The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-10
~FreehOlders Give
More Contracts
PennSville- Salem Road To Be
Finished. New Bridge
AT Auburn

City Council Of Salem, Philadelphia,
New York and Penns Grove, and the
demands of public meetings, Salem
County is still running on standard
time. This vas shown on Wednesday
when the County Board of Freehol-
ders held their regular monthly meet
ing. AS fixed in the year book of the
board the meeting "a not called to
order until II o'clock standard time.
1t was therefore high noon for the
daylight savers and they were wend-
ing their several ways toward dinner
while the Freeholders got down to
business. Incidentally this threw the
members out of whack as to their own
dinners, for the Nelson House, where
they have been wont to dine, had also
gone on the new time, and if it had
not beer for the accommodating spirit
of Landlord Moran they would not
have been able to enjoy their usual
midday meal.
As it was it vas really 1925 day
light saving time when the roll was
called, the morning session was
therefore short, being occupied princi-
pally with routine business and the
reading of the bridge report. The
afternoon session., however, made up
for this as it was not until six o'clock
standard time when final adjournment
was taken. The reason for the Free
holders to continue to observe stand
ard time is that it is required by law
for them to do so especially when they
are awarding contracts or t~ransacting
other business of a legal status.
After the report of the Road Com
mittee had been read and disposed of
the matter of accepting the plans and
specifications for the crawling of
Route 6, section 5, of the State High
way system was taken up. This is
the portion of the road lying in Salem
County and extending from Shirley to
the Gloucester County line which is to
be permanently reconstructed under
the reimbursement act. The County
is to furnish the money and will be
reimbursed in 1922. 1t is proposed
to grade and gravel the six miles of
road this summer and to finish it in
concrete next year. County Engi-
neer stated that he had objected to
the provisions in the specifications
prepared by the State Highway de-
partment in that they provided that
Vic lOCh olldll Dt IOIICu anu dlSO lIldI
the contract must be finished by De-
tober Is. In his opinion this meant
an increase in the cost of construction
and he believed that if the time for
finishing the contract was fixed at
December Is it would mean a saving of
public money as would also the elimi-
nation of the requirement to roll the
road.
MI. Charles Seabrook, member of
the State Board of Highway Commits
s%iOners, was present and explained
that these specifications are the
standard required by the State on all
Of its road work and that if these
changes were made it would mean the
same thing. AS the money to be used
is from the State, or rather will be
paid back by the State, and as the
State Highway Commissioners had ap-
proved these specifications, he could
not see that it would make any differ
| ence to the County. At the most the
County would be put to an extra eX-
pense of about $3.50, and that it was
very little when it was realized that
the work would be done by a contrac-
tor who would be only too glad to get
the work finished so that the road
could be used two months before the
time advocated by the County Engi-
neer
Mr.. Griffin, of the Engineers de-
partment, was present and had the
plans with him. He stated that the
rolling of the road would make it fit
for use next winter and that the
bitches were ample to take care of all
water so that there was little danger
of the road being damaged by the
frost. He also stated that the per-
centage of clay permitted in the
gravel was lower than usual and that
would also insure a good road.
Director Gray stated that the people
of that section of the County demand
ed that the road be built as it was now
impossible. Mr.. Borton said that if
we desired to have the State build
the road we would have to submit to
the rulings of the body in authority.
Mr.. Keasbey had written a letter in
which he stated that he would not ap-
prove the specifications unless author
lied by a resolution adopted by the
Freeholders.
Mr.. Weldon then offered a resolu-
ton instructing the Engineer to ap-
prove the specifications and this was
adopted by a vote of ten to three.
Those voting nay were Messrs. Reeves,
Powers and Smith. Mr.. McCarson
was not present at the time.
Shorter Route To Seashore
Mr.. Seabrook also brought up the
matter of building about three miles
of road between the half way house
to Cohansey. Cumberland County was
already at work on their portion of
this road and if Salem County would
build their portion next year it would
mean a shorter route to Atlantic City
by way of Deerfield, Centreton, Norma
and Vineland. 1t would be a fine
gravel road about four miles shorter
than the present route to Atlantic
City. 1t would also fill a great want
for transportation in a rich farming
country where there is now no good
road.
1t was generally agreed that the
| work on this section of road would be