The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1914-07-07
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! up the operation of the road
Bids were received for considerable
bridge work, rs follows:
Reinforced concrete bridge near Aaron
l.. Collins, in Mount Laurel township
P. ]. Byrne, Burlington, 1885 Medford
Concrete Co., Sl,045; w. S. Gale, Mount
Holly, 81, 487; ]. r. Gillian, Jr., Mount
Holly, $1,774. The contract was award
ed to Mr.. Byrne.
Concrete wing walls at arch bridge
near Charles Wright's, on road from
Jacksonville to Hedding-P. j. Byrne,
$515; j. r. Gillian, $500; Medford Con-
crete Co., $645; w. S. Gale, 1872 The
contract was awarded to Mr.. Byrne.
Reinforced concrete pile bridge with
bascule span at New Gretna-A. NJ and
Howard Mathis, New Gretna, 500, $40.
There was some surprise when 1t devel-
oped that there was only one bidder on
this work, as eight sets of plans and
specifications had been sent out by
County Engineer Logan. The commit
tee on the work recommended that the
board re-advertise for bids, and it was so
ordered.
heInIOTCeQ concrete dTCn DTlQSe over
Pensauken creek at Five Points, near
Palmyra
County Luten
Plan, Plan.
Zero Concrete Co.,
Harrisburg, SO, 443. 90
Whitaker d Deal,
Harrisburg, 1O,659.00
Kennel Cons. Co.,
Jersey City, 12,350.OO 11,1OO.OO
Ginder Cons. Co.,
Trenton, 14,S83.OO 10, s67. 9s
A. l.. Carhart, Phila., 14,850.00
Kelly-MeFeely Co.,
Camden, 15,69s.0O 100000
The contract was awarded to the Ferro
Company.
The golden rule" store. Boyce's. adv
Protective Association.
A number of merchants of Mount
Holly met at the Office of Herbert S.
Killie, on Thursday night, and organ
lied the Mount Holly Business Mems
Association, a branch of the Merchants
Mercantile Agency, OF Pittsburgh, Pa,
which has similar branch organizations
all over the United States. The object
of the concern is the protection of it's
members against bad debtors. A printed
list is furnished to each merchant men,
Der, giving the standing of all persons
n each community in relation to their
financial rating, their promptness or
in paying bills, etc. There is
llso collection department connected
With the organization, which first uses
every effort to collect the debt and brings
'uit if necessary. The organization has
been very effective in other towns and
titles, resulting in the mutual protection
If its members against getting a lot of
Dad debts on their books.
At the meeting on Thursday night 25
If Mount Holly's business men signed
he charter, and % others have since
promised to do so.
F. E. Wilson, of Trenton, is the organ
ger for this district. He is calling on
merchants throughout the county in the
interests of the concern, and is meeting
With encouragement in every quarter.
branch at Burlington has been organ
zed and is in operation.
The following officers for the Mount
Holly branch were elected:
President, William C. Wetherill; vice
PRESIDENT, Lorenzo L. Sapp; secretary
md treasurer, Herbert s. Killie; execu-
i've board, Elwood H. Stokes, Morris X.
'erinchiet, Charles f. Rogers, Harold b.
Allen, Abraham Saltzman, J. Harry
Halt, John w. Lippincott and George
Stead.