The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-04-27
Ocean County Affairs.

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The recent grand jury found nine in
dictments Eight of the defendants have
pleaded guilty.
John Burke, of near Writings, was
driving to Toms River, Yesterday, when
his horse took fright and ran away. Mr..
Burke was thrown and had his left arm
fractured.
Charles Murphy, a well known farmer
near Writings, was badly injured by a
bull knocking him down and burying a
horn two inches in his side Mr.. Murphy
was so angry he killed the animal with a
shotgun.
The Toms River Realty Co. was incor-
porated at Camden on Wednesday, The
capital is 100000. The incorporators
are John A. Higgins, G. Percy Holybur-
ton and William ]. Hodgkinson. The
company is to deal in real estate and en-
gage as building contractors. etc.
l. w. Carmichael Esq. received 5atur-
day a handsome gift from former Supreme
Court Justice Bennett VanSyckel, of Man
toloking and Trenton, in the form of a
silver loving cup. The cup stands ten
inches high without its ebony base, is of
sterling silver, gold lined and has three
handles. 1t is inscribed: ''To l. W. Car
michael, from his friend, Bennett Van
Syckel, April II, 1909" Mr.. Carmichael
is naturally very much pleased over the
gift, representing as it does many years
of friendship.
The youngest justice of the peace in the
state, w Howard Jeffrey, of Toms River,
imposed fine of 800 and costs upon
Peter Cottrell, ST., of Cassville, for starv-
ing team of horses on a charge prefer
red by Mrs. Jasper Lynch, the Lakewood
society matron. who is also president of
the Ocecn County s. P. @. A. The fine
and costs together amounted to $110.6S.
Justice jeffrey in passing sentence ex-
pressed regret that there was not some
way of making the penalty heavier and
said that the man would have been sent to
jail if he had got his Just deserts. Mrs.
Lynch personally appeared to prosecute.
Harry Wardell and Joseph w. Chad
wick, trading at Point Pleasant as the
Ocean County Coal Company, have
brought complaint before the Interstate
Commerce Commission at Washington
against the Central Railroad of New Jer-
sey and the Pennsylvania Railroad to en-
force the interstate act prohibiting freight
determinations by common carriers. The
compliments charge that there is an I'M
| Just and unlawful discrimination in
freight rates against Point Pleasant and
persons in business there. 1t Is alleged
that coal coming over the defendants lines
to Sea Girt the junction with the New
York and Long Branch road, is carried
north over the road by the defendants to
Long Branch, a distance of eighteen
miles, at a uniform rate of $1.90 ton
while coal coming from the same source
and sent south from Sea Girt to Mana
souan. distance of less than two miles,
is charged 81 80 ton, and to Point Pleas
ant, on the same line and distant four
miles from Sea Girt, the charge is So 05 a
ton.
The management of the railroad divis-
ion known as the Philadelphia and Beach
Haven railroad has been placed in the
hands of the Tuckerton railroad by of1c-
ials of the Pennsylvania railroad. The
change will take place on May LIST, and,
1t is supposed, will result in great i'm
provement in train service. The train
schedule will be about as at present for
a month or so. Tuckerton railroad crews
will run the trains and the executive
Office will be at Tuckerton. Superinten-
dent Price has been over the road with
track foremen and is already arranging to
make repairs to the road.
The new arrangement thus far applies
only to the line between Manahawkin
and Beach Haven, as no final ar
rangements have been made for operat-
|, ing the Barnegat City end. 1t is expect
ed however that this will follow as the
upper beach residents are very anxious to
have the road operated by the Tuckerton
! road. Before the summer schedule is put
into effect the roadbed between Mana
hawkin and Writings will be oiled and
every precaution taken to avoid the an
noyance occasioned by dust.