The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1898-07-15
SAFYER at Santiago All Eastern Cuba and $4,000 prisoners war;
NORRIS COUNTY BRIDGES
Freeholders Award Contract to
Light Madison Avenue.

Progress of Road Work in the County
Trap Rock Contract enthusiastically
Lamps for the Madison Road-High Bids
on New Bridges Rejected-Final Awards
Reports of Committees.
Interest in Wednesdays monthly ses-
sion of the Freeholders centered about
bridge contracts and the lighting of the
Madison avenue road. A Communica-
ton from E. N. Dalgain of Butler asked
payment of $3.50 as damages to his prop
erty by the cutting down of the road
before his building, and the bill was
ordered paid.
Reports of the respective committees
showed 9S inmates at the County Aims
house, 72 at Children's Home and 80
prisoners at the county Jail. One death
was reported at the Almshouse during
the month Of June.
County Engineer Kings monthly re-
port showed road work progressing in
Passaic, Chatham and Morris townships.
The Chester road, from the crossroads to
the Mendham township line, will be
finished in another month, and the road
from Dover to Berkshire is completed.
Nearly every township had been visited
during the past month, and the meetings
of the Hanover and Dover and Port Gram
bridge committees had been attended by
the engineer, and in each case the build
ing of new bridges was advised.
The Road Committee recommended
the release and return of the bond of
Osborne & Marcellis on the road from
Morris Plains to Mt. Tabor, the road
being practically ready for acceptance,
with $500 yet held by the county; also
the acceptance for macadamizing of the
State aid road at Long Hill, and that
plans and specifications be made of the
same, which were concurred in on vote
of the Board. -Four bills of A. Fl. Lynch
& Co. for material. amounting to about
So 900, were presented for payment
signed by only two of the five members
Of the committee. The fact developed
that Messrs. Lynch & Co. had been given
contract to furnish all trap rock used
on county roads for period of five years.
and this time limit was objected to by
three members of the committee. Coun-
sellor Quayle explained that the law
fixed no time limit to award Of such a
contract and that without it's insertion
the parties might furnish stone in
definitely. The former Road Committee
believing that all county roads would be
completed in five years, fixed the time
named. On motion of Chairman Hoag-
land the bills were ordered paid, Messrs.
Bowman, Cook, Fancher, Kimball and
Smith voting in the negative. On rec
ommendation of Road Inspector NAL
ley the following amounts were voted
for road repair; $3.50 for sections three
and four il Randolph; $3.50 for Second
Ward, Morristown; 800 for Washington
township.
Work will be resumed on the Mendham
township road in ten days.
Maj. Dalrymple raised the subject Of
the lighting of Madison avenue between
the limits of Madison and Morristown,
which has been before the Board by
petition for more than year, and offered
a resolution authorizing contract with
the Morristown Gas Light Company for
twenty lamps at $s5 each per year, which
after discussion and rather severe
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