The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1893-04-04
A speoiar Meeting.

more discuss that knotty problem" stone
roads"
Clerk Antrim called the roll and found
that James V. Cavileer, of Randolph was
absent. Director Younker explained this
by stating that Mr. Cayileer had been leg
islated out of Office, Randolph township
having been set over into Washington by
the last Legislature.
Mr. Younker also stated that Jesse G.
Stackhouse was present as the representa-
tive from Medford.
The clerk then read the call, and when
he finished Sheriff Shinn served the writ
of mandamus requiring the Board to
either award the contract for paving the
road from the Westfeld and Camden
turnpike road at Westfeld in the town
ship of Cinnaminson to the steamboat
wharf in Riverton or to readvertise for
bids for the same.
There was short delay in the proceed
ings at this point, while Mr.. Stackhouse
was taking the oath of Office.
Henry G. Lippincott offered the follow
ing: Resolved, that the Director adver-
tise for bids for the construction of stone
road leading from the Westfeld and Cam
den turnpike road at Westfield, in the
township of Cinnaminson, to the steam
boat landing on the wharf, in the Della
ware river at Riverton, in said township,
according to the specifications heretofore
prepared. A committee of five men, of
whom the Director shall be one, shall be
appointed to receive said bids, and the
bids received by said committee shall be
reported to the Board at the next regular
meeting"
This resolution was adopted without
dissent.
Charles K. Vansciver offered the fol-
lowing: Resolved, that the Director pro-
coed to readvertise for bids to build all
the stone roads, the specifications of
which have been approved and that the
committee take charge of the matter and
report at the next regular meeting" This
was adopted.
Mr.. Lippincott offered another resolu-
ton: Resolved that bids be solicited for
the construction of rubble, gravel and
Stag roads, for the four roads for which
specifications have been prepared, and
that the Director advertise for bids for
the construction of such roads, according
to such specifications and that said bids
be presented to the committee appointed
to receive bids for the construction of
stone roads,"
This was the signal for objection on the
part of the stone road advocates. They
did not think there was any legal author
ity for the adoption of such resolution.
Joseph H. Gaskill, counsel for the stone
road men, thought law had been passed
by the Legislature, allowing such roads to
be constructed, but he did not think the
Governor had signed it.
Mark r. Sooy said: "Assemblyman
Matlack says it has been signed"
To which Gaskill replied: 81 think
Matlack is mistaken, as he often is"
Mr.. Evans did not want the resolution
to pass. The people in his neighborhood
would not thank the county for any such
road.
Mr.. Lippincott did not think there
should be any objection to this kind OF
road. The law calls for stone roads, and
the kind proposed by this resolution are
as durable as Telford and Macadam, and
are much cheaper.
Mr.. Vansciver said there were some
points in the resolution that he did not
admire. He did not believe the county
could get state aid for any kind of road
but Telford or Macadam. The people
must be suited and they want road with
a smooth surface, and that could not be
got with rubble. There was another
point to which he wished to allude, and
that was that the stone roads are going to
be built even if every point had to be
fought in the courts. If the Board refused
to comply with the law. a mandamus
would be secured for all of the roads APP
piled for. And he wanted to remind the
members that there was plenty of money
back of this movement, hence there would
be no hanging back on that score.
Mr.. Evans thought the Board was
bound to go by the specifications. They
don't call for rubble. If anybody wants
such roads let them get up a petition to
that effect. The people in his section
don't want them. The yeas and nays
were called on the resolution as follows:
Yeas. - Loveland, Fleetwood, Ellis,
Storey, Lippincott, Wainwright, Kinsley,
Stackhouse, Dunphey, Gale, Seeds, Nay
Tor, Wright, Williams, sooy, Haines,
Wills-17.
Perkins, Vansciver, Taylor, PAN
coast, Evans, Lambert, Younker, Joyce,
Dennis-9
Mr.. Lippincott offered another resolu-
ton. 1t was: Resolved. that the Board
let the engineering and surveying ofroads
to the lowest bidders and give the citi-
zens, surveyors and engineers of Burling-
ton county the preference over non-resi-
dents. Bids for the contracts to be adver-
tised for by the Director in two county
papers and to be accepted or rejected by
the Board as may seem best for the
county"
The Director ruled this resolution out
of order. as the engineering and survey
ing had already been done on all of the
roads thus far applied for. He thought
the resolution would be proper at another
time when new roads were applied tor
Mr.. Lippincott then moved that the Di-
rector be instructed to ascertain whether
the law referred to earlier in the meeting
had been signed by the Governor.
Watson T. Sooy thought it would be
wise for the committee to discover what
roads had cost in other counties.
Mr. Vansclver objected to the motion
instructing the Director. If that officer
wanted to take such action ON his own re-
sponsibility it was all right.
The motion was adopted.
Messrs. Younker, Evans, Lambert, Pan
coast and Vansciver were appointed the
committee required by the first resolution
and the meeting adjourned.
VIII We Have Cholera2
If such is to be the deplorable state o
affairs, it would not be wise to overlook
any precautionary measure. The cheap
est and best way to improve the sanitary
condition of your home is to scrape off
the old naner and have new mt on. The