The Penn's Grove record., 1921-06-10
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The cost of construction was varlously
estimated at from $4,000 to $4,000 a
mile. The County would have State
aid in its construction. The road runs
through the lower end of Qulnton
Township and the assessment of ten
per cent on the townships would not be
a burden to them. The State will pay
40 per cent. and the County the other
so per cent. of the cost.
Bv formal motion the Board of
F~reeholders agreed to take up this
work next summer and to make pro
vision for it.
The board also adopted a resolution
giving the State Highway Commission
authority to put all detour roads IN
good condition.
1t was decided to advertise for bids
for the construction of the Shirley
road in all Of the County papers and
in the Engineering Record. The
Road Committee will meet at 2.l3
June IS, to open bids and the board
will meet at II o'clock, standard time,
Thursday, June 80, to award the con-
tract.
The State Highway Commission
meets in Atlantic City on Saturday Of
this week and the board will be repre-
santad Inv tba Finance and Road Com
mittees and fhp County Engineer. Ac-
oording 10 +ba table Of estimates that
has been prepared bv Engineer keas-
bev the board will ask for S113,450
from the motor vehieuIar fund and
also 500. 1000 Of State aid for road con
StIuCtiOn next year.
pff-op and Road CanD
The report of the Prison and Road
CawD showed two prisoners in the
Comfy iq3 and - in the Road Camp.
The cor of maintaining the Road
Camp for the last month was S674.60.
or 62.3 cents per prisoner per day.
This high rate is caused because of the
omission in the report of the previous
month of bills of large amount for
supplies which are included in this
months statement. The cost OF nam
tenance at the Jail was S30.13, or III
cents per prisoner per day.
Contracts For Salem-Penns Grove
Road
Among the important matters trans
acted at the monthly meeting OF the
Board of Freeholders on Tuesday was
awarding the contracts for the W
sections OF concrete road from Chufch-
town to P%ennsyille and from Penns-
vile toward Salem, a distance OF two
and one-tenth miles. mus the marc
surface road between zen Grove n
Salem is progressing with considerable
speed.
The Road Committee opened the
bids for the two sections on Monday.
There were eight bids for the fourth
section Of the Penns Grove-Pennsv1lIe
road and seven for the first section of
the FenhsViie-oalem ROAD WHlel
SHOWS LlaI ToLUlactoIe ar iooN Ing
Tor WORK Inc HguieS oacA up Vln'
SuPpoSIt!on.
Inc DID tor the fourth sectlon OF
Gne felIl9 -5ao ehhsNIiIe co1u' d
INSTANCE u izVo -eeI' were d. IolIo"s'
Henry f. Baton, Phila. 500, 223.25
Louis J. Selling, Red Bank,
n. 64,931.O0
Sutton q Cofson Co., Ocean
City 74,287.23
E. A. Corson, Ocean City go. 54,482.70
JOS. F. Burk, Plaintield -.-...- 61.799.59
General Ship Repair Co.,
Philadelphia ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS 66,657.9O
Michael Staub, Swedesboro.- 64,3O2.3O
j. NJ. Kelly Contracting Co.,
Camden 6 5 ,597.35
The bids for the first section of the
Pennsville-Salem road, a distance OF
1900 feet We're:
Henry E. Baton .~~S36 1867
Louis J. Selling ...~-~. 37,457.OO
E. A. Corson -..-.-. 32,725.65
Sutton & Corson Co. -..~---.- 4~3,864.21
TOcanb L RI1Tka 3H AIT ~
General Ship Repair Co. -. ~39,297.1O
Michael Staub ,~. 38,518.6O
F. A. Corson. being low bidder for
both contracts was, on recommended
ton of the committee, given both sec
tions. at a total of S87, 208.35. This is
considerable lower than the same
amount of concrete road could have
been built in recent years.
Engineer Keasbey stated that it had
been found that they had about $4,000
left which could be used for road con-
struction and that this amount would
b1iId 500 more feet of the Salem