The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1918-06-11
Bridge Account Low.

IL A<OoAA VI IL LIEU Ut I'll
court house, Wednesday, and it wa
thoughtEthere would not be much bus
mess to require attention, but whel
the subject that takes up grea
amout of time each month-that 0
bridges-was considered, it was founc
that there was urgent necessity fo
guarding the funds in that account.
/ Two bids were offered for rebuilding
the Willow bridge at Chairyille. One
was from the Medford Concrete Com
pany, $3.50, the other from the Easton
Fireproo6ng Corporation of New York,
Sll,390 The Medford Concrete Com.
pany was awarded the contract for the
| Willow bridge. An emergency had
arisen in the case of Stilwell's bridge,
near Chesterfield 1t was shown that
there must be something done in this
matter soon. Then the subject OF
finances was taken up and it was dis
covered that less than So, 900 remained
In the bridge account. AS more than
that sum had been voted for the vii.
low bridge the query naturally arose
where any more money was to come
from.
The law of 1918 allows bond issue
to provide for emergencies of this kind.
and it was decided TO act under this
statute. The sum fixed upon was &c.
600. This bond issue must be approved
by the United States Government be-
fore 1t can become available.
The bridge near Chesterfield is to be
built under the direction of the county
engineer and the'resident freeholder at
cost not to exceed $1,000 This work
will await the issue of bonds. With
nearly $4,000 for the Willow bridge and
$1,000 for Stilwells bridge, and a bal
ance of less than $1,000 in the bridge
account, it will be seen that the SIG, 900
decided upon will not leave any too
much for the rest of the year.
What is known as the ''cost-plus''
system was given considerable atten-
ton. Solicitor Peacock said there is
not any law allowing contracts to be
awarded under this system, although
many municipalities are doing it. En-
glneer Logan said contractors VIII not
bid under the old style and that the
county will sooner or later be compelled
to adopt the ''cost-plus' system. This
allows contractors to put in bids what
they will do work for In addition to
what the county appropria9es. Under
this system bids were received for a |
road at Edgewater Park, as |
follows: Easton Fireproofing Corpora
ton, $1,000; Utility Construction Com
pany, New Brunswick, 50, $50: Juniata
Company, Philadelphia. ten per cent.
These bids were referred to the road /
Bids had been advertised for repair
ing south Church street, Moorestown.
but there were not any responses. This
indicated that the statement of en-
sineer Logan that contractors would
not bid under the old style was correct.
Under the condition of the bridge
it was decided that be-
ore any new bridge work is consid-
cred the finance committee must be
in order to ascertain how
much might be counted upon for work.
The military authorities applied for
permission to close the Wrightstown
md Lewistown road, while it is to be
by the Government. The
desired permission was granted.
The public hearing on the applica-
ion of the Delaware and Atlantic Tel
,phone Company to have an ordi-
lance adopted granting the corpora
ion the privilege of using certain of
he county roads for fifty years for the
purpose of laying underground wires
vas taken up. The company wanted
20 do away with the overhead wires
and put them all under the ground.
This request was heartily endorsed by
the residents Of Moorestown, who would
gladly welcome the removal of the
overhead wires But the members of
the Board thought fifty years was too
ong to grant privilege of any charac-
ter that would give corporation control
Of the streets and roads. They were
willing to allow the privilege for two
years, but the company said it would
not pay them to go to the great ex-
pense that would be entailed in the in
tiatory work and which might be in
creased as other improvements Of a
ike character we're made necessary, so
The application was withdrawn.