The Penn's Grove record., 1923-10-12
FreehOlderS to Make
State inspection Tour
Plans For Salem County Tuber,
cular Institute Authorized
To Be Made

This is a practical instructive trip and
vii be greatly beneficial to the county
work in the construction of roads AMI
bridges. At the monthly meeting of
the Freeholders Wednesday a corlial
letter from the Delaware River Joint
Bridge Committee was read and it
stated that they would be met by the
head engineer and members of the
committee in Camden, Thursday morn
ing, to inspect the Camden-Philadel-
phia bridge work. After this stop
the party will go to North Jersey
Friday to see the Lincoln Highway
bridge across the Hackensack river.
They will then go along the Palisades
boulevard and return by way of Mont
clair Saturday.
The reports of County Engineer
Keasby and Road and Bridge Commit
tee and the resulting actions were a
large part of the business of the
meeting.
The costs for a light at the turn
of the Harding Highway at the Lawn
side cemetery, Woodstown, were
stated by a letter from the electric
company to be $50 per year, but as
there was no provision for the care
of the light in having it turned on,
the matter was tabled.
Andrew Turnbull, of Auburn, ap-
peared before the Board and stated
that the flow of water was digging a
gulley under the side of the Auburn
road beginning in front of his prop
erty and extending considerable dis
tance The County Engineer was au-
thorized to examine the condition and
have it remedied.
Attorney w. A. w. Grier asked that
a railroad crossing sign of the county
on Main Street, Penns Grove, be
moved The distance of three hun
dred feet from the crossing had
placed it in front of the new Elks'
building, and upon request the posi-
ton had benn changed. The present
position will obstruct a driveway for
Mr. Ostrowitz and it was asked to be
moved. which Freeholder Weldon was
authorized to have done.
Freeholder proposed that the ditch
along the side of the Penns Grove
Pennsville road be dug out and that
drain pipes be put in for the distance
from the Jacquette farm to the canal.
This was not accepted by a vote of a
to 7, whereupon Mr. Heron moved that
the ditch be cleared out for the same
distance. This was voted down, by
to 7.
DR.. R. M. A. Davis, of Salem, re-
ported for the Salem County tuber-
cular institute which was first pro-
posed at last months meeting and
read letter from T. B. Kidner, In
stitutional Secretary of the National
Tubercular Association. This gave
several general estimates for the con-
struction including one that would
require from $4,000 to $4,000 for the
building and full equipment, including
power house and sewage disposal
plant for each bed in the capacity of
the institute. AS it not be necessary
to build an electrical power house,
nor a pumping station for water on
account of the proposed location this
cost will be lowered.
DR.. Davis stated that at the last
tubercular clinic in the Salem County
Memorial Hospital there were eleven
patients, four of whom required insti-
tutional care Immediately and that no
more patients could be gotten into
the Camden County tubercular insti-
tute. A letter from the Camden
County institute was read later and
it stated that the charges for each
patient here from outside the county
would hereafter be s18 per week.
Mr.. Weldon moved that the commit
tee on charities and corrections be au-
thorized to obtain architectural plans
and specifications and cost and estl-
maets for the institute to be built in
Warrington. This was adopted.
Estimates for county appropriations
for the period of July, 1924, to July,
1925, were received from William T..
Mitchell, accountant, for the Depart
ment of Institute and Agencies, and
were adopted on the basis of the pres
ent cost of caring for the two lunatlcs
now at the almshouse. 1888 are to
be appropriated for that purpose. For
the care of tubercular patients S7,O0O
was stated required for the fourteen
estimated patients. Eight are already
in other county hospitals for the care
of whom the State pays share. The
amounts of the State appropriations
were reported to have been included
in the budgt mssage from the De
partmnt of Institutions and Agencies,
at Trenton, to the Governor.
The Committee on Charities and
Corrections reported that the assis-
tant county treasurer had conferred
at the State Hospital and the Attof-
ney Generals office for the state 10
bear the costs for the care OF Wllllam
T. Hudson at that hospital for eleven
wears. The State and county hao
both made payments.
Report was made that Tony war
mas. a tubercular patient. died July
10th, and that the county had received
sIe9 for his care and that the remain
ing s887 is to be billed his estate.
John Wright, who had been shot by
a special officer of the county about
eighteen months ago, was present ano
asked for payments from the county
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