Pleasantville weekly press. (Pleasantville, N.J.) 1890-1911, 1910-10-08
NORTHFIELD ROAD
MUST Be FIXED
Freeholders Award Contracts for New
Bridges on Boulevard and Authorize
Big Bond Issue

Alter passing resolution ordering the
issuing OF $4,000 worth of bonds at a
meeting Wednesday, the Board OF Free
holders awarded the contracts for three
concrete bridges and l25 foot concrete
retaining wall on the meadow Boulevard,
to the Nelson Merydith Company, for
the aggregate sum of $54,650.
There was very little difference i'll the
bids OF this company as compared with
those of the United Paving Company as
the following figures show: Nelson
Merydith Company, for bridge over
Fredericks Little Hay Creek, SO, l50c
for bridge over Fish Creek, $l6,90O;- for
bridge over Jonathan's Thorofare, $I5,-
200. and for the erection OF concrete
retaining wall at the southern end of
Beach Thorofare bridge to eliminate the
dangerous curve existing there, ST., 400.
Lockwood and Cherry, representing the
United Paving Company, submitted the
following estimates: For concrete
bridge over Fredericks Little Hay Creek,
$40, ,450.50, another over Fish Creek for
Sl6,999.00, an da third over Johnathan's
Thorofare for 5,445.05; for the cree
tion of retaining concrete wall at Beach
Ihorofare bridge $l2,507.77.
Bids were also received from G. g..
Murtland who estimated $l3,40000 for
the bridge over Fredericks Little Hay
Creek. SO 10000; for bridge over Fish
Creek, l7,S00O0 for the bridge over
Jonathan's Thorofare and Sl2, 100000 for
wall i'll question.
Arthur W. Riley submitted one bid
His was for the bridge over Fredericks
Little Hay Creek, which he agreed to
erect for Sll 10000.
The remaining $4,000 Of the original
S60,000.00 bond issue for enlarging the
sheriff's residence at Mays Landing and
general improvement of County buildings
at that place were disposed of Wednes-
day. -Four bonds of the denomination OF
$4,000 each, We're sold to the Egg Harboi
Commercial Bank at Sl0l, II l-2, and ac-
crued interest. The remaining four were
sold to the Atlantic Safe Deposit and
Trust Company for $1,000 and accrued
interest
Other bidders for the bonds were:
X. NJ. Grant Company, of New York, who
offered $l00.H for the S40,000.00; n. W.
Harris, of New York, who offered $l0l IS
for the whole issue, and the Second Ma
tional Bank, of Atlantic City, Offering
to take Sl0,00000 at par.
On a resolution offered by Mr.. Rislev.
the Road Committee was instructed TO
obtain options on ground necessary to
eliminate the dangerous curves in the
road from Absecon to the Mullica River
bridge, and to report back at the next
meeting OF the board. Anderson Bour-
geois took the floor and asked if it was
possible for the Road Committee to be
thus empowered. He cited case in
which colored barber III Mays Land
ing had sold gravel pit to the county
and while the deeds of the transaction
showed that he received but $50 for his
property the county was charged $500
for it. With a view of avoiding repeti-
tion lie questioned this resolution. After
his error in misinterpreting the motion
was shown he made no further objection.
Owing to the disgraceful condition
existing Oh the Northfield road, notwith-
standing repeated orders to the CON
tractor to repair it, the Board adopted
resolution to give him three days notice
in which to carry out its request, and,
at the expiration of this time, he has
not done so, it Will have the work done
and charged to him.
A communication from the Bossart
Lumber Company was received asking
to be released from ii contract to supply
$4,000 feet OF cedar planking because OF
ii scarcity of the wood. This was acted
upon favorably.
County Tax Collector Levi Albertson
asked for a leave of absence for three
or four weeks and this was granted.
Engineer E. d. Rightmire invited all
the members of the Board and their
friends to dine at the Hotel Dunlop, at
the adjournment of the meeting.