The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-09-18
BOARD OF
FREEHOLD DERS
The County Roads Occupy At
tention Of the Board with
Claims for Damages.
TR0LLY FRANCHISE ASKED FOR

The regular meeting of the Board Of
Freeholders was held last Wednesday,
Freeholder Webber being absent.
A petition was received from the
Morris County Traction Co., stating
that franchise had been secured from
the town OF Morristown for railroad
on Speedwell avenue and asking the
consent of the Board for a term Of
twenty years. A resolution was adopt
ed setting Wednesday, October 10th as
the date for hearing on the matter
Al letter from Reed q Salmon asked
damages for four acres of land at Gill
ette, which. it is claimed. had been
turned into a swamp by the diversion
of water when the new road was built
there. Freeholder SchOneberger said
it was family row and the several at
temptS had beeL made to get the mat
ter settled without success. The mat
ter was referred to the Damage Com
mittee with Freeholder Schoneberger
and the counsel.
A communication from Road Com
missioner Hutchinson calling attention
to the mode Of procedure in State Aid
Road work was ordered filed.
The Chatham Township Committee
called attention to the condition OF the
Madison-Green Village road and asked
its repair.
F'reeholder Schoneberger said it was
poor in spots and the people are un-
easy about the payment of the final
i've per cent. on it. The poor part was
built during extreme wet weather and
was not properly rolled. The road is
not what it should be, but the COM
mittee does not want to distress the
contractors, Dickerson q Gill.
FreehOIder Johnson said something
should be done to put the road in shape
and the matter was referred to the
Road Committee.
A letter from Manning Lyon declar-
ed that he had been thrown from a
buggy on the county road near Net
cong by pro jecting tree limb.
His wife, who was also thrown out of
the vehicle, was so injured as to be
laid up for three weeks and he had
The top and seat of the buggy were al
to the Damage Committee with Free
holder Bryant and counsel.
"A resolution of the Madison Borough
Council asked that the bad curve on
Madison avenue, near the residence of
y. M. Young be improved in some way.
The Road Committee was entrusted
with the task.
The Court House and Jail Commit
tee reported the following statistics {:
In jail at last report, 30; admitted,
80 j; discharged, 27 remaining, 30. The
physician reported fourteen visits to
the jail; two cases of insanity and one
man executed. The bills included one
of Sheriff Shaw for $3.50 for executing
Monich and number of constableS'
bills for services in connection with
the execution were ordered paid.
The Aims House Committee report
ed admitted and 6 discharged during
the month, leaving 65 thereA AT the
Children's Home there was admitted
and | discharged, leaving 81 there on
September lst.
Bills amounting to SO were passed
for fox bounty.
The Road Committee reported the
Jefferson township road half graded
the Sussex turnpike nearly graded !:
Mountain avenue, Mendham, ready for
the stone, and grading progressing at
one end of the New Vernon road, while
stone is being laid at the other. There
has also been much repair work COM
pleted, the bills for that purpose ag-
gregating over $40, 900.
Freeholder Ringlieb brought up the
matter of reinforcing the Washing
ton street bridge at Boonton and the
laying of concrete floor for which
Deem, Swiers, Sutton q Co., we're the
lowest bidders at S4,237 AS there was
not enough money S625 was transferred
from interests and discounts. S625 from
incidentals, and S135 from court ex-
penSeS and the contract was let for
half the bridge, the understanding be-
ing that the work will be completed
next wear.
The Dover Boiler Works received
the contract for moving the foot
bridge from Sussex street to Eek
strom street, Dover. the Harter road
bridge in Morris township was let to
L. K. Clark at 1915 per yard.
Repairing and concreting bridge
at Budd Lake was let at S206 and the
bill for concreting the Ford avenue
bridge in Morristown was ordered paid
after the approval of the work by the
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