The Penn's Grove record., 1919-01-10
Board of FreehOlderS
A Bigger Budget 1919. Must
Have More Roads

The county budget Tor 1919 was
read and accepted at the first meeting
of the year by the board of Chosen
Freeholders on Wednesday, and the
hearing on the same will be held at
an adjourned meeting of the Board
that will be held on Wednesday the
23d instant.
By a unanimous vote the Board also
made a contribution of $4,000 to the
Soldiers and Sailors Memorial Hos
pital. A special committee had been
appointed by the general hospital
committee to present the matter be-
for the Freeholders but as zone of the
members were able to be present, VIM.
B. Dunn, secretary of the committee,
made a statement. He said that of the
$1,000 appropriated by the Freeholders
for the relief of soldiers and sailors
dependents, 5000 still remained in the
hands of the treasurer, DIR. Sherron,
and he presented a resolution, which
if the Board thought fit to adopt
would transfer this amount over to
the hospital maintenance fund and
that the people had counted upon the
Board including in this years budget
enough to make up a sum total of
$4,000. The resolution was adopted
by a unanimous vote and then on mo-
ton of Mr.. Borton it was unanimously
decided that the Finance Committee
should include S1,100 in the budget
toward this years maintenance of the
hospital.
In doing this it was the sense of the
Beard that the county vas not only
supporting a commendable enterprise
but it was securing for its %unfortun-
ates what has long been wanted, a
convenient and modern equipped hos
pital and that in the long run it would
mean an economical investment.
The budget for this year provides
for appropriations amounting to
S343, 342.46, which is considerably in
excess of that of last year.
The budget and the notice of the
hearing were ordered to be advertised
in the five newspapers of the county.
Annual Reports
The Jail Committee reported that
there were TOP committed during 1918
and 7072 days served. During the
year 22,216 meals were supplied and
the total expense was $1914.14, 25 Is
cents per prisoner per day. There are
at present nine blacks and eleven
white prisoners in the Jail and 10
black and II white at the road camp.
The annual report of the road camp
showed 6101 days served and 1898
meals. The total cost was $2,777.85,
OF 4413c per prisoner per day. The
cost includes material for the road
work.
The monthly report showed a cost
of S337.93 or 55A cents per day per
man.
The annual report of Howard C.
Hitchner sealer of weights and meas
ures showed that he had made three
arrests for violations of the law dur
ing the year. He has held many
meetings to help taxpayers learn how
to keep a check or the goods they buy.
County Offices
County Auditor Borton made the
following reports:
Clerks office-Received 90;
paid State $~4,096.48; paid County
S~9,531.O4; Salaries $5,0SO.0O; Gain
~S4,451.04. Of this gain, $4,000 was
forfeited bail bonds.
Surrogate's office-Receipts 1886
10; Salaries and Expenses, $4,410.9S.
Gain S185.72.
Sheriff's office -R Receipts 1884,
1860; paid out SCHOOLS; County
81, 4OO.62 Salaries, $4,000. Gain
$7,590.62. Of this gain $7,265.00 is
from fines.
Bridge Committee
The following report of the Bridge
Committee was accepted:
Made settlement with Contractor
Corson for work on Penns Neck bridge
after deducting $297.00.
Hancock's bridge-Repairs approx
ed and bills ordered paid.
Buckhorn county line bridge-Be-
tween Cumberland and Salem coun-
ties; must be repaired and must be a
partnership job; Cumberland county
committee lot on hand.
Canton county line bridge-Mr.
Rankin to employ men to paint.
Nh. Rankin has two small bridges
that he is to replace with 12-inch pipe.
Maskell Mill bridge-Mr. Rankin
put on new deck and repaired.
Bridge of Forks, Maskell Mill Pond
Mr.. Rankin made temporary re-
pairs.
New bridge-Mr. Rankin, painted.
Will need new tenders this year. Mr..
Rankin is to remove piling and lumber
from Firman Lloyd's wharf. and use
it in repairing New bridge and clus-
ters of piling at Hancock's bridge.
Deals Mill bridge, Lower Pittsgrove
township-Mr. May to place new deck
and have engineers to look after the
wing walls and abutment wall as they
are cracked and settling.
Centerton small bridge-Mr. May to
put on a new deck and small repairs.
Wing wall placed to pipe along
state road approved and ordered paid.
Curney's bridge-Mr. May, replace
with pipe and wing walls.
Bridge next to Muddy Run-Mr.
May, replace with SO inch pipe, 20 #.
long, no wing walls. Mr.. May has a
bridges where the committee ordered
him to put in pipe.
Other repairs and bridge work the
committee has tried to provide for in
the 1919 budget.
The bond of Road Supervisor Pat
rick was accepted. 1t is in the sum of
Ct nm