The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-05-15
INCOMING OF
NEW BOARD
County Finances IN Fine Shape.
Election Of Officers for
Ensuing Year.
APPROPRIATIONS CALLED FOR

wind up the affairs Of the year now
simply representing the closing Of the
fiscal year was held last Tuesday
The first business was the consider
alton Of the revised application Of the
Morris County Traction Co., for rights
on the county roads in Rockaway and
Roxbury townships. The new appli-
cation is for a term Of twenty years and
by resolution the public hearing was
set for Wednesday, June ID.
The road committee reported two
roads finished during the year, viz :
Green Village Madison, Morris Plains
Littleton and the grading OF the
Montville-Mountain View road. The
entire cost. Of these Improvements was
S25. 627 .54 Snow removal cost $35 and
road repairs, s29,61l87. The total
amount of money spent for state aid
roads was S3o,70156. The committee
recommended the following appropria-
lions repairs, $35, 900: removing snow,
$500 state aid roads, $4,000.
The finance committee presented its
annual report, showing a net balance
cash Of SIT, 2S7 IA divided as follows 1
sinking fund, $4,000; road account,
ST., 1858. As permanent improvement TO
the aims house, 1884. The report
showed court expenses to have been
S29, 81. 81 ;coroners and most mortems,
81, 627. So stationery, s1,670.06; inter
est and discounts, S4,444.l2; sinking
fund, sl4, 900; interest on road bonds,
$4,000; surplus revenue, $3,597O5;
total receipts from taxes 1886, 6l6.40;
total receipts from all sources includ-
ing discounts, 1912, 1862 total expen-
ditures, 1926, 1912
Received from state railroad and
canal tax, $8,O46.97 state aid roads,
ST., 1858 share Of 5000, 900 school fund,
So, 1871: state school tax returned,
S29, 332. 38; school tax from townships,
etc, S54, 474.43 all Of which has been
paid over. There are no bills or notes
due outside of some road obligations
for which the balance is sufficient. A
budget aggregating s25e,45O was
adopted.
Collector Mclean then took the
floor and stated that he had written a
letter to the Director congratulating
the board on the good showing made
during the past year. He said he had
been Collector for nine years and this
was the most satisfactory statement
he had been enabled to make. There
R have been a number of circumstances
over which the board had no control,
yet had to take the responsibility for.
There was a road deficiency, then
came a disastrous food which caused a
bridge emergency fund. Every year
there has been an effort to clean up,
but every year heretofore there have
!. been bills carried over. In 1908 the
: deficiency was $4,000; in 1904 from
\ $4,000 to $4,000 and in 1905 it was
$4,000 During the year just closed
all this has been paid off, also all notes
and bills
The board is DIVIDED into commit
tees for the necessary work. This year
every committee shows balance.
Even the May bill Of the N. ]. State
Hospital has been paid Collector
Mclean said his term Of office ended
that day. He thanked the members
for cooperation and expressed the
hope that he would be able to con-
tinue for a while.
The letter was ordered spread on
the minutes and sent to the press,
complaint being made that the papers
had been accusing the board of extrav-
agence, after which Director Beck
) er thanked the members for their
economy
The letter follows:
DR. G. A. Becker. Director Board Of
Chosen Freeholders:-
Dear Sir:-The following balances
appeared to the credit of the several
working committees of the Board af-
ter paying all the obligations Of the
current fiscal year ending at the
April meeting:
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