The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-02-14
.COUN NTY'S COST
For Snow Bills Arising From
Recent Blizzard Amount
to Sl,13S.91.
STATE AID IMPROVEMENTS,

The board of freeholders met on
Wednesday with all the members pres
ent. Two petitions were read for
State Aid Road Improvements. One
was for the road from the Long
Hill road to Davison's bridge in Pas
sale township the other for road in
Pequannoc and Montville townships,
running from Main street, Butler, to
the Boonton road. In both cases all
the abutting property owners signed
the petitions and both were referred
to the road committee.
Counsel Runyon reported that he
had collected S364,79 from the estate
Of Jane f. Griswold, formerly an in
digent patient at the State Hospital
at Morris Plains.
A resolution by the township com
mittee, Of Chatham was read, the
township agreeing to assume all the
ten per cent levied on abutting pro-
perties for roads built in Chatham
township.
A communicable from the Union
County Board of Freeholders stated
that the board approved the resolu-
tion in regard to the care of State Aid
Roads adopted by the Morris County
Board some time ago.
The road committee reported the
roads which they had decided will be
improved during the coming summer
provided the State Commissioner ap-
proves. They are as follows Han
over township road from Morris Plains
station to the road beyond the
McAlpin place on the way to Boonton
I2.05 miles; Passaic township road to
New Vernon, loo miles completing
the road from Morristown to New
Vernon village; Chatham township,
the road from Green Village to the
Madison line, 1.44 miles; Rockaway
township road from Denville to Pow
erville, LOS miles: Mendham township
road, flag pole to railroad station, O.75
miles Roxbury township, Sussex
turnpike, O.75 miles, q total of 7.l9
miles. The board adopted the report
in a general motion starting the work
of State approval, etc.
The committee also produced snow
bills of 81, 1891 caused by the recent
blizzard. After a consultation the
collector was authorized to make'such
transfers as are necessary to pay the
bills. Later he stated that the only
account from which the money could
be quickly obtained is the current
bridge fund and the drain for the
snow removal will exhaust that fund
leaving nothing for bridge work ex-
cept emergency requirements
The court house and Jail committee
presented the following statistics: In
Jail at last report, "a; admitted, az;
discharged, 25; remaining, 21.
There were admissions and 5 dis
charges from the aims house during
January leaving II there on the first
of the month and eighty inmates of
the children's home, county charges
Fox bounties aggregated sI05, an
exceptionally large amount. The
largest item was a bill of Sl5 for five
foxes by one man closely followed by
two bills for Sl2 the other bills being
for one two or three foxes.
Freeholder johnson of the finance
committee reported bill Of Sheriff
Ryerson for $3.50 for expenses incident
to preparations for the execution Of
Frank Bectsa. He said that the COM
mittee deemed the bill excessive and
would not approve it. Freeholder
Moller moved that the report be con-
CURED in. After a conference Mr..
johnson said the committee wanted
the board as a whole to act on the
bill without Recommendation from the
committee and Freeholder Moller
Withdrew his motion.
Freeholder Schoneberger objected
to such action and said he felt that
the Sheriff was entitled to compen-
sation and the amount of the bill was
not out of the way.
Freeholder Mills objected, saying
that the committee should take some
responsibility. This brought Free
holder LOCKER Of the committee to his
feet with the statement that the com
mittee did not want to pay the bill.
Freeholder Schoneberger moved that
the bill be paid. Freeholder Moller
moved that il be not paid The for
mer motion was put and lost.
Freeholder Burchell moved that the
finance committee confer with the
Sheriff and pay what they thought
just, but that did not suit
Then Freeholder Mills moved that
the committee confer with the Sheriff
and report at the next meeting.
Freeholder Smith wanted to know
if the board could legally pay for any
work not performed. He further said
that he understood that the law does
not designate any fees for hanging a
man.
Counsel Runyon said that there were
no fees specified for an execution, yet
the sentence pronounced was that the
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