The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-09-07

bridge, would not be held, as the con-
tractor had decided not to accept the
contract. His reason for this action was
that the bid was made on plans OF GER
tain bridge which seemed to meet the
situation, but the engineers of Burling-
ton and Atlantic counties had decided
that such plans did not come up to the
requirements of the contract. The bid
| was made when prices for labor were low
and laborers were easily obtained. AS
an unreasonable time had been allowed
to elapse without acceptance of the bid,
and as the price of labor had advanced,
the work gould not be done at profit.
The contractor therefore demanded the
return of his check for S., 1000 which ac-
companied the bid The Board refused
to accede to this request and directed
county collector Pine to deposit one
half Of that amount to the credit of this
county and to notify Atlantic county of
! the action taken by the board
Mr.. Clair offered resolution appro-
priating $50 each to four fire companies
in Burlington. DR.. Glasgow said there
were six companies in Burlington and
he wanted to know why only four had
been designated Mr.--Clair said the
companies mentAaned xsssathose having
auto trucks. He said the Mount Holly
fire department had been favored with
appropriations and he felt that the Bur-
lington firemen were as willing and
capable to fight fire as those at the
county seat.
Mr.. Esham said the Mount Holly de-
partment was SO situated that it was
right on the spot to take care of fire at
the county buildings. The auto APP
paratus Of this department was also
within short distance of the county
buildings at Pemberton and he felt there
was more justice in considering the
Mount Holly firemen than in going t.
side. 1t was decided not to adopt the
resolution.
The condition of the Browns Mills
Lakehurst road was reported as very bad
and twas suggested that Commissioner
Stevens be asked to give 81, 1000 to fix the
road. To this the reply was made that
Mr.. Stevens had said he had given this
county nearly as much as it is entitled
to for repair work. If the county would
take this road over to its care he might
be able to give the amount mentioned.
Supervisor Mcfarland thought that
81, 900 would not be sufficient to put the |
road in good condition.
Mr.. Jones said he could not see why
Commissioner Stevens was willing for
the county to take over this road as ii is
less than twelve feet wide and the Com |
missioner had always opposed road |
less than that width. 1t looked as if he |
was trying to put something over
Mr.. Bright did not think 81 900 would |
hardly start the work of repairing.
Mr.. Jessup wanted to know if the road |
was township road and on being told |
that Pemberton township had built it |
he said he thought that if township
could afford to build road it certainly |
ought to be in position to keep it in re-
pair. 1t was finally decided that it
would be good thing to invite the State
Road Commissioner to come to Pember-
ton and view the road.
On motion of Mr.. Hart it was decided
to advertise for bids for three men who
would be willing to act as road patrol in
order to give the system trial.
Mr.. Hart also introduced a resolution
that farmers must not farm or break up
county roads inside the line of the roads.
1t was adopted.
The Commissioners of Bordentown
asked the board to look after the cutters
on Farnsworth avenue, Bordentown. An
road has been laid there and
horses standing along the sidewalks
have cut holes in the roadbed. This
allows water to accumulate in front of
The matter was referred to
the resident freeholders from Borden
town, with instructions to discover what
will be the best means to employ toll
remedy the difficulty.
Burlington city council sent COM
munication asking what had been done
towards building bridge over the creek
on Broad street at East Burlington. AS
nothing had been done that was the re-
ply that was made.