The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1917-10-09
October Meeting.


the bridges had been so heavy that the
structures had been materially weak
ened. There are no funds available to
do the work, but something must be
done at once. The emergency that
now exists had not been anticipated.
A resolution was offered that the sum
OF $40, 900 be borrowed from the Union
National Bank for three months at
five per cent.
Mr.. Russ objected to the rate of in
terest. The sum of $50, 900 had been
borrowed from the Riverside bank not
long since at AZ per cent, and Mr..
Russ thought that was enough to pay.
, 1t was stated that Collector Pine had
asked the Riverside bank If it would
take the note at AZ per cent, and had
, received a negative answer as the rate
for money had advanced very materi-
ally in the last few weeks.
A vote was then taken on the resolu-
ton and it was adopted, two members
-Messrs. Lowden and Wilkins-voting
against it.
A bill from H. G. Pancoast for $40.2O
was presented. This bill was up at the
! August meeting and was referred to
DIR. Glasgow for investigation. The
claimant charged that his automobile
! had been damaged by running into
pile of stone left on the street in Bur-
lington. The question was raised in Au
! gust whether the county or the city of
Burlington was responsible for the OBJ
struction being-on the street. The
matter was left in the hands Of DR..
Glasgow, he being the member from
the ward in which the accident &C.
CURED. On Wednesday he reported
that the claim had been looked into
and advised paying the bill in full.
Mr.. Joyce thought this was entirely
out of order. The solicitor had been
asked to confer with DR.. Glasgow but
the former said he had not been able
to give the matter attention. Mr..
Joyce moved that the bill be laid on
the table and it was so ordered
/ Edward T. Haines again presented
his bill for salary as sealer of weights
and measures and the director ruled it
was not in order. Solicitor Davis said
he had conferred with the justices OF
the Supreme Court and they told him
they had nos yet reached a decision.
Mr.. Davis was certain the case would
be decided before the November meet
ing.
John L. Kuser complained Of the way
the stone on the road near his resi-
dence near Bordentown had been left.
The road which had been torn up had
not been put back in proper shape,
stone having been thrown around
roughly and the roadway had been
left in dangerous condition. Joseph
w. Higgins was the contractor who did
the work and he was told he must re-
place the stone as 1t was when he be-
gan work and see that the road is re-
stored to Its good condition. Mr.. |
Black said that he thought the whole |
situation arose from the fact that en-
ginser Logan had given orders to widen |
the road beyond what the contract
called for.
Mr.. Logan said that was not correct. |
He offered report in which he suR-
gested that $500 be paid the contractor |
on account, the balance Of $500 to be |
paid when the request Of the engineer |
is complied with. That is that the
contractor be required to furnish an |
itemized bill with the names of the
laborers employed, the number of
hours of service, and the price per |
hour.
Mr.. Higgins, the contractor, was
asked to speak and he started off by |
saying he did not do any work for Mr..
Logan and he did not recognize the |
authority of the latter to make any |
demand for items.
Director Davis said that the engineer
is in charge of all county road work
and that he is empowered to make
such inquiries as he thinks are for the |
benefit of the county. A motion was
adopted to pay the contractor the sum
of $500 and to hold the balance until
the request of the, engineer has been
complied with.
A. J. R. Muller & Brother presented |
bill for damage to their truck. The |
driver OF the latter was on the road |
near Riverside and in turning out to
pass another auto the truck ran into a
pile OF lumber on which it was claimed |
there was not any light.
Mr.. Bright said that the lum Der was
undoubtedly at the spot where the ac
cident occurred but he claimed it was |
back off the road against a fence and |
that the truck was not justified in GO |
ing so close to it.
| This matter was referred to Mr.. |
Bright, of Delanco, Mr.. Haines, Of |
Riverside, the director and the solic- |
| itor.
On September Is truck broke
through the bridge at Indian Mills.
1t was loaded with household goods,
and many of them were broken. The
truck was damaged. There were not
any signs on the bridge, warning trav-
elers that it was unsafe and the own
or OF the truck claimed $102.10 dam
ages.
Mr.. Wright, member from Shamong,
said he examined the truck soon after
the accident and could not discover
where any serious damage had been
done. The machine was able to pro-
coed on its own power. The matter
was left with Mr.. Wright and the
solicitor to investigate.
The civic league, of Burlington, sent
8 communication endorsing DR.. M. w.
Newcomb for the position of superin
tendent of the new tuberculosis hos
pital.
The Mount Holly Business Men s
Association had adopted resolution
which was read. 1t asked the MEM
bers of the Board to exert all possib Q
efforts to have the road from Cham
: bers' Corner to Camp Dix improved.
: This road will open communication
with all points, including Trenton and
Philadelphia, and is the best route to
u be considered.
Solicitor Davis told of the visits paid
by county engineer Logan, county
clerk Knight and himself to the mill.
tary authorities at Camp Dix, with