The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1876-04-05
For TIE RECORD.
Mount Airy. N. J.. March 2Sth.

Mount Airy, N. j., March 2Sth 1876.
That new road which was recently laid out
through Mr.. Halls property, about which SO
much has been said, was reviewed by three
Chosen Freeholders last Thursday.
The road takes one and sixty-three one
hundredths acres of land, worth one hundred
and sixty three gold dollars, and will require
four hundred and twenty-three panels of
fence, which will cost at least one dollar and
twenty five cents per panel. 1t also takes
three young thrifty apple trees just in prime
Of bearing, worth at low calculation fifty
dollars each, and would pay fifteen per cent.
on that amount of money, on an average. 1t
also takes about one-third of Mr.. Halls gar
den, but the township being desperately poor
since paying five hundred and eighty dollars
for that private accommodation road down in
the Rocks, we will donate this and let it go
with the rest of the plumber.
The road passes between the barn and the
brook, making it very inconvenient to water
stock which is matter too serious for us to
estimate. When the road was laid out it
seemed very apparent that some of the Sur
veyors had been badly tempered with, and
they awarded Mr.. Hall only five hundred dol
lars--not enough to pay for the fence The
road also touches Judge +. S. Holcombe
slightly. 1t takes a narrow strip off his land
and gives him good opportunity to build
forty-nine panels Of fence, and the Survey
ors very magnanimousy awarded him twenty
dollars. The Judge and General were dissat-
isfed and appealed. The Court appointed
Joseph II. Boozer, of Lambertville, Joseph
Smith, of Delaware, and William Sutphin, of
East Amwell to view the road and reassess
the damage. They met according to arrange
ment on last Thursday, passed over the road
and proceeded to the hotel, where we all took
little !" County Collector" and State SEN
atorship." There was quite liberal turn
out of people. Mr. Skillman, of Lambertville,
represented the Town Committee, and made
very able and eloquent address. He admit
ted the road cut Mr.. Halls yard and garden
little queer, but while passing the house he
did not notice any green lawns, blooming
daisies or blushing roses, &C., calculated to
divert the eye, calm the nervous system and
make the property valuable. He went for
the apple trees with tomahawk and declared
that people often cut them down to get them
out of the way, and thought good cistern
would be more convenient than the brook,
besides stock would almost subsist on the
shippers and be Il great saving Of fodder
Becoming fairly warmed-up, he changed
front, said the road was intended for the
special accommodation of the Changers, of
which Judge Holcombe was the king bum
blebee, and that we were all frauds any way.
So terrible was his fury that the wind has
blown gale ever since, and nearly ne-half
of the fences in West Amwell have been
blown down. Mr.. Voorhees,, of Pennington,
appeared for justice. He explained the law
and spoke fuently and to the point for an
hour and half, but we are sorry to say his
arrows were not peaked enough to penetrate
the political clouds which were floating in the
horizon. After dinner the Viewers retired
and were absent but few moments when
they returned with the beggarly award Of
four hundred and fifty dollars for Mr.. Hall
and twenty dollars for Judge Holcombe.