The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1898-03-08
The Special Meeting,

ersi on TUESDAY, TO discuss the proposed
trolley and stone roads.
The first road considered was that be-
tween New Lisbon and Browns Mills.
The bids for 6-inch Macadam road were
as follows: Philpot & Ayres, 555 cents
Quinlan q Keary, Y cents; Dennis Roe,
Sc cents; Kelghn & Allen, SO cents; G. A.
Sims & Co., SIS cents R. A. Montgomery,
81 cents; ]. R. Stanley, 81 cents; George
| Benchof, Jr., Sc cents.
| Some of the bidders found fault with the
figures of the engineer as to the number of
square yards contained in the road. One
said he had given the figures as 14,450
square yards, and another 16, OBS 80 square
yards, which had naturally caused consid-
cradle annoyance.
The committee reported in favor of
awarding the contract to R. A. Montgom-
cry.
| Dennis Roe, one of the bidders, was dis
posed to find fault with this action, claim
ing that the specifications were 30 worded
as to cause confusion in bidding.
Mr.. Jones suggested that good way to
avoid criticism would be to refer the mat
ter to the committee in charge, giving
them power to untangle any apparent dis
crepancy in the number of square yards.
Mr.. Roe, the disgruntled contractor,
did not blame the committee or Board,
but he felt the trouble was all caused by
the neglect of Frank Earl, the engineer in
charge, to give the correct measurements.
L. F. Sims said he had figured the road
at Il, 900 yards.
Henry 1. Budd said the Board can &C
cept bids by the square yard or in lump
sum.
The decision to award the contract to
Montgomery & Co., was not changed.
A petition was presented for stone
road from Charleston to Burlington.
Messrs. Borden, Adams, Packer, Jones
and Mitchell were appointed on the COM
mittee.
The petition for stone road from Wood
Lane to Burlington was presented, and
Messrs. Adams, Packer. Haines, Goldy
and Mitchell were appointed on the COM
mittee.
On application of Messrs. Mathis and
Sooy, committee of five was appointed
to view Wading River bridge with power
to act. The committee is as follows !:
Sooy, Mathis, Apologize, Bozarth and
Simons.
The sum of 5000 was transferred to the
appropriation for court house and grounds.
The sum of $500 was added to the appro-
priation for Mount Laurel township
The stone road business being settled
the trolley question was taken up. Mr..
Birkhe offered the following resolution:
"Resolved, That the Solicitor take steps
to prevent the Monmouth Traction Co.
from laying it's tracks through any street
or road where the county has contracted
for the building of stone road, while the
contract is being performed, unless the
traction company shall agree with the
contractor to save the county harmless or
TO give bond to save the county harm
less from any extra expense with the con-
tractor"
Mr.. Birkhead offered a report for the
application of the Monmouth Traction
Company to lay trolley road in this
county. The company's route will be
about SO miles long, about half Of which
is on stone road completed or under con-
tract. This was about all to be reported
as the trolley company had not as yet
stated definite conclusions on the subject.
Solicitor Chambers was asked for
statement. He said he had not much to
add to the committees report. The law
requires IA days advertisement of the APP
plication.
Mr.. Jones said there had been some
criticism on the formation of the COM
mittee and motion to increase its mem
bership to was adopted, and Messrs.
Smith. Younker and Ridgway were
named.
Samuel W. Beldon, who is the counsel
of the traction company. presented the pc
tition to lay tracks. The company does
not propose to run through the stone por-
ton Of any road. The track will be FIVE
feet gauge. The track will not be laid on
any stone road except where it is neees-
sary to cross such road. The bridges
crossed are Crosswicks bridge, Horner's
bridge over Blacks creek, Crosswicks
creek bridge, London bridge, Swede's run
bridge, Pompestian creek bridge, near
Riverton, Tanners run bridge, near Bridge
boro', Bridgeboro' draw bridge. The off,
GERS of the trolley company who signed
the petition were President, Edward De
V Morrell secretary, Henry V. Massey
directors, Edward Dew Morrell, 81. V.
Massey, Mitchell B. Perkins.
The petition was received and filed.
Mr. Conrow wanted to know what sort
of track the company proposed building
and whether it was one that farmers and
others could drive on.
Mr. Beldon said this would be explained
at the final hearing.
T. Sherman Borden was appointed to
meet commissioners on Marlton and West
field turnpike in place of Joel Horner, re-
signed.
The meeting then adjourned.