The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1905-08-15
BOARD OF
| FREEHOL, ,DERS
Routine Business Transacted.
New Road Work Pro
crossing FavorabIy.
RENT OF ELECTION ROOMS.

RENT OF ELECTION ROOMS.
The board Of freeholders met Oh
Wednesday with the members all
present. The board met on time and
( the business was transacted with dis
patch after which the board resolved
itself into a committee Of the whole
/ to arrange for a clam bake on August
l3O
The court house and Jail committee
reported the following statistics in
jail at last report, 81 admitted, 20
discharged. a remaining August i,
Is. Bills for permanent improvement
ordered paid amounted to SS12.40 and
on recommendation the bond Of James
IT, Couch for the work was released.
The aims house committee presented
statistics as follows in house at last
report, 66 admitted, s discharged, /
remaining, &c. In Childrens Home
at last report, So; admitted, 2; dis
charged, ! remaining, 66.
The bills Of the miscellaneous com
mitbee contained items amounting to
81 $50. 10 for the expenses of the 1906
census.
The road committee reported that
work on the Green Village Madison
road is progressing with full force, a
ten ton steam roller being in use for
compacting the stone. The work on
the Morris Plains-Littleton road has
been started and will be rushed with
the completion Of the Green Village
road Grading is under way on the
Pequannoc township road.
Freeholder Moller introduced a reso-
luton which was adopted instructing
the clerk to notify all municipal clerks
that the board will not pay more than
s35 for polling places for the fall cleo
tion, the price to include primary cleo
tion and registry days.
Freebooter Burchell reported bids
on the Albeit avenue bridge and con-
tracts were ordered made with Robert
Dalglish for planking for s34l, and
Horsefeld & Son, painting, $l47.50.
A bridge in Washington township
was ordered let, the masonry to be at
$2.4S per cubic yard and the iron work
ss7.
Freeholder Cliff reported bids on a
bridge between Morris and Warren
counties over the Musconnetconl
river. Birch was the lowest bidder
for the iron work, his price being S72t
of which sum Morris must pay half.
On recommendation of Freeholdel
Schoneberger 5000 was set aside for q
bridge on the sand spring road, Pas
sale township, for which f. g. N. Mil
Ter were the low bidders on the ma
sonry.
A culvert at Butler was ordered
contracted to j. F. Sisco for 1886 pei
| yard.
Freeholder Schoneberger reported
that the objection OF Theron Butte
worth as to the fills on the Mt. Free
dom road been referred to the counsel
Collector Mclean called attention
to the fact that the day for the Sep
tember meeting of the committees il
the same day that the assessors arc
required to meet and figure the rata
bles. The assessors meet in the free.
holders room and have several hours
work to do. which requires a number
of desks He asked whether he should
inform the assessors that the meeting
would be held in some other room OF
whether the board would give way fol
the day.
Freeholder Schoneberger said the
same day was also the day of the pri-
mary election and as all the freehold
ers are candidates, he presumed that
the best thing to do would be to have
the committees meet on the Monday
and it was so decided.
The question of clam bake was taken
up and MeSSrs. Smith, Mills, Mitchell,
Bryant and Burchell appointed com
mittee to arrange for it.