The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1909-06-15
NEIGHBOUR
WANTS PAY
Thinks County Should Be Re
irnbursed for Smiths Care
in State Hospital.
SOME GRADE CROSSINGS TO GO

SOME GRADE CROSSINGS TO GO
The question Of the county's paying
the board of patients ID the state in
sane hospital who are able to pay their
own maintenance was up again for
discussion by the board of freeholders
at the June meeting Wednesday
morning. Freeholder Neighbour cited
the case of Garret c. Smith as being a
case in point. Smiths guardian, said
Neighbour, was about to make final
accounting of the estate and it was
found that Smith had between five
and six hundred dollars, pension of
S per month and also an income from
real estate. tThis man has no near
relatives, asserted the Dover free
holder, but some distant relatives,
who have paid no attention to the old
man before, are now trying to get this
money
On Mr.. Neighbours motion Counsel
Runyon was Instructed to send Smiths
guardian bill for Smiths keep for
the last six years.
Freeholder Fancher started on the
trail Of the Morris Counry Traction
Co., asserting that on May 14th the
company had promised to do some fill
ing on the Landing road. The work
had not been done and it should be
complete before fence could be
erected on a dangerous side of that
thoroughfare. Counsel Runyon was
instructed TO notify the company to
''get busy
The Lackawanna railroad notified
the freeholders of its intention to
eliminate three grade crossing at To
waco and asked permission to change
the grade of the county road at that
point in Montyille township. On
Freeholder Cooks motion the matter
was referred to the road committee
with power.
Through its clerk, Frederick Maurer,
the Chatham township committee
called the attention of the board to
the dangerous condition OF the River
road in that township and asked that
strong fence be erected where 1t was
particularly menacing to safety. The
Chatham bridge committee was given
the matter to care for.
Notification was received from the
Chester township committee of its
willingness to pay the ten per cent. Of
the cost of improving the road from
Chester to Gladstone, action upon
which was taken at the May meeting
of the freeholders.
! The Public Service corporation asked
permission to open the county roads
in Chatham township for the purpose
of laying gas pipes and the application
was referred to the road committee.
Freeholder Burchell reported TWEEN,
sy-eight prisoners in the jail at last
report since which time forty-six have
been received and fifty-two discharged,
leaving twenty-five in Quod at present
In the county aims house there are
now Ito, six having been admitted and
fifteen discharged during the past
month, according to Freeholder Prud
den's figures. In the children IS home
five have been admitted and four dis,
charged making the present number
of youngsters as wards Of the county
eighty.
County Collector Joseph f. Mclean
submitted his bond for 100000 and il
was accepted 1t was signed by him
self and f. r. Casterline, Alexander
Gilland, Henry C. Pitney and Lewis
D. Kay.
Bills of the departments of the
county were ordered paid as follows
sheriff's office, S54S.67; surrogate's Of
flee, s53999; county clerks office
S749.9l; coroners and post mortems
$1,000 stationery, S91. so officers and
salaries, S956.S6 freeholders' salaries
S45O.6O; incidentals, s333.l3; court
house and Jail, s4l7.05; aims house
81, ,365.24; childrens home, S596.90
Morris Plains hospital, 81 ,7S3.19 Tren
ton hospital, 1857; county roads
Sl,905.32; state aid roads, $ll0.75
printing and elections, Sl25.3O..