The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1897-11-12
FIGURES AND FINANCE.
Freeholders Present Full Reports
Of County Business.


characterization in the Department of
County Roads-status of Bridge Appro-
priations-The Madison Bridge Trouble
settIed-Poor Citizens HeIped-Biis
Approved
Only the usual interest connected with
the reports of committees and the routine
county business characterized the No
yember session of the Board of Free
holders, held Wednesday.
The financial standing of the County
was reported as follows: balance report
ed last month, with receipts, $23, ,602 65,
expended $s2, ,S55.15, leaving balance
$747. 80. A balance of Sc, ,854,18 was re-
ported to the credit of the road fund,
$24, 1923, having been paid out during
the month. Chairman Milledge, in pre-
senting his report moved to transfer
s., 900, from Court expense account and
81 200 from that of incidentals, to the
election account to meet the bills for the
special amendment election, and trans
fer of $500, from incidentals to interest
and discount account to pay for discount
on note to meet bills of last regular
election; and he also urged the members
to make the bills for December as light
as possible owing to scarcity of funds
Mr.. Harvey for the Court House and
Jail Committee, reported % prisoners in
the county jail; 46 were added aud 46
discharged during the month. For the
Almshouse Committee Mr.. Norris re-
ported 85 at the home, having been
added and discharged during the
month. The health of the inmates for
October was reported by the County
Physician as exceptionally good" In
reporting election Mr.. TroxeII stated
that several bills had been returned to
election officers for correction, and re-
quested Freeholders to notify their con-
stituents to have their corrected bills
back to the committee by Thursday of
next week. The bills were ordered paid
when approved by the committee.
The report of Mr.. Hoagland for the
Road Committee showed a general ex-
animation of the roads of the county,
the acceptance of the final section in
Randolph township, and that fair pro-
gress was being made on the section let
out two months ago, save in the case of
the Mendham road section which would
not be built until spring, it being feared
that the work could not be completed
sAsfere had tNaat her Bids on the M aize
Mountain section of Jefferson Will be
opened on the 10th, and the committee
desire to have the road completed yet
this fall. It was also reported that
Messrs. Green & Company, contractors
for the Speedwell avenue section in
Morristown, had refunded to the COM
mittee $50 for the expense of properly
grading the crosswalk at the McAlpin
corner on that street. Attention was
drawn to the fact that only 5000 remained
of the appropriation for road repair and
members were cautioned to Ego slow" in
this direction, yet this did not deter Mr..
Budd Of Mt. Olive from asking for 5000
to repair roads in his township. After
some discussion the Road Committee
was instructed to investigate the need of
repair.
Upon the request Of Mr.. Hoagland,
Clerk Everett read statement of bal
ances to the credit of the several bridge
committees as follows: Boonton $846.86,
| Chatham $3.50. 80, Chester $500, Is, Dover
$775. 5.42, Hanover $758.70, Jefferson over
drawn $27195), Madison $890.42, Morris
Dl l4slO, D1OIIlSbOWu, ISL w dIQ, qts SAQ
Ward, $9S 38; 3rd Ward, $29S; 4th Ward,
$176; Mendham $1,286.30, Mt. Olive
$167.0 Montville $59663, Passaic $685.
II, Pequannoc 1928. 10, Randolph $797. 80,
Rockaway $376. 50, Washington $8763 81.
On motion of Major Dalrymple $500 was
/ transferred from the incidental account
to the bridge account of 1st Ward, Nor
ristown. On Mr.. Porter's motion $500
was transferred from the Boonton bridge
account to that of Rockaway.
For the Bridge Committee of Madison,
Mr.. Troxell reported that the committee
had conferred with the Madison Com
mon Council as instructed in regard to a
division of the expense of building
bridges or culverts; that the borough
authorities had declined the proposition
on the ground of legal right. The COM
mittee at its meeting had voted to build
the bridges and to proceed with the
Greenwood avenue bridge as reported at
the last meeting of the board as soon as
| the county voted funds for the purpose.
1t was stated that new bridge would
also have to be built at the corner of
Oak street and the Convent road in
Madison, and the committee had let con-
| tract for same to Mr.. Corby at $6.8 per
cubic yard, to cost in all about $400.
After paying for this, about $400 would
remain of the Madison appropriation
and as the Greenwood avenue bridge
would cost about 81 900, it was voted by
the board, on motion of Mr.. Troxell, to
transfer 5000 from the incidental fund to
! the Madison bridge account.
Outside support was granted to the
/ following persons on motion of respec-
/ tive Freeholders: John Blanchard,
Rockaway, 81 so per week; Mrs. Eph-
riam Davenport, Jefferson, $1.50 per
week; Mrs. NJ. Tuttle, Hanover, $1.50
per week.
Bills were approved by the several
committees and ordered paid as follows:
Finance, $945.13; court house and Jail,
$506.73; permanent improvement court
house and jail, $220.l5; salaries free
holders and officers, $1,604.90; miscel-
Ianeous, $27.97; soldiers tombstores,
$50; printing, $63 40; elections, $5,011.05;
roads, $4, ,424 so; road repair, 1857 .9S; sur
veying for State aid roads, $243. .89;
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