The Morris County chronicle., 1904-07-19
FEAR AUTO OF
FOUR TONS
Powder Conveyance Is Toe
Heavy. Madison Avenue
Drainage Discussed.
FREEH0LDERS TALK TROLLEY

The board Of freenOiueIS met VI
wednesday. A letter from Judge Al-
fred Elmer Mills suggested that the
county might save money by careful
investigation Of the county charges
now ii the State Hospital He said
that he had come to that conclusion
from the cases brought before him as
irdqe. and suggested a book with a
page for each inmate. The letter was
referred to the lunacy committee and
the committee was authorized TO SET
cure a book such as the judge sug-
gested.
Aletter from Mrs. Bntterworth IN
reference to the Mt. Freedom road
and a bridge over the Whippany River
was referred to the Morris bridge eoln
mittee.
An application from the Chester
township committee for rail near
Milltown was referred to the Chester
bridge committee.
The finance committee presented
the following report Of the county
collector receipts including balance,
$43,35I.07 disbursements, 1873, 450oF
balance, s9,9o1os.
The court house and jail COMMITTEES
reported III jail At last report, 2S adj
mitted, s6; discharged 30 remaining;
20. Bills included $50 for the I'M
proyements to the snrrogate's Office
The aims house committee reported
u in the aims house and So in the
cflildrcn's home on July first The
latter committee was authorized to
let contract for new shed to be
erected In the rear of the aims house
barn to cost about 5000. The commit
tee also announced that hereafter the
committee will pay no bills for goods
ordered for outside support unless Or
dered BY the committee.
The lunacy committee reported the
quarterly visit to the hospital at Nor
ris Plains, where they found 50 males
and SIS females chargeable to the coun-
ty. The quarterly bill amounted to
s5,2l6.53. The miscellaneous commit
tee had another batch Of bills for fox
bounties amounting to $3.50.
The road committee reported that
the Mt. Freedom and sfontyille roads
are progressing nicely. The Mt.
Freedom cut, has been carried on
about 300 feet and the contractors are
grading eighteen feet a day. The
work is nearing completion. At Mont
willie the Lookout crossing is finished
and the macadam up to the approach.
The other crossing will be finished by
the next meeting.
On recommendation of the damage
committee the bill Of Pruden Il Burke
for s290.3l for damages to wagon and
team by the caving in OF the Monroe
bridge, was ordered paid
1t was reported that the Forcite
Powder Co. has a large auto van,
weighing four tons and often carrying
load Of nearly ten tons Of powder,
which the company runs over the
bridge at Landing The capacity Of
the bridge is twelve tons and the
Director feared that if the bridge hap
pened to go down under a load of pow
der there would certainly be trouble.
"A resolution was adopted instructing
the county engineer to inspect and re-
port on all bridges Insufficient to
carry the loads which are being hauled
over them, and the name of the person
overlooking the bridge and instruct
ing the Director to take necessary ac-
tion to project the county from any
damage.
A resolution offered by Freeholder
Smith and adopted permits the Morris
County Traction Co. to remove bank
of earth in front Of its property in
Rockaway township, at its own ex-
pense.
E. A. Day addressed the board rela-
tive to the drainage of surface water
on Madison avenue. Some years ago
he said a pipe was laid across part Of
his land for the Madison avenue water.
This for some reason is not sufficient
for the present flow Of water, with the
result that a great streams is thrown
across the Thomas, Taylor and Mellon
properties, cutting of the Thomas
stable from the house and rendering it
very damp. Surveys have been made
of the brook running from that section
and their engineer thought that the
solution Of the difficulty would be the
laying Of a twenty four inch drain
across the Randolph tract a distance Of
about 5000 feet. The property owners
are quite willing that such drain
shall cross their properties, but the
matter IS up to the county The case
he said is similar to that Of Miller YER
sus Morristown. He asked that a
committee be appointed to look into
THE matter. The Director appointed
the Road Committee with engineer,
counsel and road supervisor as such a
committee
Ex-Judge W. ~ Cutter for the Nor
ris County Traction Co. presented
atlidavits Of r. n. Neiehbor as to the
filing Of consents along the line of the