The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-07-20
S33,5OO.OO FOR
ROAD REPAIRS
Freeholders Order Repairing Of
South Street, Madison Ave
nue and Other Roads.
NDIGENTS In STATE HOSPITALS


turning over the control and mainten-
ance of the county roads to the vari-
GUS municipalities through which they
run was passed by the board of free
holders at it's meeting on Wednesday
a resolution authorizing the repairing
of several of the county roads was
adopted. South street and Madison
avenue in Morristown are to be re-
paired by Frederick S. Smith at cost
of S4, ,896.24 for the former street and
S., ,788.43 for the latter South street
will be repaired by the " Amiesite :"
process and Madison avenue by the
Headley process. Madison avenue
in Morris township will be repaired by
Marcellus-O Osborne Co. by the $ Head.
ley process at a cost of 81 ,456.00 Mt.
Kemble avenue in Morris and Passaic
townships will be repaired by the Mar
cellus-Osborne Co. by the Headley"
process, the price being Sl2,531.O 90.
Mine Hill road in Randolph township
will be cared for by FL. K. Salmon at a
cost of s85O.OO, the county to furnish
the stone.
Commissioner of Charities and Cor
rections George B. Wight sent COM
munication to the freeholders calling
attention to the statements freely
made that large number of defec-
lives are in state institutions classed
as indigents and supported by state or
county authorities when persons liable
for their support have ample means
| for their support. He said he was sat-
iSfed there must be some reason for
these statements how much he was
unable to say but he thought if they
were true it should be known and a
remedy applied and if not true the
public mind should be satisfied by an
official statement to that effect. He
told how Union county some years ago
made an investigation and recovered
considerable money and said that Nor
ris county had recently done some
thing in this direction to it's advan-
tage. IF the board should make an
examination of the records in the
county clerks Office, said the commits
sioner, the facts as to property could
be determined" A large majority of
the INDECENT cases, he said, were pal
pably without means and it would be
waste of time to consider them but
he suggested that the board employ a
suitable person to make an inveStiga-
tion into cases about which there is
doubt and he thought it would be of
great benefit to the county and state
if imposition along this line could be
prevented. He suggested that in the
inquiry there be liberal consid-
Grafton as to the financial ability of
the parties interested. eff a man is
receiving but moderate salary, said
the commissioner, or if he is securing
a home for himself he ought not to be
unduly burdened with the care of a
defective son or daughter" The lun-
acy committee took Commissioner
Wight's letter under consideration.
The board granted permission to
the Public Service corporation to open
streets in Chatham for the laying of
gas mains upon the filing OF bond for
$5, 900 that the streets would be prop
erly replaced. The corporation's ap-
plication to run pipes across the bridge
over the river at Chatham was refused.
An agreement was executed between
the county and the Butler Gas Light
ing and Heating company authorizing
the latter company to put up poles in
Butler and in return to. furnish an
electric light in Bloomingdale.
1t was left with the Boonton bridge
committee to arrange the payment of
the county's share in paying for two
bridges, one over the canal and one
over the Rockaway river, at Boonton.
The Nelson & Murdoch Co. was
awarded the contract for repairing
the Washington street bridge at Boon
ton for 81, 10000 and to John Glennon
was given the contract for building a
culvert at Boonton to cost 1885,
Freeholders Allen, Burchell, Neigh
bour, Estler and Prudden were appoint
ed committee to arrange for the
board s annual outing.
In jail at present are twenty-five,
the aims house harbors 105, and the
children's home eighty-three.
Freeholder Burchell, of the court
house and jail committee, told the
board how profitable the present
method Of keeping the prisoners was
compared to the old system of paying
the sheriff a lump sum per day. He
said that from January lst to July lst
at the old rate of paying the sheriff
thirty-five cents per day per prisoner
for board the number of days amount
ed to 1924 or total of 81, 968.40. In
that period the county paid out for
supplies 81, ,566.49 making profit to
the county of $401. 81 or an actual pro-
fit of S487 when balance Of S85 worth
of stock is deducted.
Approved bills were ordered paid as
/ follows :-ConrG house and jail, 1920. AZ;
permanent improvement, S2,073. 20
aims house, 81 ,312. 20 children's home
4 $473 81 state aid roads, S4l7; road re.
pairs, $l,790.79; printing, S8,3O5. is
elections, 1924. So; officers salaries,
4 S6l450 freeholderS' salaries, S796. l6
IinCidentalS, 1859. 90: fox bOunties. $40.