The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1902-08-19
ocean County Affairs

There is some talk of charging the
Manhasset hotel, Sea Side Park, before
next season.
John Predmore, of Barnegat, messenger
for the United States Express Co., had his
foot badly injured on Tuesday by having
bar Of iron fall on it.
The Tuckerton Water Company has in
stalled new pump in their plant, to be
used in case of breakdown to the other
pump. Its capacity is 5000 gallons of
water per hour.
Mayor Austin, of Tuckerton. was dis
playing basket of tomatoes of enormous
size last week. There were 81 in the bas-
ket weighing SO pounds. The largest
one weighed % ounces
There is now good fishing at Barnegat
inlet. Large numbers of sea bass were
caught last week, and the blue fish were
also running. A great number of snipe
were shot during the past ten days.
At the annual meeting of the Toms
River Water Company, on Tuesday, the
old board of directors was reelected with
out opposition, as follows: B. c. Cook,
IL. A. Low, s. R. Apologize, S. S. Au-
mack. A. @. B. Ravens, j. H. Williams,
A. A. Brant.
Charles Rogers, of YOUNGSTOWN, while
working on a threshing machine last
week, had his hand caught between the
belt and pulley. MASKING his hand and
breaking an arm. The accident caused a
postponement of his wedding. Mrs.
Aaron Conk is to be the bride.
The borough council of Sea Side Park
has passed resolution calling for spec
ial election in September on the question
of accepting or rejecting the offer recent
ly made by the Sea Side Park Land Asso-
citation to sell the beach and bay fronts,
outside of Ocean and Bay avenues, to the
borough for park purposes under the sea
shore park acts, for $500, and also to
sign deed of dedication conveying to the
borough without further consideration the
riparian rights along both ocean and bay
This offer, if accepted, would be coupled
with conditions that nothing should be
built on the water side of Ocean or Bay
avenues to obstruet the view of the cot
tages which are constructed on the land
side. Arrangements have been made, how
ever, by which an ocean pier might be
built under consent of property holders
and under various restrictions. 1t is I'M
derstood that the riparian rights alone
cost the land company $1,000 when
bought from the state.
The schooner HenryP. Ravens, Captain
Robert Walton, which sailed from New
York on the 4th for Little Egg Harbor,
for cargo of fish scrap from the Newport
Fertilizer works at Grab Island, returned
to port for repairs, having been in COLI
sion off Squan, N. j., with the schooner
VIM. F. Collins The Ravens was beat
ing down the coast and was standing in
for the beach about IL o'clock when she
was run into by deep laden three masted
schooner. The foremost fell by the board,
the jibboom snapped off at the bowsprit
and carried away the maintopmast and
part of the mainmast head. The strange
schooner was hooked fast and soon fell
alongside. Everything was in confusion
and required the efforts of both crews all
night to clear the wreckage. The stranger
was found to be the VIM F. Collins, Cap
tain Dutton, from Virginia with piling.
The Collins had the end of her jib boom
carried away and her figure-head and
other bow work damaged.