The Penn's Grove record., 1919-11-14
FreehOlderS Borrow Heavily
Big Bills For Roads. Crops
Small on County Aims
house Farm

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nesday was one of the busiest and most
important sessions of the year. There
was a full attendance and the old mem
bers who had been reelected last week
were heartily congratulated.
The Board passed f~avorably on bills
and other obligations aggregating
s64, 10000. This included the payment
of bonds to the amount of $4,000, inal
payments on three bridge contracts, a
payment on the Pennsville-Penns Grove
concrete road, the election expenses
and a mass of minor bills. In order
to make all these payments it was nee
essary to adopt a resolution for a tenn
porary loan of 100000 at 5B per
cent, which was made with the Salem
National Banking Company.
The County Collector, the Director
and the Clerk were authorized to ar
range for the sale of $4,000 of the
$780, 900 bono issue provided for the
PennsviIle-Penns Grove road, from the
Canal Bridge to Plant 2. Up to this
time $40, coo of the bonds had been dis
posed cf. This money is needed to pay
the proportion of the money due the
contractor at this time.
That the Board of Almshouse Trus-
tees was in sore need of financial aid
was shown by a report submitted to
The ~Freeholders. This report shows
that there was a falling off of over
$4,000 in farm receipts this year as
compared with the previous year. The
proceeds from farm products from No
vember. 1917 to November, 1918, was
S5,3SS.46. From November, 1918 to No
vember, 1919. the proceeds from the
farm was only s2.267.52. The deficit
for the current year is $3,120.94. A
resolution was adopted which trans
fers $4,000 from the Court account to
that of the Almshouse thus relieving
the latter from present embarrassment
Granted Vacation
Upon the recommendation of the Road
Committee. Supervisor a. S. Patrick
was granted a vacation of several
months so that he can follow the ad-
vice of his physician and gol south for
the winter for the benefit of his health.
This vacation is without pay and Mr..
S. Frank Powell. of Elsihboro, was Sc
lected to serve in his place until his
return.
1t was after the report of the Road
Committee had been read and accepted
that Mir. Borton stated that by agree
ment between himself and Mr.. Gaventa
they had decided to ask the Board that
work begin next spring on the Woods
town end of the Observation-Disclosures
town road. Half of the road should be
built and S25. 600 has already been pro-
vided for this purpose. Mr.. Borton
said thar this part of the road was in
more need of repairs than the other
and it would be for the best interests
of the county to have the work start at
his end. He moved that this be the
sense of the meeting and that the en-
gineer be instructed to prepare plans
and specifications at once so that bids
could be advertised for early in the
spring.
This request precipitated a discus
sion that was not on the program but
which created much and no
little of a sensation.
Mr.. Reeves made the proposition that
the contract for the concrete road from
the Canal Bridge to Churchtown on the
tended to P~ennsville. 1t is proposed
to build the road as far as Church
town but the time is now rip to go
further so tina it can be extended TO
Salem in as short time as possible.
Mr.. Heron in ~seconding Mr.. Reeves
suggestion mad an earnest appeal TO
Messrs. Gaventa and Borton to agree
to let work IN the Woodstown-Ped-
ricktown road lay over until 1921 so
mat the money provided for it could
be diverted to the continuance of the
concrete road into Pennsville. Mr..
Heron called attention to the fact that
This section of the county PROVIDED the
greatest proportion of the taxes ana
vet there is no improved road leadlns
into the county seat from any olrec-
ton. He said that it should be as a
natter of pride for the people of all
parts of the county to want to see good
roads unning from their county seat.
He spoke of the greater amount or
rattle that goes over the Salem-Penns-
vile road az ompare with that on
the road that it is proposed 10 pullo.
He also called attention to the fact that
Woodstown already has two good roads
and that this one is not a real nec-
essity. that it makes it handy only Tor
nersons going or coming from Glouces-
ter county.
Mr.. Borton and Mr.. Gaventa each ad-
dressed the Board in behalf of the pro-
position relating to the Woodstown-
Pedricktown road. They both assert
ed that they were in favor of concrete
or other permanent roads In oalem
county, but hat this one is already
nroyided for and is really needed.
Mr.. Borton's motion was carried by
n vote of s to g.. The members voted
as follows on the motion:
Rorton, Gaventa, McCarson, BrandriH,
Lounsbury. Patrick, May. Gray.
Aeainst-Messrs. Reeves, Heron, Pow
ers. Smith, Layman and Rankin
Mayor HUMPHREYS, of WoodstoWn'
was present ana asked the DodiN "
compel the contractor who is re-pull
ing the P~ilesgrove township-Woods-
town road to make it passable at the
school house. At present ana
school pupils ann use the road. IL
should be gravelled. There are many
entertainments in the school buliolng
in the evenings and the people cannot
reach it except by blowing thru deep
r,ud. 1t was decided that If the con-
tractor did not fix the road with gravel
at once his estimate for the coming
month's work would be held up until
he did fix the road.
JTpon motion of Mr.. Borton 1T was de-
cided to widen the creek at the Rich
nan-Creamery bridge so that the water
will flow under both spans ana thus
lessen the danger of overlooking the
road. In order to do this it Will be
necessary to purchase a piece or lana
from Mr.. Toulson for $50 so that the
creek may be Strengthened. This was
included in the motion.
The Jail report showed that wniie
tho warden and his family were the
sole occupants of the county prison. at
nresent. the cost of maintenance TOT
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