The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1904-10-18
DERS
TALK OVER
Certain County Matters. Pay
Ing Some Attention to the
Roads and Bridges
FREEHOLDERS PHOTOGRAPHED

FREEHOLDERS PHOTOGRAPHED
The regular meeting Of the Board Of
Freeholders was held on Wednesday.
Al letter from II. Fl. Hutchings, Of Madl-
son, complained Of the flowing Of street
water On his premises and asked relief
The matter was referred to the Madi-
son bridge committee.
The Jersey City Water Supply Com
pany asked permission to lay two Wit
rited tile pipes across the Pine Brook
road near Parsippany This request
was referredsto the road committee.
The Aims House Committee report
ed dominates in the .poorhouse and 67
wards Of the county III the Children's
Home. There were 40 prisoners ia the
County Jail Jon October /. Bills for
permanent improvement of the Court
House amounted to $474.99.
The Lunacy Committee reported bill
Of Morris Plains Hospital, amounting
| to s5,567
The Road Committee reported that
the Montville road is progressing sat
isfactorily except under the new rail-
road culvert, but thought the work
would be finished this fall The Mt
Freedom road is not making the pro-
gress hoped for, but is being pushed
faster. Asnote Of $4,000 was ordered
discounted Id participation Of State
Aid money to come, the county State
Aid fundsbeing about exhausted.
The Damage Committee reported
progress in the matter of the claim Of
Patrick Pillion for damages. A new
case was referredg.to the committee.
JosephA Bloom asked damages for a
horse left united near the Horse Neck
bridge. The horse ran away and went
off the bridge, which is now undergo
| ing reconstruction Bloom declared
that the bridge was not properly bar
ricaded, and asked for 800,
Freebooter LOCKER asked that con-
tracts be executed for new bridge
over fuckers brook, near Butler, to
James Ringlieb at 45o per yard. Tie
also stated that two canal bridges at
Lincoln Park are in bad shape He
was allowed $500 to build the bridge
and make the necessary repairs.
| Freebooter LOCKER also presented a
bill from f. r. Long Il Co., bridge
builders, for one half of 800 for dam
ages alleged TO have been sustained by
them by reason OF the freeholders or
dering work stopped on a two-county
bridge for which they had the con-
tract. The bill was referred to the
Damage Committee, engineer and coun-
sell
Freebooter Ringlieb reported that
the contract had been let for 1896 for
lrepainting the big Boonton bridge.
While on bridge matters Freebooter
Cook asked that the contract between
the county and the Jersey City Water
Supply Company be read. The con-
tract was produced and Mr. Cook read
the provisions relative to changes in
the bridge. He said the piers had been
cased and one span raised, but the
roadway had not been changed as the
contract called for, nor to the satisfac-
ton Of the County Engineer, as re-
quired. Engineer King was asked If.
he was satisfied with the work, and
replied that he was not The Board
BY vote directed the committee to see
that the provisions OF the contract
are carried out.
J .. Edwards, Of the Water Com
pany, stated after the meeting that
the company would fight before they
would make the change asked BY the
ffeeh0lders
Photographs Of the Freeholders and
guests gathered at the recent clam
bake were distributed to the Free
holders