The Penn's Grove record., 1921-04-15
County Pays For
ArmOry Ground
Lessons Cost of Road and Will
Begin WOOdstOwn-Salem
Road

Committee on Public Buildings, which
is composed of Messrs. Powers, Louns-
bury and Reeves, to act in conjunction
with the committees of the Salem
Chamber of Commerce and Company
|, National Guards of New Jersey, in
selecting a proper site for the soldiers
armory. While the State appropriates
the money for the erection of the ar
mOry the site must be purchased by
the County.
A committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and one of the National
Guard Company appeared before the
Freeholders on Wednesday afternoon
and asked that a committee be ap-
pointed from the Board to act with
them in selecting a site. Members of
the committee, among them Captain
William Harris, addressed the meet
ing. Capt. Harris stated that if the
armory was created it should be located
on a plot that was big enough to give
plenty of ground around it so that The
building would be in ar appropriate
setting. He stated that they would
procure war trophies and have flower
beds so that the surroundings would
be attractive.
1t was stated that two sites had been
under consideration. One of these is
located on New Market Street which
would be the most central site. The
other is the lot belonging to the So
ciety of Friends on West Broadway
below the cemetery. AS soon as the
site is decided upon and the owners
agree to sell, the State Army Board
will be notified and will come down to
inspect it. If this board approves Of
the site it will be purchased and then
the contract will be let.
1t was stated that owing to the good
foundation of the roadbed of the Sa-
lem-Pennsville road between Church
town and P%ennsville a saving of
$4,000 could be made by changing
the thickness of the proposed concrete
construction from seven inches at the
sides and ten inches in the middle to
six inches at the sides and eight and
one-half inches in the midle. 1t was
decided to make this change in the
specifications of the portion of the road
to be built this year and the State Board
of Highway Commissioners which was
in session at Trenton was mott
fed. 1t was also decided to provide
for good drainage of this portion of
the road.
The board recommended that the
Sheriff accept the resignation of
William Berry as a guard at the
Prison Road Camp and employ George
Leap to fill the vacancy.
The reports of the committees
showed that there were 18 prisoners
in the County Jail and 33 at the Road
Camp, making 81 in all.
The maintenance at the prison for
the month cost $666.36, or 1925 cents
each day a man. At the Jail the cost
of maintenance was $164.55, or 23.4
cents each day a prisoner.
A communication from the State
Highway Commission stated that that
body had adopted a resolution grant
ing consent to the County of Salem to
proceed with paving a portion of Sa-
lem Woodstown road beginning at
Woodstown with concrete approx
mately four miles in length to cost
$3.50, 900, which will be set aside from
the 1922 funds of the Commission for
reimbursement of the County.
The board approved by resolution
township aid of a road in Warrington
Township. -,
Resolutions were adopted by which
the officers of the County were au-
thorized to negotiate loans in antici-
patton of taxes to the amount of $22,-
10000 as follows:
( Penns Grove National Bank......$5,5 500
Farmers Mutual Fire ms. Co., 5000
Salem National Banking Co. =. 5000
City National Bank, Salem 1000
John F. Keen 5,OOO
Mr.. Pancoast was authorized to
procure a mud machine and put it at
work throwing mud on the Hancock's
Bridge causeway.
1t was decided that schools and
other institutions would be supplied
with copies of the map of the County
showing all of the roads. This map is
pronounced to be the most complete
ever prepared for the exposition of
the roads and is much in demand.
Private parties desiring copies will be
supplied at one dollar each.
it was reported that the tides over-
flow the causeway leading to the Hook
bridges. The road has been abandon
ed and people travel it and cross the
bridges at their own risk. The three
bridges will be posted as closed be-
/ cause they are unsafe. 1t was an
nounced that in a very short time the
reads will be impossible and the
bridges will have to be swept away.
Upon recommendation of the FL
nance Committee it was decided to
publish in the five papers of the
County the following reports for 1920:
County Collectors report; Auditors
report. report of Treasurer of surplus
,,evenue. Almshouse report. The fol-
lowing reports will be printed in pam
inlet form for distribution; County
Engineers report, Jail report, Road
Camp report and County Auditors re-
<port: o.o adjourned the
Freeholders met in the Grand Jury
room and completed arrangements for
their annual planked shad dinner
18th. the day of the next regular
monthly meeting.