The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-04-19
APRIL MEETING
OF FREEHOLDERS
Bridge Building Delayed, Road
Money is Not Coming IN
Very Fast.
TRAP ROCK CASE APPEALED

The board of freeholderS met on
Wednesday with all the members
present. A letter from J. A. Rude,
of Butler asked the board to attend
to repairs to a bridge near his house,
to which attention had been called
before.
A communication from Counsel
Runyon stated that the trap rock con-
test case had been carried up on writ
of error taken by the Middle Valley
Trap Rock Co. and will probably be
argued at the June term of court.
Road Commissioner Budd called at
tention to the failure of the Govern
or to sign the road bill passed by the
legislature.
The court house and Jail committee
reported the following statistics: in
Jail at last report, 81 admitted, 30;
discharged, "a; remaining, %. The
Jail physician made seven visits to the
jail One insane prisoner was trans
ferred to the State Hospital.
The aims house committed reported
70 in the house and 63 in the children's
home on March l. Transfers of $41.3l
from court expenses, and about 300
from permanent improvements of the
aims house to current expenses of the
aims house were ordered. . n
The finance committee presented
The following report of Collector Nc
Lean receipts including balance, $780,
1864; disbursements. 1877, 1876; bal
ance, 81, 948.O8. Transfers recommend
ed were: court expenses to lunacy,
Sl63O1; election to incidentals, S56623;
elections to discounts, $472.45.
The insurance and miscellaneous
committee requested transfers from
court expenses as follows: to freehold
els salaries, 5000; to officers salaries,
81, 600.
A transfer of $40 from incidentals to
Passaic Valley road account was or
dered to rectify mistake in the
totaling of the pro rata among petit
TONERS for that road. 1t was SO ordered.
Freeholder Schoneberger reported
bills aggregating $553.91, which he
said were the Pequannoc bills held
up for some months. They were Or
dered paid and the freebooter said
the state would contribute the pro
rata. The bills resulted from the
fioed of last. autumn, when several
Pequannoc bridges were washed away.
On recommendation of the commit
tee a deficiency note of $4,000 was Or
sdered executed, to cover the money
due from the state, but unpaid as
yet. The petitioners have paid S5,716
on the petitioners note during the
year, and note of $3.50 was ordered
discounted to cover the balance.
Freeholder Kinney wanted time
set to pay the Randolph money. He
said the township had agreed to pay
the amount, but at present is nearly
bankrupt.
Transfers of $1,000 from bridges,
81, 16O from road repairs and $1,000
from court expenses to state aid roads
were ordered to save the necessity of
deficiency note.
The ten per cent. due this year from
state aid petitioners was ordered col
lected at once.
Transfers of $170.84 from court ex-
penses and $250.65 from elections to
advertising and printing were ordered.
The damage committee reported
claims under consideration but no
bills to report.
The fox bills for the month aggre-
gated $3.50.
Freebooter Post reported the new
Pompton river bridge on the cars, but
nothing done by the Cyclopian Iron
Works on the abutments. Six bridges
are under way in the township, and
the people are getting FESTIVE. The
counsel was ordered to hasten the con-
tractors.
The bridge contracts for structure
over Harvey brook to cost in all $3.50
were ratified.
Freeholder Cook reported the fall of
the Monroe bridge and secured author
ity to award the contract for an
amount not to exceed 81, 900.
The Pequannoc bridge committee
was authorized to spend $500 extra for
that township. A note of $4,000 was
ordered discounted to cover emergency
expenditures. Collector Mclean re-
ported that the total expenditures
aggregated S13,854. and $4,7OO was
added on Wednesday. He expected
that $500 of the regular fund will be
available, so that the notes will ag-
gregate $4,000.
Freebooter Mills was authorized to
spend 1922 for small bridge on the
Lake road, 1886 was ordered spent on
the Union street bridge in Dover.