The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-10-05
Ocean County Affairs.

Judge Carmichael, at Toms River, on
Monday morning, at the request of Sen
ator George G. Low, attorney for the APP
plicants, postponed the hearing on the
license application OF HI. Ross Turner
and A. Carl Haag for the Manhasset
hotel at Seaside Park. till Wednesday,
October 20, at II a. m. The applicants
say that they have every business man
but one in Seaside Park as endorsers of
their application. On the other hand a
remonstrance has been fled, signed by a
number Of cottagers, and the first name
on the list is Frank T. Lloyd, Judge of
the Circuit Court, who has summer
home on the ocean front. Other names
on the remonstrance include: Robert and
Joseph Ceilings, Joseph Beck Tyler,
Chas. K. Parry, Herberton L. Williams,
DR.. Chas. Harker, ]. d. Johnson, Jr,
Calvin and Herbert Crowell, Joseph t.
Sullivan, George C. VanRoden, R. X.
Walling, Henry ]. Of, Frank C. Knight,
VIM. C. Coles, Collins B. Rogers, DR.. G.
II. Thacher. J. Milton Slim. Joseph
Cross Chas. b.. Coles, Milton Birch,
Henry Burlew, and other well known
summer people at Seaside Park.
David G.. Conrad. of Barnegat. was re-
nominated for the assembly by Ocean
county Republicans. last Tuesday, over
Harold Chafey, of Point Pleasant. The
vote stood: Conrad, 1925; Chafey, 1893.
The Democratic nominee, Gilbert Clay
ton, of Jackson township. had no oppo-
sition. The Republican contest was on
the local option issue, which Conrad
favored in the legislature.
The Seaside Park borough council has
readvertised for bids for the new sewer
plant. At a recent meeting three or
four bids were received, but they were
not all accompanied by certified check
for 1000, some having bond attached,
ON account of misunderstanding of
the proposals. The bids will be opened
October IS. Bids are also being asked
for building Bay avenue, including the
pumping in of sand from the bay to fill
behind the bulkhead, also for grading
and graveling the street.
Ocean county mosquito commission
closed on Saturday its work and re-
turned to the state experiment station.
The commission spent about $4,000 on
the salt meadows along the Barnegat
bay shore. This was largely used in
cleaning out bitches. The commission
claims the credit of nipping several
flights of mosquitoes from these
marshes while the insects were in the
wriggler state and say that only one
fight of mosquitoes took place from
the salt marshes in any numbers, and
this was in the middle of August.
Before Chancellor Walker, to-day, |
argument will be heard on behalf of |
the Island Heights Hotel Improvement
Company and the borough. of Island
Heights to show cause why an injunc-
ton should not be issued compelling |
them to refrain from pressing suit
instituted in the Ocean county courts 4
to eject the Island Heights Campmeet-
ing Association from the use of Ger /
tain lands at Island Heights for relig-
ious purposes. The campmeeting as
ISOLATION has asked for an injunction
against the hotel company and the
borough, in which it is stated that the
land on which the hotel stands was re-
stricted as to the sale of intoxicating |
beverages. 1t is alleged by the camp
meeting management that the suit of |
ejectment brought against it was in
retaliation for its action in enforcing |
the conditions under which land was
sold
At recent meeting of the New
Egypt Board of Trade the name of
the organization was changed to The
New Egypt Carnival & Improvement
Association and the matter of incor-
porating was discussed. 1t was final
ly decided to incorporate at once I'M
der the laws of New Jersey. 1t will
be the purpose of the association to
improve the town, entertain the pub
lie and work for greater New Egypt. |
With permanent organization, it will
not be case of waiting for someone
to make move, but all matters of inn
portance will be discussed at the reg
ular monthly meetings and a decision
reached at once.