The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-11
Board of FreehOlders

+. a ~ places.
Hancock's Bridge-Salem road-Re-
building fence on causeway near Ham
cocks Bridge.
t,d PennS GroyeiMalaga road, 1st sec
places. Mr.. May to do the work in the
fall.
Malaga-Penns Grove road, I'd section.
Pole Tavern to Pilesgrove township
line-Water in bitches near Henry Sill
Nerman farm. Tile pipe probably
blocked, will inspect.
Malaga-Penns Grove road, Sd section,
Bids opened and report submitted
M~alaga-Penns Grove road, 4th and
9TH sections-Contract with Sutton &
Corson duly executed.
Malaga-Penns Grove road. 9TH sec
tion-Advertised for bids for construc-
ton of this road.
Penns Grove-Pedricktown road-This
gravel road is in good condition.
Travel on it is so great that it is i'm
possible to keep in good condition with
gravel. Board should consider resur-
facing with concrete or some other suit
able material at an early date. In
Pedricktown the asphalt portion of the
road needs small repairs.
Pennsville-Penns Grove road. I'd sec
tion-Plans and specifications sent to
the Highway Commission.
Pointers-Auburn road-Work pro
crossing satisfactory, Cranberry cause
way west of bridge brought up to
grade.
Quinton-Alloway road-Portion rear
Charles Fox farm and in Quinton Bor-
ough resurfaced with gravel.
Salem-Mannington Hill road-Portion
in Claysville as well as Salem cause
way has been rooted and a portion re-
surfaced with gravel.
Salem-Penns Grove road-Barge of
shells for it has arrived viii resqr-
make repairs between Lower Canal
Bridge and Pennsville in near future.
Will relay the tile drain near the
Methodist Church in Pennsville.
Shirley-Elmer road - Recommend
. scraping resurfaced part.
The usual work of scraping and gen
eral maintenance of the other roads
not mentioned has been carried on.
The Committee of Bridges submitted
plans and specifications for widening
the reinforced I-Beam bridge, No. 462,
over a run near the Bishop farm on the
Sd section of Malaga-Penns Grove road
about 112 miles east of Woodstown;
feet. \ resolution to advertise for bids
to be opened on May 18th was adopted.
Jail and Road Camp
The reports of the committee showed
that there are 81 prisoners in the coun-
ty jail and % at the road camp. The
cost of maintenance at the Jail was
$123.02, or % 3-5 cents per day per
prisoner. At the road camp the main
tenance was $2T2.54, or SO cents a day.
1t was reported that there had been
three patients from the county at the
Sunny Rest Sanitarium, but that one
had died and the body brought home
for burial.
In anticipation of the receipt of taxes
and to cover the current expenses reso-
lutions were adopted authorizing the
following temporary loans at SIC per
cent:
Samuel U. and Clementine Elwell $4,000
j. Robinson $4,000
Salem National Banking Co. $1,000
The bills of Justice of the Peace,
Harry ]. Cable, of Upper Penns Neck,
We're brought up and Mr.. J. NJ. Weldon.
of the Township Committee, was heard
on them. He said that the committee
had paid Cable for taking the patients
to the State asylum at Trenton, but he
did not know whether or not he had
paid his assistants. The bills We're
held over for investigation.
Putting Salem On The Map
Mrs. A. T. Beckett addressed the
Board on the subject of the National
Conference of the Social Workers that
is to be held in Atlantic City June l to
8. Mrs. Beckett is the chairman of the
county committee on institutions and
she called the attention of the Board
to the Importance of the Road Camp
its kind in the country and she suggest
ed that a model of the camp be built
and placed on exhibition at the con-
ference so that the social workers. of
the whole country might see it and
learn what a great work was being
done in Salem county in the line, of
should be accompanied by. the ~statis-
tics showing how much had been saved
the county by having it and the ex-
pense of maintaining it,. This Mrs.
Beckett said would put Salem county
on the map.
On motion of Mr.. Powers the Board
decided to attend the conference of
Social Workers in June. A resolution
was adopted asking the State ighwa
Commission to make Market Street in
Salem a part of Route s of the state
Highway system, also that copy of
the resolution be forwarded to the
Commission. Il
1t was decided to have the annual
:shad dinner at the Salem Country CLUB
on the day after the next regular meet
ing, May 18th.
A resolution was adopted to amend
the estimate for roa repairs to add
$40, 900 to cover the I'd section of the
Penns Grove-Pennsville road. Ell
The Board adjourned to meet on
Tuesday, April 22d. at 10.45 o'clock, to
award the contract for building the 7th
section of the Malaga-Penns Grove