The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1915-07-13
Board OF Freedholders.

Board OF Freedholders.
, Wednesday found all but one or tw,
I of the Board of Freeholders at thei
, posts. There was not an unusua
} amount of business to be transacted anc
it was the first in long time that ar
} adjournment has been obtained without
holding an afternoon session.
! There were all sorts of claims for dam.
ages. Clayton Lippincott presented q
i bill for 1925 for damages to a team
| caused by driving over an embankment
in Springfield township which he
claimed was not properly protected with
} tenders. Samuel Gerber had the same
complaint against Washington town
ship. He was driving along one of the
roads in that township and his wagon
went over an embankment. His goods
were spilled into the water and damaged,
he claimed, to the amount of 5000. Mr..
Johnson said he did not think the goods
were hurt as much as was claimed.
There was some mildew on portion of
the garments that were in the wagon,
but Mr.. Johnson thought it would have
taken much longer to get the goods
in that condition than the time they
were in the water. They showed signs
of having been wet before. Possibly the
wagon was damaged s25 worth. Harry
n. Mathis of New Gretna, wanted $175
for use of his land and for the amount
| he had fo cpand to 6lI II, tho ,oloooe, o,,+
out in connection with the building of
| the New Gretna bridge. He was willing
to settle for 800 if the matter was closed
at once. Joseph Steelman also put in
claim for damages to a carriage on the
road between New Gretna and Tucker
ton. After patiently listening to all of
these claims, the Board decided to Law
them all on the table.
The State Association of Boards of
freeholders sent word that they wanted
to forrA an organization and take steps
to secure laws which will make more
equal distribution of county money. 1t
was ordered that s25 be appropriated for
burlington county's membership fee in
this association.
1t was ordered that plans and specifi- |
cations be drawn for the repairing of
Delanco drawbridge the Public Service |
Corporation to bear it's share of the ex- |
pense and to pay the cost of laying new
track stringers on the bridge.
Francis Tracy Tobin sent a request |
that the Board send him Sl9. 20 for expen-
ditures made by him in the trial of
Edgar Murphy for murder. The Board
laid this on the table, although there is
no doubt there are those who would be
willing to pay the bill if Mr.. Tobin
would come to Mount Holly to collect it.
The Board accepted an invitation to
visit the farm of c. Craig Tallman, near
on the 21st instant, when the
Burlington County Board of Agriculture
will hold meeting there.
The State Board of Health reported
the necessity for establishing a tuber-
culosis hospital at New Lisbon and it
was suggested that portion of the
hospital now in use be given over for
that purpose. Nothing definite was
done.
On the question of roads and their re-
pair it was reported that State Com
missioner Stevens had said he had given
this county all that he could allow to it.
Up to date he has given SOL 200. 1t was
alleged that Mr.. Stevens had agreed to
give us considerably more than that
sum and had not done so. With the (
lope that he might change his mind the
Board rested content for the present.
Paul j. Snyder asked to be relieved II
rom the contracts he had made for i'm
1rovement to stone roads, and it was de-
;ided that if Commissioner Stevens did
lot award more money to Burlington
county by the 21st of this month Mr..
Snyder would be released.
The time having arrived for opening
bids for certain work, that part Of the
lays proceedings was taken up.
First came the building of wooden
bile trestle at Taunton. There were two I
bidders. ]. w. Ballinger, of Medford,
,ffered to do the work for $3.50 and Lewis
;. Mathis, of the same place, put his {
,rice at $36870. The Board had had
ome dealings with Mr.. Mathis which
we're not satisfactory, so a motion was {
'ffered that the two bids be rejected and
hat the resident Freebooter do the work 1
It cost not to exceed $500.
1t was decided to repair the Thornton
Irch bridge, near Bordentown, for price
lot to exceed $500. and the bridge at [
ellis Croshaw's. near Wrightstown, is to
De repaired if it does not cost over $500.
A bid of the Medford Concrete Com
oany for repairing Blacks bridge at
3ordentown offered to do the work
or 81 $50 and if it was not COM
)elled to maintain travel while the
bridge was being repaired the cost would
De 81, 1875. This bid was rejected. This
s the fourth time there have been bids
IN this structure and they have been
elected for some cause. 1t would look !
Is if it was time to get busy on the I
bridge or the suspicion might arise that
is condition is not as bad as is repre-
;ented.
The contract to build the Chestnut
Neck bridge was awarded to Lupfer &
Ramick Company, Buffalo, N. Y, for
579, 800, Atlantic county to pay one-half
he expense. Bonds for Burlington
share will be issued bearing
interest at Al per cent. 1t being stated
hat it is hard to sell county bonds in
New York without an opinion as to their
validity, Solicitor Rigg was instructed
20 consult with some one in New York
who is an authority on the subject and
get an opinion.
Bids for the bridge at the railroad
station at Vincentown were opened
The bidders were: Medford Concrete
Company, S1,870; Reese Taylor & Co.,
1893; Cranmer & Parker,
Mayetta, $2,772. The Medford Concrete
Company was given the contract.
On sinking an artesian well at the
buildings at New Lisbon, the
Elwood c. Worrell Company, of Moores-
town, was given the work on a bid of
81. 25 per foot for drilling, $3.50 per foot
for strainers. The other bidders were:
j. Taylor, Mount Holly, $3.50
per foot for drilling, $3.50 per foot for
strainers; Thomas b. Harper Company,
Jenkintown, Pa, 1896 drilling, $500
strainer; Redpath & Potter Company,
Philadelphia, 1910 drilling, S. strainer;
Thomas ]. Barrett, Bordentown, 1915
per foot for the entire job. There were
some conditions in Mr.. Barrett's bid
which led the committee to ignore it.
For the storm sewer on Water street,
Mount Holly, there was but one bidder
Merely Company, Camden,
who charged $3,49O for the job and it
was given to that firm, which is doing