The Penn's Grove record., 1916-10-06
County Road improvements
Salem County Freeholders Are Pushing
Good Roads AS Fast AS
Finances Permit
ANNUAL INSPECTION MARRIED BY ACCIDENT

III HcAI year. IL IS INTENDED TO uSf
ameisite to the Ballinger farm. neal
Sharptown. and gravel from there to the
Woodstown-Salem road. This road
crosses the Pointers-Auburn road upon
which it is intended to place the county
prisoners in 1917.
The gravel road from Lawnside Gene
terry to Woodstown is a part of the road
built by Tuft & Kelly in 1911. 1t is
about . miles in length and the cost was
S26,442.6O. About 4 1-2 miles are
gravel and IL mile shells.
WOODSTOWN.
East and West avenue were built IN
'l911 by W. S. Konover, of Trenton. the
contract price being 81, 19S.49. 1t is
about II mile in length. The work was
done by the borough with State aid. 1t
rs an ameisite road and has had no re-
pairs since built. $1,000 was taken
from the money due the contractor on
settlement because the road surface was
rough.
Main street was built by the county
with borough and State aid in 1905 by
Standard Bitulithic Company, at a cost
of $36,25S.75. 1t is 1 1t miles in
length. 1t was resurfaced by, the Dor
ough with State aid a few years ago.
Cgite was used and the cost was about
$1,000. 1t is a Warrenite road.
WOODSTOWN TO PILESGROvE
TOWNSHIP LINE.
tAalaga-Penns Grove, Sd section)
1t is hoped to get the State e~onvicts
to reconstruct this road in 1917.
PILESGROVE TOWNSHIP LINE TO
POLE TAVERN.
(Malaga-Penn Grove I'd Sec, I'd part)
1t is intended to build this road in
1917 by the county with State aid. The
plans and specifications are waiting ap-
proval at the State Road Department.
POLE TAVERN TO BALLINGER'S
MILL.
This road is being built by the Salem
eounty~priseners. 1t was taken over by
the county, the township paying $40C
per mile to the county. The bridge neal
Daretown is being built by Edward Steel
man, the contract price being $2,1S6. 1t
it known as 'Daretown Mil Pond
Bridge"
BALLINGER'S MILL TO ALDINE.
1t is intended to build this half mile
road with the Salem county prisoners.
POLE TAVERN TO ELMER.
(Malaga-Penns Grove, I'd Sec, LIST part)
This road was built by John LeCompte
in 1914, the contract price being 3d.
629.35. 1t is about 8 miles in length.
ELMER TO MALAGA.
(Malaga-Penns Grove, LIST Section)
This road is being built by the State
convicts. Work was abandoned in the
spring of this year on account of lacl
of funds. 1t is intended to resume op.
e~rations after November LIST.
1t was taken over by the county, the
township of Upper Pittsgrove and Pitts.
grove each paying 5000 to the county
The county furnished the gravel, right
of way, engineer and camp site, the
State paying the balance of the ex.
penses.
yINELAND TO ROSENHAYN.
(CarH's Corner Road)
This road is now being built by tht
State convicts. 1t was taken over b!
the county, the township paying $240 tt
the county. The county furnished thu
camp site, gravel, right of way, engineer
ing and pipes. Frank Parvin furnished
the camp site and gravel and right o
way for $40. The Spilway bridge a
Parvin's Mills was built by George A
Charlesworth in 1915, the contrac
price being $2100.
DEERFIELD TO SHIRLEY.
The small piece of this road in Salen
county was taken over by the county il
1913, and repaired. 1t is 40 of a mil
in length. The township paid 500 t
the county on taking wei this road.
SHIRLEY TO REMSTERVILLE.
The portion of this road in Allowa.
township was built in 1909 by Tuft 4
Lloyd, the contract price being $19,20C
1t is 4 3-4 miles in length.
REMSTERvILLE TO ALLOWAY.
This road was built Sutton & CoFso.
in 1905 at a cost Of S10,320. 1t is 1 l.
miles in length.
ALLOWAY TO QUINTON.
This road was taken over by the eour
ty in 1913 and repaired. Alloway tow
ship paid $500 and Quinton TOWNSHIP
paid 500 to the county. 1t is about
miles in length. Last winter the count
prisoners cut down the hill at Deep Hol
low and graveled a part of this roaC
The bridge at Deep Hollow was built b
II. B. Richman in 1915, the contraC
price being $3,442.
OUINTON TO SALEM.
This shell road was built by Ricf
mond & Craig in 1913, at a cost of SO
1914. 1t is 2 $500 miles in length.
SALEM TO HANCOCK'S BRIDGE
This shell road was built in two par
about 1902. 1t is 3 IA miles in lengt