The Penn's Grove record., 1923-04-13
Vol. 40, No Is
FreehOlders Give
Bridge Contract
Oldmans To Have More Hard
Surface Road

B0ard OF Chosen |FreeholderS was neld
in the Court House, in Salem, on We'd
nesday, beginning at II o'clock. All
the members were present except Mr..
S. M. Layman, of Penns Grove. Dl-
rector H. P. Gray presided.
The report from the Sheriff showed
that the cost of supplies for Road
Camp in March was $257.27. Days
served by prisoners 527; cost daily,
48.S cents.
March Ord there were in Jail 10; in
Road Camp, 10. Committed between
March Il and April II, 20; discharged,
25. In Jail, 4 blacks, six whites; in
Road Camp, 5 blacks, 9 white men.
Days served in Jail, 284. Supplies
cost S48.57; daily, III cents.
The March financial statement shows
as follows: Yearly budget, $3.50, 542.-
46. Received by R. D: Griscom,
County Treasurer, ~$80,963.56. Balance
1899, 609.90.
Howard Hitchner, of Woodstown,
appeared before the Board and invited
the members to attend the annual
banquet of Woodstown Chamber of
Commerce, May Sd, which was &C
cepted.
The resolution of Oak Tree Chapter of
the American Revolution, Mrs. A. /.
Beckett, President, asking the oar
to name the new bridge over FenWlck
creek, at the lower end of Market ST.,
Salem, now being built to replace the
old covered bridge, John Fenw1ck
Bridge, in honor of Salem City's first
settler and founder, was received n
adopted.
The Bridge Committe reported that
LII o.onol on nnHaU for a
new concrete bridge with tumbling
dam and spillway, at Elkton Pond:
J. Duncan Jaques, Woodbury.,
N. j. .-....--...---- ---..9li, 4oO.i4
L. A. Mason, Elmer, n. j., 14,805.O5
Kolyn Construction Co., Tren-
ton, N. j. 15,o22.99
James N. Hynes, Trenton,
N. j., 12,15o.45
VIM. H. Slough, Alloway,
N j., ll,54l.91
George A. Charlesworth, Ell
mer, N. j., l4,4l9;ZZ
The Board gave the contract to W.
H. Slough, whose bid was the lowest.
The county will pay $6864.22, and the
CITY of Salem ~$4,677.09. This is the
pond which was bought by the City
of Salem to increase the water sup
ply. Levi C. Justice has been en-
ploved to be inspector while the
bridge is building.
The contract for furnishing 100 d.
rectory signs, to be placed along the
roads in the county, was awarded to
Lin Butcher, the lowest bidder. HIS
bid was S267.00. The only other bid
der was John M. Wander, whose
figure was $345.00. The contract gives
nermission to increase this number to
300 at the same price per sign. The
roads that are only in the charge of
the F~reeholders will be posted in this
wav. This includes the Penns Grove
Malaga road, both of which have been
taken over as part of the State High
wav system by act of the Legislature,
the bills being passed over the Gov
errors veto. But they have not been
taken charge of by the State High
way Commission.
A conference of Freeholders, mem
bers of the State Board of Highway
Commissioners and the Public Utility
Commissioners will be held in Trenton.
on Tuesday, April 18th, to discuss the
matter of protection of grade cross
ings. The Road Committee and
County Engineers will attend this
conference.
The report of the Bridge Committee
shows that the Board of Freeholders
will continue its program of replacing
worn out wooden bridges, large and
small. with something of a more per-
manent character. OF the bridges
throughout the county they have al
ready built permanent structures OF
laid iron or terra Gotta drain pipes
This month the Board adopted the
recommendation of the committee tt
replace six bridges with permanent
structures as follows: No. 401, near
Dickinson farm, Pilesgrove Township,
with a thirty inch cast iron pipe; NO
4124, road from Yorktown to Richman-
town, with a box culvert and a pan
elled concrete guard rail; No. 100
Centreton-Norma road, with a Do>
culvert: No. 1916, Centreton-Bridge
ton road, with a box culvert; NO
1868. Centreton-Norma road, with
heightened concrete culvert; No. 12l0O
road from Six Points to Willow Grove
with cast iron pipe.
The committee also reported tina
satisfactory progress was making OF
the concrete bridge across Fenwicl
Creek. at the foot of Market Street
Salem. The piling has been completed
and the sheet piling is in place. Tit
excavation for the northerly abutmen'
and wing walls is also done and thu
concrete for the abutment and WIN
walls on the southerly side is nearly
all poured.
Work On The Roads
The Road Committee reported tn
work on the last section of the Penns
ville-SaIem road has been started
The Characterization road, which /
being built by the County Road CAM
labor, has been graded to the schoo
house and when it is gravelled tina
far work will be started on the Cen
treton-Deerfield road.
Salem County's share of the Stat
Motorvehiclar fund will be 3.126fo, o
about ~$79,150.O0.
A n~etition was received from tn