The Penn's Grove record., 1919-04-25
Road Contract Given
Jail Road Workers A Great Ben
efit To Prisoners And Public


The Joseph F. Burke Company, of
Plainfeld, N. j., was on Tuesday,
awarded the contract for the building
of the Seventh section of the Malaga
Penns Grove road by the Board of
Chosen Freholders at an adjourned
meeting. This firm was the lowest Of
five bidders, their figure, being S76..
572.20. The bids were opened before
the entire Board by the Road Conn
mittee and the County Engineer. The
bids were as follows:
Sutton & corson. Ocean City. sSI, 022.2 80
e. "A. Corsen, Ocean City, 95.352.14
Eastern Paving Co, Phila., SI,f7le2
Joseph j. Burke Co, Plainfeld, ZIG. 572.2 o
VIM. p. Mcdonald Construction
Co., Phila., 69,74l.95
The contract is for 27,8O4 square
yards of road of sheet asphalt on a
macadam base. All Of the bids were
accompanied by a certified check for
$1,000 and representatives of all the
companies were present
A resolution signed by the Road
Committee awarding the contract to
the lowest bidder subject to the ap-
proval of the State Commissioner of
Public Roads was adopted. Another
resolution providing for the five per
cent. maintenance by contract was also
adopted. This resolution frees the
Federal Government from the main
tenance clause of the contract, be-
cause the latter is contributing a GER
tain portion of the money for the con-
struction Of the highway.
The question of getting a right of
way for the building of the Pointers
Auburn road was reported upon by
Mr.. Reeves. From the report one
would suppose that some of the prop
erty living along the old town
ship road did not want a better high.
way for the building of their farm
produce and supplies. Most of them
seem to think that this is a good time
to get a nice donation of the public
funds and they are holding the strips
Of their property at figures which will
make the building of the road so ex-
pensive as to be almost prohibitive.
In order to bring the road to the
proper highway width it is necessary
to acquire about a rod from the prop
critics along the line. Mr.. Reeves re-
ported that Allen Fogg wanted $3.50
for about 1900 feet of land and 5000
for the thorn hedge which now forms
the fence. He also wants the County
to build him a first-class fence. The
members of the Board could not I'M
derstand why he should want to be
paid for the hedge after it became
useless and he had a new fence.
John Keen offered 125 square rods
along his property for So a rod and
he would build his own fence. Others
were as reasonable as Mr.. Keen and
others were not. 1t was proposed to
start at the other end of the road and
let them wait for a good road.
The matter was finally referred to
the Road Committee with power to
obtain a right of way.
In discussing this right of way it
was suggested by the County Engin-
eer that it was time a new location
was being selected for the prison road
camp. This new road is being con-
structed by the inmates of the road
camp and they will have to be removed
to a more convenient location very
soon. This will be looked after by the
Road Camp Committee with power to
secure the new site.
lie county LHSllleeT DTOuSuI up
the estimates for the new road work
for the year 1920 and said that it was
time for the Board to secure the con-
sent of the townships in which the
work is to be done for the payment of
the ten per cent. of the costs. He had
prepared resolutions which were taken
by the respective members for presen-
tation to the townships for action. In
this line Engineer Keasby stated that
money would be available from the
State vehicular funds but that every
effort should be made to make the
sum as large as possible. Among the
roads to be built are the PennsG Grove
Salem road between lower Canal
Bridge and Pennsville and the Ped
Woodstown and Pednck-
town-Salem roads.
Mr.. Lounsbury reported that a
large picture of the Road Camp had
been taken and that a copy had been
presented to Mrs. Beckett for the Ma
tional Welfare Conference that is to
be held in Atlantic, City in June.
81 Plans for the annual plank shad din
ner which will be held as usual at the
Salem Country Club Were discussed.
The dinner will be given on the day
of the next monthly meeting, Wednes-
day, May IA, and a number Of promin-
ent guests from different departments
of the State will be present.