The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-08-10

Supervisor, the Solicitor, the stone road
committee and the County Engineer.
The purchasing committee was author.
/ lied to buy copying machine at cost
! of $50 for use In the Clerks Office
1t was reported that material along the
line of the Burlington and Delanco road
Is being removed by private parties who
are using it for their own purposes. The
stone road committee and the County Su-
pervisor were instructed to investigate
this matter, and if legal action becomes
necessary to have the Solicitor proceed at
once.
/ Some of the newspaper men having
brought their bills in after the committee
had reported, a resolution was adopted
that all printing bills must be in the hands
of the printing committee at least TWEEN
ty-four hours before the meeting.
G. Clarence Deacon, in conformity with
the law, presented his bond for 81, 600.
which was accepted.
The committee to whom was referred
the subject of claims by some engineers
who had done work on roads that had
never been built, reported through the
chairman, Mr.. Brick, who said the COM
mittee had not had sufficient time to give
this case the attention due ii. 1t had
appointed, yet there were complications
which required careful consideration. 1t
was not the intention of the committee to
allow any one to suffer by the statute of
limitation, yet it did seem as if the in
tention of those who surveyed the roads
in question had not been to present
their bills until the building was done,
otherwise the claims would not have been
allowed to lie the length of time they had,
in some cases ten years. The committee
would continue to investigate the sub
ject and would try to reach an early So
luton of the problem.
Supervisor Hilton called attention to a
portion of the Chestnut Neck road in Bass
River township. This road has more than
once sunk in the centre, and at present is
down about three inches. Two years ago
1t had to be raised, and Mr.. Hilton
thought it very foolish to be at frequent
expense to keep the road In condition
when, In his opinion, the matter might
be settled by bridging the distance that
is continually calling for repairs
Mr.. Joyce asked for information on
opening the roads. In Vincentown the
Water Company had dug trench on
each side of the stone road and was run
ming water pipes under the stone road.
road, and he thought any person desiring
to cut into road should ask permission
of the resident freeholder. But as the
digging in this case was in the dirt part
on the side of the stone surface and the
pipes were ''bored" under it, he did not
know whether he had Jurisdiction.
He said the trenches had been left open
without any protection and wagon had
been upset in one of them. The Director
called Mr.. Joyce's attention to the rule of
the Board which requires permission to
be obtained from the resident freeholder
before road can be opened, and which
also requires deposit and bond. The
Director claimed that the entire road,
from curb to curb, is under the charge of
freeholder. and he advised Mr.. Joyce to
have the hole filed at once.
The Board then adjourned at quarter to
one o'clock, 1t being the first time on re-
cord when the business was completed
before the noon adjournment.