The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1905-01-31
WaYside lettings.

ago. 1--WE hear, he said, much about
the blowing of street car whistles, the
changing of gongs, fiat wheels and the
like, but never word of protest against
cluttering up the sidewalks with boxes,
merchar dise etc., to such an extent that
travel is impeded. If there is no ordiu-
ance on the subject one should be enacted
and, more to the point, it should be en-
forced. If there is one and it is not pos
sible to have il respected, let it be re-
pealed."
Quite funny situation has been re-
vealed in the upper part of the state
where a postmaster, tired of his job, has
resigned and the Government refused or
neglected to take any notice of his desire.
The official wrote letters and sent 400
word kilograms at the expense of the De-
partment without any effect, then he went
abroad and left his wife in charge, declar-
| ing he would never return until his case
had been acted upon. Still nothing doing
master General. in which he said he hated
to die of old age saddened by the thought
that he was still postmaster and that the
Department might try to keep him in
office in the great hereafter. This seemed
to have the desired effect. The resigna-
ton was accepted.
Very little dissatisfaction is expressed
because the Office of State Road Commits
sioner went to Mercer county, the criticism
coming mainly from those whose natures
became, early in life, so thoroughly i'm
bued with selfishness and kindred feel
ings that they hate to see anything slip
away or to be willing that others should
have some of the benefits of life. On
whole, the people of Burlington county
feel that this community has been liberal
ly treated in the matter of good roads.
Indeed many of the taxpayers are of the
opinion that we have had enough expense
in that line to last for awhile and are per.
fectly willing that other counties should
have chance at the State appropriation.
In his report for the year ending October.
1908, the late Commissioner Budd stated
that Burlington county had 1859 of the 952
miles built up to that time.
A mishap occurred on Sunday for which
the abominable condition of some of our
| sidewalks was responsible. Mrs. T. Wal
ter Borton was on her way to church and
when in front of the Sine property she
fell and was SO badly Jared that she was
compelled to have aid in getting back to
her home. At the point where she fell the
pavement suddenly rises, the grade never
having been adjusted to that of the adj
joining sidewalk since the street was
paved. Further up High street there is
another pavement of the same sort only
slightly worse, and the suddenness with
which the passerby steps up and down as
he reaches it is enough to cause all pa
thence to be lost sight of. In this instance
the owner has complied with the require
ment to establish grade, and the fault
appears to lie with the adjoining proper
ties, but the failure to pass an ordinance
on the subject until winter weather set in
left bad place.
The ordinance concerning dogs has had
a good effect, keeping many dogs off the
streets. There are some ours that are of
no use whatever and the community
would be better off if they were out of
the way. But there are some dogs that
are of value and are highly priced by their
owners. The latter should think enough
of them to keep them in. If they do not
they must suffer the penalty. The dog
catcher, however, in his anxiety to make
dollar, may exceed his authority and we
have heard of an instance where he is re-
ported to have opened gate and let the
dog on the street and another where dog
accompanied by its owner was captured.
In such cases the catcher could be held
for larceny. He would be perfectly
justified in taking dog that is habitually
on street other than where his owner
lives, swapping at passersby and making
himself a nuisance generally. The fact
that dog is harbored hs~others than his
owner does not give the animal protection.
1t is reported the Pennsylvania Rail
road Company is awakening to the fact
that it must do something to regain a
portion, if not all, of the travel that has
been diverted from its tracks by the
trolley system. To this end the question
of fare has been considered and the rumor
is that the round trip fare between Mount
Holly and Philadelphia is to be reduced
to go cents, but string is said to be at
tached to this in the shape of an order
that strips of ten tickets must be pur-
chased to get that rate. This may have
the desired result but rate of so cents
would go further than the price named
The trolley carries passenger to Philadel.
phia and return from Mount Holly for As
cents. True, it takes a little longer, but
in the pleasant months this does not count
for much, in fact it does not amount to
much when one considers the starting
point A passenger who is compelled to
walk to the station or even take hack,
and then goes by train, with one or two
exceptions does not make any better time
than he does by taking trolley at point
right close to his home. If the railroad
company would cut the round trip to
Philadelphia at 80 cents and make the
time limit of the tickets equal to that on
other lines, it might be of some account.
County Auditor Worrell has been COM
PEELED to call halt on the bill of three
justices and the constable of Mount Holly.
For one month these officials charged fol-
the commitment of SO ''drunks," "a "dis.
orderlies, and ''tramps." The ''drunks'
were so out of proportion to the balance
of the business that the Auditor consider.
ed the subject worth investigating, as the
action had the appearance of sending
tramps to Jail as DRINKS" in order to gel
tie increased fee. He certainly is justified
in his position. 1t is rank nonsense tt
think that there have been committed tt
the Jail an average daily of one and two
thirds drunken men in one month. Nearly
all of the names are those of non residents
Those who have been sent up as Noun
Holly residents were arrested by the pc
lice The latter officers have arrested
four on that charge in the same length O
time that the SO were committed, and it il
hardly likely they would have missed
such large proportion of law breakers
The three policemen are certainly as vigil
ant as one constable. In contrast to tn
business reported is that of the sam,
period last year when "a tramps and dis