The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1913-11-18
Board Of Ereeholders.

A meeting of the Board of Freeholders
was held at the office of county collector
Pine on Friday afternoon.
John b. TiltOn, the newly elected au-
ditor, presented his bond for $1,000, and
ii was accepted. The document was
signed by himself Edwin J. Bunting
and Samuel w. Bishop.
The meeting was called to consider the
speed and weight of vehicles passing over
the county bridges.
Engineer Logan was ordered to stop
further proceedings out Garden street,
Mount Holly, where John Jobes had
made an opening in the county road to
install private drain pipe.
John c. Dudley reported a bad wash
out on road in Tabernacle township,
which had been closed since June.
Travellers have been using property be-
longing to county clerk knight, and as
dam there is unsafe, caution notices
have been placed there by the freehoIders
to relieve Mr.. Knight of responsibility
for any accidents. He will continue to
allow the public to use this property un-
til the next board repairs the road.
Mr.. Knight was requested to furnish
some concrete pipe for culvert that has
fallen in at Frank Coates farm, near
Newbold's corner.
A letter from Col. Stevens to director
Russ conveyed word that the state de.
partment was about to send allotments
of 81, 729.5S and $S,S67.29 for repairs tc
the Mount Holly and Moorestown road
and Burlington pike respectively.
On looking up the law it was found
the board had power to regulate the
speed of vehicles passing over county
bridges to six miles per hour.
1t was reported that the county bridge
at Five Points, near Palmyra, was in
such a dangerous condition that the road
had to be closed to all travel except the
mail carrier, and the county would be
| liable for damages should he meet with
an accident while crossing the structure
Repairs will cost about 800, each county
| to share the cost.
To protect the bridges which are not in
sound condition, Mr.. Maxwell offered q
resolution providing that officers be
placed at certain structures with stoI
watches and keep the speed of vehicles
down to six miles an hour. Offenders viii
be fined SO, the minimum amount
| Notices will be posted on each end of the
bridges at the following places: Bridge
boro, Five Points, Blacks creek, BroaC
street, Burlington; Delanco, Centreton
Hainesport, two at West Palmyra; Lum
bertoR, Bass River, Wading River. Also
Bank, Mullica River, Pine street, Noun
Holly; Willow bridge, Medford; South
Pemberton, Smithville and New Lisbon
This step is taken under the provisions
of an act of the Legislature of 1913
chapter 362.
Solicitor Rigg was requested to notify
the Riverside township committee t.
clean the stone roads of the debris lief
where cement sidewalks had been laid
Mr.. Maxwell spoke of the dangerous
condition of some bridges in his terri
tory, and asked if he would be REIN
bursed if he spent several hundred dol
lars of his own money in making re
pairs. In doing so he did not want Il
be indicted by the grand jury.
Solicitor Rigg said it would not be SAT
for any member to use his own money
as by doing so they would exceed tn
bridge appr opriation, which was alread,
exhausted, and they would be subject +
indictment.
The board then adjourned.