The Penn's Grove record., 1921-02-11
County Prisoners
AS Road Builders
Mild Weather Allows Much Prog
ress. More Concrete Roads
Wanted


/ to MlllvilIe through Salem, Quinton
and brldgeton, Constructed o. rem
forced concrete, by the Highway Com
mission, can be expected Dy the la
/ payers of Salem county as a result
OF the action taken by the Board o.
4 Chosen treeholders at their meeting
/ on Wednesday " as sequel 70 tile
! presentation VI a oil IN the cJale Sen
/ s+ce on monday evening Ior Senaoof
Allen which provides Iof the taking
over as part OF the highway system
the road from Salem to Bridgeton by
way OF Quinton and Shiloh and in
cluaing TIE old QuInVon- Marlboro
! Cumpihe.
Another important move on the part
of the Board was the formal transfer
OF the State aid money that had been
/ allotted to the completion OF the PED
| ricktown Woodstown road, 1st sec
ton, matter of $4,000, to the 4th
section OF the Penns Grove-Pennsville
road. Ii the State Highway Commits
! sion gives its consent to this agree
ment 1t will mean the completion Oh
another mile OF concrete road from
/ Churchtown to point near Pennsvllle,
thus gaining another step forward IN
the work OF giving a permanent road
| from Salem to Penns Grove.
A Delay in Road work Prevented
1t was found that unless something
! like this was done there would be
year delay in the construction of the
road south from Churehtown, as there
were not funds enough available TO
carry on the work. The best that
could be done was to pave the Penns
Neck causway with the asphalt pene-
tration method and if that were done
| it would mean the abandonment of the
road camp because it would be too eH-
pensive IN its present condition TO
maintain. All this is amply explain
ed in the resolutions that have been
adopted by the Board.
AS the plans now stand both the
| Pointers-Auburn and Pedricktown-
WoodstoWn roads will be completed
with the labor from the prison road
camp instead of having the latter
built by contract. The road camp has
made great progress with the Pointers
Auburn road and it is estimated now
| that both roads will be finished within
the year whereas it was not expected
| that they would be done until some
time in 1922. Ample provision has
also been made for the rebuilding Of
the Quinton- Marlboro turnpike, if not
! by the State as part of a highway
| system, then by the road camp.
Surveys For Two Other Roads
The Board also took steps toward
| the work on two other roads by adopt
| ing resolutions providing for surveys
for the construction of the Garden
road in Pittsgrove from Elmer thru
Centreton to Norma and Pole Tavern
Franklinville road.
| A communication was received from
the Township Committee of Upper
Penns Neck Township which stated
they had decided to ask for State aid
to the amount of $500 to. hefp finish
Pennsville-Auburn road from the
junction of that road with the George
town past Forked Hickory and thence
to the Township line between Upper
and Lower Penns Neck Townships, a
distance of one and half miles. The
Township will furnish S2500 of the
$4,000 required to complete the road.
A resolution was adopted by the
Board of Chosen Freeholders approx
ing this proposition.
A delegation of the Salem Chamber
of Commerce was present at the after
noon session to advocate the adoption
of the road building plans as adopted
which will give the County another
section of State highway and also ad-
vance the work on the concrete sec
ton of the Salem-Penns Grove road.
Speaking for the Chamber, Presl-
dent Sumlnerlin assured the Board
that the Salem organization was ready
at all times to assist the Freeholders
in any of their road building projects.
A committee of the Chamber OF
Commerce and the Finance and Road
Committees of the Board of Chosen
Freeholders will go to Trenton next
Wednesday to attend a hearing OF the
Highway Commission when a strong
effort will be made to secure addl-
tional financial assistance to further
the road building projects already
named.
To Safeguard The Bridges
At the morning session of the
monthly meeting of the Freeholders
a resolution was adopted which pro-
vides that no automobiles, motor
trucks, teams or cattle can be driven
over any of the County bridges at a
greater speed than eight miles an
hour. This is in accordance with the
State act regulating traffic ove1
bridges and giving the boards of free
loldccs power to enforce any regula-
tions they may deem necessary to keep
the bridges safe and prevent damage
and expense by reckless driving.
A Temporary Loan
The County Treasurer and Director
were authorized to negotiate loar
with the Salem National Bankina
Company on an anticipated note for
$4,000 at six per cent.
A resolution adopted authorized the
County Treasurer TO deposit funds
in all of the banks of the County thus
formally making them the depositor
les for the County.
Road Camp And Jail
The reports of the road camp and
iail committees showed that there
were SO men in the former and L
prisoners in the latter. The rnainten