The Penn's Grove record., 1913-04-18
A New Bridge For NortonviIIe

The April meeting of the County Board
OF FreehOlders was held in the Court
House in Salem on the 9th. Ali the
members were present except Mr.. Reeves
Director Gray presided.
A committee from the Gloucester Coun-
ty Board of Freeholders was present to
confer in regards to the new bridge to be
built over Oldmans creek at Nortonville.
At the March meeting of the Salem
County Board of Freeholders the Joint
committee on the N%ortonville bridge,
which are Gray, Burk aud Lanning for
Salem county, and Usinger, Haines and
Horner for Gloucester county, reported
bids for building this bridge from the
Bridgeton Construction Company tor
$29,8 SEQ, the Owego Bridge Company,
$29, $50; with two other bids of 1874, $50
and $35, $40.
The Board Instructed its committee to
agree with the Gloucester County Board
in whatever action it might take in re-
gard to awarding the contract.
The joint committee of the two Boards
5 to l favored rejecting all bids and re.
advertising, but the Gloucester County
Board voted 10 to l to grant the contract
to the lowest bidder, the Bridgeton Con-
struction Company.
The Bridgeton Construction Compan v
was represented by lawyer Roscoe Ward,
of Bridgeton, who stated that his clients
are practical contractors and able to
handle the contract if given them. That
they had built the Cumberland County
Court House, and that the work was
very satisfactory in every way, and legal
ly, lie said, az the Salem Board had by
resolution at the last meeting Instructed
their committee to abide by the action of
the Gloucester County Board, and that
body had awarded the contract to his
clients, the only thing left was for the
Salem County Board to concur in the
action and award the contract to the
Bridgeton Construction Company.
Mr.. Hankins, the president of the
Bridgeton Construction Company, said
that though they had never built any
swinging span bridges, they are practical
contractors, and amply able to give a sat
istactory job in bridge construction. They
had built the Cumberland County Court
| House, and it is regarded as a splendid
piece of work.
Director Gray said he favored the low
est bidder, but thought the figures too
high.
Mr.. Vanneman made a motion that the
contract be awarded to the lowest bidder,
the BriGgeton Construction Company.
which was carried by the following vote:
Yeas-Hart, Vanneman, Griscom, Bor-
ton. May, Wheaton, CARL and Pierson.
Nay Burk, Gray, Lounsbury and
Lanning.
The Electric Company, of New Jersey,
which recently acquired the Salem cleo
trio light plant, and which owns the Pit
man plant, presented a petition for q
franchise over the county roads to erect
poles and string wires, in order to fur
nish day and night current to Salem,
Woodstown, Mullics Hill and other
Nplaces.
The matter was referred to Burk and
Griscom as a committee to confer with
the company and ascertain what they
want and report at mex meeting.
Mr.. Griscom, of the Committee on
County Jail Supplies, reported six pris-
oners in Jail, one white and five colored.
The cost of maintenance the past month
had been $26. 27l sn average of 154 cents.
Mr.. Raker, of the Delaware and At
lantic Telephone Company, asked for a
franchise for the company over the
county roads to lay conduits and erect
poles and string wires. The matter was
referred to Solicitor Keasbey and to
Vanneman and Hart as a committe, to