The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1903-04-10
COUNTY SoL0NS.
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said Mr.. Mclean "for the past two
years has amounted to 8130,354, and
the county has received from all
sources S96, 967. The petitioners along
the roads owe us SO, 566 and State of
New Jersey $7,977. This deficit was
no doubt caused principally by work
on the Mt. Freedom road and by reaS-
on of some of the excuses of cost over
the estimates and on account of the
number of cuts and fills on the roads,
carried out under the State road COM
missioner, and over which the free
holders had no control" The collector
further stated that motion would be
in order to have renewals made for
notes falling in the next few days.
Mr.. Mills thought $1,000 could be
taken from the jail committee to cut
down this amount
Mr.. Cook then remarked that the
county collector had acknowledged an
Indebtedness of over $4,000, but he
could not tell how many more bills
against the county would come in to
increase the amount and consequently
he thought the matter of awarding the
contracts should be laid over for
month, in order to know where the
board stood.
Freebooter Hoagland interrupted by
saying he didn't see how the board
will know any more at the next meet
ing than now. County Counsel Quayle
when asked his opinion in regard to
the matter of wiping out the indebt-
edness without saddling it on the new
board said: Under the new law Just
signed by the governor, the county
could raise for road purposes alone
one half of one per cent. ON county
ratables which would he thought,
amount to over $4,000, and if they
did this, they would have plenty of
lee-way to ripe out the debt.
Mr.. Cook then moved the entire
matter be laid over until next week
This motion was lost and the motion to
award the contracts was renewed and
carried.
Major Dalrymple then stated that
the renewal notes were 50, 500, S7,977,
S15, S43.54 respectively, and moved the
county collector be authorized to re-
new them.
Mr.. Mills moved that SIS, 200 from the
court house and jail be transferred and
paid on the renewal notes, but the
former motion was carried, Mr.. Mills
being the only one voting against it.
A motion was then made and carried
that the county collector be author
lied to make any transfers to balance
up his books for the year.
Under the head of bridges, Free
holder Post said that he wanted some
advice about the Mountain View
bridge, which was now b years old,
and would some day have to be rebuilt.
II understand, said Mr.. Post, "the
Passaic freeholders will build this
bridge if we adopt certain plans"
He asked what Mr.. Hoagland, who
was on the old committee had to say
about it. to which Mr.. Hoagland re-
piled, he believed the Morris county
freeholders were right in insisting on
submitting their own plans. "We met
with the Passaic committee, said Mr..
Hoagland, "when the contracts for the
improvements to the bridge were
awarded and secured it because we had
one more vote than they did"
Freeholders Mills asked how they
had one more vote than the Passaic
committee.
Mr.. Hoagland, "Why, we took one
more man along than they had"
Mr.. Mills, '"Then Imove we take the
whole board down.
On motion the board adjourned until
the first Wednesday in May.