The Morris County chronicle. [volume] (Morristown, N.J.) 1877-1915, 1882-03-10

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EDlron AND PRopRIKg0n.
anorristown. n .. march 10.
ss7,~. srs ne s a,.s Of Jasr. delightful peace
s,varped b. party rage to tire ssSe 0foshe1s'
Our esteemed contemporary, the r.
ssyman, seems to be holding sort o.
;nd;gnation meeting over some Of the
acts Of the present Common Council IN
,ha General list Of indictments there are
some things touched upon in manner
rather savoring ola spirit of unfaIrness.
One thing complained Of is that council
last Friday evening granted permission
for citizens to place oil lamps on Wasile
;ncton avenue-if they saw fit atadlstance
If only 26o feet apart. We fail, however,
to see the logic in the argument advanc>
ed that this should not have been done:
because some years ago the then Council
apositiyely refused to permit them 70 be
nIaced nearer that 600 feet apart. We
agree with Mr.. Vance in assuming that
Ridsedale avenue is entitled to just as
much light as Washington avenue But
we do not agree with him in the theory
that the present Council should refuse
more light to Washington avenue Just be-
cause a former Council restricted Ridge
dale avenue. It might be that the iorrner
Council was wrong, and, by Mr.. Vanee's
own argument, we may fairly assume that
Il was. Bat it los not follow that the
present G. uncil should he bound BY a
wrong action of former Council And,
besides, Mr. Vance has the sar.e right to
ask for increased light III Ridgedale ave.
nue. as has Mr.. Ford to ask for light m
Washington avenue-and with just as
n,ueh Likelihood Of the request being
granted. Atleast lie should try it before
taking the Council to task for complying
with a request which seemed to them
reasonable and just
Another cause Of complaint is that
.sCounen has entered into contract
to pay $500 per annum rent for three
years gsr the room they occupy. 8 Prior
q renting quarters ia the Lyceum builds
ing. three years ago, Council paid 500
q year for second story rooms corner o.
Market street and the Park, which were
greatly inferior to their present quarters
It is true that the Lyceum trustees
leased the present room at sl75 year,
sl..ss.... s..,slso true that this low figure
was acce e OF he asIdis
tional expsnse Of moving AMI nxsng Up
the new quarters; and It was then un-
derstood that the rent would be raised
az the expiration Of the lease. In
addition TO the present quarters
being in every way superior TO the
place formerly occupied At $3.50, heat and
janitor's fees are row included for $500,
whereas tile city was formerly obliged to
pay these extras, which with the rent
would amount in the aggregate to about
the sum now contracted for. The Lbra>
ny and Lyceum building is certainly the
proper place Tor the Common Council
and the quarters assigned them are in
all respects such as the demands seem to
require, and we think that no citizen,
viewing the situation 10 q proper light,
can reasonably find fault with the price
paid. Besides all this, the present Coun>
Gil had no choice in the matter-except
to move out. A former Council estab.
lished headquarters there without any
restrictions regarding future leases, and
thus the present Council found matters
at the expiration of the first lease. What
was to be done? Incur the expense of
another removal and fitting UP of other
rooms This alternative the Committee
having the matter in charge judiciously
avoided by agreeing to pay the fair ren>s
tai of $500 year including heat and
ianitor, and retain the rooms in which
they were established, believing it to be
just and equitable arrangement all
around. And we believe that most fair
minded citizens and tax payers fully
agree with Conncilin this action.
# the above structures upon the con
duct of the present Council are the
most serious which the Jsrssymas can
advance we again fail to perceive the
justice or fairness of the following criti>
cism:
eIf It had been the aim of the Council
to render the election OF a Republican
successor impossible next May, they
could hardly have gone about it in a
more effective way than BY such action. .
While we entertain very exalted
opinion Of Mr.. Vance, both. as a man
and journalist, we are forced to the CON-
viction that he has beenled into this fault
finding as mild rebuke to Council for
its failure to recognize his claims to its
entire patronage in the matter OF public
printing some of which was undoubted
u lost to him through The indisereetness
Of his pugnaeious partner, whose sins
however, It is certainly unfair to visit
upon the Common Council.
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Assemblyman John F. Post has been
elected State Prison Inspector for three
years. In order to secure his election he
was compelled to vote for himself, and
is also accused Of completely in guess
tionabfe bargain in reference to his vote /