The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1907-02-19
BOARD OF
FREEHOLDERS
The State Aid Roads all Ac-
cepted by Commissioner,
New Roads Planned.
EMBARRASSMENT OF INTEREST


Wednesday. Several letters from
State Road Commissioner Hutchinson
were received, all of the same import,
accepting for the State the roads built
during the past season. They were
the Montville and Mountain View
road, Mountain avenue, Mendham,
Sussex turnpike and New Vernon
road The letters were ordered filed.
A petition from property owners
asked the improvement of the road
from Mendham to Peapack in Mend
ham and Chester township.
The presentment found by the late
grand jury was read 1t stated that
the accommodations for witnesses
called before the grand jury are en-
tirely inadequate. Women are OBJ
liged to go through the mems room
to reach the room set apart for them
and also to reach the jury room. The
rooms are so small that witnesses are
obliged often to stand for hours while
waiting and in time of storm the con-
dit1ons are intolerable. The jnry sug-
geSted cutting off part of the larger
room for witnesses and at the same
time making the jury room more suit
able for its purpose. The present.
ment was referred to the court house
and jail committee.
A letter called attention to condi
tions near the residence of Miss Jane
E. Woodruff at Chatham. Freeholder
johnson was asked about it and said
that the old gutter had been filled
when the road was improved and as a
consequence the Woodruff cellar is
| flooded and they have dug ditch to
drain the place which is a menace to
travellers. He said that pipe is
necessary for relief. The matter was
referred to the road committee with
the Engineer, Counsel and Freeholder
Johnson.
A letter from the Kennedy Electric
Co., recently organized with Emil
PoudelSak as agent was received, ask
Ing PERMISSION TO erect poles and
string wires along county roads neceS-
sary for street and private lighting Of
German Valley, Chester and Schooleys
Mountain. The request was referred
to the road commit ee.
Residents of Hanover township petit
toned for the improvement OF the
Dover turnpike, between the Han
over church and Whippany. The COM
munication was ordered filed.
Counsel Runyon reported the trial
of the McLaud cases, the judgments
against the county aggregating $500
He had secured rule to show cause
in the case. The report was accepted
and the appeal endorsed.
The court house and jail committee
reported as follows in Jail at last re-.
n o1aaf >
remaining, %. The physician reported
eight visits and little sickness, except
alcoholism. There was one insane
case and one man admitted because
OF severe rupture. DIR. GriSWOld re-
for the latter.
The aims house committee reported
| in the house at last report, 65; ad-
mitted, 5; discharged, 6; remaining,
81.
Bills for bounty on forty-seven foxes
were received and ordered paid. The
road committee had snow bills
amounting to $41.S5, which were or
dered paid.
Freeholder John D. Smith for the
road committee introduce resolu-
tion taking up as county roads subject
to the approval of the State road COM
missioner the following roads Sussex
avenue through Morris township, from
Morristown line to the Randolph town
ship line BoontOn road from Shelley'S
Corners to Parsippany; Denville and
| BoOnton road.
If approved by the State commits
Sioner the resolution instructed the
Engineer to cause surveys to be made
and plans prepared for the improve
ment of the roads. The resolution
was adopted unanimously.
! Freeholder Smith also introduced
resolution inStructing the Collector
to file the cancelled road bonds from
number one to twenty inclusive in the
vault of the county.
Collector Mclean said the board had
come out very decently in the matter
of road work. At the beginning of
| the year there was a balance of So. 900 !;
| the appropriation was $50, 200, while
Sl6,9S0 was received from the State
! and there is still due the county
the ten per cent. promised by
! the townships. There will be enough
money or assets just as good at the
close of the year to pay the five per
cent. held back on the contracts.
| Director Becker asked the Clerk to
read again the reports of the several
| municipalities received nearly year
ago as TO when they will pay the third
! of the cost of the roads built under
| the bonding act. 1t was learned that
with the exception of MorriStown no
! further replies have been received and
! the Counsel was directed to again ask
! for a statement from the delinquents.
| The Collector was told to send bills
when the replies are in. lie brought
up the matter of the rate Of interest
| to be charged from April first last
when notice was given. He said that
the rate on the bonds is four per cent.
but the county is paying five for
! money raised by discounts TO pay the
interest, at least the July interest, for
ordinarily there is enough comes in to
meet the January payment.
He thought any money received for
| interest should be applied to the fund
| for interest on road bonds. Counsel
| RunYon thought not, but that it is an
entirely different matter and should
be applied to profit and loss. Mr.. Nc
Lean said there is no such account
and it is all profit anyway. Director
Becker suggested that the interest be
credited to the sinking fund account
to pay off more bonds. F'reeholder
Fancher called attention to the fact
that the townships while paying in
tereSt on what they owe on the one
third basis, are also paying their share
| of interest on the total interest and
| laOncaruont1u paUipO twion Erna-