The Mount Holly news., 1919-04-08
Improved Roads Considered

the improving of roads in this county,
something that has been prayed fol-
many times during the last year.
Through the efforts of Senator Wells a
bill was put through the legislature
empowering the Board of Freeholders
to finance the proposition, and on We'd
nesday county engineer Logan pre-
sented plans which provide for the re-
construction of many of the principal
reads N the county. 1t is intended to
reconstruct roads with sheeb asphalt.
One. road will be from Mount Holly to
where the new road from Merchantville
to Moorestown ends. This will give a
good road TO Camden and that CITY
will improve its roadway so that there
will be fine thoroughfare from here
10 the Camden ferries. The river road
from Burlington to Palmyra and the
road from Medford through Marlton to
the Camden county line will also be
given attention and these improve
ments will be such as to be of great
benefit TO all.
The Freeholders were unanimous in
agreeing to the improving of the roads
as suggested and all that is now need.
ed is the approval of the plans by the
state highway commission. Then bids
will be advertised for and work will be-
gin in earnest
Contracts we're awarded for resurtac-
ing roads as follows: Moorestown and
Riverton road, Moorestown and Ewes
boro road and Burlington and Camden
pike. to Walter S. French, of Moores-
town; Burlington and Columbus road,
Bordentown and Crosswicl1s creek
road, and Bordentown and Georgetown
road to Ross & WheIan, of Trenton.
Plans and specifications for the inn
provement of the roads from Vincen-
town to Earl's Corner, were approved
1t was discovered that the state high
way department had never approved
the plans and specifications for the
road from Burlington to Florence and
it was ordered that new bids be adver
tised for.
Chester township offered to contrib
ute $3.50 toward the improvement of
Church street. in Moorestown, and the
matter was referred to the road COM
mittee.
Bids from three companies to fur
nish broken stone were rejected
George Bakeley, OF Vincentown, pre-
sented bill for $50 for handling and
repairing truck belonging to Alfred
Bovine, which was damaged on county
roads, was laid on the table.
Bridge work was awarded as follows:
Repairing and extending bridge at
Milltown, to c, w. Mathis & Co., Sea
side Park, $3,25O Only other bidder,
Whitaker & Deal, Harrisburg, $3,475.
Repairing Mill creek bridge on Ran
cocas and Beverly road, to Whitaker &
Deal, S1,354. Only other bidder, Model
Concrete Co., New York, 81, 1857. Math-
is & Co. had a bid in, but withdrew
it before being opened
Wood block decks on Hainesport
and Delanco drawbridges, to Standard
Engineering Co., Toledo, Ohio Haines-
port, $2,261; Delanco, $4,779.
Whitaker & Deal were close bidders
on both jobs, 50, 436 on Hainesport and
S4 1874 on Delanco. The Model Con.
crete Co. was the high bidder on the
Hainesport work.
On constructing a reinforced con-
crete encased | beam deck at Ashby's
bridge, between Hedding and Bustle-
ton, the Model Concrete Co. was the
only bidder, $2,l75, after the Medford
Concrete Co. had withdrawn on ac-
count Of slight informality in pre-
pairing its proposal. No contract was
awarded and new bids are to be asked |
for
There were no bids on the construc-
ton of surface water inlet at Maple |
Shade.
1t was ordered that bids be requested
on the following work: New bridge at
River, after approval Of plans
and specifications by government as to
clearance; concrete retain
ing wall ineplace of wooden bulkhead
at Smithville bridge, concrete deck on
bridge on road from Fostertown to
Kirby's Mills and new concrete super
structure on bridge No. 20 at Birming-
ham. Repairs not to exceed $500 in
cost were authorized for bridge No. 1859
at Birmingham.
Mr.. Russ, of the finance committee,
felt it his duty to call the attention of
The members to the way in which they
had been spending the money in the
bridge account, telling them that only
s12, 103 remained on that account after
the days bills had been paid.
The resolution authorizing the pur-
chase of the Evan lumber yard was
and new one was intro
iuced to buy the Mullen property on
Charles street for $1,000.
The Browns Mills Electric Light
Company was granted permission to
put poles and wires along the county
road between Browns Mills and Penn
berton for the purpose of supplying
the latter place with electric current.
A ray of sunshine drifted in when
the members were told that they were
entitled to charge So per day for their
dating from the first of Feb
ruary.
The manner in which the insane |
asylum is being conducted was highly |
praised by the state Board of Charities,
whose representatives had recently in
spected the institution.
Burlington city came up again with
its desire to have the roadway on High
street improved. Engineer Logan was
instructed to act with the city engineer
and ascertain the probable cost of the
sought.
The county farm agent and Miss
Dodge, of the Z. w. c. A.. asked for
an appropriation of 5000 te aid in the
constructive work in the development
of boys and girls clubs in the county,
but solicitor Peacock decided that it
would not be legal to make such an
appropriation and the matter was
dropped.
Y. M. G. A. Notes.
State Secretary, Robert C. Shoe
maker is holding a special training
conference for county secretaries at