The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1906-09-11
Board of Freeholders.


=, expedites matters very much, and Their
- was nothing to do but to get right dowl
to business.
u The new stone road from Newbold'
1t Corner to Eayrestown was the first mat
ter to claim attention. The engineer re
It ported that it was completed and satsfac
l. tory, and that the last payment of $6,9
was due. 1t was ordered paid,
Aaron Hopkins of New Egypt, present
a ed claim of 800 which he thought was
v about right for the damage he sustained
by his horse breaking leg on bridge in
Pemberton township.
i Freebooter Smith acknowledged the
{ claim, which resulted from a defective
: plank in the bridge. He disputed the
price of the horse, however, as it was an
, old animal, the owner not being able to
: give its age. The matter was referred to
: special committee consisting of Messrs.
Smith, Sykes and Miller, who we're given
Y power to settle.
f John H. Hurley presented a bill of
g 81, 81 48, the amount he claimed was due
on the gravel road from Red Lion to
Tabernacle. The bill was referred to the
, committee that has charge of such claims
The proposition to erect a lighting
! plant for the county buildings at Mount
Holly next received consideration. The
committee reported having given consider
able attention to this subject, advertising
for bids, and had received but one response,
that of Elwood G.. WorreIl, of Moores-
town. He guaranteed to furnish a plant
that would give 300 lights at cost of
$2,43O
Mr.. Worrell was asked to give the Board
some information on his proposition. He
said this was not the first time he had
figured on this kind Of business for the
county, but on previous occasions the gas
bills came down until the agitation was
over, then they went up again. Mr. Wor-
rell claimes it is impossible for the county
buildings to consume the gas charged for
by the corporation that supplies it. He
/ would guarantee his machine to give all
the light needed or desired at a cost of
| about $40 per month, certainly not over
$50 He knew the machine he proposed
to put in would do the work. Outside of
| his interest as a contractor he felt that the
county would do good thing by cutting
loose from the Public Service Corpora
ton, and he had taken that idea into con-
sideration when he made his bid. His
| figures were close, with very little profit.
| Director Horner called attention to the
fact that this bid was not accompanied by
bond, as required in other cases, and
Mr.. Worrell replied that he was perfectly
willing to give such paper.
| Further explanations were made as to
the method of operating the machine,
cost of material, and other points, and it |
was decided to give Mr.. Worrell the con-
tract on his filing bond.
A motion was offered to advertise the |
list of election officers in the three Mount |
Holly papers, but Mr.. Tallman objected |
and the motion was laid on the table.
Mr.. Russ called up the resolution passed |
at the special meeting whereby it was de-
termined not to build any more stone |
roads and moved reconsideration. He |
said he had conferred with the State Road |
Commissioner who thought the roads |
could be built for about S., 900 per mile, if |
the depth of the road was reduced.
Mr.. Evans told that he also had con-
suited the Commissioner, and went Mr..
Russ one better by stating that the cost
could be reduced to 81, 900 per mile.
Mr.. Brick declined to be caught by
these very rosy reports. He said it was
merely action to get roads built, and when
the matter was sifted it would be dis
covered that the rate would be at 10000
per mile.
Mr. Woodward favored the reconsidera-
ton. A road from White Horse to Tren-
ton, built on the proposed reconstruction
plan worked very we'll
Mr.. Russ said his present attitude was
based on study of prices in other sec
lions. He thought road IA feet wide and
six inches deep was ample for all purposes.
In Mercer county there are roads that are
wearing well that are 80 feet wide and J
four inches deep.
Mr. Bovine said a road in his township,
ten feet wide and six inches deep, had
worn very WELL except on the edges where
automobiles had raveled it.
A vote was taken and the clerk an
nounced the result Is in favor of recon-
sideration and IA against Mr. Bovine
wanted to change his vote, but Mr. Brick |
raised the point of order that the vote had |
been announced and could not be changed. |
Enoch Evans, who was responsible for
the motion not to build any more roads |
this year, and who, apparently, had
great change of heart since the special |
meeting, moved to reconsider the vote Just |
taken but the Director would not entertain |
the motion.
Mr. Woodward moved reconsideration |
of the vote on the motion to print the list |
of election officers in the three Mount |
Holly papers. This was carried and the |
list was ordered published.
A communication was read from the |
Burlington County Board of Taxation |
asking the Freeholders to approve or dis
approve of the formers action in engag- |
ing clerks to aid in the work of preparing |
the duplicates. Two clerks had been Sc
cured at So per day each. Solicitor Mer
rift informed the Board that it was their |
duty to take notice of this matter, the !
law so providing.
The President of the Board of Taxation |
was sent for In response to questions he |
said that the law provides that the Taxa |
ton Board could select clerical assistants |
with the approval of the Freeholders, but |
the latter has the entire control of fixing |
the salaries. 1t was absolutely necessary |
to get help at once in orders that the books |
could be ready for the collectors in due |
| time. There are 30 taxing districts with |
two books for each, and every name has
| to be taken up separately. Two clerks |
| had been engaged and the Board of Taxa |
ton had guaranteed them the price named, |
and it was for the freeholders to confirm |
this action or disapprove it
The Board approved the action of the !
Tax Commission.
The Solicitor was instructed to look
after the request of the Mount Holly Trust
Company for return of the bond it gave
in the matter of heating contract. If
found to be all right, the bond was to be
returned.
The sewage plant at the Insane Asylum
again caused discussion, and the matter
was referred to the committee in charge
of that institution.
! Repairs to the amount of $3.50 were or
dered made on the bridge in Lumberton
- A bridge is to be built over Parker's
creek on the Centreton road at a cost of
about So, 500, and the drawtender at Mul-
lica River bridge is to have house built
for him to cost $500, one half of which
will be paid by Atlantic County.
Mr.. Bovine reported the heating plant
at the Insane Asylum in bad shape. Plans
for a new system were presented and a
resolution was offered, authorizing repairs
at cost not to exceed 81 1000
Mr.. Ebert seemed to think that the
plant had not been put up as good origin
ally as it might have been, but Mr.. Birk-
head took exception to this statement and
|, said the complaint about the heater when
it first began business was that it threw
out too much heat.
Mr. Brick wanted to know if some plan
could not be devised that would'give salts
faction at a more economical outlay.
Z. G. Worrell, who was a bidder when
: the plant was installed, was asked if he
could throw any light on the present con-
, dition. He said the plans considered at
the time the heater was contracted for
: were supposed to be of the best, but there
have been many Improvements since. The
county did not get what it was paying for
4 at the start as the original plans were not
adhered to, for which condition the en-
gineer was at fault He could not see
anything better to do at this time than to
adopt the resolution to expend 81, 200 on
repairs
A vote was taken on the resolution. but