The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-06-14
TO STRAIGHTEN
MADISON AVE.
The Madison Borough Council
Wishes FreehoIders to Take
Immediate Action.
PRISON EXERCISE UP AGAIN


A request was received by the Nor
ris county board Of freeholders at its
June meeting Wednesday morning
from the borough Of Madison to
straighten Madison avenue at its juno
tion with Morris avenue, eliminating
a dangerous curve This is road
greatly Travelled by motorists from
Newark and New York and at this
point the street is narrow and the
curve there is a constant menace.
The borough wishes to pass an ordin-
ance requiring the laying of cement
sidewalks along the avenue and be-
fore doing SO wants the freeholders
to take action. 1t was asserted by
the borough authorities that the
county could secure the necessary
land to make the improvement from
property owners ON the south west
side Of the street. The borough's sur
veys preparatory to the sidewalk work
revealed the fact that in front Of Enos
Wilder's property the sidewalk was in
on his property and that to establish
the proper sidewalk line there would
still further narrow the street.
A communication was received from
the Auto and Motor club OF Newark,
saying that it was about to place signs
at cross roads throughout the state
giving the road directions, and it's re-
quest to place them in this county
was referred to the road committee.
From the New York Telephone COM
pany came an application for permis-
sion to erect pole line on Passaic
avenue in Chatham township for dis
tance 5000 feet southwest from the
Passaic river. The company also asked
permission to open Madison avenue at
Punch Bowl road for the purpose of
building a manhole and conduits for
the purpose OF connecting its subway
with a private subway to General Ed
ward P. Meany. The board was as
sured that the new pavement on Mad
ison avenue would notbe disturbed,
All these requests were referred to
the road committee with power.
In letter from the Morris County
Branch OF the State Charities Aid as
sociation exercise for the prisoners in
the county jail, especially outdoor ex-
ercise, was asserted to be necessary for
their health The need of windows in
the jail wall at the end Of the cross
corridor was also pointed out to the
board. The communication was re-
ferred to the jail committee.
Contracts for bridges we're ordered
let as follows :-Apgar & Corby, bridge
for Central avenue, Madison, $3.50 !
James L. Ringleib, bridge for Myrtle
avenue, Boonton, S249; salmon
Bros, Ridgedale avenue bridge, Nor
ristown, s6.l96; Dover Construction
company, Mercer street bridge, Dover,
$1,000: Abram Vreeland, two bridges
at Butler, 1866 and S422; Peter Tel
ford, bridge at Pine Brook, 1925.
| Committee reports showed twenty
seven in Jail, ia in the aims house,
seyenty-two in the children's home,
l7S in the state hospital at Morris
Plains charged to Morris county.
Bills were ordered paid as follows
-coroners and post mortems, s1ll.7O J;
sheriff's office, 1852 surrogates office,
s628.37; stationery, s2s6.70; county
clerks office. s899.30 court expenses,
| 81, ,754.25 court house and jail. 1920. 40 ;
aims house, 81. .l10O7 ;children's home,
S537.79; state hospital at Morris
Plains, s1,990.11: officers salaries,
s9OS.32; freeholders' salaries $56S .2S. ;
incidentals, s6O6. So I; fox bounties, $50
county road repairs, s466.O3 state aid
roads, $9,l03.5l; printing and cleo
tions, s3l4.S4.