Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1922-02-17
FREEHOLDERS MAKE LONG DAY
DISCUSSING GRASSY SOUND
BRIDGE

The person, who for the first time
attends a meeting of the Cape May
County Board of Chosen Freeholders,
since the reorganization on January
1st, is impressed by the earnestness
of the members of the Board, and with
the stately dignity and absolute capa-
bility of the Boards Director, Charles
E. Foster, of South Seaville. Every
subject brought up at the meeting is
thoroughly threshed out on the floor,
and when finally an agreement is
reached, the Boards attorney is the
one who draws up the resolution COW
ering the points which had been
talked of.
The members of the Board this year
are Henry B. Cree and William j.
Chadwick. of Ocean City; Walter
Pfeifer and Herman Diamond, of Sea
Isle City; Elmer Hewitt and Richard
Anderson, of North Wildwood; Will
liam H. Stein and Charlie A. Norton,
of Wildwood; William S. Shaw and
Irwin H. Eldredge, of Cape May; Les
lie A. Corson, Upper Township; Chas.
E. Foster, of South Seaville; Linneaus
T. Swain, of Middle Township, and
George Mcneil, of Lower Township.
Tuesdays Meeting a Busy One
The session on Tuesday, February
Z, 1922, opened promptly at 1876 in
the morning and adjourned at 6 in the
evening. The high point of the meet
ing was the discussion of the build
ing of the bridge over Grassy Sound
to connect the two ends of the newly
built North wildwood to Burleigh
road. Some of the Freeholders wanted
plans drawn for the work at once, and
others wanted to find out where the
money was coming from before the
plans were drawn. 1t developed from
the discussion that the county had not
procured the right of way from several
of the property owners, so that parts
of the road leading to the proposed
bridge are really built upon private
property. This was referred to the
Solicitor for adjustment and a meet
ing arranged for Saturday morning, at
Court House, to go into the matter of
finances and the acquiring of the right
of way. All of the members agreed
that the Grassy Sound bridge must be
built, but the important question was,
HOW?
Stone HarbOr Bridge Repairs
The Bridge Committee and the En-
gineer reported that a meeting had
been held at Stone Harbor, and an in
vestigation made of the Channel
bridge, which was found to be in a
dangerous condition. Investigation
showed that in the storm of January
2Sth the sand had washed from under
the concrete piers and piling, and that
it had been considered shutting off the
bridge, but that a car had been run
back and forth several times and since
there was no vibration it was con-
cluded to leave the bridge open and
make immediate repairs. This bridge
is owned jointly by the county and the
railroad company, and the latter must
bear one-third of the cost of repairs.
Inlet Bridge Contract Let
Bids were opened for the repairs
of the Corson's Inlet bridge, and the
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Campbell, of Bridgeton, at $2,745.34.
The only other bid was that of Sutton
& Corson Company, of Ocean City, for
$4,000.
The contract was awarded to the
William G. Moore gravel pit for 5000
tons, more or less, of road gravel, at
80 cents a ton, and the purchasing
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bids for gravel for Mnnsylvania Rail-
road delivery. The Moore pit is To-
Gated on the Reading lines.
The purchasing agent was also di-
rected to advertise for bids for two
Ford sedan cars, one for the Aims
house keeper and the other for the
Road Supervisor, the old cars of each
to be taken in trade.
A resolution was adopted favoring
the proposed $780, 00, 900 Bond Law, for
road paving purposes by the state, and
against the proposed repeal by the
Legislature of the Edge Road Law,
under which counties may build state
roads and be reimbursed for the cost
from the funds of the State Highway
Commission.
The Public Buildings Committee was
ordered to have the inside of the
County Jail painted, and a shower
bath put in in place of the old iron
tub now in use, according to the
recommendations of the state.-Sea
Isle Times.