The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-12-21
BOARD of FreehoIders,


holders held its last meeting for this
year, on Wednesday. 1t was thought,
on the start. that there would not be
much doing. but it took until late in
the afternoon before the gavel fell for
adjournment.
The first subject to create discussion
WAS that which has been before the
Board more than once-the employment
ton this time was to include in the bud
get for next year the sum of $500 towards
the Farm Demonstrators salary. Ed
ward E. Logan, of Lumberton township,
referred to the attempt to have this
measure sanctioned last year. There
were several farmers opposed to it then,
but they now were in favor of it, after
having given the subject careful thought
and investigation. Mr.. Logan was very
sure the Board would not make any
mistake by granting the farmers the re-
quest they made.
F. E. Embree, manager of the Farm
matter very careful attention and he
beloved the development Of the agri-
cultural interests in the county would be
materially advanced by the appoint
ment of Demonstration.
Henry HI. Albertson, secretary of the
County Board of Agriculture, was strong
ly inIfavor of the proposition. He called
attention to the fact that 300 farmers Of
this county have become quite inter-
ested in the work and have guaranteed a
sufficient sum to pay the salary of the
Demonstration and all of his expenses for
this year, with tidy amount left for
the next year. George I. Reid, the
Demonstrators, has made such good pro-
gress in the work assigned to him that
the matter was no longer an experiment
but was a case of necessity.
]. Aquila Jones, former Freebooter
from Lumberton, said that it was
worthy of note that wherever demon
stration work had been commenced in
other localities it had not been allowed
to go backwards but had been pushed
ahead. He hoped this Board of Free
holders would follow the example OF
other bodies of like nature.
In order to get the matter in proper
shape, William A. Jones introduced a
resolution to the effect that $500 be in.
cluded in next years budget for Dem
onstrator. The vote was Is against and
nine in favor of the resolution. This
not only settled the matter thus far but
it looks as il it was completely set aside
as out Of the Is voting in the negative
Is will be members of the next Board
and two more who came in later sale
they would have voted the same way
had they been present, and they vii
also come back next year.
The next subject was another of the
uchdiscussed propositions-a new
bridge over Mullica river at Chestnut
Neck. This is one of the cases wher,
two counties have jurisdiction and eacf
must share portion of the expense ane
each must agree to the action to build
At its last meeting the Atlantic county
Board awarded a contract to firm il
New York state for about 500, 600. Bur
lington county was asked to approve
this action but as the last meeting of tn
Board cannot contract any new bushes
the matter could not be acted upon
The Board, did, however, adopt resolu
ton asking the new Board to agree to tn
awarding of the contract. A firm tina
had been awarded contract at a forme
meeting, refused to go ahead with tn
work and thereby forfeited the amour
OF $1,000. 1t had been ordered tina
Burlington county collect one-half G
this forfeit, but Atlantic county SCENE,
to have got hold of the entire sum an,
wanted the Board to agree to bear
portion of the expense OF possible law
suit if the contractor tried to get hi
money back. The Burlington count,
Board agreed to this proposition with
, string to it in shape of an understand
, ing that it will not put up any expense
money if it does not consider it advis
v able to put in defence.
The proposal to get bridge across tn
: Delaware river met with setback whe
it was found that the Gloucester count
Boards resolution on the appointment
S of commission was defective and th
:. matter will have to be gone over agai
to get it in proper shape.
The attention OF the Board was Gale
n in September, to the fact that Harr
d v. Mathis is occupying at least ten fe,
OF the public road near the new bride
: at New Gretna. He had been give
! notice to make matters right but /
came back with the reply that the pr
Il perty in dispute is his personal prope
n ty. He suggested that there was
l. ''frameup" and spite work in this ma
ter, but this did not receive any seriol
= attention. He gave evidence of his il
le tention to oppose any act that will r
,e quire him to surrender the ten feet
er question and this is not surprising wht
:, it is known that it is said that Mathi
~ front porch and about three feet of b
~ house are on the disputed ground.
IL was said there were other properties
=, about the same condition and the who
matter was referred to special cor