The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1908-12-29

8 The Board of Freeholders met at the
court house, on Wednesday, and finished
the business of the present year Under
2 the law of 1908 the Board must organize
and arrange its financial budget on the
first day of January, so the new Board
will meet at the court house, on the first
day of the year at noon.
The first business presented on Wednes-
! day was the serving, by Franklin B.
: Lewis, Esq, of notice that the Mount
} Holly and Jobstown turnpike company
had gone out of existence and that the
road was turned over to the county.
Edward T. Haines moved that the county
accept the road, but Supervisor Hilton
thought it would be we'll to look into the
matter little. While the county would
haYe to look after the bridges the roadbed
would probably come under the care of
the townships in which it was situated.
The entire matter was referred to the
solicitor to Investigate and to ascertain
the exact legal status of the affair.
( The members who were. elected at the
/
Judge Horner with the exception of Mr..
Joyce who is i'll.
| The Mercer County Insurance Company
presented bill for ten per cent. assess
ment on policy held by the county on
some of its property AS there seemed to
be some doubt which property was re-
ferred to the bill was handed over to the
standing committee to investigate.
Mr.. Smith presented paper from the
citizens of Ocean county asking that the
road from Browns Mills to Lakehurst be
improved as soon as possible. The fol-
lowing preamble and resolution were
offered:
| Whereas. there are large number of tax
payers in the counties of Burlington and
County road system Of the two adjoining
counties, to be united by improving the I'M
| improved portion of the road leading from
the State and County stone road at Browns
Mills in Burlington county to the State and
County gravel road at Lakehurst, Ocean
county, thereby connecting the county seat OF
burlington county, Mount Holly, with Toms
River, county seat of Ocean, creating con-
tinuous route of the State and County road
| system across the state from the Delaware
| river at Camden to the Atlantic ocean al
Point Pleasant, therefore
Burlington County Board Of Chosen Freehold
ers that the said road system shoulu be
united by improving the road from Browns
| Mills to Lakehurst and that this resolution be
entered upon the minutes of this meeting and
a copy OF the resolution be sent to the Board
of Chosen Freeholders of Ocean County and
to the Commissioner of Public Roads at
Trenton.
1t was announced that several of the
Ocean County Board were present and
permission was granted them to speak on
the subject.
Charles L. Rogers, chairman OF the
finance committee of Ocean county, was
introduced and he briefly outlined the
route of the road and the benefit 1t would
be to both counties.
Judge Joseph H. Gaskill was the next
speaker and he prefaced his remarks by say
ing thati seemed strange that he should APP
pear before this body as resident of Ocean
county. He hoped the resolution offered
would be adopted. 1t was simply an ex-
preston that road should, at some time
in the future, be built between the two
places named. The present idea was to
get the matter before the Burlington
county authorities. Ocean county does
not mean to move at this time 1t has
been engaged in building roads which will
connect all of the up-Jersey resorts with
Toms River and the shore. The State
Road Commissioner has written letter in
which he approves of the road from Lake
wood to Lakehurst. but the understand
ing is that the road from the latter place
to Browns Mills is to be constructed.
That would make direct road from
Philadelphia to the seashore. Now all
that a traveller can do, so far as good roads
are concerned, is to go to Browns Mills,
turn around and come back again. The
construction of good road between the
two places would open a market for the
produce of the farms of this county
Now the seashore resorts buy their pro-
shipped from this neighborhood.
Messrs Hilton and Brick agreed that
the new road would be of great benefit
but they thought it would hardly do to go
too far in the matter until some questions
of road building had been settled in thi
county.
Henry Savage spoke in favor of the
road from Gardeners Corner to Allison be-
ing built, it being a very necessary high
way. He was told this road had already
been approved and would soon be COM
menced.
Mr.. Woodward objected to the road be-
ing promised until he had secured his long
promised road from New Egypt to Ches-
terrified, and Mr. Donnelly did not want
the members to lose sight that he had
been looking for road up his way for
some time.
The resolution was adopted as read, and
the Board proceeded to attend to other
matters.
AT the last meeting County Clerk Sooy
put in a bill for services In connection
with sending out tickets and other work
in connection with the November election.
After considerable discussion the amount
fixed upon was $500. This was not salts
factory to the clerk and he declined to
accept the sum.
To get the matter properly before the
board Mr.. Mccoy offered motion to re-
consider the vote by which the $500 was
ordered paid. and that $25 for each election
district be allowed. Mr.. Mccoy said he
thought the action at the November meet
ing was rather unjust as the work done
by the clerk was heavy and other counties
paid $25 for each election district.
Mr. Brick said he disliked to take the
initiative in Directing to this motion, but
he opposed the high pay when it was first
brought up and he was as sincere now as
then He went over the objection at
length with the deputy clerk and the lat
ter admitted that one man could have
done all the work in a number of days
for which 800 would have been ample
pay, allowing a good surplus for the re-
sponsibility of the clerk. One of the
members had offered resolution adding
another 800 and Mr.. Brick thought this
had been entirely satisfactory The argu-
ment that other counties gave $25 for
each election district he did not think
carried much weight.
Il Mr.. Gennett, who offered the resolution
for. $780, thought the matter had been
settled and he could not see any reason
, why it should be brought up at every
|