The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1912-11-19
FRANCHISE FOR
WATER COMPANY
FreehOIders Grant Rights to
BedminSter Concern.

To the Bedminster Water Co. was
granted permission by the board OF
freeholders Wednesday to lay its
water mains on the Chester and Glad
stone road at the point of intersec-
ton of the Ralston and Hacklebarney
road to the Somerset county line
The franchise is of fifty years dura-
tion.
Freeholder Burchell objected to the
wording of the resolution in regard
to replacing the road in proper con-
dition and asserted that something
should be put in the franchise that
really compels the company to proper
ly replace the road when torn up.
On suggestion of County Counsel
Runyon paragraph was added to the
resolution providing that the super
visor of roads notify the company if
the road is not properly replaced and
upon failure of the water company
to repair the road within two days
that the county shall have the work
done and collect the cost from the
company.
/ A similar provision was made to a
resolution granting the New York
Telephone Co. the right to lay a
conduit in Main street, Butler.
The e. l. DUPONT de Nemours Pow
der Co. was granted permission to
maintain tramway crossing over the
public road at its plant at Lake Ho-
patcong.
kiel avenue, Butler, was formerly
taken over as county road as were
the roads from Towaeo to Pompton
Plains, Towaoo to Pine Brook and
Montville to Pine Brook.
, Formal acceptances of their ap-
pointment as members of the coun-
ty tuberculosis hospital board of man
ayers were received from Dr. A. e.
Carpenter and DR.. A. J. Carroll.
The director and county collector
were authorized to discount a note
for 200 for the repair of county
roads and a note for 500 for the
emergency bridge account.
Formal acceptance of the deeds for
lands conveyed to the county for
road purposes at Landing from Nancy
Riggs and Erastus L. Bryant and
wife was made.
Freeholder Molitor, of the Chat
ham bridge committee, reported the
receiving of bids in connection with
the Essex county bridge committee
for a new bridge at Passaic avenue.
Frank Reeves was the lowest bid
der, his figure being $506 and to him
was awarded the contract. Morris
county's share of the work will
amount to $253
County Collector Mclean brought
up the matter of closing up accounts
with the Morris County Traction Co.
for road work, bridges, etc, and
stated that the county owned the troll
ley company several thousand dol
lars. Freeholder Simon Estler, of
the road committee, stated that the
accounts were about adjusted and
would be ready to report at the De-
cember meeting of the board
Bills of the Allen Engineering and
Construction Co. for s733.26 and ST.
613.26 were ordered paid when ap-
proved by the committee. Bills Or
dered paid were apportioned among
the various departments as follows
Road repairs, $1,253.52; state aid
roads, $5,416.30; contracts, $10,-
099.73; county roads, $94O.80; cleo
tions, $13,7S1. 80; printing and adver-
tising, $S4.49; court house and Jail
current expenses, $1,124.52; perma-
nent improvement, $3.50; aims house,
$1,43078, of which $5634S was for
children's home; surrogates office,
$663.56; county clerks office, $97S.01 /;
coroners and post mortems, SIS; sta
tionery, $106.67; sheriff's office,
$643; court expenses, $1,520.43; Of
ficers' salaries, $5OS.25; fox bounties,
$50; incidentials, $S41.19.
: There were thirty-two prisoners re-
ported in the county Jail, no females.
In the aims house are 126 inmates
and in the children's home are six
ty-seven.