The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-07-08

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county detective from the Zelley build
ing to the court house, the required
quarters to be provided by partitioning
the small jury room.
John B. Burtis, sealer of weights
and measures, made his report. AS he
has been doing this monthly without
any substantial gain being secured it
did not create any furry and the re-
port was handed to the clerk to file.
The roadway condition at Jobs
Creek bridge between New Gretna and
Tuckert IN was reported by the State
Highway Commission to be danger
Gus and it was suggested that a bad
turn in the road be cut out and that
new bridge be built when the pro-
posed state highway is laid out. The
expense will be $4,000 and it will be
divided between the county and the
state.
Eckford M. Watson, of Mount Holly,
and Alfred l. Davis resigned as men,
bers of the board OF managers of the
tuberculosis asylum at New Lisbon
and DR.. Elmer ID. Prickitt, of Mount
Holly, and DR.. David Baird, of Flor
ence, were named to fill the vacan-
eies.
Earl Dilatush, of Robbinsville, sent
letter enclosing a bill for $3.50, for
damage to his horse and wagon as we'll
as the driver Of the team, caused by
striking pile of stone at Mile Hollow.
DR.. Lejambre was on the job and said
he had looked into this matter. He
found there was a clear roadway of
sixty feet at the point of the alleged
accident and that there was not the
the stone. The bill was laid on the
table.
The plans for sewage plant at the
tuberculosis sanitarium have been APP
proved by the state authorities.
Some friction has arisen over the
failure of ]. S. Collins Sons Co, to~de-
liver lumber for the Delanco bridge.
The firm at first refused to sign the
original contract and it was modified
and then signed but the firm did not
file bond and without that paper the
contract would not be legal, so the
lumber has not been delivered. 1t was
ordered that the firm be given ten days
in which to comply with all legal re-
quirements and the event of their not
doing it the contract be Cancelled.
The United Gas improvement Com
pany presented bill for empty oil
drums which should have been return
ed to the corporation. 1t was disclos-
ed that there are number of drums in
various parts of the county that had
not been sent bsek owing to freight
restrictions. 1t was suggested that
members having these drums in their
possession get busy and return them
to their owners.
Then came the ever perplexing ques-
ton of the state of the treasury on the
bridge account. Freebooter Davis
wanted information because he has
bridge work that is being neglected on
account of his not being able to get an
intelligent idea of how much money
there is in that account. Howard
Russ, chairman of the finance COM
mittee, admitted that he was entirely
at sea on this q. .estion. Not long ago
he announced that there was balance
of $4,000. Later he discovered there
was mistake and that the balance
was only $4,000. A further revision of
the figures showed an overdraft of
81 100, but when the meeting conven-
ed on Wednesday there appeared to be
| S., 900 available. This condition was
according to report by accountant
John B. Tilton who had hurriedly
| looked over the books.
Mr.. Russ said he was not satisfied
with the report and he felt that the ac-
count was in a very much iumbled
condition. He said there ought to be
thorough audit made and he felt II
was up to auditor Worrell to furnish
facts and figures.
This brought the auditor to his feet
with protest that he did not feel thai
it was up to him to make out a report
for every committee of the Board. The
books were open for inspection and i
the finance committee was not capable
of giving an intelligent idea of hov
matters stood he did not think h,
should be held responsible. If thu
Board ordered him to get the report o
the finance committee in shape TO
each meeting he would do SO. Tn
matter stopped right there and if MI
Davis got his information it must hav
been given to him later.
James t. Dalrymple had filed
claim for damage done to his team b,
its running into stone pile, but SC
, licitor Peacock reported he had locke
: into the matter and he did not thin
the county could be held for the dam
age and that ended that matter.
AS had been published before tn
f State Highway Commission reporte
that it would make an allotment suff
cient to put the Browns MiIls-Lake
hurst road in good condition. Assul
ance was desired, however, that til
county will accept the road and keep
in order. A resolution agreeing to thi
proposition was adopted.
Plans and specifications will be pr
pared for bridge to be built at Pleas
antville in conjunction with Atlanti
county.
d Authority was given for survey f
e a proposed asphalt road from Burlini
e ton to the Masonic Home near tn;
city.
d Notice has been given that Floren,
il township will bear its share of the e
r pense of a new road from Florence
Florence station. This agreement res
20 upon the action of the county in bull
re ing the road.
>. North Hanover township presente
N request that the road from Cook
town to Jacobstown be accepted as
county highway. This was referred
the road committee.
County engineer Logan reported tn
- the channel of Assiscunck creek at Il
Broad street bridge, at Burlington, h
been dredged and he thought the m;
g. ter had been satisfactorily settled b
II the United States engineering depa