The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-04-09
Board Of Ereehnlders


which they talked long on the que
J ton. 1t was finally decided that ther
J must be an election for a sealer {
weights and measures and when til
, Board was called to order Edward ]
Haines, who has been i'm again ant
out again" was nominated and elected
The Democrats refused to vote. The
claimed that there were two reason
why the present situation should nc
be disturbed. One was that the Cour
of Errors and Appeals is still holdin
the matter under Amusement, and tn
other was that writ of certiorari ha,
been granted to stay the ousting @
Burtis until the 10th of the presen
month when Justice Kalisch will hea
the matter.
After Haines had been elected a reso
luton was adopted directing Mr.. Bur
It's to return to Haines the pharapher
MALTA that had been taken from tn,
latter by Sheriff Haines. 1t may re
quire an extra order of the same kline
to get the machinery back to the mar
recently elected. The whole affair is
in tangle and it is problem how il
will be settled.
This subject out of the way business
proceeded along the regular lines. A
resolution was offered that hereafter
the salaries of the county officials be
printed in the monthly report in a
lump sum. Heretofore these salaries
have been itemized, giving the amount
paid to each attache of the county Of
fees. This was considered to be a USE
less expense as it costs 10 cents a line
for each insertion and the resolution to
omit this feature in the future was
unanimously adopted.
South Church street, Moorestown,
was reported to be in need of recon-
struction and the county engineer was
directed to prepare plans and specifica-
tions for the work.
The bridge at Lumberton is to have
new deck and is to be given a new
coat OF paint.
The county engineer was directed to
advertise for bids for rebuilding a
bridge on the Park road, near, Ran
cocas.
The State Highway Commission sent
a communication calling attention to
the failure of the Board to make ap-
preparation for repairs to the George
town and Bordentown road County
engineer Logan said he thought it was
generally understood that the state
was going to take care of this work.
A statement was made that Governor
Edge was Of the opinion that this
county is not doing what it ought to.
Thomas ]. Barrett, who is very much
interested whenever the question of
roads is mentioned, wanted action TAX
en- at once on this subject. He called
to the deplorable condition
of the road in question. He said the
money expended by the state for build
ing a road between Georgetown and
would be wasted if the
road was not extended to Bordentown.
1t was decided to appropriate $1,000
for this piece OF road.
The pay for double teams employed
on county work was increased to 81
per day, and farmers are to be notified
that they cannot extend their cultiva-
ton to county roads.
Permission was granted to the
Wrightstown Sewerage Company to
open the county, roads at Wrightstown
as far as may be necessary to aid the
work of putting in good sewer sys
tenn, the borough to file a bond for
50, 500 to guarantee the proper replace
ment of the roads.
Bids were received on bridge and
road work as follows:
Second section Of Pemberton and
Lewistown concrete road-Utility Con-
Co., New Brunswick, $49,-
O05.40; James ]. Barrett, Trenton,
$50, 5OO4S. Contract awarded to lower
bidder, subject to approval by the
State Highway Commission.
Concrete road from Edgewarter Park
to Beverly.-Utility Construction Co.,
sic, 37S.5S. Bid rejected.
Reinforced concrete deck bridge
over Cedar run, Mill Street, Vincen-
Co., Philadelphia, ST.
977 Medford Concrete Co., $3.50 !;
Easton Fire-proofng Corporation, New
York, s12,O35; Frank Cannon, Allen
town. Pa, $14,5OO. Contract to Juniata
Co.
Reinforced concrete deck bridge
over mill race, Mill street, Vincsn-
Concrete Co., S3,170;
Juniata Co., $3.50; Easton Corpora
ton, s5,110; Frank Cannon, $500.
Contract to Medford Concrete Co.
There Swere no bids on rebuilding
the Willow bridge, on the road from
to Chairville, with reinforced
Eighty feet of concrete wing walls
at Haines' run, Medford. = Medford
Concrete Co., SO. 120; Clark & Johnson,
Somers Point, N. j., $4,000; Easton
Corporation, $6,929. Contract to Med
ford Concrete Co.
Concrete retaining walls at Haines-
port.-Medford Concrete Co., $4,000.
Bid rejected.
Reinforced concrete bridge over
Swedes run, near Bridgeboro.-Med
ford Concrete Co., S6,44O; Easton Cor
poration, $685.. Bids rejected and
resident freeholder authorized to spend
81, 900 on repairs.
There were no bids on building a
timber pile trestle bridge at Chester
field. Resident freeholder authorized
to spend 81, 900 on repairs.
Repairing and extending bridge at
Midtown, on road from Moorestown
to Bridgeboro. = Easton Corporation,
$6,720. Bid rejected.