The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-02-18
Roard of Freeho,aers


e day.
+ In response to an advertisement for pro-
, posals, forty firms and business men from
three different states presented bids for
certain supplies needed at the county in
situations. The session began at II o'clock
and it was late hour before the bids were
, read and the quotations tabulated. This
, was all the business that was transacted
during the day and it was most tiresome
and uninteresting session.
Another meeting was held on Saturday
and there was more life In the proceedings.
At eleven o'clock Director Howard
Russ called for bids for building concrete
abutments and wing walls to bridge
spanning Wading river at Bridgeport,
Washington township, and the following
were handed In: Howard Mathis, New
Gretna, $645, the work to be completed in
ninety days. Ferro Concrete Company,
Harrisburg, Pa, 81 ,270, and ninety days
to do the job. Medford Concrete Com
pany, 1870 the work to be finished in
forty-five calendar days. Having been
the lowest bidder, the contract was award
ed to Howard Mathis.
A resolution was passed designating the
Riverton New Era to print two hundred
copies of the schedule of county officers
and the Mount Holly Herald will print
one hundred copies of the rules of the
board.
10 O{rf fhn 1hnrd oA
themselves as favorable TO rejecting all
bids received at former meeting for sup
plies needed for the county institutions,
and motion that all bids be rejected,
made by Mr.. Engel was not acted upon
just at that time.
A bridge over the Pensauken creek near
Palmyra needs partial construction, and
ON motion of Mr.. Dudley the county en-
eineer was authorized to prepare plans
and specifications for the work.
AS the result of a resolution offered by
Mr.. Dudley, concrete wall will be erect
ed at bridge over Ballinger's creek, on
the road from New Gretna to Tuckerton,
at the Ocean county line.
A resolution to reject all bids which |
had been received for supplies or other
purposes was then passed, with the idea
that heads of departments are to do the
buying for the institutions under their
control on the best terms possible.
Bids were then opened for trap rock
stone to be used for repairs and on i'm
proved roads. William M. Ireland, rep
resenting the Lambertville Stone Quarry
Company, offered to furnish the material
for 81. 45 per ton and he was awarded the
contract. The Delaware River Quarry
and Construction Company, of Lambert
vile, quoted $1.6O per ton, and sliding
scales received from the Birdsboro Stone
Company, of Birdsboro, Pa, were not
considered
The adoption of resolution authorizes
Clerk Hawkins and Engineer Logan to
advertise for bids for furnishing the
county with a gasoline or steam road
roller.
Engineer Logan was requested to pre-
pare plans and specifications for a rein
forced concrete slab bridge, known as
Hooton's bridge, near Moorestown.
At meeting of a committee of the old
Board of Freeholders on a small arch
bridge on the road between Moorestown
and Evesboro, In Mount Laurel township,
held in the Office of Clerk Hawkins, on
November 26, 1919. bids were received for
its erection from W. s. Gale, Mount
Holly, for $500, and from Henry Conrow,
of Moorestown, for $500. The latter did
the bridge work and received pay for the
same through William Wilkins, the resi-
dent freeholder, but there is contention
between the freeholder and contractor
over payment of $50 for work done on the
road at that point which Conrow declares
he performed at the request of the free
holder, but this allegation is denied by
wilkins, who says he never hired Conrow
for this purpose. The filling in was done
by man named Davis and the latter was
paid by the county.
Dr. LeJambre said it would be like the
board stealingsmoney from the county to
pay this bill without the o. K. of Wilkins
and as this cannot be secured by Conrow,
he stated that he would bring suit against
the county.
Mr.. Conrow had two colored men
to prove that they were present and
heard wilkins order him to fix the road,
and while Wilkins was not in the room he
had previously told members of the board
that he was willing to take an affidavit
that he did not hire Conrow.
In pressing Courow for full statement
of the facts, DR.. LeJambre succeeded In
getting a statement from Conrow that
wilkins had 1t in for him.
The board refused to compromise the
matter with Conrow and legal action is
expected to follow.
A resolution sanctioned by Solicitor
Budd NJ Rigg was offered by DR.. LeJam-
bre and carried. By Its provisions the
county will pay no more bounty for kill
ing foxes.
of Philadelphia. showed the Board sam.
Piles of iron culvert pipe which favorablY
impressed the members.
A resolution presented by Director Russ
was adopted. 1t provided that the heads
the different departments of the county
secure all their necessary printing and
stationery, subject to the approval of the
board.
In explaining this matter, Mr.. Russ
said that as all other bids had been re-
iected, he did not think that what little
printing was to be done should be the
subject of competition.
This brought remark from Mr.. Engel,
who thought the board should cater to
the people of the county, even if they
were little higher than outside parties
Dr. LeJambre called attention to the
fact that in his district and others there
were many small wooden trunks close to-
gether on some of the roads. He said that |
If property owners would open their |
cutters one iron trunk in some cases would |
served the purpose. The doctor made 1t |
plain that he was opposed to repairing
bridge where the cutters were not opened. |
In cases where this is not done he is In
favor of taking advantage of law bear
ing on this subject. which permits of sueh