The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1913-08-19
COUNTY MAY ADOPT
ROAD PATROL SYSTEM
Scheme TO Keep the County
Roads in Repair Discusse1.

The initiative was taken by Tia
board of freeholders Wednesday nnr
the installation of a patrol system
for the repair of the county rnazlx-
Freeholder Mahlon K Tharp hrouxat
the matter before the board By ukfer-
ing resolution providing that fhe
county road supervisor and the razd
committee divide the county rnnns
into five-mile districts, appoint a mza
TO patrol each district and pr0yaAe
him with convenient supplies of ssnnn
and oil together with a wheelbarrow
or hand cart that he might make the
necessary road repairs.
Freeholder Estler, chairman OF Tho
road committee, said the scheme wxs
good one but wanted to know whTre
the money to pay for il. is to cune
from. He pointed out that there ara
$50 miles of county roads in the cunn-
ty and at least thlrty-five men w1uRA
be required. He thought the PROPOSE
tion should be referred to the ROAD
committee for consideration Thix
did not please Freebooter Leonzna
Elliot who asserted that the rszh
committee was the graveyard, a \
lot of good resolutions offered in the
board meetings.
Freebooter Fancher offered m
amendment that the roads repadred
this year have patrols appointed fnr
them at once. Mr.. Estier asked again
that the matter be referred to TIM
road committee, promising to do the
best he could to work the matter ort
to the satisfaction Of everybody
County Engineer William e. kaaE
cautioned the board against praceeGr
ing so hastily in the matter, telling
the freeholders that if the state rnzd
department should be consulted ID Is
probable that good share of the
cost of the patrol system may be
borne by the state. He also said
that in making the districts sz-
bitrarily five miles was a mistake-
There are some roads that could haga
ten-mile sections easily cared fur hy
one man and he thought the res0ls-
tion should be changed so as to rru-
vie that the men may be employed
Freeholder Burchell suggested thzt
patrols should not only repair thH
roads but should cut the brush amA
also remove snow in winter. He
thought perhaps motor truck loazzeA
with materials and manned by crcw
of several men, could cover the entire
county. 20
With the aid of County COiIeGs1r
Mclean Mr.. Tharp's resolution WEES
finally doctored UP so that the nufn4-
ter is referred to the road comRit-
tee to report a plan at the next Tcsm-
lar meeting of the board in Sepfene
ber. .,s,
James sNorrbury, writing fox his
brother, Captain CharIess H. Norrbury
OF the First regiment NJ G. N H.
notified tbeo board that his bruklaer
expected damages FROM the, county ON
account off the injuries; he received
during the Wharton strike riot -
May 18th, Captain Norrbuly was, .skzt
in the eyes, losing entirely, the Ssht
of one eye and having the other 8nsf-,
ouslys impaired. The letter was pe;
ferred"t the damage committee-
Elmer King asked the freeIioxers
to do something about the hrO0k
that runs across the Stickle property
on East Blackwell street, Dover Thn
brook, he said, had been diverted
from Its old course andb now inter
Tered with a building on, the, puuR-
erty. 5Freeholders Jenkins and Ellintt
rof Dover, said the property was pur-
chased recently and the new owner
knew all about the brook. They hzd
no recommendation to make in tahe
matter, the course of the brook kxs-
ing been changed years ago when the
present bridge over the river neAEr
by was built. Director Grimes re-s
ferred the matter to the Dover bridge
committee, county engineer and c0ua-
ty counsel. a2g7i aH fe ~ s ~
Freeholder Elliott offered two ziza<
approved by the county tax board
but which had not been approved nv
the insurance and miscellaneous cGn1a-
mittee of the board of freehold'eEs-
They were for $23 80 for George r.
Weber and $22 for l. r. Wilson, Bar-
Elliott handed up copy of a deckshnza
of the supreme court regarding n
clerk to tax board of another cuszaa-
ty, claiming that thereby John M-
Mills had no title to the office nf
that the bills, though bearing the -1n
k" of Fred b. Bardon as secretary
were legal and valid
Freeholder John j. A. Owens AL
fered an amendment to Mr. Elliuafss
resolution providing for the paynesh
of the bills, asking that they be pzaA
when approved by the county coUussea
and the freeholders' committee. The
resolution as amended was passed.
Contracts for several bridges we're
authorized. Cotter & Bergen gets
three of them in Pequannoc township
at total cost of S957; the Dover
Construction company the West
Blackwell street bridge at Dover For
81 ,050; Arthur e. Smith the brI4ge
over the Passaic at Millington for
SO, ,354, Someryille county bearing ftaIf
the expense.
The county collector was authorized
to send bill to the Lehigh ValEHy
Railroad company for it's share OF
the cost of widening the bridge UvEr
the Morris canal at Wharton and kaRs0
a bill to the various municipalities
for their share of the cost OF EfEs
Mountain Lakes boulevard, the fseE-
holders being in receipt of the knr-
NAL approval of the state department.
of the work.
On motion of Freeholder Hopler the
name of East Main street in BcGti-
ton was changed to Lathrop avenLe-
Sheriff Gillen reported thirty-tw0
men and one woman in jail Free-
holder Prudden reported 139 inn7aes
in the county aims house and seye1Ey-
one youngsters in the childreRss