The Mount Holly news., 1917-11-20
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1917
Board OF Freeholders

Board OF Freeholders
The Board of Freeholders met ON
Tuesday to discuss the subjects that
had arisen since the previous meeting.
Some Of the newly-slected members
were on hand to get . line on how
things are done.
As soon as it was decided that. there
was not any necessity for reading the
minutes Of the last meeting, the privi-
lege OF the floor was granted to Joseph
c. Kingdom. He said he, with Will
liam d. Marren and Charles Coles, had
been appointed a committee from the
Business Mems Association to see
what could be done to get the road
from Pemberton to Lewistown extended
about mile and q half further from
the point where it is now completed.
He said he had been in communica-
tion with Governor Edge Yith the idea
OF taking up the matter with the State
Highway Commission. That official
had written the Commission on the
subject and he personally endorsed the
application. The Commission had re-
piled that nothing could be done until
the Board Of Frseholders made appli-
cation for the work and the money
could be taken from the state automo-
bile funds.
This seemed to interest the members
and they began to figure whether the
county would be the loser and whether
the amount that would come here
would be cut down. Mr.. Kingdom
said he could not answer that question
but he would assure the Board that if
the money that would be sent here to
finish the work would curtail the ap-
portionment that is now expected AM
that will be necessary for repair work
on the roads, the project would not be
pushed. Az 1t will not be possible to
do the work this winter 1t was decided
At the eOmmittss trom the Business
Mems Aenalastsm eAenia 60 bsfcfs che
Highway Commission next month and
report to the Board at its next meeting.
Some OF the members thought the
state or county was not called on to
finish this work as 1t Ia now completed
10 the Government reservation line
and that the United States ought to go
ahead with the balance Of 1t. This is
not exactly correct as the reservation is
only on one side of the road until Lew
ist0wn is reached.
Ralph w. Haines, acting for solicitor
Davis, read the opinion of the Supreme
Court in the case which had been
pending for some time to decide wheth-
or Edward T. Haines or John B. Burtis
il the legal sealer of weights and meas
ures. The opinion of the solicitor,
based on the finding of theicourt, was
that Burtis could 60 ahead and per-
form the duties Of the Office. But OBJ
isctions were entered to this proceeding
as sealer Haines has appealed the case
to the Court of Errors and it will be
necessary to await the finding Of that
body before definite action can be
taken.
1t was reported that contractor Gale
had finished his part of the work at
the tuberculosis hospital at New
Lisbon.
Harry v. Mathis, of New Gretna,
presented q bill for $50 for work he had
done filling in space on his property
to provide road to his wharf. This
was necessary because the grade of the
public road had been changed when
the Bass River bridge was built. Mr..
Mathis had sent in bill for $485, to
cover the work In this last bill, and it
also included rent Of ground and stor-
ing of lumber during the building of
the bridge. The amount Of the claim
WAS cut down by the Freeholder in
charge OF the work giving Mathis the
old lumber. 1t was shown that the
claimant had acted at a time when the
people of New Gretna needed some
thing that would benefit them in their
travel over the road and the bill was
ordered paid.
The bill of contractor Higgins, which
was up at the former meeting, for work
on the Georgetown road, near the
Kuser farm, was laid over because the
contractor had not left the road in the
same condition that he found 1t when
he began to repair it.
III. B. Earnest, Burlington under
taker, presented bill for $25, for bury
ing man who died at Camp Dix.
The bill was laid on the table for two
reasons. one being that there was not
anything to connect the dead man
with Burlington county, the other reas-
on was that Mr.. Earnest has a contract
with the Camp Dix authorities to bury
men who die at that place. 1t was
shown that the burial took place at
the ground connected with the county
almshouse. Steward Bovine said he
took men from important work to aid
in the burial and that the comfy did
not receive any compensation for this
service. Mr.. Bovine was instructed
not to open the burial grounds for the
intermsnt Of any person who at the
time of death. was not connected with
the county institutions at New Lisbon.
The Atlantic City hospital put in
claim for 1924 for care of some Burling-
ton county patients. The larger por-
tion of the bill was for the care of
man who was injured in a cunning
accident at Pineworth. Nobody in
authority under Burlington county
had ordered him taken to the institu-
ton 30 the bill was laid on the table.
County Auditor Worrell presented
his bond which was signed by himself,
William w. Worrell and Joseph B.
Fleetwood. 1t was approved.
Mr.. Delaney, of the road committee.
presented resolution petitioning the
United States to modify recent order
which prohibits the use OF open cars
for the carting OF crushed stone. Mr..
Ireland, who has the contract for fur
nishing the county with crushed stone,