The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1910-12-20
FRANCHISE FOR
TROLLEY ASKED
Pine Brook Company Wants
to Build Connection Be-
tween Existing Lines.
NEW COUNTY OFFICIAL NAMED

build an electric railroad on Bloom
field avenue near Boonton was made
to the board Of freeholders Wednes-
day by the Pine Brook Electric rail-
road. The application was referred
to the road committee.
| The company asks permission to use
so much Of Bloomfield avenue as neces-
sary to construct line connecting the
Public Service trolley at Caldwell with
the Morris County Traction Co. line
near Mountain Lakes. The terminals
are each to be on private right-of-
ways and the line will extend FROM
Campbell avenue, running through
the Condit and Mau properties to
Fairfield avenue and then to Bloom
deld avenue The Boonton terminal
will leave Bloomfield avenue at the
foot of Fox hill and run across private
property through culvert under the
railroad to Mountain Lakes.
W. L. Kerris, who signed the appli-
cation in behalf of the company. as
serted that the improvement was
needed and work would begin imme-
piately with the granting of the neces-
sary permission as all rights-of- way
had been secured from property own
ers.
I'VE are isolated over 10 Pine
Brook DR.. Walter Dodge told the
freeholders, "the Public Service has
refused to build this connection so we
have decided to do the work ourselves. y
The line would be eleven miles In
leEgth, the board was told. and the
port40n In Morris county would be
nine miles of which about two miles
would be on private right-of-way.
The freeholders created a new Office
in the waning weeks Of their power
establishing the post of assistant
county engineer at salary Of $500 pei
year. p. E. Boomer, an engineer for
merly In the employ of the Morris
County Traction Co. and now living
at Landing, was elected to the place
and also to that of road supervisor at
a salary Of 81 900 per year. Is
The board was in receipt of com.
munication from State Road Commits
sioner Frederick Gilkyson to the eff
feet that the balance of the Pine
Brook road should be improved and
asserting that on recent inspection
it was found in horrible condition ant
a menace to travel and promising the
county $1,000 for the purpose.
A contract was ordered executed
with Denehan & Co. for the work at {
cost of S16, 1853. the work costing the
county only Sl6S, the balance coming
from the state. The section to be i'm
proved is 1900 feet in length.
Asserting the need of placing win
dow in the rear corridor in the count.
| Jail that the ventilation be improved
the Morris Co. branch of the Stat,
Charities Aid and Prison Reform as
sociation renewed its demand on tn,
board of freeholders to have the con
ditions in the Jail remedied. Tht
branch also asked that fumugators bt
placed in the jail and the aims hous'
and also requested the erection o
shacks on the aims house grounds II
house county charges AFFLICTED will
tuberculosis and who should be re
moved from the other inmates of th,
Institution.
Referred to the court house an,
jail committee said Director Becker
We have nothing to do with tn
aims house, F" retorted Chairman Bur
chell.
/" Well, Mr.. Prudden Of that commit
tee, would make reply he had moth
ing to do with the jail if referred /
to his committee = said the director
Don't refer it to the finance com
mittee, . interjected Chairman Esther
+" we haven't any money"
Martin B. Jones wrote to the boart
asserting that a proposition was to b,
presented asking for the erection of
bridge from the mainland at LAX,
Hopatcong to Raccoon Island. II,
was opposed to it, he wrote, becausl
it would benefit only very few people
and would be large expense. II,
pointed out that If built it should b,
high enough to permit launches t,
pass underneath otherwise he witt
other property owners in that section
would be bottled up. The letter wa
read.
The Public Service corporation
having finished the laying OF ga
pipes Ia Chatham and the pavemeu
being replaced in good condition ac
cording TO the judgement of the roat
committee, the coInpany'S bond wa
ordered released.
Chairman Johnson, Of the road com
fmittee, reported the work of repavinI
the Pompton turnpike had been com
pleted and accepted by the state roa,
commissioner.
County Collector Mclean was in
structed to purchase $4,000 worth 0
the outstanding road bonds of tn
county on January 1St.
The next meeting of the board will
be held on next Wednesday at which
annual reports OF the committees will
be made and estimates received OF th
necessary appropriations for next year
Inmates In county institutions werl
jail, males, 33 females, 5. Aim
house, 1l6; children'S home, 10. Ii
the state hospital at Morris Plains arr
81 females and. 90 males.
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