The Penn's Grove record., 1915-02-19
Township Representation Satisfactory.
A Large Amount Expected For Road
Repairs.

members. were present. Director Gray
presided.
In some counties a smaller board of
Freeholdes is being advocated and the
members are given salaries. S-sssxsAEs.an.s
Salem County Board vent on recordRas
aslopposed to the enactment of a law to
make a small board all overSathe State.
A resolution was passed, stating that con-
ditions had not changed i'll Salem county
and the opinion of the members WAS that
a small salaried. Board would be more ex-
pensive and less satisfactory to the people
than the present Township and City rep
resentatioh.
A resolution was also passed in which
il was the opinion Of the Board that heavy
auto trucks are most damage to shell and
gravel roads and that their weight should
be limited to 20,0a0 pounds and the
license fees OIL trucks should increased.
Mr.. Smith, OF Upper Penns Neck made
a motion that the State Commlsslon-
er of motor vehicles be notified that many
motor vehicles cross the ferry from Will
mington to Penns Grove and pay M Ii
cense fees and that tile automobile recip-
rocity law is being evaded. More than
5000 crossed last year. There is no in
spector aud no fees are collected. The
motion was adopted.
The Legislative Committee aud Clerk
were instructed to notify the Legislators
in regards to the resolutions and motions.
A resolution was adopted authorizing
the borrowing of $40, 625 90 from the City
National Bank, in anticipation OF taxes
or county expenses, and another
authorizing the County Collector to pay
$500 to the treasurer Of the Almslouse
Trustees.
The Committee on the jail Supplies re-
| ported 10 prisoners in the jail and that
the total cost for food for the month had
beer $57.26. all average OF l33c per pris-
oner per day. The Committee made its
annual report showing the average cost
of food for tile prisoners during the EN-
tire year had been l6 2-3c per prisoner pei
day.
The Committee OH Prisoners recon-
mended the discharge OF the following;
Joseph Shultz, Smith Fari,ey, William
; Dill and James Stanton, and that Their
| costs amounting to $l7. 20 be paid. 1t was
SO ordered.
For the Penns Grove BorougIi State
road committee, Mr.. Smith reported that
| the committees OF the Borough, township
and EreelIolders had met to make arrange
ments for tile purchase OF ground to
s%traigEten the road soon to be built but
lie could not make any definite report.
The committee OF the township refused
to assist in paying for the land req Tired
and the arrangement had been made that
the Borough and County should esclrpay
one half the cost. The land belongs TO
DR.. j. NJ. Summerlll and he had ueeu offer
ed $3.50 for one-fonrtli of al acre, but he
had asked $500 for the quarter acre le-
CURED, at the rate OF -, 900 per acre.
Nothing definite has been done.
A letter was received from lawyer w.
Z. Miller, OF Woodbury., asking what
the county expects to 10 in the way OF
reimbuIsing W. K. Titus for $500 damage
to his automobile when it went down al
~epbankment and into a ditch on tia.
meadow road from Pedricktown to Nor
tonvllle bridge, when the road WAS UNI
der water. From statements made to
the Board, the driver was at fault and
the matter was merely referred to the
County Solicitor.
The Warrington Hill Bridge Commit
tee made the following report: We, youl
committee on the Warrington Hill
bridge, report that we advertised foi
bids for the construction of this bridge
in accordance with the plans and spec
i~icatlon and that we opened bids OH Tues
day, Feb. 9th, as follows;
Henry Richman, Woodstowp, 1884.
Bridgeton Con. Co., Bridgeton, 3,272.
Claude Vanhook, New field, 2,706,
Groton Bridge Co., Trenton, 3,084.
Whitaker & Diehl, Harrisburg, 4,424
Nj. Richman's bid being the lowest, ii
was accepted.
Because the bridge was destroyed sud-
denly and has to be rebuilt, and because
the amount could not be included III tlle
1915 tax budget, a resolution was adopted
that $1,000 be put into the 1916 budgel
and money borrowed TO rebuild the
bridge in anticipation OF tile next tax
levy.
A committee OF Salem City Council war
present and asked that $3, 900 be approp.
rated from the State automobile fund t.,
improve Salem's streets. A resolution
was adopted appropriating $4,000.
The following resolution created con-
| siderable discussion; Be it resolved that
| bnC CtdbC OOiDllilSSlOiicI vi 1uOllC nOdQf
be requested to allot money to Salem
county for repair vi roads i'll the following
order:
l-Pennsville-Penns Grove, $500
2-Pennsvllie-Salem, l,0U0
3-POinters-Saleni, 1000
4-Pedricktown-Nortonville bridge, 1000
~5-Nannington Hi, 1000
6-AllOway-Quinton, 1900
7-Canton Road, 1900
S-Penns Grove Borough Road, 2,00u
g. BallingeIs Mill-Poie Tavern, 2OOC
lO-Salem City, 2,OOU
The OH ctions Came from those town
ships conbalnlDg state roads winch weie
a awarded small Sums ior repairs like
PenIsVille-SaleIl) or nom Those way
down tile list atu taxing Chances Of moi
getting anything al all. Bus tie resolul OF.
was finally adopted.
Mr.. Heron reported that the Lower
Canal bridge is not completed but IL NOW
| open to travel. He said the channel cas-
ing OF %balkhead, had been found to be de-
fective and some OF the foundations wash
ed away SO that it will be absolutely nee
| essary to make repairs. lie said this is
not a man bridge and one man can
~ OPCtotC II VIZ lO GilOuSIlC bItt county
should not be put to tile expense OF EN-
ploying two men at this bridge ana that
the matter should be looked into. Moth
ing was done with the question.
Mr.. Campbell, olthe Construction Com
pany building the bridge, stated that II
viii cost he thinks about $500 to repair
the channel casing OF the bridge aud that
this work has been ordered by the COM
inittee but the work not yet started. A
motion was made approving the action oil
the committee in ordering the work.
In what manner the bridge should he
lighted WAS left to the committee.
The report of the committee appointed
to audit the accounts of the County COL
lector reported they had audited the ac-
cunts and found them correct in every
particular. The report was received and
the statement was ordered published in
all OF the county papers as usual and the