The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1900-03-13

meetings on Wednesday. The first wa
an adjourned session to attend to an,
business that might be presented. Tn
| idea prevailed when the adjourned meet
ing was suggested that the law would b.
. amended in time to elect county audi
5 tor on Wednesday, but such was not tn,
9 case
One of the first things brought before
/, the Board was proposition by Mr.. EwaI
/ to purchase typewriter for the county
clerks Office, but the idea did not tax,
well and the matter was laid on the table
The Delaware River Quarry Company
was awarded the contract for stone to re
pair the county roads. The price per tor
was $3.50.
DR.. John W. Branin presented bill FOL
s. due him for postmortem. When hs
presented his bill the first time it was cut
down s., and the doctor holds that reso
luton of the Board entities him to the
J full amount charged. The bill was laio
on the table.
| Messrs. Mattson, Norcross, Jones, Birk
head and Durell were appointed com
mittee to view London bridge at Burling.
ton.
Mr.. Evan offered a motion directing
the Director to advertise for bids to build
the stone road between Mount Holly and
the South Pemberton road, through the
village of Smithville, report to be rem
dered at the next meeting Of the Board.
Mr.. Tallman objected. He said every
member knew the appropriations for stone
roads had run out, hence there was no use
in advertising or contracting for any
more building. It would be better to wait
until there is some money available.
Mr.. Evan thought there could not be
any harm done by passing this resolution,
as the specifications on this piece of road
were the only ones that had been inders-
ed by Road Commissioner Budd, conse-
quently this was the only road that was
in shape to be pushed.
Mr.. Jennings took exception to the lat
ter part of this statement, as he had a
road in his direction that had been ap-
proved by Mr.. Budd.
Mr.. Darnell also called attention to the
fact that he had roads under his care
where the specifications had not only been
approved but bids had been opened, but
he had been compelled to defer further
action owing to the lack of money. The
| finance committee had carefully gone
over the ground on this point and had
found that it would be impossible to build
more roads at the present time. If the
Board could show money available for
this purpose he would be glad but under
the circumstances he did not think the
members would be justified in inviting
bids for roads that cannot be built.
The roll was called and the result was
IS against and in favor. Two members
did not vote and two were absent. The
Director decided the motion lost.
| Resolutions were adopted transferring
frnr dod ho1 fhac If
5000 to Lumberton bridge account, and
$500 to the same account in Northamp-
ton.
This appeared to be all the business to
be transacted for the present, and mo-
! ton was adopted that the adjourned meet
ing take recess until o'clock.
Prior to the announcement that the
board had adjourned, Mr.. EVAN offered
resolution that the Board dine at the Ar
cade hotel. The director decided that the
Board had adjourned and the motion was
out of order.
The special meeting to consider the ap-
plication of the trolley people to change
one of their routes was then convened.
Samuel W. Beldon, attorney for the troll
ley company, explained the application to
change the route. 1t is made in accord
ance with the law on the subject, and in
accordance with maps filed with the state
treasurer. The application covers strip
of road between Riverside and Riverton.
1t was at first expected to go over pri-
vate property, but the people along the
line had petitioned that the trolley be put
on the public highway, as it would be
more convenient for them.
The committee appointed to look into
the matter reported having prepared an
ordinance on the subject. 1t was given
first reading, being read in full. A mo-
ton was then offered that the ordi-
nance be read and acted upon by sections.
Mr.. Bartlett thought the trolley COM
pany should pay the county for the priv
ilege of going upon the public roads. Ac-
cording to the statement of the counsel
for the corporation, the original intention
was to get the right of way through pri-
vate property. Of course that could not
have been obtained except upon the pay
ment to those owning the land a price adj
equate to the ground to be granted BY
the new arrangement, whereby the inten
ton to go across private ground is aban-
doned, the trolley company will be richer
by the price of way secured free from the
county.
Mr.. Jones said he did not think the
county would suffer any by the contem
plated change. There would not not be
any bridges to be crossed and the roads
would not be encroached upon, as the
trolley rails would be at least eight feet
from the edge of the roadway, except,
possibly, in one or two instances where a
turnout would be built. The ordinance
which is now offered to the Board is the
same which was passed unanimously at
meeting of the township committee of
Riverside.
Mr.. Bartlett inquired whether the par
ties over whose lands the trolley had ex-
pected to run had presented the right of
way to the company. He was told that
no conclusion on this point had ever been
reached. The matter of crossing private
property had never gone as far as to con-
slider price.
Mr. Colby called attention to the fact
that this county had already given away
many valuable rights to this trolley COM
pany, and he thought the time had come
to stop it. If steam railroad were to
ask the privilege of the highways, there
would be howl at once against giving
them valuable rights without compensa-
ton.
Mr.. Mitchell thought the time was
being wasted in discussing this case. If,
DIS REPRESENTED, ti1l5 1OdQ 10 uOG W tOuCA
the highways and is not to interfere with
travel, what need was there for an appli-
cation for permission to lay the rails, and
what had the county to do with ground
not under its supervision
The sections of the or dinance were then
read and adopted separately, after which
the ordinance was adopted as whole by
vote of 90 to 2, Colby and Bartlett vot-
ing in the negative.
This settled the business of the morn
ing, and Mr.. EVAN took the Director to
task for not putting his motion to dine at
the Arcade hotel. The Director disclaimed
any intention to be discourteous. and said
he considered the motion to adjourn the
first meeting had been adopted, hence Mr..
Evans motion was not in order, but af-
ter little while it leaked out that the
trolley people had provided dinner at
their own expense for the members of the
Board at another hotel. Mr.. Evan de-
clined to accept the invitation and ate at
the lower hotel.
After dinner Mr.. Darnell, of the asy-
lum committee, reported having invited
propositions and bids for sites for the new
buildings. In response to those invita-
lions the committee had received several
offers and had visited many sites, making
all inquiries with reference to the import
ant points to be covered. They were not
ready to report yet, wanting to make fur
ther inquiries.
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