The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1899-05-09

A resolution was offered allowing the
Columbus Water Company to open the
roads for the purpose of laying water
pipes. This matter was settled by refer
ring it to the resident member.
Transfers of appropriations were made
as follows: Court House and grounds,
500. rs; $500 each to the stone road appro-
priation of Delran and Cinnaminson; $500
to Florence bridge account.
A petition signed by several members
provided for a appropriation of 5000 to
the Aged Women's Home at Burlington.
The petition was granted.
Messrs. Conrow, Pancoast and Brock
were appointed to view Laurel Run
bridge in Delran township.
A new committee was asked for on the
petition for a stone road from Smithville
to Mount Holly. The following were
named: EVAN, Darnell, Joyce, Colby,
Mathis.
Mr.. Darnell asked for a committee on
three roads recently p~etitioned for in
Mount Laurel township. The following
were appointed to serve on all the roads:
Darnell, Mitchell, Pancoast, Evans, Math-
is.
Mr.. Jennings started a lively discussion
by moving to award to George Banshof
the contract to build a stone road from
Medford to Indian Mills.
Mr.. Conrow at once objected on the
ground that his motion not to consider
stone roads until the turnpike purchases
had been settled prevented Mr.. Jennings
motion from being received.
Mr.. Mitchell was opposed to this matter
being thus put off. Nothing could be
done with the turnpikes until State Com
missioner Budd had approved them, and
this board had not been notified of his so
Mr.. Chambers said the n~otiica-
ton was in his Office.
Mr.. Thackara raised the point that
there had been no provision made to pay
the turnpikes and wanted to know
where the money was to come from.
Mr.. Tallman agreed that the toll roads
are out of date, but he was not ready to
say the county should purchase every
worn-out road that is offered for sale.
The stockholders should be compelled to
abandon them. If one was purchased all
should be, and he knew of at least one in
neighborhood that should go out of
business.
Mr.. Thackara still desired information
on the point of raising money to pay for
the turnpikes. If it was decided to buy
would it not interfere with stone road
building?
This raised a question whether the com
mittee had not the right to award a con
tract without bringing it before the board.
1t was decided that it had, but in one case
the committee had waited to discover the
responsibility of one of the bidders.
Mr.. Tallman wanted to know what good
the purchase of the turnpike would do
Springfield.
Mr.. Thackara moved that the contract
for the Medford road be awarded.
Mr.. Fairbrother moved to amend by in
Guiding the turnpikes.
Mr.. Sharp thought it would be Just as
well to take one subject at a time.
Mr.. Conrow then raised the point of or
der that neither of the motions could be
considered owing to the adoption in the
morning of his resolution that the stone
road contracts be not acted upon until the
turnpike question was settled.
The Director ruled Mr.. Thackara's mo-
ton out of order.
For fear somebody would think the
turnpike people were trying to keep a
stone road away from Medford, Mr.. Evans
arose and said he did not want any such
impression to gain ground.
Mr.. Conrow moved that the board re-
solved to purchase the Camden and West
field and Marlton and Ellisburg turnpikes.
Mr.. Tallman entered a protest against
Mr.. Evans voting on one of these roads as
he had openly acknowledged the owner
ship of stock.
Mr.. Jones, chairman of the finance COM
mittee, was of the opinion that the board
would, if it agreed to buy these roads, ex-
coed the limit fixed by law for the pur-
chase and building of roads. The statute
provided that not over one-fourth of one
per cent. of the assessed value of property in
the county should be set aside for road
purposes. The limit for this year is $50,
464, while he figured necessary for pur-
chasing the %turnpikes and building the
roads already approved, the sum of $63, 661.
Mr.. Conrow then paid his attention to
Mr.. Tallman and criticised the query of
the latter with reference to the benefit to
be derived by Springfield township by the
purchase of turnpikes. Mr.. Conrow
thought the remark displayed a narrow
ness that the speaker should be ashamed
of. Freeholders do not come to the board
merely to represent a township but to look
after the interests of the entire county, and
should take into consideration the old
motto of ''the greatest good to the great
est number" This is a case of that kind,
where the farmers of the neighborhood
who are heavy taxpayers, can now be aid
ed to escape heavier burdens in shape OF
tolls.
Mr.. Thackara said his people would be
very glad to pay toll for the privilege oil
getting on good roads. He wanted to cal
attention to one point. Camden county
had refused to buy that end of the road
consequently there would be a toll hous,
and tolls would be collected as usual.
Mr.. Evans sent to the desk a communi
cation which he asked to have read. 1
was a letter from Moorestown Grange anC
endorsed by the county Grange of Patrons
of Husbandry, asking that the turnpike'
be purchased.
This was a point that was not to be al
lowed to slip by Mr.. Conrow, who at once
ran politics into the case. He reminded
the members that many of them were am
bilious and would probably want to g
higher some time. He warned them to b
very careful in their vote on this question
as they would be watched and the farmer