The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-06

road proposition across the county.
Most of the roads have been improved
with State aid, and the program for the
improvement of others has been out
lined.
The longest routes to be improved are
the routes from Penns Grove to NAL
aga and from the Pointers in Manning
ton, near Salem, past Courses Landing
to Auburn. Work has been progressing
this year on the end from Malaga with
county prisoners.
At the September meeting of the
Board it was decided to make a tour
of the county last Tuesday to see the
conditions and have the proposed chan
ges, in courses, grades and materials
explained by the county engineer II. b.
Keasby.
The tour was begun at Salem and
ended at Woodstown after taking din
ner there because of the accidental death
of one of the members, John G. Borton,
of Pilesgrove.
The route and description of the
county roads is as follows:
OUTLINE OF ROUTE.
SALEM TO PENNSVILLE.
Leave Salem at s a. m. sharp. The
shell road from Salem to P~ennsville was
built by Tuft & Lloyd by contract in
1904. 1t is 5 800 miles in length. The
contractors were paid about S14, 900.
The shells were furnished by the county.
The stone wall at the left of the cause
way was built to prevent wash of the
road. 1t is proposed to move the fence
over to this wall so as to widen the road.
On the causeway the rail nearest the
road is to be where the right hand fence
now stands. The fence is to be moved
outside of the tracks and the space be-
tween the rails filed in so that it may
be used by vehicles.
PENNSyILLE TO PENIS GROVE.
The shell road from Pennsville to
Penns Grove was taken over by the
county in 1913 md repaired. Lower.
PENIS Neck paid $3.50 and Upper PENIS
Neck paid $500 to the county. 1t is 5
IL miles in length.
Glutrin was applied in Pennsville this
year.
Lower Canal Bridge was built by the
Bridgeton Construction Company in 1915
at a cost of about $4,000. 1t is a
Scherzer rolling lift, and is now opera
ted by hand. 1t is intended to install an
electric lift.
The road from Plant No. 2 to the rail
road crossing on Maple avenue, Penns
Grove, is being built by Joseph F. Burke
Company, of Plaintield, the contract
price being $62,265.69. The base viii
be laid this year and the top next year.
1t will be an amesite road. 1t is 2 Is
miles in length.
PENIS GROVE.
Maple avenue and Broad street are
being built in the same manner by the
same contractor by the borough with
State aid. The contract price is $780,
01S.05. 1t is 1 1-6 miles in length. The
borough has made a $4,000 bond issue
to pay for its share of the contract.
Main street is a part of the road from
Penns Grove to Biddle Greek. 1t is a
water bound macadam and was built by
George s.. Snyder & Company in 1908.
the contract price being $25.272.S2. 1t
is 8 miles in length and was built 16
feet wide. 1t is intended to pave the
portion of Main street torn up by the
building of the trolley in the same man
ner as Broad street. Joseph T. Burke
Company, of Plainfeld, offered to do the
work at cost plus 15% and their offer
has been accepted.
PENIS GROVE-PEDRICKTOWN
This road was built in 1913, by SUIT
ton & Corson, the contract price being
$3S.515. 1t is 4 ITO miles in length,
about 1000 feet being a concrete base
with a bitumiDous top, and the balance
being gravel. GMtrin was applied to the
gravel this year.
PEDRICKTOWN TO WORTHWHILE
BRIDGE. =.
This road was built in 1902, by Della
ware Granite and Mining Company, the
contract price being $13,03S.60. 1t is
2 1-5 miles long. 1t was a water bound
macadam. From Pedricktown to the
station it has been given a surface treat
ment of Ugite. The road near the Nor
t%onville Bridge is below tide, and about
$500 was paid the Amicable Meadow Co.
to assist them in repairing their banks
so that the road would not be overflow
ed. 1t was overfowed for some time
while the banks were out.
N~ortonville Bridge was built in 1913
by the B~ridgeton Construction Company,
the cost being $29,S50, which expense
was divided between Salem and Glouces-
ter counties.
PENIS GROVE TO WOODSTOWN.
From Penns Grove to Dancers Mill
(Malaga-Penns Grove 7th s~ection) is the
water bound macadam built in 1908 by
George F. Snyder & Company. This
road was covered with gravel this year
to prevent travelling. The gravel was
loaded by the county prisoners.
The road from the end of this stone
road to Woodstown (Malaga-Penns