The Penn's Grove record., 1915-11-19
@FRFEHOLDERS MEET
Plans For MaCadam Road In U. P.
Neck Approved

The November meeting of the County
Board of Freeholders was held in the
Court House in Salem, on the 10th. Mr..
Griscom presided in the absence of Di-
rector Gray, in the morning.
Attorney L. G. billiard reported that
the Salem and Penns Grove Traction Co.
had accepted the franchise ordinance
passed by the Board, giving them the
privilege of building and operating a troll
ley railroad between Salem and Penns
Grove, and a resolution was passed or
dering its acceptance and that it be filed.
Mr.. Heron reported that repairs had
been made to Penns Neck road but an
other barge load of shells was needed. He
was authorized to purchase them.
Engineer Keasbey submitted partial
plans and specifications for the building of
the first section of the Penns Grove
Pennsville road in the borough of Penns
Grove, beginning at the railroad crossing
at Maple ven and extending as far as
Plant No. 2. They were accepted and
ordered submitted to the State Road
Department, and bids for the building
of the road ordered advertised for. The
road is two miles in length, and will cost
between $4,000 and $4,000 and is to be
finished by August l, 1917. 1t is pro-
posed to put in the base next spring. 1t
is to be a macadam road. There was
some discussion as to the contribution of
the township of Upper PENIS Neck and
it was decided that they should be asked
to pay ten per cent. of the cost, less
$500, which they had already paid when
the oyster shell road was built.
The committee on this road was au-
thorized to purchase a strip of land, for
the purposes of this road, of Samuel M.
Justice.
Because the bank along Oldman's Greek
of the Associated Meadow Company is
broker the stone road at Nortonville
bridge is flooded. Albert w. Sailor APP
peared before the Board and stated that
as about 500 acres were flooded and re-
pairs to the breaches would cost about
$500, they felt unable to bear all. The
bank protects the road from being Hood
ed. To raise the road above tide would
cost between $4,000 and $4,000 and
without the road the new $4,000 bridge
at Nortonville will be useless.
Solicitor Keasby raised the question as
to the legality of the Board a%ppropria-
ting to build meadow banks on private
property. The Board thought it would
be cheaper to help repair the bank and
appropriate $1,000 to the Meadow Com
pany to repair the bank on condition that
the Company give bond to keep the bank
in repair for 20 years.
The County Collector and Director
were authorized to borrow $13,450 from
the Salem National Bank and $500 from
the Salem County Trust Company, of
Woodstown, at five per cent, the former
for thirty days and the latter for a year..
500 was voted for the Almshouse
Trustees.
A resolution was passed again revis-
ing the budget, pairing it down $1,319.S6
below what was fixed last August, to
conform to the law of a sixty cent rate
on the ratables, as made by the County
Board of Taxation, the total being $780,
.222.60.
The committee on Daretown bridge re-
ported that the cost of the bridge near
the old church in Daretown, built by Ed
ward Steelman with the prisoners, has
been S1237.S5. OF this amount $311.25,
being 249 days at $1.25 per day, repre-
sents the cost of the prison labor. We
believe that the prisoners are costing Sa-
lem county considerably less than $1.25
per udN. DuI uSt us ASulC a. = Ao ~
amount allowed by the State 70 the labor
of the prisoners on the roads. If the
cost of the prisoners is reduced to fifty
cents per day in arriving at the cost of
the bridge, it would reduce the cost to
$1051.10.
The estimated cost of this bridge was
|S1373.64. OF this amount $126 repre-
sented piling. In constructing the bridge
-. - I'll oI..,11o 10 1;crarco with
the piling. Certain expense, about $50,
had been incurred however in attempt
ing to drive piling. This makes it nee
essary to reduce the cost estimate by
sol, which leaves it $12S2.64. Dis
pensing with the piling made it necessary
to add about eighteen cubic yards of con-
crete, which, at $3.50 per yard, amounts
to $135. This was not included in the
cost estimate of $12S2.64, and if added
would make the estimated cost $1427.64.
1t will be seen from the above figures
that the bridge cost, considering the ex-
ira concrete, about $3.50 less than the
amount estimated. The delay in obtain
ed the cost of the bridge.
The pay and expenses of the election
boards totaling $500, were paid. Each
MEMBER Oh the DOdTu was paul POO LII
stead of 1853 as some of them anticipat-
ed receiving.
Division Highway Engineer Mullen adj
vised the Board that he had inspected
all the State roads in the county and with
the exception of the Warrington road,
he found them all in fair condition. The
Warrington road will be repaired this
week..
The Finance Committee was authoriz-
ed to advertise for bids for three scrap
ers and two scoops to be used on the
county roads.
The Jail Committee reported 81 pris-
oners in pail and IL in the camp. The
cost per Jail prisoner was 81 IA cents
per day. Camp prisoner was 80 "a
cents per day.
A loan of $500 from the Salem Coun-
ty Trust Company at five per cent. I'M
al noaoDaho, 81 1Q1R oufhorizod