Director
Gray presided.
Edwin Hall of the Owego Bridge Co.
presented the report from L. B. Jones.
chief engineer concerning the Courses
Landing bridge. The pier is built of
stone on a platform resting on pillng.
AS the top of the piling is above water
at low tide, they have rOtted and caus-
ed the bridge to settle. NEW fOunda-
ton is needed for the pivot pier and
some repairs to the gearing. The rs.
timated cost is from 50, 900 to 81, 500.
The Board decided to have the re-
pairs made at one by the Owego Co.
on a fifteen per cent. basis. An agree
ment was made with the Owego Bridge
| Company for the work, which includes
the removal of the present bridge to a
new location to maintain travel, take
out the pivot pier and build in its place
a new steel encased concrete pier upon
a pile foundation, replace the bridge
upon the new foundation and make
such repairs to the machinery as may
be needed to leave it in first class con-
ditiOn. The war department would be
asked TO close navigation above the
bridge.
Election bills were paid TO the
amount of about So, 900. Each men,
Der of the Election Board receives 35,
a total of $l40 for each polling district.
MI. Burk, or the Committee on the
Peunsvilie and Penns Grove State road.
reported that a solid shell road has al
ready been constructed at a cost to cate
Of $2400 outside of grading. The shells
have cost $6.S5 per one hundred BUSH
els and the teams and labor $3.50. %.
35, 900 bushels of shells have been used.
at a cost of II cents. There is $4,000
left of the $500 appropriation made
for the construction of the road.
Coroner Jas. f. Hitchner, of Salem.
was before the Board relative to the
compensation provided by law for Cor
Oner's ~juries, which is twenty five
cents, while witnesses get fifty cents.
In the recent John e. Ballinger inquest,
Coroner Hitchner said the jury WAS ell
gagged two days in the inquest, and he
asked for instructions as 10 their COM
pensation, the law providing that the
Freeholders may fix it as the cilcum-
stances requi e. On motion OF MI.
Wheaton, 1t was ordered that he Jurors
in all such cases be paid fifty cents per
day.
The Director and County Collector
were authorized 10 borrow $4,000 from
the Salem National Bank, III anticIpa-
ton of the payment of taxes.
Messrs. Hart, Vanneman and Reeves,
Committee Oh Discharge of Prisoners,
reported in favor Of the discharge OF
John Morgan, john Rose, John Kelly,
VIM. Murray and Albert Holmes, wi Ii
the payment of the costs in each case,
amounting to $27.3 80. The report was
approved and theil discharge ordered.
There are now twtnty-six prisoners in
The Jail, every cell being occupied.
Mrs A. L. Beckett asked permits ion
for The use of the Court House for AN
exhibit by the New Jersey Com Mission
fol the AmeilOratiOn of the Bind, on
Dec. I2Lh, 18Th and I4lh, with a view
10 aiding Ill this laudab Die wJrk. The
matter was left in the hands of The
Public Buildings Committee.
MI. Griscom, of the Commute on
Supplies to the County Jail, reported
twenty six prisoners iii confinement
fOurt, Ell white and twelve cOlored, and
the cost of maintenance for the past
month SCI. "a, OIL an average of 81 cents.
MI. Prickett, of the Committee OH
CLAIMS, reported adversely on the claim
of Joseph H. Webber, Sharptown, for
damages alleged 10 have been caused
hin, by reason of water backing up Oh
his land because IA small bridge had
been removed from the public ROAD and
replaced with on iron pipe, which he al
legged was not of sufficient size 10 vel t
the water.
Mr.. Burk reported that Mr.. Full.
weller, of Philadelphia, had been EN-
ployed to resurface the State road in
PedricktOwn, ut a CO ST Of $3.50.
MI. Prickett reported the county line
bridge at Davis mill completed, at "a
cost of $I,O25. 49,, half to be paid by
Gloucester county. The contractor
Was EdW aid SLeelman, of Salem.
MI. F. II. Lloyd presented "a bill for
II, 1862 bushels OF oyster shells, and ull-
loading same, amounting to $703.99
Secretary Keator, of The State Board
OF Health, again lrtdled tue Board on