The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1908-06-16
BOARD OF
FREEHOLDERS
Routine Business Transacted
Trouble in Getting Bills
Presented Promptly
AUTOMOBILES INJURE BRIDGES

The board of freeholders met on
Wednesday, little but routine business
being transacted A letter from G. A.
Reed called attention to damages be-
ing done to Aug. Riested at Gillette by
water and road conditions. The mat
ter was referred to road committee
with the counsel and engineer.
A letter from the Leh1gh Valley r..
R. Co., was in response to one sent by
Director Becker, complaining about
the condition Of the Sussex street
bridge over the Morris Canal at Dover.
The letter stated that the canal COM
pany had maintained narrow bridge
over the canal but fifty years ago, the
bridge had been widened on an ar
rangement between canal and county
to maintain it. The canal company
takes care of twenty two feet includ-
ing one sidewalk while the county has
twenty eight feet including a foot
bridge. The railroad official claimed
that it is the county part which is in
need of repairs and the matter was re-
ferred to the Dover bridge committee
with freeholders johnson, O. b. Smith
and Hoffman.
The Dover Electric Light Co. asked
permission as far as the county can
give to put up a pole line along the
Union turnpike in Wharton, for street
lights. Referred to road committee.
The finance committe reported
cash balance in the hands of the col
Hector on June /, of the S69,0l3.98.
Complaint was again made about tar
diness in bringing in bills to the com
mittee Collector Mclean stating that
county officials are the worst sinners.
Letters were ordered sent the county
clerk, sheriff and surrogate and by
amendment the judge and prosecutor
notifying them that no bills will be
paid unless presented on the Tuesday
before the board meeting.
The court house and jail committee
| reported as follows: In jail at last re-
port, So admitted, 10 discharged, 80
remaining, &c., The jail physician re-
ported twelve visits to the Jail and
several cases of insanity. Two have
been sent to the State Hospital and
one will be sent there. One insane
| man should be sent out the country as
| he has a steamer ticket and two others
should not be in jail.
A bill Of T. III. Meskill for grading
and stoning the court house
lane as per contract, made in 1902,
amounting to S3l2.72, was ordered paid
on approval of committee, the work
being finished except for the rolling
which cannot be done for some days.
The aims house committee reported
the following statistics: in house at
last report, 92; admitted, s.; discharged,
8; remaining, SO. In children'S home
at last report, So admitted, 3 dis
charged, !; remaining. II.
Freeholder Ryerson reported pro-
gresS in the matter Of valuation of the
county buildings. He thought the
matter would be settled by next
meeting.
A bridge of concrete and iron to be
built in Madison was awarded to the
Dover Boiler Works on bid of S440
On resolution Of Freeholder Fancher
the counsel was directed to prepare an
ordinance forbidding the standing of
automobiles or other vehicles or turn
ing of vehicles on the Landing or any
other county bridge
The freeholder explained that there
had been considerable trouble Of this
nature on the new bridge at Landing
heavy vehicles turning on the bridge
at the risk Of injuring the walls of the
structure or damage to the vehicles.
Freeholder Neighbor moved to take
the resolution about the lighting of
Madison avenue from the table but
| Director Becker declared the motion
lost.