The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-08-20

/ selling for SIS, with $E20 additiona
war tax. Each book is to be transfera
, bic and may be used for any number
of passengers at the same time. Trav
elers may present these books to con
ductors on trains if they wish, but ale
advised to have the mileage script ex
changed for tickets between points
where there are long and short routes
in order to gain advantage of the short
est distance and the lowest charge.
The new tickets will meet a need that
everyone but the railroad companies
have felt must eventually come.
Philadelphia papers, last week, had
notices that the railroad companies
bad issued orders that persons riding
on passes must give up their seats to
passengers who had bought tickets.
This rule was given out in this neigh
borhood some time since and has been
observed in most instances. On one
occasion, however, two gentlemen oc-
cupying the most uncomfortable seat
in the train were asked to let ladies sit
down. They had made the offer be-
the brakeman who was taking tickets
suggested the move, but the ladies had
said they preferred to stand rather
than take the seats offered. AT the
same time the brakeman passed two
persons occupying comfortable seats,
riding on passes, and did not suggest
vacating. Those who have the privi-
lege of riding on passes will willingly
give up to those who pay their fare,
but the latter should be made comfort
able. Few trains pass through Mount
Holly that are not crowded, and there
is not any effort to put on more cars to
take care of the overflow. Another in
stance where there might be an i'm
provement is that in which every car
seems to be smoking car. Especially
is this SO in the trains running to and
from Camp Dix. Ladies are compelled
to sit in cars where there are many
pipes, cigars and cigarettes making the
air foul, and sometimes the ladies
must sit beside some fellow with bad
smelling pipe or else stand. Another
case Of inconvenience is where one or
two passengers will turn over the seat
in front and pile baggage on it. 1t is
all right for the railroad company to
make rules for the comfort of its pas
sengers, but it would be more to the
point if strict orders were given that
the rules be strictly enforced and that
some of the nuisances be abolished.
The new-law requiring school houses
to be used as polling places does not
meet with much favor in large cities,
especially where it is claimed the loss
OF money from the state appropriation
on account of the enforced absence of
children would not be compensated by
the small amount saved to the state
by rent of buildings other than now
used. In Atlantic City the loss will be
"a, 300, while it costs only 500 to occu-
py the quarters now used. Section 10
says the county board of elections
shall select the polling places in each
election district in the county for |
which it was appointed. The clerk of
each municipality shall suggest. list
of polling places, but the county board |
shall not be obliged to take the poll
S0O Dstf
there was 'compulsion to follow the
statute it would not affect Burlington
county, as the law says the county
board of elections shall select school |
houses in any municipality having
over 10, 900 inhabitants, and there are
not any cities of that size in this coun-
ty. The law allowing the selection of
schoolhouses as polling places is mix
ture, as in fact the entire lot of laws
respecting elections, passed by the last
legislature, is. In one place it makes
it obligatory on municipal clerks to
make suggestions where the polls shall
be located, and then, in almost the
same paragraph says, Said county |
boards shall not be obliged to elect the
polling places so selected" Then the
law goes on and recites that county |
boards shall select the schoolhouse in
any municipality in said county hav-
ing population over 10000, whether
or not such schoolhouse is located with
in the district for which such polling |
place is established. and that more
than one polling place may be located
in the same schoolhouse. 1t will be
noticed the law says the board shall
select, and then it adds provided,
however" that the county board of
election may, in its discretion, select
polling place other than schoolhouse
when inconvenience might be caused |
voters by such selection. In one place |
it is made obligatory to choose a school
house, and then the privilege is given
of not making such choice if incon
venience is caused.
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