The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1911-11-14
.RAPS FREEHOLDERS
FOR INFERIOR WORK
MOntVilIe Township Committee
Protests Against Materials

TlulcSlS AgdIllSl MdlGIldlS
That the board of freeholders
should not use secondhand and in
ferior material is the opinion OF the
Montville township committee The
committee sent communication to
the freeholders at the lattar's meet
ing this week, pointing out that on
the road from Noble vanNess' place
IN that township the ,N'nry had re
placed wooden bridge over brook
by two foot caigtrt. his pipe.
said the committee, was too slran 10
carry the amount of water fioWina
through the brook was laiG six inches
above the bed of the stream and was
OF secondhand and inferior material
The committee desired o 20 On
record, according to its i Il, as be-
ing opposed to the use of seS0n ani
material for such purpose ana
against the practice of the rree-
holders of leaving important matters
such as size and grade OF a cuivert
10 any other person than the county
engineer. The letter was referred 10
County Engineer William ID. King.
The Rev. Thomas b. Ironsida, re-
presenting the State Charities AID
association, and the Rev. Franklin B.
Dwight, of the Civic association, were
given the privilege of the floor and
addressed the freeholders on the
ventilation of the county Jail They
made plea for two additional win
dows in the jail for providing pure
air to the men confined and also
pointed out the need OF additional
shower baths.
The local branch of the State Chart
ties Aid association also sent COM
munication to the freeholders, asking
that those who die in the aims house
be given decent funerals. This
was referred to the aims house com
mittee.
In an effort to get the county 20
repair the road from Berkshire Val
ley to the Newark reservoir, resi-
dents along that thoroughfare sent
to the freeholders a paper relinquish-
ing to the county their rights as
Labutting property owners to the road
This was handed over to the road
committee.
That the new election law would
make big drains on the county treas
ury was pointed out by Collector Nc
Lean and he made plea for econ
omy so that the board will have
enough money to pay the election
bills at the meeting next month. He
also advised the freeholders to send
in their own bills at the next meet
ing and any others that they may
know of, asserting that no bills would
be paid this year after the December
session of the board.
Jail Physician Griswold reported
the jail as being In good sanitary
condition and little sickness among
the prisoners. The sheriff's report
showed thirty-six men in Jail and the
matron reported the incarceration of
one woman
In the aims house are 10S inmates
and eighty-one youngsters are in the
children's home.
TO John V Corbet, of Madison.
was awarded a contract to build a
culvert on the Green Village road in
Passaic township for 1915.
Bills were ordered paid as follows.
County road repairs, $S,464.75;
state aid roads, sS71.6O; court ex-
penses. S2,34197; sheriff's office,
$5S2; county clerks office, $941.64.
surrogate's office, $685.; stationery.
$917; coroners and post mortems,
S67.70; court house and jail, $44S.97'
Officers salaries. $500; incidentals.
$S65.74 fox bounties. f9.25, aims
house. s1.s72.44: cbiIdrens home,
I s6141S.
Chairman Norris. OF the road com
mittee. announced that ne had a
batch OF bills aggregating $6,S29.e1
that he and his assistants had not
had time to 30 over and they We're
ordered paid when approved