The Mount Holly news., 1919-11-18
Nearing the End

of the present Board was held on TueI
day but there was lack of life and nc
much business was done. The CON
mittees that should have met on tn
previous days to audit bills did not pu
in an appearance and claims tina
should have been settled on Tuesda-
were allowed to go over until the fina
meeting on the 18th of next montl
and with them went bills that failed T.
receive attention last month. 1t is re
ported that there will have to be con
siderable transferring from differen
+ accounts and the Board has been ad
vised that this action cannot occu
until after the first of next month
Therefor many bills will have to b,
considered at the next meeting.
One of the first things to take thu
attention of the members was the
proper way in which to ring out the
old, and somebody suggested that 9
farewell dinner would be just the thing
Peter Vandegrift, of Burlington, was
the man who originated the plan and
the other members were not slow in
falling into line, so dinner will be
given right after the last meeting in
December. Messrs. Vandegrift, Stout
and Watson were appointed commit
tee to look after the details and to pre-.
pare the subjects for toasts. The vale.
dictorian has not been chosen, but be
will probably be one of the members
who has had much experience in coun-
ty affairs and he will be expected to
give long talk on the troubles of the
past and those that confront the new
Board. The latter part of the subject
will be one which will allow a large
scope as it isa sure thing that the men
who are to take hold on the first Of
January will have task that will in.
volve more labor than the mere draw
ing of the monthly salary.
Aaron Mathis, of Bass River, who
has been laid up with a broken leg,
was present and was heartily greeted
by his fellow-members. This was the
first long trip Mr.. Mathis has taken
since his accident and he felt that he
could not keep away from his post OF
duty any longer.
When the subject of bills was brought
up ripple was caused by the presen-
tation OF claim from the County
Board of Elections for $500 for each Of
the members and 500 additional for
the secretary. This was more than
had been paid in the past and the
question arose as to what had caused
the increase. Nobody could answer
the question offhand but it was gener-
ally agreed to charge it to the high
cost of living. At any rate the Board
could not see any reason for allowing
the amounts asked for and a resolution
was adopted giving the members $175
each, with $50 for the secretary.
The solicitor was directed to notify
the Public Service Railway Company
that the space between and alongside
its tracks in Moorestown must be
paved in accordance with the resolu-
ton under which the original franchise
was granted. If the company does not
get busy on this work the county will
do it and present the bill to the trolley
people. 1t is very desirable to have
the streets of Moorestown in good
shape before winter sets in and the
county will not allow the trolley COM
pany to hold up the Improvements.
Solicitor Peacock reported tina. he
had made satisfactory settlement with
Howard Cobb for the damage done by
his tractor outfit on the road near
Chambers Corner. The owner of the
tractor said he did not know that there
had been any damage done until after
the last meeting of the Board. The
machine was in charge of an employe
who had not reported anything wrong.
The Model Concrete Company, of
New York, has brought suit to recover
for work done on bridge in Willing
boro township. This is the bridge that
engineer Logan had taken away from
the contractor and had it completed by
the county. The reason for this action
was that, on inspection of the work,
the engineer discovered that the con-
tractor was using inferior material in
and that the terms of the contract
were not being complied with. In
many places pieces OF wood had been
thrown into the concrete instead of
having that material solid as required.
1t is claimed by the contractor that an
employe was responsible for this disre.
gard of the contract.
The ever-perplexing subject of bills
next gave concern. There were any
amount of claims but not any extra
amount of cash on hand. The election
officers were paid as far as the surplus
in that account would allow, and all
Others were laid over until the finance
committee had a chance to carefully
consider the situation. That it has q
task before it is not denied and it is
quite likely that the members of the
new Board will have to hold prelim
mary meeting in order to discover
where they are going to stand next
year.
Specifications for a proposed stone
road from Burlington to the Masonic
Home were read and it was moved
that they be presented to the State
Highway Commission for approval.
Director Joyce was at first disposed to
rule the motion out of order because it
had been decided that no more roads
would be built this year, but when his
attention was called to the fact that
the resolution was merely preliminary
to getting the matter before the Com
mission for state assistance next year
he decided to let it 60 through. All re-
quests for allotments must be made
prior to the first of January.
Two bills for damage to automobiles
were presented. One was from J.
Wesley Clevenger, of Riverside, whose
machine went through a bridge where
a, plank was out. Mr.. Wilkins ex-
planned that this accident happened
after the absence of the plank had been
discovered and while man was on the
way to put up danger signal. Mr.,
wilkins did not think the county was
liable. The other case was that of
Granville Haines, Of Chesterfield.