The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-03-14
Trolley Franchise Granted.

A(0ACN W 0o n III hdEN IA
short of snow two feet deep dismays tn,
trolley magnates, and they did not mind
little furry like that of Tuesday. They
had carefully gone over the route, thu
machinery was in perfect order, the lint
had been thoroughly examined and all the
weak parts strengthened, and the mana
gers of the Monmouth Traction Company
were in a frame of mind that plainly
showed they had no anxiety or doubts as
to the result of the meeting of the Board
of Freeholders which was to consider the
proposition to grant a franchise for the
laying of trolley tracks.
The Board was called to order promptly
at 10 o'clock. Messrs. Packer, Mitchell
and Sooy were absent.
Clerk White announced the object of
the meeting to be the consideration of an
application for a trolley franchise and for
such other business as might be pre-
sented.
Solicitor Chambers read affidavits that
the advertising and posting of notices re
quired in connection with the application
had been done.
This settled the trolley subject for the
time and other business was taken up.
A letter addressed to State Road Com
missioner Budd was read. 1t was from
John P. Lippincott, of Southampton, and
complained of the manner in which the
stone roads in that township had been
neglected. Mr.. Lippincott recited the
condition OF the roads and charged Free
holders Thackara and Joyce with the re-
sponsibility for their condition.
Mr.. Thackara did not like the impeach-
ment and promptly gave his version of
the affair. During the late snow storm it
was impossible to open the roads to give
passage to more than one wagon, conse-
quently there was some damage lone to
the roads by reason of teams being com
PEELED to crowd to the edge of the stone
portion, which being soft from the soak
ing OF the snow, cut through in some
places. Mr.. Thackara gave Mr.. Lippin-
colt a parting shot by remarking that if
Mr.. Lippincott had been successful in
being appointed county supervisor of
roads this kick would never have been
heard.
Mr.. Joyce also objected to the i~nsinua-
ton that he did not keep his end of the
roads in good shape. In two weeks he
had expended 5000, and ever with that
amount it had. been impossible to over
come the damage done by the blizzard.
He, too, thought Mr.. Lippincott's com
plant was not free from personal feeling.
The latter, Mr.. Joyce said, was d%isgruntled
because sane had not been purchased of
him at a higher price than had been paid
others. Mr.. Joyce called attention to the
fact that Lippincott was the supervisor of
one of the stone roads in question, and
also said that State COMMISSIONS Budd
had said if it had been properly built
there would not be cause for complaint
now.
Mr.. Conrow was of the opinion that
hora urnJ11H ho N - raocoo 60. oopoDIos,+
this year than there would be for a long
time to come. 1t is not often that we
have such a snow storm as that re
Gently experienced. There was one thing
which should be taken into consideration
in this connection. Many wagons are using
narrow tires and at the same time are get
ting rebate for using broad tires. This
should be stopped.
The communication from Mr.. Lippin-
colt was filed.
The committee to whom was referred
the case of Hamilton Richmond, offered a
report. Richmond is a boy living at
B~ridgeboro', who was injured by being
run over by one of the rollers at work on
a stone road. He claimed the accident
was the result of carelessness on the part
of the men in charge of the roller. The
committee recommended the payment of
P1OV L 1elCHLuOuu, anu III was 50 OTu6TSU.
Messrs. Woodward, Challender, Sharp,
Tallman and Higgins were appointed to
view a bridge at Wallace's, in Chesterfield
township.
There being a cave-in of the dirt along
the stone road in Pemberton township
along the Pennsylvania railroad, Messrs.
Smith, Challender, Apologize, Woodward
and Tallman were appointed a committee
to look after it.
The next business considered was the
payment of bills for the burial of soldiers
and sailors. At the last meeting of the
Board there was objection to some of
these bills on the ground that payment
had been asked in cases where the de-
ceased was not properly under the pro-
visions of the law which requires the bill
to be paid only in case of inability of the
family of the lead soldier or sailor to de-
fray the funeral expenses. The bills to
which objections had been entered were
taken up and where it was known the case
was a worthy one they were paid. Three
were thrown out because the deceased
had sufficient funds to bear the expense of
the funeral.
Mr.. Conrow offered a resolution in
structing the clerk of the Board to notify
justices and officers who have received
illegal fees in the matter of committing
tramps to return them to the county treas
ury. This resolution was adopted but
was afterwards reconsidered and another
passed requiring the solicitor to sue for
and collect all monies illegally taken from
the county by any and all justices of the
peace.
The trolley franchise was then taken
up. The committee. appointed to prepare
an ordinance reported and presented the
result of their labors. An ordinance had
been prepared for bridges and one for
each township through which it is pro-
posed to run the trolley. The trolley peo-
Pile are to pay half of the expense of re
building two bridges if it is deemed nee
essary to replace the present structures.
They are also to bear a share of the ex-
pense connected with other bridges. This
is the only instance where there is any
mention of compensation for the valuable
franchise sought. The remainder of the
ordinances is devoted to specifying the
kind of rails to be used, location of tracks,
rate of fare, etc. In the latter instance
the proviso is that not over % cents is to
be charged within the county limits.
The reading completed, the public was
invited to discuss the subject. DR., Jan
ney, of Riverton, was the first to respond.
He alluded to the clause fixing the rate
of fare. The proposed route goes through
Riverton, stopping at the point where the
Camden Suburban line begins. He want
ed some idea what rate that line would
charge after passengers were transferred
to it from the Monmouth cars.
Mr.. Jones thought the time to discuss
that question would be when the Camden
Suburban made application for a fran
chise.
William F. Morgan, with an innocence
that was really refreshing, asked if the
trolley people were willing to accept the
ordinances as presented. Possibly Mr..
Morgan did not know that the trolley peo-
pie were the main factors in framing
those papers. But the innocence of the
gentleman was thrown completely in the
shade by the look of christian resignation
which spread over the c~ountenance of
Mitchell B. Perkins as he replied, Il guess
we are"
With this assurance that everything was
moving satisfactorily, Mr.. Fairbrother
moved the adoption of ordinance No. 1.
Mr.. Tallman asked if the ordinance was
the creation of the committee or the com
pany. He was told the committee did it.
Then there was a silence. Nobody
seemed to be inclined to discuss the mat
ter. Perhaps all were so well satisfied
what the outcome was to be that it was a
waste of oratory to talk.
Mr.. Darnell hoped the Importance of
Its value must be apparent to all. This
meeting was a public one and the people
should speak. This question is of as much
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