The Mount Holly news. [volume] (Mount Holly, Burlington Co., N.J.) 1891-1942, 1919-06-10

IOduS uIluSI LIE HlOJOr V6nlCIe Iun
v of the state for the year 1919 wer
! received at this office. 1t is noted tina
/, item No. IL on tbe schedule, the Med
i ford-Marlton county line road, onl
It carries an item of $4,000, presuma
d bly, for maintenance for the veal
t This road was included in the pro
e gram you submitted to the Stat
? Highway Commission for construction
$ this year under the law passed at tn
e last session of the legislature where
e by the counties might use portions O
: the state motor vehicle fund for tn,
retiring of bonds for road improve
} ment.
= 1t is noted that item No. of you
schedule covers the Mount Holly
: Moorestown proposed improvement t.
] the extent of $214,OO0 and that item
: No. p covers the Palmyra-Beverly
road to the extent of 100000, botE
these latter having also been included
| in the program for construction sub
mitted by you to the Highway Com
, mission.
, You are respectfully advised that
inasmuch as this schedule does not
agree with the program you submit
ted to the State Highway Commission
in April, the State Highway Commits
sion will be unable to approve your
schedule; therefore, no allotments
can be nade from the motor vehicle
fund for this year until you have pro-
vided for the Improvement this year
of the Medford- Marion county line
road as originally contemplated in
your schedule submitted in April. The
State Highway Department feels that
the time given to this matter by the
State Highway Commission was vast
ed if the commission is to receive no
{, more consideration than to have the
entire program changed about after
its approval to satisfy any Individual
dissatisfaction with it.
This was not very pleasant reading
and it ruffled the feelings of some of
the members, especially director Joyce,
who felt that he had not been treated
right in the matter of road building.
He called Alfred /. Davis to the chair
and took the floor in order that he
might make an explanation. He said
he was not at all pleased with the at
titude of several members of the Board
and was especially bitter toward the
road committee. He had been given
to understand that before any asphalt
road schedule was settled the Vincen-
town end of the Medford road was to
be given consideration, but when the
matter came up for business it was
plain to be seen that there had been
work done against him and he did not
entertain very high opinion of those
who would promise at one time and
then completely ignore the promise
later. He felt that many of the mem
bers were not fully aware of how thew
were voting, as the whole matter had
been kept under blanket out of his
sight and he did not have an oppor-
tunity to speak to other members on
the subject. Nobody seemed disposed
argue the matter and it was allowed to
rest on director Joyce's remarks.
Later on it was discovered that the
State Highway Commission had never
been notified that the Freeholders had
not rejected the Medford Camden
county line route, and had decided to
build over three miles on the Camden
county end and half mile on the
/ Vincentown end. 1t was thought il
this information was officially sent to
the Highway Commission there might
be change in the attitude of award
ing allotments for repairs. AT any rate
it is certain that there was much I'M
easiness caused by the condition of
affairs as it was plain to be seen that
unless the state department approves
the repair schedule work in this county
it cannot go on very much longer.
The United Paving Co., of PhiIadel-
phia, was the only bidder on the con-
struction of the road between Moores-
town and Camden and the contract
Il,
subject to approval by the state
officials.
The road committee was authorized
to advertise for bids for an additional
automobile truck, at cost not to ex-
coed $4,000.
/ Several calls were made for report
from the finance committee in order
that the members might know just
where they stood. Mr.. Davis insisted
upon report signed by every member
of the committee. He had reached the
conclusion that this committee is a
one-man affair and he wanted to have
it clearly shown that each member was
in position to give definite informa-
ton. He did not want any more mis-
takes like that made at a previous
meeting when it was reportedi that the
bridge committee had $4,000 in its
possession, only to discover later that
this amount had been wiped out by
some old Dotes.
Mr.. Russ, chairman of the commit
tee, started to read from some notes
that had been given him by Mr.. Cliff
ton, member uf the committee, but
| the director said he would not receive
any report unless it was signed by the
entire committee. This required con-
ference between the finance committee
and the auditor, and Mr.. Delaney sat
with the committee for the first time
He claimed he had never been notified
by the chairman of any of the meet
ings. Before adjournment a report
was rendered and each member was
acquainted with the balances in the
various accounts. Hereafter the
finance committee will be expected to
render monthly reports.
The following bids were received on
furnishing planking and other lumber
for repairing the Centerton drawbridge:
]. S. Collins & Son, Inc, Moorestown,
81, 948.59; Joseph II. Haines & Sons,
Medford, immediate delivery, 50, 854.75,
eight weeks delivery, $2,4l7.lO; Law
son & MacMnrray, Hoboken, 50, $50 %;
c. B. Coles & Sons Co., $2,014.68. G.
w. A. French, Mount Holly, also sub
mitted bid giving prices per thous-
and feet of lumber needed. The con
tract was awarded to Collins
Construction of wooden bridge at
Chairville: Cannon & Cannon, Allen
town, Pa, $4,000; Louis Selling.
New York, 81, 419; Delanco Shipbuild-
ing Co., $3.50. The contract was
awarded to Selling.
| Repairing ana making addlClonS TO
the sewage disposal plant at the county
asylum: Medford Concrete CO., $4, 295;
E. c. Worrell, Moorestown, $5,6S9; J.
S. Rogers Co., MoorestoYn, $4,000;
Cannon & Cannon, $1,000. No con-
tract was awarded, the lowest bid be-
ing in excess of the amount appropri
ated for the work.
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1 The CITY commissioners have noti-