The Penn's Grove record., 1913-03-21

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The committee explained that the ad.
ditional amount over last years budget is
made necessary by the building of so
many state roads. The recommendation
of the committee of this amount as the
budget for this year was unanimously
adopted. The amount raised last year
was $141, 039, an increase this year of
$9,24l.82 over last year.
The committee on the county line
bridge over Oldmans creek at Nortonville-
reported that it had received and opened
the following bids:
Long & Broadhurst Co., of. Hacken-
sack, $34,5
Bridgeton Construction Co., $29,850.
Owego Bridge Company, $29, 800.
Harry C. Eisenbise Co., Philadelphia,
$35, 500.
The Board instructed the Salem county
members of the committee to agree with
the Gloucester county committee in what
ever action the latter committee took in
the matter of awarding the contract.
Mr.. Burk explained that this bridge
bad always been in the care and charge
of the Gloucester County Board and in
return the Gloucester County Board left
the care of the Pedricktown county line
bridge to the Salem County Board.
For the Pedricktown-Penns Grove state
road committee, engineer Keasbey report
ed that the committee had prepared
plans and specifications, which are not
quite complete, for the road and that the
committee recommended the road being
built of bituminous macadam(a tar bound
stone road.) A motion was carried ap-
proving of the action of the committee,
empowering it to finish the plans and
specifications and on the approval of the
State Road Commissioner, to advertise
for bids. The road is a fraction over four
miles and the estimated cost is about
$45, coo.
Messrs. Lounsbury, Pierson, CARL.
Reeves and Gray were appointed a COM
mittee in the matter of taking over the
AIIoway-Quinton road as a state road;
Messrs. CARL, Lounsbury, Reeves, Vanne-
man and Gray were appointed for the
same purpose in the matter of improving
the Hancock's Bridge road. A petition
and resolution was received and filed
from the Penns Grove Grange asking the
Board to improve the WoodstoWn-Penns
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road via Sharptown.
A petition was received from the resi-
dents and properaty owners in Woods
town and Pilesgrove township asking the
Board to build a macadam or improved
road from WoodstowD, running out East
avenue by the railroad depot to the
Pilesgrove township line, or to the Pole
Tavern and Elmer road, a distance of
about three miles. The petition was re-
ceived and placed Oh file to await its reg
ular turn.
A petition, signed by adjoining proper
ty owners, was presented at this meeting
for another state road in Upper Pittsgrove
township. 1t is to begin at Elmer Bor-
ough limits and u nj in almost a direct
westerly direction to the P~ilesgrove town
ship line and is known az the Elmer,
Pole Tavern and Woodstown road. 1t is
to be 20 feet in width and built of gravel
and is about five miles in length. 1t was
accompanied by the necessary resolution
OF the Township Committee promising to
pay ten per cent of the cost of construc.
ton. 1t was accepted and placed on file
to await its turn with other roads already
asked for.
AhO jail SOulH1lG6ee IepOTGeu Tile Dtal
cost OF keeping the prisoners for the past
month had been $35. 80, an average of
Il So cents per prisoner per day. Seven
prisoners were reported in the Jail, but a
motion was passed to discharge one of
them, Walter Stevenson, and to pay his
costs amounting to 1888.
The tuberculosis Committee, in the
case Of Samuel Bryant, of Elmer, report
ed that the county physician had exam
med the man and reported that he has
not tuberculosis, but that he is almost, if
not totally blind, and suggested that the
county has no right to pension people
unless suffering with tuberculosis. The
Board unanimously voted to lay the mat
ter OIL the table.
The committee presented plans for a
bridge in Pilesgrove township near the
Lippincott farm on the back road from
Woodstown to Sharptown. The COM
mittee was ordered to advertise for bids
to be opened at the mex meeting.