The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-10-19
MOTOR CYCLE
FOR BRENNAN
County Detective Provided With
a Quick Means Of Loco
motion by Freeholders.
MINOR MATTERS BEFORE BOARD

County Detective Edward Brennan
is to have a motor cycle. At.the Oc-
tober meeting of the board of free
holders held Wednesday Freeholder
Estler moved that a machine be pur-
chased for the officer. He said it had
been recommended by Judge Mills.
Freeholder Burchell seconded the mo-
tion. saying that it would save much
money to the county in the detectives
expense account and in three months
would pay for itself not to mention
the great saving in time. in getting
about the county. He can't do any
joy riding with it either, said Mr..
Blrchell, "for it takes two to joy
ride. Z {. How. do you know" asked
Freeholder Neighbour, amid laugh
from the other members. A machine
can be bought for 1925 and Mr.. Brennan
was authorized to go ahead and pur-
chase it with the understanding that
he should maintain it.
Freeholder Fancher reported that
the bridge over an abandoned raceway
near @. A. Stevens place on the road
from Waterloo to Hackettstown was
in bad condition and it would cost
about $500 to build a new one. He
moved that the county fill in the race
way with the understanding that if at
any future time its use should be re-
quired the county would build another
bridge and his motion was passed.
Mr.. Ayers, of Port Morris, appeared
before the board and complained that
surface water ran over his property
since the road in front of his place
had been macadamized. Director
Becker placed the case in the hands
of the counsel, engineer and bridge
committee.
Changes in contracts with the Dine
han and Osborne & Marcellus COM
panies were ordered made, allowing
the use Of telford paying in place of
macadam on the Chester-G Gladstone
road and Amiesite instead OF the
Headley process of paving on Mt.
Kemble avenue, there is to be no in
crease in cost.
An application for permission to
open the county road at Mendham to
Z s1ag Water pipes was received from
Frederick s. Smith and a similar ap-
plication to lay pipe across the road
in front of his residence at Ledgewood
from Oscar Scheer, and both were
handed to the road committee with
power.
Road repairs bills were ordered paid
amounting to S16,817 and state aid
roads S2,576.65 were ordered paid.
Other bills ordered paid we're $432.7 n
for printing S509.67 elections; $1,480
aims house; S4S3.S3 children's home
sl,6S5.53 state hospital; S22S.01 state
village for epileptics; S54l.58 officers
and salaries 1880. 30 freeholders S527.-
10 miscellaneous; SO fox bounty; $632
sheriff's office; $S43.07 county clerks
Office $623.83 surrogate's Office S847.-
"a court expenses; S155.75 stationery;
1929 coroners and post mortems.
There are thirty-one prisoners in jail
and Physician Griswold has paid them
sixteen visits and sent two cases to
the state hospital.
There are Ill inmates in the aims
house and eighty-two children in the
children's home.
DIR. Becker warned the members of
the board that several of the accounts
were nearly exhausted and recon-
mended that they be very careful
with their expenditures and to con-
tract no unnecessary bills.