The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1916-07-11
BOARD Of Freeholders.

" motion to authorize the director an
Q clerk to sign deed for the plot
II ground on which it is intended to ere'
Q Ian armory for Company E.
s DIR. Glasgow brought up his scheme {
a having the county roads put under th
9 patrol system. This was not coincide
$ in by several of the members and thel
a was considerable discussion. The RESI-
I luton offered by DR.. Glasgow was tha
: the patrol system be put into effect o
! the first Of next January. A motion
] lay this resolution on the table was los
: and then the talking began.
One of the strongest directors was MI
J Thackara, of Medford. He could nc
see any necessity for taking the worl
out of the hands of the resident free
holders. He felt it was simply an actiol
of adding more officers and making
more jobs. OF course he did not allud
to the fact that it would take away
|several days work of supervision from
the resident freeholder at 50 per day
He was looking at the matter with 6
view Of saving the taxpayers money.
Director Davis was heartily in favor Of
the proposition. AS the matter now
stands the work of caring for the roads
is not being properly done. If patrol
system was inaugurated one man would
be given supervision of one section and
he would take care of the breaks at once
instead of waiting until they had be-
come so large that it required several
men to get at the job. He felt it would
be saving of money for the county.
Mr.. Delaney, chairman of the road
committee, also favored the adoption of
manner in which the roads are allowed
to go to pieces and he felt that if one
man was put to work on designated
section there would be an improvement.
Mr.. Joyce could not agree with this
idea. He called attention to the con-
dition of the road between Ewanville
and Vincentown. He had been trying
to get it fixed since last April, but it
had been impossible to get material.
And that seems to be the difficulty in
all sections.
Mr.. Hilton was in favor of the patrol
system If it was to be worked in a sys-
tematic manner. He did not believe
Burlington county would have good
roads until the patrol system is adopted.
But if the work is to be done as it is now
there would not be any advantage in
making a change. Mr.. Hilton said it
was his opinion that the patrol system
would not only keep the roads in good
shape but it would save the county
money.
Supervisor Mcfarland was called
upon to give his views and he corroborat-
ed the statement of Mr.. Hilton.
County engineer Logan was also asked
to give his ideas. He said he would be-
gin by defining the word PATROL He
did so and told the members that they
had that system confused with the
gang system, under which they are
now working. The idea Of the patrol
system was to give one man control of a
definite stretch of road and have him go
over it daily. The system has been put
in operation in several states and has
worked finely wherever inaugurated.
officials OF the United States are study
ing the system and have made several
experiments under it, finding it to be an
excellent proposition and one that ought
to be generally adopted.
The resolution was amended so that
the road committee would investigate
the subject and make an early report in
order that something definite might be
done by the first of January. This
motion was carried without opposition.
Those who voted in favor of it were:
Bright, Burr, Carly, Delaney, Esham,
Glasgow. Haines, Hart, Hilton, Lowden,
Martin, Mathis, Peak, Pew, Ridgway,
Rodman, Rogers, Russ, Vandegrift,
Vansciver-20.
Against the resolution were: Aaron
son, Black, Clair, Couples, Ford, Hark-
er, Joyce, Land, Logan, Lynch, Thack-
ara, Wilkins, Wright-13.
The Public Utilities Commission hav-
ing decided that Burlington county is
municipality it is now necessary that
instead of granting franchises it must
adopt ordinances, and representative
OF the Bell Telephone Company was on
hand to see what was going to be done
in the matter. Nothing definite was de-
cided upon.
A resolution was adopted requiring all
bridge bills to be presented to the COM
mittee on bridges before the monthly
meeting in order that there might be a
statement of the expenditures and the
balance that could be drawn upon.
The county engineer was directed to
survey the road between Bordentown
and Trenton and discover what the troll
ley company is doing in the way of en-
croaching on the road. Mr.. Martin
stated that, in his opinion, the trolley
road is getting too far out on the high
way. 1t is also noticeable that the
tracks are SO elevated as to cause water
to run into the road.
The Delaware River Water Company
was given permission to open street in
Riverside for the purpose oflaying pipes,
the plans. to be approved by the director
and the resident freeholder.
The county collector reported the fol-
lowing balances:
Union National Bank, Mount
Holly, $51, 15S 81
Burlington City Loan &
Trust Co., 1,491 n
First National Bank, Beverly, 3,940 SO
Cinnaminson National Bank,
Riverton, 1862 So
Mechanics National Bank,
Burlington, 3,646 Is
Moorestown National Bank, 1854 36
Moorestown Trust Co., PATS As
Riverside National Bank, 5,42O &c
Mr.. Martin offered resolution chang.
ing the amount paid to laborers. Under
the rules the price is s1.75. Mr.. Martin
wanted the rule changed SO that laborers
may be paid not exceeding 81 per day
until October 1. The reason for this
change was necessary because of the diff
fculty to get men to work on the roads
The country members did not take kind
ly to the proposition as they claimed t.
be able to get all the men needed TO
S1.75. AS the resolution provided tina