The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1909-06-08
BOARD of Freeho1ders.

Board of Freeho1ders.
The Board of Freeholders held its reg
ular meeting at the court house, on Wed
nesday, with all the members present.
After having the reading of the min
utes of the previous meeting dispensed
with, the clerk read the report of tn,
committees on almshouse, asylum, cour
house and grounds and the advisory
bridge committee, all of which were ap
proved without dissent or comment
The advisory bridge committee recon
mended that the bridge on the road from
Wrightstown to Cookstown be rebuilt a
cost of $1,000, and that the floodgat'
bridge and race bridge at Vincentown b.
rebuilt at cost of $4,000. Wallace'i
bridge at Chesterfield needs looking after
and the probable cost will be "a, 000
County expenses having been on the in
crease recently 1t was thought advisable
to retrench in some way, so the first par
ties to take whack at were the newspa
pers. A resolution, with whereas,
was offered, showing that recent enact
ment of the Legislature had regulated the
price of advertising of matter required
by law to be published, and as some OF
the advertising done by the county doe:
not come under that requirement, the res
olution went on to designate what items
were illegal" and provided that such
items be published but once, and that the
newspapers now doing the county adver-
Using be paid the sum of five cents pei
line, the newspapers to be allowed tC
measure by nonpareil or agate line as suits
their pleasure.
Having made a big saying in one di.
rection 1t seemed necessary to look around
and see where the money thus held back
could be put to advantage, and bill was
presented by Earl Thompson, county en-
gineer, for $12 so for making blue prints
and for typewriting in connection with
the plans for the new gas plant at the
almshouse.
Mr. Brick thought this was out of or
der. In discussing the subject he found
this was the second bill that had been pre-
sented, another for about $54 having gone
through without attracting his attention.
Mr. Brick did not think these items
should be allowed. The engineer gets a
and it is his duty to furnish all prints and
typewriting at his own expense. The
salary is ample for all that he does. Mr.,
Brick cited cases where typewriting IL
done and no charge made for 1t.
Mr.. Hilton came to the defence of the
bill. The county pays for all materials
furnished the clerk, surrogate and col
lector, and 1t was no more than fair thai
the engineer should be compensated.
Other counties pay their engineers 8
much larger salary than this county does
and furnish everything. By creating
the Office of engineer this county had
saved about s., 900 per year.
Mr. Brick replied that the board had
been consured for employing this officer
at the salary paid, and he felt that Mr.
Thompson could easily pay for all the work
that he had to have done. The bills pre-
sented today were simply an opening
wedge and instead of the Office being
with salary of 81 5000 per year, 1t was
liable to reach several hundred dollars
more.
Mr.. Woodward also defended the bill
He says Mercer county pays its engineer
"a, 900 per year, gives him an assistant
and pays for all blue prints.
Engineer Thompson was then given q
chance TO speak In his own behalf He
said it was not his idea. when he took the
Office, to furnish an unlimited supply of
blue prints and he did not know an engi-
neer who did such thing. The salary
he receives, while it sounds large, does
not allow him to spend money freely fol
expenses. He is called upon to wait on
the various committees and his travelling
expenses run up into large sums.
The opinion of the solicitor was asked
and at Captain Merritt's request, the rules
of the board and the resolution under
which the engineer was appointed, were
read. After hearing them the solicitor
decided that the engineer was not entitled
to extra copensation for blue prints and
typewriting. Captain Merritt called at.
tention to the fact that he, as solicitor,
gave as much time to the needs of the
board as did the engineer, at salary OF
5000, paying for his own typewriting out
of that amount.
A motion having been offered that the
bill be paid, MIR. Brick insisted on the roll
call, which resulted as follows:
To pay the bill, after the solicitor had
decided 1t improper irkett, Birkhead,
Bozarth, Buckage, Connolly. Dubell,
Estilow, Gennett, Haines, Hilton, Ireland
Joyce, Kirkbride, Lowden, Mccoy, Mathis
Thomas P. Miller, Smith, Warrack, VIII
kins, Woodward-21.
Not to pay the bill. and to sustain the
solicitors opinion Brick, Etheridge, Evan
Ford, Jordan, Kerlin, William Miller
Russ, Sykes.
Absent or not voting Bovine
Horner.
Haines g. Sherman, presented a bill fol
work done on proposed stone roads In thu
wears 1904 and 1905. The amount wal
$348 so. The bill was referred to a specia
committee.
The Public Service Corporation wal
given permission to lay new mains along
the stone road in Beverly city, The con
ditions imposed were the fling of a bono
in the sum of $500 for the faithful per
Torrance of the work and the employment
of the resident freeholder to supervise the
work at So per day. Mr. Dubell though
the stone road committee ought to get il
on the Job but Mr. Russ opposed any sucl
idea as being too expensive.
The Bordentown sewer commission wa
also allowed certain privileges. The bono
In this case was 81, 900 with the customary
S8 per day for the resident freeholder tt
supervise the work.
Jacob Schwitzler, resident of East
ampton township. had sewing machin
damaged some time since, owing to de
feet In the road In that township, and b.
claimed $15 to reimburse him for his loss
On the suggestion of Mr.. EVAN that sun
was voted to the claimant.
The Riverton and Palmyra Water Com
pany was granted permission to lay mains
along the stone road In East Riverton
Bond $500. Resident freebooter, So pc
day.
The lighting plant at the new hospita
at the almshouse was accepted and tn
bill of F. o. Jones, contractor, 81 ,253, wa
ordered paid.
Mr.. Eheridge called attention to the fac
that ratings had been asked for in hi
township, but it was probable the cos
would be such as to necessitate action b.
the advisory bridge committee. He wa
| instructed to call the committee together
| The members were warned that ther
were was necessity for economy in certai
directions. Mr.. Hilton said that $23, 90
of the $26, 900 appropriated for road re
pairs had already been expended, and Mr.
Birkhead called attention to the fact tina
the appropriation for bridges was abou
exhausted These statements cause
some of the members to look sad.
After discussing some unimportan
matters the board adjourned shortly afte
two o'clock.
| Columbus.
Mrs Floyd Townsend and mother, Mr.
| G. E. Poinsett, are spending several day
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