The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1911-10-31
Shall We Have Smaller Board of FreehOlderS
|Or Shall We Continue in the Same Old Rut /?

question taxpayers Burlington County will
have chance at the polls next Tuesday For long
years this county governed by chosen from
each township them because they good representative
citizens others because they had sufficient political and pull
be elected In many qualification has been entirely
overlooked ignored The in which work has been done
and the which the county has been expended
matter known to ALL Large have been annually spent the
majority being for bridge work road repair the annual budget
AT every meeting of the Board during the present year
finance committee has called attention the necessity for
the lines suggested and now have the fact before that the
county treasury is about depleted.
The financial situation the only that has needed
attention Some localities been highly favored the
they have received in the matter of roads and in the repair
those already in existence and there has been vercaon of
the old idea of ou favor and will do bidding and those
willing under that bidding have had any trouble get
avo for their particular locality This but one of the reasons for
making change With Board of Commissioners the avoritm
any particular locality would depart and there would be
''bossing' or control by one man or set of men,
There other for reducing the number of this body
There little doubt good
county in much satisfactory than the custom under
the present system gentleman now connected with the Board
has said that he could members the body do bust
proftably and expediousy than it done.
In presenting this question the of Burlnnon county
there nothing depend but the experience of the counties
would the old system Some of them have had chance
again change back but the people have refused do such thing
average $4o732 Then the board hold and
reduced the to We do not have the
reduced This cutting of expenses does nng neglect
ling the work Many miles of roads have been built than
owing heavy automobile traffic which apparent have
visited the seaside of Monmouth county, the expenses have
work. and there small factions demanding personal
representation but the board committee of the whole
Igarding the county rather than particular locality
From Pasac county have the that the benefits
smaller board universally acknowledged Loose systems of
led and large saving has been shown Whatever objection existed
first loss individual representative board
each township has entirely consideration of the
larger benefit derived by the taxpayers
From Hunterdon county the report that the system
all that be desired The writer 81 much
data and why is advantageous for any county gov
erned by small board rather than by township borough ward
here generally that comfy opera
on OF the od system raised tor county purposes from to
had depleted treasury Under the system county
SYSTEM and the
about $4,000 saving to the each and
the savings with higher rate thirty miles
road paying for by direct year. still
necessary to be raised for the running of the TO-
geher with permanently necessary
raise within several thousand dollars each year the
CURED for the actual running expenses of the county old
system"
Under the old plan Hunterdon had Board of Free
holders composed of tenyone extrava
gance and necency been orgotene one of the
hundreds of bridges and cuvers built repaired money
taxpayers was for months the Joke of the State The
recy spent contracts were given out to avoes and
over charges granted matter of course needed improvements
the few counties with single mile of improved The
appropriations tor 1903 aggregated little than and
at the end OF the year there was deficit of $12,ooo
Strong law took charge Expenses reduced and in
four the debt of paid off and saving
$4,000 made in the appropriations for county expenses The
county tax rate of So cents reduced low
year More than miles of improved roads have been built and
with the bridges paid for the regular approp
tons of this showing doubt due the changes
in the tax laws but other counties received the benefits and
cannot duplicate the results plan that enables Pac Mon
mouth and Hunerdon in the aggregate something like
100000 ought to be good for Burlington county
This is the evidence from localities which
experiment Burlington do WE'LL and there
reason why should not would be great benefit The per-
son bills OF members in this county have averaged
for the five years. The would draw S. per
and would than make the difference
saved other In of the counties
have been abolished This could be done There
least that could be cut off reduced salary
Mercer counties feel that change would be beneficial them and
they will vote on the subject next month.
This matter presented the of Burlington county
three but through the wording of the ticket there
and people who thought they voting
reduce the number found they had really ballot otherwise
There cannot be chance for mistake this year. The ballot will
read thus: