, 1905-03-22
HOLLY BEACH COUNCIL
AWARDS The CONTRACT
TO YOUNG & TAYLOR, OF ANGLESEA
Then ReScindS Action and Gives
Boardwalk Contract to BOur-
geOiS & Son, of Ocean City.
Freeholders to Raise the
County Road Over the
Meadows to Rio Grande.

An adjourned meeting of the Holly
Beach Borough Council was held last
Saturday, March Is, at one o'clock in
the aftern on for the purpose of OPEN
ing the bids for the beach boardwalk.
When Borough Clerk Hewitt called
the roll Mayor Smith, Councilman Bar
nett, Culver, Long and Woolston an
swered to their names. Councilman
Lopez came in later. Council imme-
diately got down to business and pro-
ceeded to open the bids, there being
five in the possession of the clerk from
the following bidders: Chas. A. Nor
ton, of Holly Beach; Robert E. Hand,
of Erma; Young d Taylor, of Angle
sea; George A. Bourgeois IL Son, Ocean
City; Samuel Schurch, Ocean City.
Council took a recess of twenty min
utes and repaired to the committee
room TO figure up the bids with Engi-
neer Rice. The Bourgeois bid was
found to be the lowest by about $500.
The second lowest bid was hat of
Young IL Taylor and by motion of MI.
Culver the contract was awarded to
them by a unanimous vote. Council
man Harry Headley, of Ocean City,
Bourgeois bid, and obtaining permits
sion from Council to speak protested
against the action of Council, stating
that his firm was the lowest bidder,
are thoroughly responsible and should
have the contract. He concluded his
talk by stating that if the contract was
not awarded TO the Ocean City firm an
injunction would be procured and the
work held up SO that there would not
be any boardw ak this year. The bid
of Young Il Taylor figured S20,241. rs
journed until Wednesday afternoon,
March %, at one O'Clock.
ToDAY's SESSION.
Council met today Wednesday, and
reconsidered the vote by which Young
& Taylor We're awarded the board walk
contract and Immediately passed
another motion unanimously award
ing the contract to Bourgeois Il Son, of
J Ocean City, the lowest bidder. They
voted that the contractors furnish a
surety company bond, the amount TO
be one-half of the contract price, which
is about $40, 900. Council then adj
journed to Tuesday, the 18th inst.
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The Cape May County Board of
Freeholders were in Holly Beach to-
day and dined at the Centre House.
They were accompanied by State Road
Commissioner Hutchinson, of Trenton,
former Senator from Mercer county.
Their business here was to inspect the
county roadbed across the meadows,
with a view to making some repairs to
same. The road has sunken several
inches during the past year, so that or
binary high tides wash over the road
way. The travelling public has COM
planned of this and it is very probable
that the board will take immediate ac-
ton to remedy the matter by putting
on a coat of gravel or shells. A meeting
of the board was held later in the day
at Court House.
The Junior Epworth League of the
Hollywood M. E. church will hold a
Spider Social in Allie Shaw's vegetable
store, next Saturday night.
Mrs. Mary j. Riley, of Philadelphia,
was down last Friday looking after bel
property. She will be down in May
with her family to remain all summer,