The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-05-07
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l a larger amount there must be a res
' luton to increase the sum. There W;
: not any objection to $3.50 extra beir
given Mr.. Watson and the matter W;
4 thought to be settled but it came u
later as will be noticed further on.
: A new deck was ordered to be place
b on Greenwood bridge, Pemberton, at
( cost not to exceed $500. The sam
thing was to apply to Indian Ru
f bridge in Pemberton township, an
3 Mr.. Davis said he thought he had su
+ ticient secondhand material to do til
work.
: The iron bridges between Jackson
vile and Hedding were ordered to b
| painted.
, Mr.. Russ called attention to the fac
that $4,000 of the bridge appropris
ton had been spent, and cautione
the members from going too fast wit
the money. That did not prevent an
plicatishs for one or two new bridges
but nothing was done in the matter.
Mr.. Ford resigned as a member o
the committee on Justice and Officers
He gave as reason his inability to reg
ularly attend the meetings. Directo
Joyce filled the vacancy by appointin,
Ralph Haines, of Tabernacle.
Lewis c. Evans presented a bill fo
damage to his property in Beverly
caused by overflow of water during
rains, the result of improper grading
Engineer Logan said he had looked
into this matter and could not sse
where the county could be held re,
sponsible and advised against pay.
ment
Bids for furnishing lumber for the
Lumberton bridge were read as follows.
John A. Kelly, Medford, white oak,
$48 per 1000 feet.
ID. G. Kalbach and Brother, Mount
Holly, merchantable white oak, $75
per thousand.
Joseph HI. Haines & Son, Medford.
long leaf yellow pine, $S0per thousand.
John B. Trick, Vincentown, long
leaf yellow pine, $S5 per thousand.
The contract was awarded to Kali
bach & Brother. Mr. Russ asked why
this action was taken in view of the
low bid of Kelly. Director Joyce re-
piled that the advertisement for bids
gave the Board the right to reject any
or all bids and that seemed to satisfy
Mr.. Russ. Private explanations given
later indicated that the proper action
had been taken.
The State Highway Commission ac-
knowledged receipt of a copy of the
resolution appropriating 200 for the
repairs on the Georgetown and Borden
town road and the commission said
the schedule would be revised and the
amount would be taken from the $685.
600 emergency fund allotted to this
county.
The State Department of Weights
and Measures sent communication
saying they had received a report of
the action of the Board on the ousting
of John b. Burtis and the reinstate
of Edward T. Haines as sealer of
weights and measures in this county.
The State Department said that it
would recognize Mr.. Haines as the
proper officer.
Bids for reinforced concrete bridge
over Pensauken creek between Cam
den and Burlington counties were call
ed for. The Easton Fireproofing Com
pany, of New York city, bid S27. $50
for trolley and highway bridge, and
$19, 800 for highway bridge.
Bids for concrete bridge on Park
road, Willingboro township, were open
ed. Medford Concrete Company bid
81, 300 and the Easton Fireproofing
Company wanted $7,7OO On motion
of Mr.. Venable both bids were rejected.
The state authorities sent approval
of the sewage plant that has been
built at the tuberculosis hospital at
New Lisbon.
The Delaware and Atlantic TeIe-
phone Company put in request for
public hearing on the subject of being
granted the privilege for fifty years of
opening the streets in Moorsstown and
laying conduits for it's wires.
Mr.. Russ did not approve of this
idea. He said there was not any need
of giving such long lease when the
work could be completed in two years.
This was not the first time this request
had been made and he was not favor
able to the company being allowed
such long time to do the work.
Mr.. LeConey said the law required
this length of time to be mentioned in
the request. This particular applica-
ton was to be for she benefit of Moores-
town. 1t was desired to get rid of the
poles that are now around the town
and to have the work all done before
the road Improvements now under
consideration are started.
A resolution was adopted granting a
public hearing on the subject on
June 5.
The subject of extra money for the
Pine street bridge was then taken up
and motion was adopted resembling
all former action and granting Mr..
Watson the sum of $3.50, to be taken
from the surplus fund and to be
charged to the contingency account
This put the matter in legal shape.
The bill for damages to a truck be
longing to firm that was hauling
furniture from Vineland to Trenton,
was brought up and the legal represen-
tative of the Ware brothers, owners Of
the truck, was allowed to speak. He
told of the truck being damaged by
imperfections in the road at the bridge
at Indian Mills He acknowledged
that the goods in the truck had been
moved Sc many times that it was not
absolutely certain they were damaged
at that time but that there was not
any doubt about the motor being in.
jured. The matter was referred TO the
solicitor,
The bid on the line bridge over Pen,
sauken creek was laid over. Camden
county does not seem inclined to helE
in the work and the matter will prob.
ably be carried into court to see if thai
county cannot be compelled to do it,
share.
Wonderful Spectacle "Intol-
erance"