Five Mile Beach weekly journal., 1921-07-22
FREEHOLDERS EXAMINE
STONE HARBOR BRIDGE
New Foundation Completed and
Accepted By County. Citizens
of That Resort Happy.
INTERESTING MATTERS AT
REGULAR MEETING

specting the new foundation of the
Stone Harbor bridge and attending
dinner at the Shelter Haven hotel.
Contractor Samuel Campbell has
about completed the work on the huge
concrete foundation in the thorough
fare which supports the vehicle and
railroad spans over the channel. This
bridge has been closed to railroad
traffic since the beginning of the war
and it was getting in bad shape. Last
fall, led by the Stone Harbor Board
of Trade, an effort was made to restore
Reading railroad travel into the re-
sort and have the bridge made safe
for traffic. Backed by the enterpris-
ing citizens of the borough an ar
rangement was made, between the
Freeholders, Stone Harbor Railroad
Co. and Reading railroad to have the
bridge and foundation rebuilt and this
work is now about complete and the
railroad is using same every day. The
Stone Harbor Railroad Co. now has
two large Mack auto buses on the
line running between Court House and
Stone Harbor, connecting with the
Reading railroad. These buses are
equipped with regular railroad trucks
and wheels to run on the regular
track.
For the benefit of the Freeholders
the bridge was raised and lowered
and seemed to work perfectly. After
the exhibition the gathering of about
SO persons, including Freeholders, Of
ficers and citizens adjourned to the
Shelter Haven hotel where a very ap-
petizing chicken dinner was served.
Samuel Campbell, of the Campbell
Construction Co., of B%ridgeton, who
was the contractor on the job, acted
as POSTMASTER and at the conclusion
of the dinner called on a number, in
Guiding Mayor Clarence A. Kraus, of
Stone Harbor; L. r. Lewis, president
of the Stone Harbor Railroad Co.; H.
H. Hawkins, a prominent Bridgeton
lumber dealer and builder; W. H.
Souder, a Stone Harbor summer resi-
dent; Director Camp; H. E. Gerhart,
president of the Stone Harbor Board
of Trade, and Solicitor Palmer M.
Way. Each one was loud in their
praise of the way Mr.. Campbell did his
work. Mr.. Campbell thanked the
Board for their cooperation in push
ing the work.
After dinner the members returned
to Court House and reconvened for the
afternoon session.
Mr.. DeBow asked that the purchas-
ing agent C some plank for use
in the Sea Isle City bridge. He was
informed that these planks had been
ordered and that they had just ar
rived Monday.
Mr.. Groves stated that the Corson's
Inlet bridge had not been opened for
a long time and asked that the bridge
be put in working order and the
bridge tenders services be dispensed
with until it is in shape. Mr.. Candy,
chairman of the bridge committee,
was asked to look into the matter and
report at the next meeting.
Plans and specifications were sub
mitted for the Encouragement of the
power equipment of the Ocean City
bridge, giving three different plans,
one for repairing the present equip
ment, one for running the power from
the city power system and one for
r~e-arranging the present system. The
matter was referred to the electrical
committee and engineer.
Road Supervisor McLinden reported
that the cement road at Erma has a
bad bump and also of complaints re-
ceived of heavy trucks running on
Central avenue, North wildwood, tear
ing the street up badly. The super
visor was instructed to repair the road
at Erma at a cost of not over 500, and
the matter of Central avenue was re-
ferred to the solicitor to see if a
rule could be made to make trucks
keep off Central venue and make
them use Pennsylvania avenue.
Mr.. Eldredge asked that the mate
rial offered recently by a concern for
covering gravel roads be used for COW
ering one mile of the Cape May Point
road. This is a new material and is
guaranteed to give an effect similar
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stated, it will make a first-class road.
He said they had about $4,000 in the
allotment for the Cape May Point road
and asked that a stretch of not less
than one mile nor over two and a half
miles, thirty feet wide, be covered at
this time. The company offered to
send a man down to oversee the
spreading of the material and road
labor will do the work.
When the time for bills came up,
some labor bills from Ocean City, just
turned in. that day, were held up, as
they were not in the hands of the
bill committee on time. The matter
of bills coming in late has been
brought up many times and late bills
are very confusing when turned in