The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1906-06-19
BOARD OF
FREEHOI DE.RS
Reports on Roads and Bl.dges
take Up 4 GoodIy Portion
Of the Session.
AGAIN lHE Trolley QUESTION

The board of freeholders met last
Wednesday with all members present.
a Communication from Road Commits
sioner Hutchinson stated that Somer-
set county intends to macadamize the
road from Watching to the PaSsaic
river bridge about eleven hundred feet
from the macadamized valley road in
Morris county, Passaic township and
wanted assurance that Morris will
build the short section before he APP
proves the Somerset road. Freeholder
Cook said that it seemed hardly rea-
sonable to pledge the county to build
other roads when the roads already
approved cannot be built. On motion
of Freeholder Smith the matter was
ordered laid on the table and letter
was directed to be written Mr.. Hutch
inson to the effect that the board will
not make the pledge.
Resolutions were read from Mend
ham and Passaic townships, pledging
those townships to pay the ten per
cent. from the townships toward the
roads in those places.
A petition asked the Improvement
of the Long Hill road in Chatham and
Passaic townships under the State aid
law for distance Of about three and
half miles. 1t was laid on the table.
A communication from Counsel
Runyon reported that the suit of Van
Duyne against the county had been
settled in favor of the county.
The committee appointed to see
about refunding the road bonds made
40 report. The committee on the
Chatham water wagon reported that
the village had purchased the wagon.
The court house and jail committee
reported as follows in Jail at last re-
port, 20; admitted, 40 discharged. 40;
remaining, 20. The report OF the jail
physician showed. seventeen visits.
The health of the inmates generally
was good. One insane person was re-
moved to Morris Plains. Sam Monich
suffered from dyspepsia and Stevens
had the laryngitis.
The aims house committee report
was as follows in house at last report,
GA discharged, /; remaining, 63. In
children's home at last report, 63, dis
charged, 3, remaining, 60.
The insurance and misc sllaneous
COMMITTEES had freeholder bills Of
sSl2.91 to report. but only $3.50 for
fox bounties.
The road committee reported that
bids had been received on Monday for
the State aid roads advertised, but in
the estimation of the committee the
bids were unreasonably high. On mo-
tion a resolution was adopted reject
ing all the bids and ordering the roads
readvertised.
The damage committee reported a
settlement with Charles Simpson for
injuries claimed by going through a
two-county bridge at Chatham. The
total settlement was S100 of which the
snare of Morris county, $50, was Or
dered paid.
Freeholder Cook reported the let
ting Of the rebuilding of the masonry
of the Jaqui bridge at Morris Plains
to James Ringlieb at s5 per yard.
In Chester township only one b q
was received for the masonry OF the
bridge at Milltown and that at 81 per
yard. Contracts were ordered award
ed in both instances.
Freeholder SchOneberger requested
| that S8t and 5000 respectively be set
aside for two bridges In Passaic town
ship.
Freeholder Prudden reported that
M. e. Mulhall was the lowest bidder
| for filling in the small bridge at the
! Lake road, the price being $237. so. A
contract was authorized after the adj
Joining property owners sign the ne
ce7Sary agreement.
The proposed ordinance of the Nor
Iris County Traction Co., was then
taken up. John Sickle appeared be-
| fore the board and protested against
The use Of the public roads at all for
railroads and particularly against the
placing of the tracks on one side of the
| road If the board was decided to give
the company rights in the street. He
said that he beliYed that no right ex-
| listed in law to permit a company to
make a railroad of any highway, and
besides, the people up there did not
want it on the side at any rate.
E. Bertram Mott also spoke declar-
| ing that the line was wanted and pre-
| ferred on the side, so that the macad-
am would not be disturbed. Ii placed
| in the middle thele would not be room
for wagons on the road outside the
| tracks.
| Mr.. Earl said he owned 1000 feet on
one side of the road between Rocka-
way and Denville and 1000 feet on the
other size and was opposed TO the
tracks being on the side Of the road.
He had not heard OF any one who fay
ored the plan.
| Mr. Stickle in reply to Mr.. Mott de-
cared that.in Rockaway the road Is
no wider, but the tracks are in the
center Of the street and the macadam
replaced. The company he said de-
sired to save the cost Of digging the
macadam. The phrase " Corporations
have no souls he declared applied
particularly to the Morris County
Traction Co.
| The ordinance giving rights for
| twenty years was read, with its sew
erai Where2 ses. On the completion
Mr.. Stickle declared that no consents
had been filed or enough secured on
/ the ROckaWay section TO warrant the